0001193125-11-099372.txt : 20110415 0001193125-11-099372.hdr.sgml : 20110415 20110415152512 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-099372 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 42 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110415 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001045450 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 431790877 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531 FILM NUMBER: 11762485 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 8164721700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Megaplex Nine, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517812 IRS NUMBER: 431912698 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-02 FILM NUMBER: 11762487 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Waterparks, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517813 IRS NUMBER: 208267442 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-04 FILM NUMBER: 11762489 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Ski Properties, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517814 IRS NUMBER: 261336192 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-05 FILM NUMBER: 11762490 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Nineteen, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517815 IRS NUMBER: 271455380 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-06 FILM NUMBER: 11762491 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Mount Snow, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517816 IRS NUMBER: 208803058 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-07 FILM NUMBER: 11762492 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Mount Attitash, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517817 IRS NUMBER: 208802995 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-08 FILM NUMBER: 11762493 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Mad River, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517818 IRS NUMBER: 861150058 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-10 FILM NUMBER: 11762495 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Kalamazoo, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517819 IRS NUMBER: 743139121 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-11 FILM NUMBER: 11762496 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517820 IRS NUMBER: 861150060 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-14 FILM NUMBER: 11762499 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT 909, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517821 IRS NUMBER: 272523665 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-15 FILM NUMBER: 11762500 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPR Hialeah, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517822 IRS NUMBER: 300197409 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-16 FILM NUMBER: 11762501 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Education Capital Solutions, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517823 IRS NUMBER: 352296092 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-17 FILM NUMBER: 11762502 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517824 IRS NUMBER: 272809246 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-18 FILM NUMBER: 11762503 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Melbourne, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517825 IRS NUMBER: 201341980 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-09 FILM NUMBER: 11762494 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WestCol Center, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517826 IRS NUMBER: 431928793 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-01 FILM NUMBER: 11762486 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Megaplex Four, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517827 IRS NUMBER: 431922877 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-03 FILM NUMBER: 11762488 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT Huntsville, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517828 IRS NUMBER: 205717893 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-12 FILM NUMBER: 11762497 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EPT DownREIT II, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517829 IRS NUMBER: 431818086 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-13 FILM NUMBER: 11762498 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: 30 West Pershing, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517830 IRS NUMBER: 412039368 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173531-19 FILM NUMBER: 11762504 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 BUSINESS PHONE: 816-472-1700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 909 WALNUT STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: KANSAS CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 64106 S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2011

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   6798   43-1790877

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Additional Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants Listed on Following Page

909 Walnut Street, Suite 200

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816) 472-1700

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Gregory K. Silvers

Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary

Entertainment Properties Trust

909 Walnut Street, Suite 200

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816) 472-1700

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Craig L. Evans

Jack A. Bowling

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816) 842-8600

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer    x    Accelerated filer    ¨
Non-accelerated filer    ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company    ¨

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross Border Third Party Tender Offer)  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

 

Amount

to be

Registered

  Proposed
Maximum 
Offering Price
per Unit(1)
 

Proposed
Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price(1)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

  $250,000,000   100%   $250,000,000   $29,025(1)

Guarantees of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

  (2)   (2)   (2)   (2)
 
 

 

(1) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(f) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) No separate consideration will be received with respect to these guarantees and, therefore, no registration fee is attributed to them.

 

 

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Name of Guarantor (1)

  

State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization

  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Missouri    41-2039368

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Missouri    43-1818086

EPT Huntsville, Inc.

   Delaware    20-5717893

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Missouri    43-1922877

WestCol Center, LLC

   Delaware    43-1928793

EPT Melbourne, Inc.

   Missouri    20-1341980

Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

   New Hampshire    27-2809246

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Delaware    35-2296092

EPR Hialeah, Inc.

   Missouri    30-0197409

EPT 909, Inc.

   Delaware    27-2523665

EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

   Missouri    86-1150060

EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

   Missouri    74-3139121

EPT Mad River, Inc.

   Missouri    86-1150058

EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.

   Delaware    20-8802995

EPT Mount Snow, Inc.

   Delaware    20-8803058

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Delaware    27-1455380

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Delaware    26-1336192

EPT Waterparks, Inc.

   Delaware    20-8267442

Megaplex Nine, Inc.

   Missouri    43-1912698

 

(1) The address for each of the additional subsidiary guarantor registrants is 909 Walnut, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. The Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code for each of the additional subsidiary guarantor registrants is 6798.


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not exchange the outstanding notes until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. We are not making an offer to exchange outstanding notes in any jurisdiction where the exchange offer is not permitted, and will not accept surrenders for exchange from holders in any such jurisdiction.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL 15, 2011

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

Entertainment Properties Trust

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

Up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

for any and all of its outstanding unregistered 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Entertainment Properties Trust

 

 

 

   

The exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2011, unless extended.

 

   

We will exchange all outstanding 7.750% senior notes due 2020, referred to as the private notes, that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn for an equal principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2020 that are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, referred to as the exchange notes.

 

   

The exchange offer is not subject to any conditions other than that it not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

   

You may withdraw tenders of private notes at any time before the exchange offer expires.

 

   

We believe that the exchange of the private notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

   

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

   

The terms of the exchange notes are substantially identical to those of the private notes, except for transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the private notes.

 

   

The private notes are, and the exchange notes will be, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by each of our subsidiaries that is a guarantor or borrower under our unsecured revolving credit facility.

 

   

You may tender outstanding private notes only in denominations of $2,000 with integral multiples of $1,000.

 

   

Our affiliates may not participate in the exchange offer.

 

   

No public market exists for the private notes. We do not intend to list the exchange notes on any securities exchange and, therefore, no active public market is anticipated for the exchange notes.

 

   

We are offering the exchange notes to satisfy certain of our obligations under the registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the private offering of the private notes.

 

   

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for private notes where such private notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, if requested by such a broker-dealer, for a period of 180 days (which period may be extended in specified circumstances) from the date on which the exchange offer is consummated or such shorter period as will terminate when such requesting broker-dealer has sold all exchange notes held by it, we will make this prospectus available to such requesting broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

 

Please refer to “Risk Factors” beginning on page 17 of this prospectus for a description of the risks you should consider when evaluating participation in this exchange offer or an investment in these securities.

We are not making this exchange offer in any state or other jurisdiction where it is not permitted.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2011.


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In making your investment decision, you should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If you receive any other information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell any of these securities in any place where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein is accurate as of any date other than the date of the applicable document. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

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Incorporation of Certain Information By Reference

     1   

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

     2   

Prospectus Summary

     4   

Risk Factors

     17   

The Exchange Offer

     24   

Use of Proceeds

     33   

Description of Notes

     34   

Description of Certain Indebtedness

     54   

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

     56   

Plan of Distribution

     61   

Legal Matters

     62   

Experts

     62   

Where You Can Find More Information

     62   

References in this prospectus to “we,” “us,” “our,” “EPR” or the “Company” refer to Entertainment Properties Trust and its consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires or as otherwise indicated. The term “you” refers to a prospective investor.


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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the SEC which means we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus. Any statement contained in a document which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus is automatically updated and superseded if information contained in this prospectus or information we later file with the SEC, modifies or replaces that information.

The documents listed below have been filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), (File No. 001-13561) and are incorporated by reference in this prospectus:

 

  1. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010; and

 

  2. Those portions of our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders that are incorporated by reference in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

In addition, all documents filed by us under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any information that is deemed to have been “furnished” and not “filed” with the SEC) after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the securities covered by this prospectus are incorporated by reference herein.

To obtain a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in this document) please contact us at the following address or telephone number:

Investor Relations Department

Entertainment Properties Trust

909 Walnut, Suite 200

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

(816) 472-1700/FAX (816) 472-5794

Email info@eprkc.com

To obtain timely delivery, you must request this information no later than five (5) business days before the date you must make your investment decision. Therefore, we must receive your request for this information no later than five (5) days prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.

Our SEC filings also are available on our Internet website at www.eprkc.com. The information on our website is not, and you must not consider the information to be, a part of or incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

With the exception of historical information, this prospectus and our reports filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in this prospectus and other offering materials and documents deemed to be incorporated by reference herein or therein may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, such as those pertaining to our acquisition or disposition of properties, our capital resources, future expenditures for development projects and our results of operations. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of actual events. There is no assurance the events or circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will occur. You can identify forward-looking statements by use of words such as “will be,” “intend,” “continue,” “believe,” “may,” “expect,” “offers,” “hope,” “anticipate,” “goal,” “forecast,” or other comparable terms, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements necessarily are dependent on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise.

Factors that could materially and adversely affect us include, but are not limited to, the factors listed below:

 

   

General international, national, regional and local business and economic conditions;

 

   

Failure of current governmental efforts to stimulate the economy;

 

   

The downturn in the credit markets;

 

   

We have made a significant investment in a planned casino and resort development that may not be completed;

 

   

The failure of a bank to fund a request by us to borrow money;

 

   

Failure of banks in which we have deposited funds;

 

   

Defaults in the performance of lease terms by our tenants;

 

   

Defaults by our customers and counterparties on their obligations owed to us;

 

   

A borrower’s bankruptcy or default;

 

   

The obsolescence of older multiplex theatres owned by some of our tenants;

 

   

Risks of our tenants operating in the entertainment industry;

 

   

Our ability to compete effectively;

 

   

A significant number of our megaplex theatre properties are leased by a single tenant;

 

   

A single tenant leases or is the mortgagor of all our ski area investments;

 

   

A significant number of our charter schools are leased by a single tenant;

 

   

Risks associated with use of leverage to acquire properties;

 

   

Financing arrangements that require lump-sum payments;

 

   

Our ability to sustain the rate of growth we have had in recent years;

 

   

Our ability to raise capital;

 

   

Covenants in our debt instruments that limit our ability to take certain actions;

 

   

Risks of acquiring and developing properties and real estate companies;

 

   

The lack of diversification of our investment portfolio;

 

   

Our continued qualification as a REIT;

 

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The ability of our subsidiaries to satisfy their obligations;

 

   

Financing arrangements that expose us to funding or purchase risks;

 

   

We have a limited number of employees and the loss of personnel could harm operations;

 

   

Fluctuations in the value of real estate income and investments;

 

   

Risks relating to real estate ownership, leasing and development, for example local conditions such as an oversupply of space or a reduction in demand for real estate in the area, competition from other available space, whether tenants and users such as customers of our tenants consider a property attractive, changes in real estate taxes and other expenses, changes in market rental rates, the timing and costs associated with property improvements and rentals, changes in taxation or zoning laws or other governmental regulation, whether we are able to pass some or all of any increased operating costs through to tenants, and how well we manage our properties;

 

   

Our ability to secure adequate insurance and risk of potential uninsured losses, including from natural disasters;

 

   

Risks involved in joint ventures;

 

   

Risks in leasing multi-tenant properties;

 

   

A failure to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act or other laws;

 

   

Risks of environmental liability;

 

   

Our real estate investments are relatively illiquid;

 

   

We own assets in foreign countries;

 

   

Risks associated with owning or financing properties for which the tenant’s or mortgagor’s operations may be impacted by weather conditions and climate change;

 

   

Risks associated with the ownership of vineyards;

 

   

Our ability to pay distributions in cash or at current rates;

 

   

Fluctuations in interest rates;

 

   

Fluctuations in the market prices for our shares;

 

   

Certain limits on change in control imposed under law and by our Declaration of Trust and Bylaws;

 

   

Policy changes obtained without the approval of our shareholders;

 

   

Equity issuances could dilute the value of our shares;

 

   

Risks associated with changes in the Canadian exchange rate; and

 

   

Changes in laws and regulations, including tax laws and regulations.

You should consider the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section in this prospectus, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and, to the extent applicable, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, in evaluating any forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. In light of the factors referred to above, the future events discussed or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may not occur and actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights certain information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. As a result, it is not complete and does not contain all of the information you should consider before participating in this exchange offer. For a more complete understanding of the exchange offer and the exchange notes, you should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding EPR, the exchange offer and the exchange notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the financial statements and related notes and the section titled “Risk Factors.”

About EPR

We are a self-administered real estate investment trust, or “REIT,” that develops, owns, leases and finances megaplex theatres, entertainment retail centers (centers generally anchored by an entertainment component such as a megaplex theatre and containing other entertainment-related properties), public charter schools and other destination recreational and specialty properties. The underwriting of our investments is centered on key industry and property cash flow criteria. As further explained below under “Growth Strategies,” our investments are also guided by a focus on inflection opportunities that are associated with or support enduring uses, excellent executions, attractive economics and an advantageous market position.

As of December 31, 2010, we had total assets of approximately $3.2 billion (before accumulated depreciation of approximately $0.3 billion).

As of December 31, 2010, our real estate portfolio was comprised of approximately $2.8 billion in assets (before accumulated depreciation of approximately $0.3 billion) and consisted of interests in:

 

   

107 megaplex movie theatre properties (including two joint venture properties) located in 33 states and Ontario, Canada;

 

   

nine entertainment retail centers (including one joint venture property) located in Westminster, Colorado; New Rochelle, New York; Burbank, California; Suffolk, Virginia; and Ontario, Canada;

 

   

27 public charter school properties located in eight states and the District of Columbia;

 

   

other specialty properties, including ten wineries and six vineyards located in California and Washington and a metropolitan ski property located in Ohio;

 

   

land parcels leased to restaurant and retail operators adjacent to several of our theatre properties;

 

   

approximately $6.0 million in construction in progress for real estate development; and

 

   

approximately $184.5 million in undeveloped land inventory.

As of December 31, 2010, we had invested approximately $226.4 million, net of initial direct costs of $1.8 million, in 27 public charter school properties leased under a master lease to Imagine Schools, Inc. (“Imagine”). We own the fee interest in these properties; however, due to the terms of the lease with Imagine, it is accounted for as a direct financing lease. These properties are located in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Michigan, Ohio and the District of Columbia.

As of December 31, 2010, we had the following mortgage notes receivable with an outstanding balance of approximately $305.4 million:

 

   

$169.0 million in mortgage financing for the development of a water park anchored entertainment village in the greater Kansas City area (the first phase of which opened in July 2009) which is additionally secured by two operating water parks in Texas; and

 

 

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$136.4 million in mortgage financing for ten metropolitan ski properties and development land located in New Hampshire, Vermont, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Also, as of December 31, 2010, we had five other notes receivable with an outstanding balance of $5.1 million (including accrued interest) net of a provision for an aggregate loan loss of $8.2 million.

We generally lease our single-tenant properties to tenants on a long-term triple-net basis that requires the tenant to assume the primary risks involved in operating the property and to pay substantially all expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of the property. We also provide secured mortgage financing and we own multi-tenant properties which are managed for us by third-party management companies.

Many of our leases and mortgages contain additional credit enhancements, including cross-default provisions, pursuant to which a default by an operator under one lease or mortgage would result in a default under each other lease or mortgage between the operator and us, or cross-collateralization provisions, pursuant to which any collateral pledged by an operator to us constitutes collateral for all obligations of that operator. In addition, we may also require parent and corporate guarantees, letters of credit, cash reserves or prepayments.

Our theatre properties are leased to prominent theatre operators, including American Multi-Cinema (“AMC”), Muvico Entertainment, Regal Cinemas, Rave Motion Pictures, Wallace Theatres, Southern Theatres, Cobb Theatres, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres and Cinemark. For the year ended December 31, 2010, approximately 36% of our total revenue was derived from rental payments by AMC.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, approximately 20% of our total revenue was derived from our five entertainment retail centers in Ontario, Canada. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries that hold the Canadian entertainment retail centers and third party debt represent approximately $355.2 million or 22% of the Company’s net assets as of December 31, 2010.

Growth Strategies

As a part of our growth strategy, we will consider acquiring or developing additional megaplex theatre properties, and acquiring or developing single-tenant entertainment, entertainment-related, public charter school, recreational or specialty properties. We will also consider acquiring or developing additional entertainment retail centers. We may also pursue opportunities to provide mortgage financing for these same property types in certain situations where this structure is more advantageous than owning the underlying real estate.

We believe destination entertainment, entertainment-related, public charter schools and other recreational and specialty properties are important sectors of the real estate industry and that, as a result of our focus on properties in these sectors, industry knowledge and the industry relationships of our management, we have a competitive advantage in providing capital to operators of these types of properties. We believe this focused niche approach offers the potential for higher growth and better yields.

As a result of the economic downturn and related challenges in the credit market, we tempered our focus on growth of funds from operations, or FFO, per share beginning in 2009, and instead principally focused on maintaining adequate liquidity and a strong balance sheet. During 2010, we took significant steps to implement our new strategy to migrate to an unsecured debt structure, including the issuance of $250.0 million of unsecured notes (we refer to as the private notes) and entering into a new $320.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility (which was expanded to $382.5 million in the first quarter of 2011). Having enhanced our liquidity position, strengthened our balance sheet and obtained access to the unsecured debt markets, we believe we are better positioned to aggressively pursue potential investments, acquisitions and financing transaction opportunities that may become available to us from time to time.

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properties, negotiating favorable lease or financing terms, and managing our real estate portfolio as we have continued to grow. We are particularly focused on property categories which allow us to use our experience to mitigate some of the risks inherent in the current economic environment. We cannot assure you that any such potential investment or acquisition opportunities will arise in the near future, or that we will actively pursue any such opportunities.

Our investing strategies center on certain guiding principles, which we refer to as our “Five Star Investment Strategy”:

Inflection Opportunity

We look for a new generation of facilities emerging as a result of age, technology, or change in the lifestyle of consumers which create development, renewal or restructuring opportunities requiring significant capital.

Enduring Value

We look for real estate that supports activities that are commercially successful and have a reasonable basis for continued and sustainable customer demand in the future. Further, we seek circumstances where the magnitude of change in the new generation of facilities adds substantially to the customer experience.

Excellent Execution

We seek attractive locations and best-of-class executions that create market-dominant properties which we believe create a competitive advantage and enhance sustainable customer demand within the category despite a potential change in tenant. We minimize the potential for turnover by seeking tenants with a reliable track record of customer service and satisfaction.

Attractive Economics

We seek investments that provide accretive returns initially and increasing returns over time with rent escalators and percentage rent features that allow participation in the financial performance of the property. Further, we are interested in investments that provide a depth of opportunity to invest sufficient capital to be meaningful to our total financial results and also provide a diversity by market, geography or tenant operator.

Advantageous Position

In combination with the preceding principles, when investing we look for a competitive advantage such as unique knowledge of the category, access to industry information, a preferred tenant relationship, or other relationships that provide access to sites and development projects.

Recent Developments

The following are recent developments that occurred after December 31, 2010.

On January 13, 2011, we entered into a modification agreement with our vineyard and winery tenant at four properties, Ascentia Wine Estates. The modification agreement provides for, among other things, the sale of the real property and the operations of one winery to a third-party buyer and the payment of $2.0 million in rent related to the fourth quarter of 2010. The agreement also provides for the termination of the lease on another winery and vineyard, which previously had annual rent of approximately $5.5 million. We took possession of the property during the first quarter of 2011. Additionally, the leases on two other wineries and one other vineyard were amended to provide for a reduction in rent of $1.5 million to approximately $3.5 million annually. Our management has assessed the carrying value of the properties for impairment and no provision for impairment was considered necessary based on this analysis.

 

 

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On March 29, 2011 we sold our Toronto Dundas Square entertainment retail center in downtown Toronto after purchasing this property out of receivership earlier in the year. The gross sale proceeds were approximately $226.0 million CAD. In addition, on February 3, 2011, in order to hedge the foreign currency exposure related to the expected proceeds from the anticipated sale of this property, we entered into a forward contract to sell $200.0 million CAD for $201.5 million U.S. dollars , which was settled on March 29, 2011.

On February 7, 2011, we paid in full the eight term loans outstanding under our vineyard and winery facility totaling $86.2 million. In connection with the payment in full of the term loans, the related interest rate swaps were terminated at a cost of $4.6 million. Additionally, deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, of $1.8 million were written off as part of this loan prepayment.

On March 1, 2011, we acquired four theatre properties for a total investment of $36.8 million from a third-party. The theatre properties are located in New Hampshire and Maine and contain an aggregate of 56 screens. The theatre properties are leased to Cinemagic pursuant to lease agreements that are structured as a triple net lease with the tenant responsible for all taxes, costs and expenses arising from the use or operation of the properties. As a part of this transaction, we will assume a mortgage loan of $3.8 million on one of the four theatres.

In March, 2011, we exercised a portion of the accordion feature on our unsecured revolving credit facility. As a result of this exercise, our unsecured revolving credit facility capacity has been increased from $320.0 million to $382.5 million.

Corporate Information

Our principal offices are located at 909 Walnut, Suite 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64106. Our telephone number at that location is (816) 472-1700. Our website is located at www.eprkc.com. The information found on, or otherwise accessible through, our website is not incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this prospectus or any other report or document we file with or furnish to the SEC.

 

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

 

The Exchange Offer

We are offering to exchange an aggregate of $250 million principal amount of our exchange notes for $250 million principal amount of our private notes that are properly tendered and accepted. You may tender outstanding private notes only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. We will issue the exchange notes on or promptly after the exchange offer expires. As of the date of this prospectus, $250,000,000 principal amount of private notes is outstanding and there are no exchange notes outstanding.

 

Expiration Date

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York Time, on                     , 2011, unless extended, in which case the expiration date will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the exchange offer.

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

The exchange offer is not subject to any condition other than it not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC. The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of private notes being tendered for exchange. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the provisions of the registration rights agreement with respect to the private notes and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

Procedures for Tendering Private Notes

If you wish to tender your private notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer, you must complete and sign the accompanying letter of transmittal in accordance with the instructions contained in the letter and forward it by mail, facsimile or hand deliver, together with any other documents required by the letter of transmittal, to the Exchange Agent (as defined below), either with the private notes to be tendered or in compliance with the specified guarantee delivery procedures. Certain brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees may also effect tenders by book-entry transfer. Holders of private notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee are urged to contact such person promptly if they wish to tender private notes pursuant to the exchange offer. See “The Exchange Offer- Procedures for Tendering.”

 

 

By tendering your private notes, you will be representing among other things, that (1) you are acquiring the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business, (2) you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have not arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer, (3) you are not an “affiliate” of EPR within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and (4) if you are a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for the

 

 

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private notes that were acquired for your account as a result of market-making or other trading activities, you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.

 

  Letters of transmittal and certificates representing private notes should not be sent to us. Such documents should only be sent to the Exchange Agent. Questions regarding how to tender private notes and requests for information should be directed to the Exchange Agent. See “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent.”

 

Acceptance of the Private Notes and Delivery of the Exchange Notes

Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the exchange offer, we will accept for exchange any private notes which are validly tendered in the exchange offer and not withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New York Time, on the expiration date.

 

Withdrawal Rights

You may withdraw the tender of your private notes at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York Time, on the expiration date, by complying with the procedures for withdrawal described in this prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer—Withdrawal of Tenders.”

 

U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences

We believe that the exchange of notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For a discussion of material federal tax considerations relating to the exchange of notes, see “U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

 

Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer.

 

Fees and Expenses

We will pay all expenses incident to the consummation of the exchange offer and in compliance with the registration rights agreement for the private notes. We will also pay certain transfer taxes applicable to the exchange offer, if any. See “The Exchange Offer—Fees and Expenses.”

 

Termination of Certain Rights

The private notes were issued in a private offering. In connection with that sale, we executed and delivered a registration rights agreement for the benefit of the holders of the private notes. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, holders of private notes: (i) have rights to receive additional interest in certain instances; and (ii) have certain rights intended for the holders of unregistered securities. Holders of exchange notes will not be, and upon consummation of the exchange offer, holders of private notes will no longer be, entitled to the right to receive additional interest in certain instances, as well as certain other rights under the registration rights agreement for holders of unregistered securities. If you do not tender your private notes in the exchange offer, after consummation of the exchange offer we will have no further obligation to you to register private notes under the registration rights agreement. See “The Exchange Offer.”

 

 

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Resale of Exchange Notes

We believe, based on an interpretation by the staff of the SEC contained in no-action letters issued to third parties in other transactions, that, if you are not a broker-dealer, you may offer to sell, sell or otherwise transfer the exchange notes issued to you in this exchange offer without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, provided that:

 

   

you are acquiring the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business;

 

   

you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

   

you are not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

  If you are not acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business, or if you are engaging in, intend to engage in, or have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes, or if you are an affiliate of EPR or any of our subsidiaries, then:

 

   

you cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991), Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, or similar no- action letters;

 

   

you will not be entitled to tender your private notes in the exchange offer; and

 

   

in the absence of an exception from the position of the SEC stated two bullet points above, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction.

 

  Furthermore, any broker-dealer that acquired any of its private notes directly from us:

 

   

may not rely on the position of the staff of the SEC described above; and

 

   

must also be named as a selling noteholder in connection with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act relating to any resale transaction.

 

Broker-Dealers

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer in exchange for private notes acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will

 

 

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not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for private notes which were received by the broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities. Under the registration rights agreement, we have agreed that, if requested by such a broker-dealer, for a period of 180 days (which period may be extended in specified circumstances) from the date on which the exchange offer is consummated or such shorter period as will terminate when any such requesting broker-dealer has sold all exchange notes held by it, we will make this prospectus available to any such requesting broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Exchange Agent

UMB Bank, n.a., the registrar and paying agent for the notes under the indenture governing the notes, is serving as the exchange agent for the notes (the “Exchange Agent”).

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not exchange your private notes for the exchange notes, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in the private notes and in the indenture governing the private notes. In general, the private notes may not be offered or sold, unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We do not currently plan to register the resale of the private notes under the Securities Act.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

You are entitled to exchange your private notes for the exchange notes with substantially identical terms. This exchange offer satisfies this right. After the exchange offer is completed, you will no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to your private notes.

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THE EXCHANGE NOTES

The summary below describes the principal terms of the exchange notes. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the exchange notes. For purposes of this section entitled “—The Exchange Notes” and the section entitled “Description of Notes,” references to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” or “EPR” refer only to Entertainment Properties Trust and not to its subsidiaries and references to “notes” mean the exchange notes.

The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the form and terms of the private notes, except that the exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, the exchange notes will not be subject to the transfer restrictions, registration rights and provisions providing for an increase in the interest rate applicable to the private notes. The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the private notes, and both the private notes and the exchange notes are governed by the same indenture.

 

Issuer

Entertainment Properties Trust.

 

Securities Offered

$250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020.

 

Stated Maturity Date

The notes will mature on July 15, 2020.

 

Interest

The notes will accrue interest at a rate of 7.750% per year from June 30, 2010, until maturity or earlier redemption.

 

Interest Payment Dates

January 15 and July 15 of each year.

 

Optional Redemption

We may redeem some or all the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, up to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date and a make-whole premium being redeemed. See “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Change of Control

If we experience a change of control we will be required to make an offer to purchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date under certain circumstances. See “Description of Notes—Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control.”

 

Guarantees

The notes will be unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by our current and future restricted subsidiaries that guarantee our unsecured revolving credit facility. See “Description of Notes—Guarantees.”

 

Ranking

The notes will be our and the guarantors’ general senior unsecured obligations, will rank equal in right of payment with all of such entities’ existing and future senior indebtedness, including our new unsecured revolving credit facility, and will rank senior in right of payment to all of such entities’ existing and future subordinated indebtedness, However, the notes will be effectively subordinated to

 

 

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all secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. The notes will also be structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other obligations of the non-guarantor subsidiaries with respect to the assets of such entities. As of December 31, 2010, the non-guarantor subsidiaries accounts for approximately 47% of our total assets (before accumulated depreciation) and approximately 67% of our total long-term debt (excluding intercompany debt). Additionally, as of December 31, 2010, the Company together with its guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately 53% of our total assets (before accumulated depreciation) and approximately 33% of our total long-term debt (excluding intercompany debt).

 

  For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company together with its guarantor subsidiaries would have accounted for approximately 47% of our total revenue and approximately 60% of our operating income, excluding provision for loan losses. This operating data for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes less than ten months of operations related to Toronto Dundas Square (acquired on March 4, 2010) and less than seven months of operations related to the 12 Cinemark theatres (acquired on June 11, 2010).

 

Certain Covenants

The indenture governing the notes contains certain covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to, among other things:

 

   

incur debt; and

 

   

merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of its assets.

 

  We and our restricted subsidiaries will also be required to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of its unsecured debt.

 

  These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. See “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants”.

 

No Public Market

The notes are a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We do not intend to apply for listing of the notes on any securities exchange or for quotation of the notes on any automated dealer quotation system. The initial purchasers of the notes have advised us that they intend to make a market in the notes, but they are not obligated to do so and may discontinue any market-making at any time without notice. Accordingly, there can be no assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the notes. See “Plan of Distribution”.

 

Book-Entry Form

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the notes will be shown on, and transfers will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC and its direct and indirect participants and such interests may not be exchanged for certificated notes, except in limited circumstances.

 

Trustee

UMB Bank, n.a.

 

Governing Law

New York

Risk Factors

Investment in the exchange notes involves risk. You should carefully consider the information under the section titled “Risk Factors” and all other information included in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein. In addition, you should review the information set forth in “Cautionary Statements Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” before deciding to tender your outstanding private notes in the exchange offer.

 

 

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SUMMARY HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth our summary historical consolidated financial data as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The consolidated balance sheet data and the consolidated operating statement data as of the end of, and for each year in, the five-year period ended December 31, 2010 have been derived from the historical consolidated financial statements of Entertainment Properties Trust, which financial statements have been audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm. The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and their report thereon, are incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of future performance or results of operations. The financial information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the financial statements, related notes and schedules, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 and incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Operating Statement Data:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

    Year ended December 31,  
    2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  

Rental revenue

  $ 235,008      $ 195,784      $ 190,578      $ 177,798      $ 167,077   

Tenant reimbursements

    25,225        15,438        16,158        15,398        14,440   

Other income

    568        2,890        2,241        2,402        3,274   

Mortgage and other financing income

    52,263        44,999        60,435        28,841        10,968   
                                       

Total revenue

    313,064        259,111        269,412        224,439        195,759   

Property operating expense

    35,830        21,969        20,802        19,717        18,690   

Other expense

    1,297        2,495        2,103        4,205        3,486   

General and administrative expense

    18,227        15,169        15,286        12,717        12,087   

Costs associated with loan refinancing

    15,247        117        —          —          673   

Interest expense, net

    74,802        65,747        63,990        56,097        48,866   

Transaction costs

    7,787        3,321        1,628        253        428   

Provision for loan losses(2)

    700        70,954        —          —          —     

Impairment charges(3)

    463        6,357        —          —          —     

Depreciation and amortization

    52,099        42,111        38,824        34,373        31,008   
                                       

Income before gain on sale of land, equity in income from joint ventures, gain on acquisition and discontinued operations

    106,612        30,871        126,779        97,077        80,521   

Gain on sale of land

    —          —          —          129        345   

Equity in income from joint ventures

    2,138        895        1,962        1,583        759   

Gain on acquisition

    9,023        —          —          —          —     
                                       

Income from continuing operations

  $ 117,773      $ 31,766      $ 128,741      $ 98,789      $ 81,625   

Discontinued operations:

         

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

    (3,982     (43,672     (1,237     1,265        664   

Gain (loss) on sale of real estate

    (736     —          119        3,240        —     
                                       

Net income (loss)

    113,055        (11,906     127,623        103,294        82,289   

Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(1)

    1,819        19,913        2,353        1,370        —     
                                       

Net income attributable to Entertainment Properties Trust

    114,874        8,007        129,976        104,664        82,289   

Preferred dividend requirements

    (30,206     (30,206     (28,266     (21,312     (11,857

Series A preferred share redemption costs

    —          —          —          (2,101     —     
                                       

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

  $ 84,668      $ (22,199   $ 101,710      $ 81,251      $ 70,432   
                                       

 

 

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Balance Sheet Data:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

     December 31,  
     2010      2009     2008      2007      2006  

Net real estate investments

   $ 2,217,047       $ 1,867,358      $ 1,765,861       $ 1,671,622       $ 1,413,484   

Mortgage notes and related accrued interest receivable, net

     305,404         522,880        508,506         325,442         76,093   

Investment in direct financing lease, net

     226,433         169,850        166,089         —           —     

Total assets

     2,923,420         2,680,732        2,633,925         2,171,633         1,571,279   

Common dividends payable

     30,253         27,880        27,377         21,344         18,204   

Preferred dividends payable

     7,551         7,552        7,552         5,611         3,110   

Long-term debt

     1,191,179         1,141,423        1,262,368         1,081,264         675,305   

Total liabilities

     1,292,162         1,212,775        1,341,274         1,145,533         714,123   

Noncontrolling interests

     28,019         (4,905     15,217         18,207         4,474   

Equity

     1,631,258         1,467,957        1,292,651         1,026,100         857,156   

Other Financial Data (unaudited):

 

     Year ended December 31,  
     2010      2009      2008      2007      2006  

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(4)

     2.4x         1.5x         3.0x         2.7x         2.7x   

 

(1) As of the first quarter of 2009, we adopted FASB ASC 810-10-65-1 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB 51”) under which noncontrolling interest of consolidated subsidiaries (previously referred to as “minority interests”) are reported as a component of equity. Resulting from this adoption, net income (loss) encompasses the total net income (loss) of all consolidated subsidiaries and there is a separate disclosure on the face of the consolidated income statement of the attribution of that net income (loss) between controlling and noncontrolling interests. The presentation and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 810-10-65-1 are applied retrospectively and all prior period information has been presented and disclosed in accordance with these new requirements.
(2) For more information on provision for loan losses, see pages 93, 95, 102, 103 and 104 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
(3) For more information on impairment charges, see pages 91 and 92 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.
(4) We have computed the ratio of earnings to fixed charges by dividing earnings by fixed charges. For this purpose, “earnings” is the sum of income from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss from equity investees, plus fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest) and distributed income of equity investees. “Fixed charges” consist of interest expensed and capitalized and amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness. The ratios are based solely on historical financial information and no adjustments have been made. Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2009 include $42.2 million in impairment charges and $71.0 million in provision for loan losses. Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2010 include $0.7 million in provision for loan losses.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below as well as other information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus before making a decision to exchange your private notes for the exchange notes in the exchange offer, including the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The risks and uncertainties described below and incorporated herein by reference are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently consider immaterial may also adversely affect us. See “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.” If any of the events described in the risk factors below occur, our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects could be materially adversely affected, which in turn could adversely affect our ability to repay the notes. The risk factors set forth below are generally applicable to the private notes as well as the exchange notes.

Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer

Our indebtedness may affect our ability to operate our business, and may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We and the guarantors may incur additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness.

As of December 31, 2010, we had total debt outstanding of approximately $1.2 billion and borrowing availability of approximately $178.0 million under our unsecured revolving credit facility.

Our indebtedness could have important consequences, such as:

 

   

limiting our ability to obtain additional financing to fund our working capital needs, acquisitions, capital expenditures or other debt service requirements or for other purposes;

 

   

limiting our ability to use operating cash flow in other areas of our business because we must dedicate a substantial portion of these funds to service debt;

 

   

limiting our ability to compete with other companies who are not as highly leveraged, as we may be less capable of responding to adverse economic and industry conditions;

 

   

restricting us from making strategic acquisitions, developing properties or exploiting business opportunities;

 

   

restricting the way in which we conduct our business because of financial and operating covenants in the agreements governing our and our subsidiaries’ existing and future indebtedness, including, in the case of certain indebtedness of subsidiaries, certain covenants that restrict the ability of subsidiaries to pay dividends or make other distributions to us;

 

   

exposing us to potential events of default (if not cured or waived) under financial and operating covenants contained in our or our subsidiaries’ debt instruments that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results;

 

   

increasing our vulnerability to a downturn in general economic conditions or in pricing of our products; and

 

   

limiting our ability to react to changing market conditions in our industry and in our customers’ industries.

In addition to our debt service obligations, our operations require substantial investments on a continuing basis. Our ability to make scheduled debt payments, to refinance our obligations with respect to our indebtedness and to fund capital and non-capital expenditures necessary to maintain the condition of our operating assets and properties, as well as to provide capacity for the growth of our business, depends on our financial and operating performance, which, in turn, is subject to prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, competitive, legal and other factors.

 

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Subject to the restrictions in our unsecured revolving credit facility and the indenture governing the notes offered hereby, we and the guarantors may incur significant additional indebtedness, including additional secured indebtedness. Although the terms of our unsecured revolving credit facility contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be significant. If new debt is added to our and the guarantors’ current debt levels, the risks described above could increase.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, including the notes, and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness that may not be successful.

Our ability to satisfy our debt obligations will depend upon, among other things:

 

   

our future financial and operating performance, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond our control; and

 

   

our future ability to borrow under our unsecured revolving credit facility, the availability of which depends on, among other things, our complying with the covenants in the indenture governing the notes.

We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that we will be able to draw under our unsecured revolving credit facility or otherwise, in an amount sufficient to fund our liquidity needs.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to service our indebtedness, we may be forced to reduce or delay capital expenditures, sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness, including the notes. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. In addition, the terms of existing or future debt agreements may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. In the absence of such operating results and resources, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations, sell equity, and/or negotiate with our lenders to restructure the applicable debt, in order to meet our debt service and other obligations. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions for fair market value or at all. Our unsecured revolving credit facility and the indenture governing the notes may restrict, or market or business conditions may limit, our ability to avail ourselves of some or all of these options. Furthermore, any proceeds that we could realize from any such dispositions may not be adequate to meet our debt service obligations then due.

Our debt agreements contain restrictions that will limit our flexibility in operating our business.

Our unsecured revolving credit facility and, to a lesser extent, the indenture governing the notes offered hereby contain, and any instruments governing future indebtedness of ours would likely contain, a number of covenants that will impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us, including restrictions on our ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares;

 

   

pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;

 

   

make certain payments on debt that is subordinated or secured on a junior basis;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

   

sell certain assets;

 

   

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consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

 

   

enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and

 

   

designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

Any of these restrictions could limit our ability to plan for or react to market conditions and could otherwise restrict corporate activities. Any failure to comply with these covenants could result in a default under our unsecured revolving credit facility and the indenture governing the notes offered hereby. Upon a default, unless waived, the lenders under our unsecured revolving credit facility could elect to terminate their commitments, cease making further loans and force us into bankruptcy or liquidation. Holders of the notes would also have the ability ultimately to force us into bankruptcy or liquidation, subject to the indenture governing the notes. In addition, a default under either our unsecured revolving credit facility or the indenture governing the notes offered hereby would trigger a cross default under our other agreements and could trigger a cross default under the agreements governing our future indebtedness. Our operating results may not be sufficient to service our indebtedness or to fund our other expenditures and we may not be able to obtain financing to meet these requirements. See “Description of notes” and “Description of certain indebtedness.”

We will depend on dividends and distributions from our direct and indirect subsidiaries to fulfill our obligations under the notes. The creditors of these subsidiaries are entitled to amounts payable to them by the subsidiaries before the subsidiaries may pay any dividends or distributions to us.

Substantially all of our assets are held through our subsidiaries. We depend on these subsidiaries for substantially all of our cash flow. The creditors of each of our direct and indirect subsidiaries are entitled to payment of that subsidiary’s obligations to them, when due and payable, before distributions may be made by that subsidiary to us. Thus, our ability to service our debt obligations, including our ability to pay the interest on and principal of the notes when due, depends on our subsidiaries’ ability first to satisfy their obligations to their creditors and then to make distributions to us. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligations, other than under the guarantee of the notes, to make any funds available to us.

If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on the notes.

Any default under the agreements governing our indebtedness, including a default under our unsecured revolving credit facility, that is not waived by the required holders of such indebtedness, could leave us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, or interest on the notes and could substantially decrease the market value of the notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest on such indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants, in the instruments governing our indebtedness, including our unsecured revolving credit facility, we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the event of such default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, the lenders under our unsecured revolving credit facility could elect to terminate their commitments, cease making further loans and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation. If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to seek waivers from the required lenders under our unsecured revolving credit facility to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our unsecured revolving credit facility and seek waivers, we may not be able to obtain waivers from the required lenders thereunder.

Your right to receive payments on the notes is effectively subordinated to the right of lenders who have a security interest in our assets to the extent of the value of those assets.

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properties and the ownership interests of certain of our subsidiaries. If we are declared bankrupt or insolvent, or if we default under our secured financing arrangements, the funds borrowed thereunder, together with accrued interest, could become immediately due and payable. If we were unable to repay such indebtedness, the lenders could foreclose on the pledged assets to the exclusion of holders of the notes, even if an event of default exists under the indenture governing the notes at such time. In any such event, because the notes are not secured by any of such assets, it is possible that there would not be sufficient assets from which your claims could be satisfied.

Claims of noteholders will be structurally subordinated to claims of creditors of any of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.

We conduct all of our operations through our subsidiaries. Subject to certain limitations, we have now, and the indenture governing the notes permits us to form or acquire in the future certain subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes and to permit such non-guarantor subsidiaries to acquire assets and incur indebtedness, and noteholders would not have any claim as a creditor against any of our non-guarantor subsidiaries to the assets and earnings of those subsidiaries. The claims of the creditors of those subsidiaries, including their trade creditors, banks and other lenders, would have priority over any of our claims or those of our other subsidiaries as equity holders of the non-guarantor subsidiaries. Consequently, in any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding-up of any of the non-guarantor subsidiaries, creditors of those subsidiaries would be paid before any amounts would be distributed to us or to any of the guarantors as equity, and thus be available to satisfy our obligations under the notes and other claims against us or the guarantors.

As of December 31, 2010, the non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately 47% of our total assets (before accumulated depreciation) and approximately 67% of our total long-term debt (excluding intercompany debt). Additionally, as of December 31, 2010, the Company together with its guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately 53% of our total assets (before accumulated depreciation) and approximately 33% of our total long-term debt (excluding intercompany debt).

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company together with its guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately 47% of our total revenue and approximately 60% of our operating income, excluding provision for loan losses.

We may not be able to satisfy our obligations to holders of the notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of a “change of control,” as defined in the indenture, with certain exceptions, each holder of the notes will have the right to require us to purchase the notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof. Our failure to purchase, or to give notice of purchase of, the notes would be a default under the indenture and any such default could result in a default under certain of our other indebtedness, including our unsecured revolving credit facility. In addition, a change of control may constitute an event of default under our unsecured revolving credit facility. A default under any of our indebtedness, including our unsecured revolving credit facility, in an aggregate amount exceeding $25 million, would result in an event of default under the indenture if the default results in acceleration of the maturity of the indebtedness which is not cured within 30 days.

U.S. federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to avoid the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from the guarantors.

Certain of our subsidiaries will guarantee the obligations under the notes. The issuance of the guarantees by the guarantors may be subject to review under federal and state laws if a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization case or a lawsuit, including in circumstances in which bankruptcy is not involved, were commenced at some future date by, or on behalf of, the unpaid creditors of a guarantor. Under the federal bankruptcy laws and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer, insolvency, fictitious indebtedness and similar laws, a court may avoid or otherwise decline to enforce a guarantor’s guarantee or may subordinate the notes or such guarantee to the applicable guarantor’s existing and future indebtedness. While the relevant laws may vary from state to state, a

 

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court might do so if it found that when the applicable guarantor entered into its guarantee, or, in some states, when payments became due under such guarantee, the applicable guarantor received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in exchange for its issuance of the guarantee and:

 

   

was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence;

 

   

was engaged in a business or transaction, or was about to engage in a business or transaction, for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they matured.

Under the fictitious indebtedness laws of some states, the presence of the above-listed factors is not required for a guarantee to be invalidated.

A court would likely find that a guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in exchange for such guarantee if such guarantor did not substantially benefit directly or indirectly from the issuance of such guarantee.

The measures of insolvency for purposes of these fraudulent transfer, insolvency and similar laws vary depending upon the law applied in any proceeding to determine whether a fraudulent transfer has occurred. Generally, however, a guarantor, as applicable, would be considered insolvent if:

 

   

the sum of its debts, including contingent and unliquidated liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of its assets;

 

   

the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent and unliquidated liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

   

it could not pay its debts as they become due.

A court might also avoid a guarantee, without regard to the above factors, if the court found that the applicable subsidiary guarantor entered into its guarantee with the actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud its creditors. In addition, any payment by a guarantor pursuant to its guarantee could be avoided and required to be returned to such guarantor or to a fund for the benefit of such guarantor’s overall creditor body, and accordingly the court might direct you to repay any amounts that you had already received from such guarantor.

To the extent a court avoids any of the guarantees as fraudulent transfers or holds any of the guarantees unenforceable or avoidable for any other reason, holders of notes would cease to have any direct claim against the applicable guarantor. If a court were to take this action, the applicable guarantor’s assets would be applied first to satisfy the applicable guarantor’s direct liabilities, if any, and might not be applied to the payment of the guarantee. Sufficient funds to repay the notes may not be available from other sources, including the remaining guarantors, if any.

Each guarantee will contain a provision intended to limit the guarantor’s liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer. This provision may not be effective to protect the guarantees from being avoided under applicable fraudulent transfer laws or may reduce the guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes the guarantee worthless. In a recent Florida bankruptcy case, such a provision was found to be ineffective to protect the guarantee.

If you do not exchange your private notes pursuant to this exchange offer, you may not be able to sell your notes.

It may be difficult for you to sell private notes that are not exchanged in the exchange offer. Those private notes may not be offered or sold unless they are registered or there are exemptions from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

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If you do not tender your private notes or if we do not accept some of your private notes, those notes will continue to be subject to the transfer and exchange restrictions in:

 

   

the indenture;

 

   

the legend on the private notes; and

 

   

the offering memorandum relating to the private notes.

The restrictions on transfer of your private notes arise because we issued the private notes pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In general, you may only offer or sell the private notes if they are registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from such requirements. We do not intend to register the private notes under the Securities Act. To the extent private notes are tendered and accepted in the exchange offer, the trading market, if any, for untendered private notes would be adversely affected.

If the procedures for tendering your private notes in this exchange offer are not followed, you may not receive notes in exchange for your private notes.

We will issue the exchange notes in exchange for your private notes only if you tender the private notes and deliver a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and other required documents before expiration of the exchange offer. You should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the necessary documents. Neither the Exchange Agent nor we are under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of private notes for exchange. If you are the beneficial holder of private notes that are registered in the name of your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender private notes in the exchange offer, you should promptly contact the person in whose name your private notes are registered and instruct that person to tender your private notes on your behalf.

There is currently no trading market for the exchange notes, and an active public trading market for the exchange notes may not develop or, if it develops, be maintained or be liquid. The failure of an active public trading market for the exchange notes to develop or be maintained is likely to adversely affect the market price and liquidity of the exchange notes.

The exchange notes are a new issue of securities, and there is currently no existing trading market for the exchange notes. We do not intend to apply for listing of the exchange notes on any securities exchange. Accordingly, an active public trading market may not develop for the exchange notes and, even if one develops, may not be maintained or be liquid. If an active public trading market for the exchange notes does not develop or is not maintained, the market price and liquidity of the exchange notes are likely to be adversely affected and holders may not be able to sell their exchange notes at desired times and prices or at all. If any of the exchange notes are traded after their purchase, they may trade at a discount from their purchase price.

We also cannot assure you that you will be able to sell your notes or the exchange notes at a particular time or at all, or that the prices that you receive when you sell them will be favorable. If no active trading market develops, you may not be able to resell your notes or the exchange notes at their fair market value, or at all. The liquidity of, and trading market for, the notes may also be adversely affected by, among other things:

 

   

prevailing interest rates;

 

   

our operating performance and financial condition;

 

   

the interest of securities dealers in making a market; and

 

   

the market for similar securities.

It is possible that the market for the notes will be subject to disruptions. Any disruptions may have a negative effect on holders of the notes, regardless of our prospects and financial performance.

 

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The market price of the exchange notes may fluctuate significantly.

The market price of the exchange notes may fluctuate significantly in response to many factors, including:

 

   

actual or anticipated variations in our operating results, funds from operations, cash flows, liquidity or distributions;

 

   

changes in our earnings estimates or those of analysts;

 

   

publication of research reports about us or the real estate industry or the office and industrial sectors in which we operate;

 

   

the failure to maintain our current credit ratings or comply with our debt covenants;

 

   

increases in market interest rates;

 

   

changes in market valuations of similar companies;

 

   

adverse market reaction to any securities we may issue or additional debt we incur in the future;

 

   

additions or departures of key management personnel;

 

   

actions by institutional investors;

 

   

speculation in the press or investment community;

 

   

continuing high levels of volatility in the credit markets;

 

   

the realization of any of the other risk factors included in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus; and

 

   

general market and economic conditions.

In addition, many of the factors listed above are beyond our control. These factors may cause the market price of the exchange notes to decline, regardless of our financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects. It is impossible to assure investors that the market price of the exchange notes will not fall in the future, and it may be difficult for investors to resell the exchange notes at prices they find attractive, or at all.

An increase in interest rates could result in a decrease in the market value of the exchange notes.

In general, as market interest rates rise, notes bearing interest at a fixed rate generally decline in value. Consequently, if you purchase these exchange notes and market interest rates increase, the market value of your exchange notes may decline. We cannot predict the future level of market interest rates.

A downgrade in the credit ratings for our senior debt could materially adversely affect our business and financial condition and the market value of the exchange notes.

The Company has been assigned senior debt ratings by Moody’s, Fitch and Standard & Poor’s of Baa3, BBB- and BB+, respectively. The credit ratings assigned to our senior debt could change based upon, among other things, our results of operations and financial condition. These ratings are subject to ongoing evaluation by credit rating agencies, and we cannot assure you that any rating will not be changed or withdrawn by a rating agency in the future if, in its judgment, circumstances warrant. Moreover, these credit ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold the notes or any other securities. If any of the credit rating agencies that have rated our senior debt downgrades or lowers its credit rating, or if any credit rating agency indicates that it has placed any such rating on a so-called “watch list” for a possible downgrading or lowering or otherwise indicates that its outlook for that rating is negative, it could have a material adverse effect on the market value of the exchange notes and our costs and availability of capital, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and our ability to satisfy our debt service obligations.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose of the Exchange Offer

On June 30, 2010, we issued $250.0 million of the private notes to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., the initial purchasers, pursuant to a purchase agreement. The initial purchasers subsequently sold the private notes to “qualified institutional buyers,” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, in reliance on Rule 144A, and outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. As a condition to the sale of the private notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the representatives of the initial purchasers on June 30, 2010. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we agreed that we would:

 

  (1) use commercially reasonable efforts to file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC;

 

  (2) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer registration statement to become effective at the earliest possible time under the Securities Act;

 

  (3) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange offer to be consummated on or before June 25, 2011; and

 

  (4) in some circumstances, file a shelf registration statement providing for the sale of the private notes by the holders thereof.

Upon the effectiveness of the exchange offer registration statement, we will offer the exchange notes in exchange for the private notes. A copy of the registration rights agreement is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Resale of the Exchange Notes

Based upon an interpretation by the staff of the SEC contained in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that you may exchange private notes for exchange notes in the ordinary course of business. For further information on the SEC’s position, see Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, available May 13, 1988, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, available June 5, 1991, and Shearman & Sterling, available July 2, 1993, and other interpretive letters to similar effect. You will be allowed to resell exchange notes to the public without further registration under the Securities Act and without delivering to purchasers of the exchange notes a prospectus that satisfies the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act so long as you do not participate, do not intend to participate, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in a distribution of the exchange notes. However, the foregoing does not apply to you if you are: a broker-dealer who purchased the exchange notes directly from us to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act; or you are an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. By exchanging your private notes for exchange notes in the Exchange Offer, you will acknowledge that you are not an “affiliate” of ours.

In addition, if you are a broker-dealer, or you acquire exchange notes in the exchange offer for the purpose of distributing or participating in the distribution of the exchange notes, you cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC contained in the no-action letters mentioned above or other interpretive letters to similar effect and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction, unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for private notes, which the broker-dealer acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. By delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for private notes which the broker-dealer acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities.

 

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Terms of the Exchange Offer

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, which together constitute the exchange offer, we will accept any and all private notes validly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration date. We will issue $2,000 principal amount of exchange notes in exchange for each $2,000 principal amount of outstanding private notes surrendered pursuant to the exchange offer. You may tender private notes only in integral multiples of $1,000.

The form and terms of the exchange notes are the same as the form and terms of the private notes except that:

 

   

we will register the exchange notes under the Securities Act and, therefore, the exchange notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer; and

 

   

holders of the exchange notes will not be entitled to any of the rights of holders of private notes under the registration rights agreement, which rights will terminate upon the completion of the exchange offer.

The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the private notes and will be issued under the same indenture, so the exchange notes and the private notes will be treated as a single class of debt securities under the indenture.

As of the date of this prospectus, $250.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the private notes are outstanding and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Only registered holders of the private notes, or their legal representative or attorney-in-fact, as reflected on the records of the trustee under the indenture, may participate in the exchange offer. We will not set a fixed record date for determining registered holders of the private notes entitled to participate in the exchange offer.

You do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the indenture in connection with the exchange offer. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the provisions of the registration rights agreement and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered private notes when, as and if we have given written notice of acceptance to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as your agent for the purposes of receiving the exchange notes from us.

If you tender private notes in the exchange offer you will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees with respect to the exchange of private notes pursuant to the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than the applicable taxes described below, in connection with the exchange offer.

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

The term “expiration date” will mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time on                     , 2011 (the 21st business day following commencement of the exchange offer), unless we, in our sole discretion, extend the exchange offer, in which case the term expiration date will mean the latest date and time to which we extend the exchange offer.

To extend the exchange offer, we will notify the Exchange Agent and each registered holder of any extension in writing by a press release or other public announcement before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date. The notice of extension will disclose the aggregate principal amount of the private notes that have been tendered as of the date of such notice.

We reserve the right, in our reasonable discretion:

 

   

to delay accepting any private notes due to an extension of the exchange offer; or

 

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if any conditions listed below under “—Conditions” are not satisfied, to terminate the exchange offer,

in each case by written notice of the delay, extension or termination to the Exchange Agent and by press release or other public announcement.

We will follow any delay in acceptance, extension or termination as promptly as practicable by written notice to the registered holders by a press release or other public announcement. If we amend the exchange offer in a manner we determine constitutes a material change, we will promptly disclose the amendment in a prospectus supplement that we will distribute to the registered holders. We will also extend the exchange offer for a period of five to ten business days, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure, if the exchange offer would otherwise expire during the five to ten business day period.

Interest on the Exchange Notes

The exchange notes will bear interest at the same rate and on the same terms as the private notes. Consequently, the exchange notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 7.750% per year (calculated using a 360-day year). Interest will be payable on the exchange notes semi-annually on each January 15 and July 15.

Interest on the exchange notes will accrue from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the private notes or, if no interest has been paid on the private notes, from the date of initial issuance of the private notes. We will deem the right to receive any interest accrued but unpaid on the private notes waived by you if we accept your private notes for exchange.

Procedures for Tendering

Valid Tender

Except as described below, a tendering holder must, prior to the expiration date, transmit to UMB Bank, n.a., the Exchange Agent, at the address listed under the heading “—Exchange Agent”:

 

   

a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

if the private notes are tendered in accordance with the book-entry procedures listed below, an agent’s message.

In addition, a tendering holder must:

 

   

deliver certificates, if any, for the private notes to the Exchange Agent at or before the expiration date; or

 

   

deliver a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of the private notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC, the book-entry transfer facility, along with the letter of transmittal or an agent’s message; or

 

   

comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to and received by the Exchange Agent and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, that states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment that the tendering holder agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against this holder.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of private notes, the letter of transmittal must be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer or exchange in satisfactory form duly executed by the registered holder with the signature guaranteed by an eligible institution. The private notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate powers of attorney. In either case, the private notes must be signed exactly as the name of any registered holder appears on the private notes.

 

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If the letter of transmittal or any private notes or powers of attorney are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, these persons should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, proper evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to so act must be submitted.

By tendering private notes pursuant to the exchange offer, each holder will represent to us that, among other things, the exchange notes are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving the exchange notes, whether or not that person is the holder, and neither the holder nor the other person has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes. In the case of a holder that is not a broker-dealer, that holder, by tendering private notes pursuant to the exchange offer, will also represent to us that the holder is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in a distribution of the exchange notes.

The method of delivery of private notes, letters of transmittal and all other required documents is at your election and risk. If the delivery is by mail, we recommend that you use registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested. In all cases, you should allow sufficient time to assure timely delivery. You should not send letters of transmittal or private notes to us.

If you are a beneficial owner whose private notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and wish to tender, you should promptly instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. Any registered holder that is a participant in DTC’s book-entry transfer facility system may make book-entry delivery of the private notes by causing DTC to transfer the private notes into the Exchange Agent’s account, including by means of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program.

Signature Guarantees

Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed, unless the private notes surrendered for exchange are tendered:

 

   

by a registered holder of the private notes who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

for the account of an “eligible institution.”

If signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are required to be guaranteed, the guarantees must be by an “eligible institution.” An “eligible institution” is an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the registrar for the notes, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program, or STAMP, or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the registrar for the notes in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.

Book-Entry Transfer

The Exchange Agent will make a request to establish an account for the private notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer within two business days after the date of this prospectus. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s systems must make book-entry delivery of private notes by causing DTC to transfer those private notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedure for transfer. The participant should transmit its acceptance to DTC at or prior to the expiration date or comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. DTC will verify this acceptance, execute a book-entry transfer of the tendered private notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC and then send to the Exchange Agent confirmation of this book-entry transfer. The confirmation of this book-entry transfer will include an agent’s message confirming that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from this participant that this participant has received and agrees to be bound by the letter of transmittal and that we may enforce the letter of transmittal against this participant.

 

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Delivery of exchange notes issued in the exchange offer may be effected through book-entry transfer at DTC. However, the letter of transmittal or facsimile of it or an agent’s message, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must:

 

   

be transmitted to and received by the Exchange Agent at the address listed under “—Exchange Agent” at or prior to the expiration date; or

 

   

comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.

Guaranteed Delivery

If a registered holder of private notes desires to tender the private notes, and the private notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit the holder’s private notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent before the expiration date, or the procedure for book-entry transfer described above cannot be completed on a timely basis, a tender may nonetheless be made if:

 

   

the tender is made through an eligible institution;

 

   

prior to the expiration date, the Exchange Agent received from an eligible institution a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form provided by us, by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery:

 

   

stating the name and address of the holder of private notes and the amount of private notes tendered;

 

   

stating that the tender is being made; and

 

   

guaranteeing that within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date, the certificates for all physically tendered private notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or an agent’s message, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

   

the certificates for all physically tendered private notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, or any agent’s message, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, are received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date.

Determination of Validity

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility of private notes tendered for exchange. This discretion extends to the determination of all questions concerning the time of receipt, acceptance and withdrawal of tendered private notes. These determinations will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all private notes not properly tendered or any private notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to any particular private note either before or after the expiration date, including the right to waive the ineligibility of any tendering holder. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer as to any particular private note either before or after the expiration date, including the letter of transmittal and the instructions to the letter of transmittal, shall be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, you must cure any defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of private notes within the time we determine. Although we intend to notify you of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of private notes, neither we, the Exchange Agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give you that notification. Unless waived, we will not deem tenders of private notes to have been made until you cure any defects or irregularities.

 

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Other Rights

While we have no present plan to acquire any private notes that are not tendered in the exchange offer or to file a registration statement to permit resales of any private notes that are not tendered in the exchange offer, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to purchase or make offers for any private notes that remain outstanding after the expiration date. We also reserve the right to terminate the exchange offer, as described below under “—Conditions,” and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase private notes in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The terms of any of those purchases or offers could differ from the terms of the exchange offer.

Acceptance of Private Notes for Exchange; Issuance of Exchange Notes

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer, we will accept, promptly after the expiration date, all private notes properly tendered. We will issue the exchange notes promptly after acceptance of the private notes. For purposes of the exchange offer, we will be deemed to have accepted properly tendered private notes for exchange when, as and if we have given oral or written notice to the Exchange Agent, with prompt written confirmation of any oral notice.

In all cases, issuance of exchange notes for private notes will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of:

 

   

certificates for the private notes, or a timely book-entry confirmation of the private notes, into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility;

 

   

a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal or an agent’s message; and

 

   

all other required documents.

For each private note accepted for exchange, the holder of the private note will receive an exchange note having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered private note.

Return of Notes

Unaccepted or non-exchanged private notes will be returned without expense to the tendering holder of the private notes. In the case of private notes tendered by book-entry transfer in accordance with the book-entry procedures described above, the non-exchanged private notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

Withdrawal of Tenders

Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, you may withdraw tenders of private notes at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

For a withdrawal to be effective, the Exchange Agent must receive a written notice of withdrawal at the address or, in the case of eligible institutions, at the facsimile number, indicated under “—Exchange Agent” before the expiration date. Any notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person, referred to as the depositor, having tendered the private notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

identify the private notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of the private notes;

 

   

contain a statement that the holder is withdrawing its election to have the private notes exchanged;

 

   

be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which the private notes were tendered, including any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer to have the trustee with respect to the private notes register the transfer of the private notes in the name of the person withdrawing the tender; and

 

   

specify the name in which the private notes are registered, if different from that of the depositor.

 

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If certificates for private notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Exchange Agent, then, prior to the release of these certificates the withdrawing holder must also submit the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn and signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution, unless this holder is an eligible institution. If private notes have been tendered in accordance with the procedure for book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn private notes.

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility of the notices, and our determination will be final and binding on all parties. We will not deem any properly withdrawn private notes to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offer, and we will not issue exchange notes with respect to those private notes, unless you validly retender the withdrawn private notes. You may retender properly withdrawn private notes by following the procedures described above under “—Procedures for Tendering” at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

Conditions

Notwithstanding any other term of the exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange the exchange notes for, any private notes, and may terminate the exchange offer as provided in this prospectus before the expiration of the exchange offer, if, in our reasonable judgment, the exchange offer violates applicable law, rules or regulations or an applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

If we determine in our reasonable discretion that any of these conditions are not satisfied, we may:

 

   

refuse to accept any private notes and return all tendered private notes to you;

 

   

extend the exchange offer and retain all private notes tendered before the exchange offer expires, subject, however, to your rights to withdraw the private notes; or

 

   

waive the unsatisfied conditions with respect to the exchange offer and accept all properly tendered private notes that have not been withdrawn.

If the waiver constitutes a material change to the exchange offer, we will promptly disclose the waiver by means of a prospectus supplement that we will distribute to the registered holders of the private notes, and we will extend the exchange offer for a period of five to ten business days, depending upon the significance of the waiver and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders, if the exchange offer would otherwise expire during the five to ten business day period.

Termination of Rights

All of your rights under the registration rights agreement will terminate upon consummation of the exchange offer, except with respect to our continuing obligations:

 

   

to indemnify you and parties related to you against liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act; and

 

   

to provide, upon your request, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to permit resales of the notes pursuant to Rule 144A.

Shelf Registration

In the event that:

 

  (1) we determine that an exchange offer is not available or may not be completed because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the SEC;

 

  (2) an exchange offer is not for any other reason completed on or prior to June 25, 2011; or

 

  (3) we receive a request from any initial purchaser of the private notes that represents that it holds private notes that are or were ineligible to be exchanged for the exchange notes in the exchange offer,

 

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we shall use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed with the SEC as soon as practicable after such determination, date or request, as the case may be, but in no event later than 30 days after such determination, date or request, a shelf registration statement providing for the sale of all the registrable securities by the holders thereof and to have such shelf registration statement declared effective by the SEC no later than 90 days after such determination, date or request; provided that no holder shall be entitled to have its registrable securities covered by such shelf registration statement unless such holder has satisfied certain conditions relating to the provision of information in connection with the shelf registration statement.

For purposes of this prospectus, “registrable securities” shall mean the private notes; provided that the private notes shall cease to be registrable securities (a) when a registration statement with respect to such private notes has been declared effective under the Securities Act and such private notes have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such registration statement, (b) when such private notes are eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the Securities Act or (c) when such private notes cease to be outstanding.

Liquidated Damages

If (i) the exchange offer is not completed (or, if required under certain circumstances, the shelf registration statement is not declared effective) on or before June 25, 2011, (ii) the exchange offer registration statement or the shelf registration statement, if required, becomes effective and ceases to be usable for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period, or (iii) holders of notes under certain circumstances are not eligible to participate in the exchange offer and request a shelf registration statement and such shelf registration statement is not declared effective within 90 days of such request (in each of case (i), (ii), or (iii), a “registration default”), the annual interest rate borne by the applicable notes will be increased 0.25% per annum, with respect to the first 90 days after the applicable registration default, and, if the applicable registration default has not been cured prior to the end of such 90-day period, by an additional 0.25% per annum (provided that the interest rate will not be increased by more than 1.0% per annum in the aggregate and we will not in any event be required to pay additional interest accrued for more than one registration default at any given time), in each case until the applicable registration default has been cured. Upon completion of the exchange offer, any additional interest resulting from clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) as applicable, will cease to accrue.

Exchange Agent

We have appointed UMB Bank, n.a. as Exchange Agent for the exchange offer of notes. All executed letters of transmittal and any other required documents should be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address or facsimile number set forth below. You should direct questions and requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery to the Exchange Agent addressed as follows:

UMB Bank, n.a.

 

By Hand, Overnight Delivery or Mail   By Facsimile Transmission
(Registered or Certified Mail Recommended):   (for eligible institutions only):

1010 Grand Blvd., 4th Floor

Kansas City, Missouri 64108

Attn.: Anthony Hawkins

 

(816) 860-3029

Attn: Corporate Trust Manager

  Fax cover sheets should provide a call back number and request a call back, upon receipt.
  Confirm receipt by calling:
  (816) 860-3014

For Information Call:

(816) 860-3014

 

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Fees and Expenses

We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. We have not retained any dealer manager in connection with the exchange offer and will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We will, however, pay the Exchange Agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

We will pay the cash expenses incurred in connection with the exchange offer. These expenses include registration fees, fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent and the trustee, accounting and legal fees and printing costs, among others.

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of notes pursuant to the exchange offer. If, however, a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of the private notes pursuant to the exchange offer, then you must pay the amount of the transfer taxes. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to you.

Consequence of Failures to Exchange

Participation in the exchange offer is voluntary. We urge you to consult your financial and tax advisors in making your decisions on what action to take. Private notes that are not exchanged for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, those private notes may be resold only:

 

   

to us or one of our subsidiaries;

 

   

for so long as the private notes are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person whom the seller reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and otherwise in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A;

 

   

pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act;

 

   

pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States to non-U.S. persons within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act; or

 

   

pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to our and the trustee’s right prior to any such offer, sale or transfer to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel and/or other information satisfactory to each of us or the trustee.

In each case, the private notes may be resold only in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction.

Accounting Treatment

The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the private notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, no gain or loss for accounting purposes will be recognized.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

The exchange offer satisfies an obligation under the registration rights agreement relating to the private notes. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offer.

The net proceeds from the sale of the private notes after deducting discounts, commissions and the expenses of the offering, were approximately $239.9 million.

Contemporaneously with the sale of the private notes, we entered into a new unsecured revolving credit facility. See “Description of Certain Indebtedness-Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility.” We used the net proceeds from the sale of the private notes and the initial loans under the unsecured revolving credit facility to repay the entire outstanding balance of our secured revolving credit facility, to repay in full our term loan credit facility, to repay in full our Toronto Dundas Square credit facility, and to pay fees and expenses associated with the early repayment of such facilities. Affiliates of certain of the initial purchasers of the private notes acted as lenders and/or agents under our secured revolving credit facility, our existing term loan credit facility or our Toronto Dundas Square credit facility.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this description under “—Certain Definitions.” The terms “Issuer,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “EPR” or the “Company” refer to Entertainment Properties Trust and not to any of its subsidiaries.

We issued the private notes and will issue the exchange notes (the “Notes”) pursuant to an Indenture (the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee (the “Trustee”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”). You may request copies of the Indenture and the form of Note from us. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and prospective investors are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement thereof. The following summary of the material provisions of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms used below.

The registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered holders will have rights under the Indenture.

Brief description of the notes and the guarantees

The Notes

The Notes will be:

 

   

general unsecured obligations of the Issuer;

 

   

equal in right of payment with all other existing and future senior Debt of the Issuer, including Debt under the Credit Agreement;

 

   

senior in right of payment to any future subordinated Debt of the Issuer;

 

   

effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured Debt of the Issuer to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such Debt;

 

   

structurally subordinated to the liabilities and preferred stock of our non-Guarantor subsidiaries; and

 

   

fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company together with its guarantor subsidiaries would have accounted for approximately 47% of our total revenue and approximately 60% of our operating income, excluding provision for loan losses and impairment charges. This operating data for the year ended December 31, 2010 includes less than ten months of operations related to Toronto Dundas Square (acquired on March 4, 2010) and less than seven months of operations related to the 12 Cinemark theatres (acquired on June 11, 2010). See “Risk Factors—Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer—Claims of noteholders will be structurally subordinated to claims of creditors of any of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes” and “Risk Factors—Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer—Your right to receive payments on the notes is effectively subordinated to the rights of lenders who have a security interest in our assets to the extent of the value of those assets.”

The Guarantees

The Notes will be guaranteed by each of the Issuer’s current and future Domestic Subsidiaries that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement until certain conditions are met.

Each guarantee of the Notes will be:

 

   

a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor;

 

   

equal in right of payment with all other existing and future senior Debt of that Guarantor, including its Guarantee of the Credit Agreement;

 

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senior in right of payment to any future subordinated Debt of the Guarantor;

 

   

effectively subordinated to any existing and future secured Debt of the Guarantor to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such Debt; and

 

   

structurally subordinated to the liabilities and preferred stock of our non-Guarantor subsidiaries.

See “Risk Factors—Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer—U.S. federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to avoid the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from the guarantors.”

Unrestricted Subsidiaries

Certain of our subsidiaries created or acquired after the date of the Indenture may be designated by us as Unrestricted Subsidiaries if the conditions set forth in the definition are met.

Principal, Interest and Maturity

The Issuer issued $250 million aggregate principal amount of Notes. The Notes will mature on July 15, 2020. Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 7.750% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 to holders of record of Notes on the immediately preceding January 1 and July 1. The Indenture provides for the issuance of additional Notes having identical terms and conditions as the Notes (the “Additional Notes”) from time to time after this offering, subject to the provisions of the Indenture described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.” Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Notes will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 thereof. All payments will be in immediately available funds.

If any interest payment date or stated maturity falls on a day that is not a business day, the required payment shall be made on the next business day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such interest payment date or the maturity date, as the case may be.

Additional interest is payable with respect to the Notes in certain circumstances if the Issuer does not consummate this exchange offer (or shelf registration, if applicable) as provided in the registration rights agreement. See “The Exchange Offer-Liquidated Damages.”

Guarantees

The Notes will be guaranteed by each of our current and future Domestic Subsidiaries that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement. These Guarantees will be joint and several obligations of the Guarantors. The obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent that Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. See “Risk Factors—Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer—U.S. federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to avoid the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the guarantees and require note holders to return payments received from the guarantors”.

A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than any Issuer or another Guarantor, unless:

 

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  (2) subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the Indenture and its Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee.

The Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released, and any Person acquiring assets (including by way of merger or consolidation) or Capital Stock of a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of (1) or (2) below shall not be required to assume the obligations of any such Guarantor:

 

  (1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor;

 

  (2) in connection with any sale of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) Issuer or a Guarantor;

 

  (3) in connection with a Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

 

  (4) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor and the dissolution of that Guarantor, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;

 

  (5) in the event that the Issuer exercises its discharge or full defeasance options as described under “—Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance”; or

 

  (6) in the event that the obligation as a borrower or guarantor by such Guarantor of the Credit Agreement is released or discharged (other than as a result of payment under such obligation) and such Guarantor is not otherwise required to provide a Guarantee in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Additional Guarantees.”

Optional Redemption

The Issuer will not be entitled to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at its option except as provided in the next sentence. The Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date (subject to the right of the holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). Notice of such redemption must be mailed by first-class mail to each note holder’s registered address, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the trustee). The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes held by the holder to be redeemed.

After notice of optional redemption has been given as provided in the Indenture, if funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption have been made available on the redemption date, such Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for the redemption specified in the redemption notice and the only right of the holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price.

The Issuer will notify the Trustee at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee) of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and the redemption date. If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata or by lot or by any such similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC, the Notes to be redeemed. Notes may be redeemed in part in the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes or in any integral multiple thereof. The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of Notes to be redeemed payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each holder a new Note in principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Notes redeemed.

 

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Certain Covenants

Limitations on Incurrence of Debt

The Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP would be greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication):

 

  (1) the Total Assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar year or quarter covered by the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the calendar quarter covered by the Issuer’s most recent report filed with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt (the “Measurement Date”); and

 

  (2) the purchase price of any Real Estate Assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that such proceeds were not used to acquire Real Estate Assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the Measurement Date (such sum of clauses (1) and (2) being collectively referred to as “Adjusted Total Assets”).

In addition to the above limitations on the incurrence of Debt, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ outstanding Secured Debt on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets.

In addition to the above limitations on the incurrence of Debt, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the Measurement Date shall have been less than 1.5x, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that:

 

  (1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had been incurred at the beginning of such period;

 

  (2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);

 

  (3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with appropriate pro forma adjustments to, among other things Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service, with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and

 

  (4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate pro forma adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

 

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If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the foregoing calculation or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service, the interest rate on such Debt will be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Annual Debt Service for Debt for which there is a corresponding Hedging Obligation, Annual Debt Service shall be calculated after giving effect to the Hedging Obligation.

Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets

The Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will maintain Total Unencumbered Assets as of the end of each fiscal quarter of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Unsecured Debt as of the end of each fiscal quarter, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Additional Guarantees

The Issuer will and will cause each Domestic Subsidiary that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver a customary opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within ten Business Days of the date on which it incurred such Debt.

Existence

Except as permitted as described below under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale,” the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will agree to do all things necessary to preserve and keep their existence, rights and franchises; provided, however, that the existence of a Restricted Subsidiary may be terminated if the Board of Directors of the Issuer determines that it is in the best interests of the Issuer to do so and the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be required to preserve any right or franchise if it determines that the preservation of that right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that its loss is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the holders of Notes.

Provision of Financial Information

Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will furnish to the holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

 

  (1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Issuer’s certified independent accountants; and

 

  (2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports.

The Issuer has also agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

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In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Issuer will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

The quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer, as applicable, and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

Merger, Consolidation or Sale

The Issuer may not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease (other than to an unaffiliated operator in the ordinary course of business) or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Persons; unless:

 

  (1) either: (a) the Issuer is the surviving corporation or trust; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

 

  (2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

 

  (3) immediately after such transaction, on a pro forma basis giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions (and treating any obligation of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or as a result of such transaction or series of transactions as having been incurred at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default exists under the Indenture.

This “Merger, Consolidation or Sale” covenant will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor initially had been named as the Issuer therein. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under the Indenture and the Notes following a consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of 90% or more of the assets of the predecessor in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations.

Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control

If a Change of Control occurs, each holder of Notes will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase some or all (in principal amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 thereof) of such holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), unless, after giving pro forma effect to the

 

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Change of Control, (i) at least two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P shall have confirmed their ratings of the Notes at the levels in effect immediately prior to the announcement of a Change of Control transaction or higher and (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any consolidation or merger or to which any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made forming the basis of the Change of Control is principally engaged in a Permitted Business.

Any Change of Control Offer will include a cash offer price of 101% of the principal amount of any Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). If a Change of Control Offer is required, within ten Business Days following a Change of Control, the Issuer will mail a notice to each holder describing the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on a specified date (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed.

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

 

  (1) accept for payment all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

  (2) deposit the Change of Control Payment with the paying agent in respect of all Notes so accepted; and

 

  (3) deliver to the Trustee the Notes accepted and an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of all Notes purchased by the Issuer.

The paying agent will promptly mail to each holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each holder a new Note in principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to any Change of Control Offer. If the provisions of any of the applicable securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue of that compliance.

A third party, instead of the Issuer, may make the Change of Control Offer in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture and purchase all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn. In addition, the Issuer will not be obligated to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes, if it has irrevocably elected to redeem all of the Notes under provisions described under “—Optional Redemption” and has not defaulted in its redemption obligations. The provisions under the Indenture relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Some change of control events may constitute a default under the Credit Agreement. Future indebtedness of the Guarantors may contain prohibitions on the events that constitute a Change of Control. Certain Existing Debt requires and future indebtedness may require the indebtedness to be purchased or repaid if a Change of Control occurs. Moreover, the exercise by the holders of their right to require the Issuer to repurchase the Notes could cause a default under such indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not. Finally, the Issuer’s ability to pay cash to the holders of Notes, if required to do so, may be limited by its then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks relating to the exchange notes and this exchange offer—We may not be able to satisfy our obligations to holders of the notes upon a change of control.”

 

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Events of Default, Notice and Waiver

The Indenture provides that the term “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes means any of the following:

 

  (1) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not pay the principal or any premium on the Notes when due and payable;

 

  (2) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not pay interest on the Notes within 30 days after the applicable due date;

 

  (3) The Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not comply with its obligations under “—Merger, Consolidation or Sale”;

 

  (4) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries fail to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control when required as described under “—Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control”;

 

  (5) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries remain in breach of any other term of the Indenture for 60 days after they receive a notice of Default stating they are in breach. Either the Trustee or the holders of more than 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may send the notice;

 

  (6) final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance) are entered against the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

 

  (7) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries default under any of their indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25.0 million after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which default results in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness. Such default is not an Event of Default if the other indebtedness is discharged, or the acceleration is rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries receives notice specifying the default and requiring that they discharge the other indebtedness or cause the acceleration to be rescinded or annulled. Either the Trustee or the holders of more than 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may send the notice;

 

  (8) the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary files for bankruptcy or certain other events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur; or

 

  (9) any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the indenture or any Guarantee other than by reason of the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture.

Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and has not been cured, either the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the entire principal amount of the Notes to be due and immediately payable by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee. If an Event of Default occurs because of certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount of all the Notes will be automatically accelerated, without any action by the Trustee or any holder. At any time after the Trustee or the holders have accelerated the Notes, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained, the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration.

The Trustee will be required to give notice to the holders of Notes within 90 days after an Event of Default under the Indenture unless the Default has been cured or waived. The Trustee may withhold notice to the holders of the Notes of any Event of Default, except an Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on the Notes, if specified responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that withholding the notice is in the interest of the holders.

 

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Except in cases of an Event of Default, where the Trustee has some special duties, the Trustee is not required to take any action under the Indenture at the request of any holders of Notes unless such holders offer the Trustee reasonable protection from expenses and liability. We refer to this as an “indemnity.” If reasonable indemnity is provided, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or other formal legal action seeking any remedy available to the Trustee. These majority holders may also direct the Trustee in performing any other action under the Indenture, subject to certain limitations.

Before a holder bypasses the Trustee and brings its own lawsuit or other formal legal action or takes other steps to enforce its rights or protect its interests relating to the Notes, the following must occur:

 

  (1) The holder must give the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and remains uncured;

 

  (2) The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Notes must make a written request that the Trustee take action because of the Event of Default, and must offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action;

 

  (3) The Trustee must have not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the notice and offer of indemnity; and

 

  (4) The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding Notes must not have given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

However, a holder is entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on any Note after its due date.

Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee a written statement by certain of the Issuer’s officers certifying that to their knowledge the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Indenture and the Notes, or else specifying any Default.

No Liability for Certain Persons

No past, present or future director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor thereof, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under the Notes or the Indenture based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The foregoing waiver and release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Modification of the Indenture

Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture and/or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities issued under the Indenture affected by such amendment or supplement voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes) and any existing Default, Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal or premium, if any, of or interest on the debt securities, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities issued under the Indenture affected thereby voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).

 

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Without the consent of each holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting holder):

 

  (1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

  (2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under “—Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control”);

 

  (3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

  (4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

  (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

 

  (6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes;

 

  (7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under “—Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control”);

 

  (8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee of the Notes or the Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

 

  (9) modify or change any provisions of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or the Guarantees in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes; and

 

  (10) make any change in the amendment and waiver provisions set forth in clauses (1) through (9) above.

Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any holder of Notes, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes issued thereunder:

 

  (1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

  (2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

  (3) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s obligations to holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s assets;

 

  (4) to add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

 

  (5) to secure the Notes;

 

  (6) to make any other change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such holder; or

 

  (7) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Any such consent need only approve the substance, rather than the particular form, of the proposed amendment.

Notes are not considered outstanding, and therefore the holders thereof are not eligible to vote, if the Issuer has deposited or set aside in trust for the holders money for their payment or redemption or if the Issuer or one of its affiliates own them. The holders of Notes are also not eligible to vote if they have been fully defeased as described below under “—Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance—Full Defeasance.”

 

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Sinking Fund

The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund payments

The Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent

UMB Bank, n.a., is the Trustee under the Indenture. The Issuer has initially designated the Trustee as the registrar and paying agent for the Notes. Payments of interest and principal will be made, and the Notes will be transferable, at the office of the paying agent, or at such other place or places as may be designated pursuant to the Indenture. For Notes that are issued in book-entry form represented by a global security, payments will be made to a nominee of the depository.

Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance

Discharge

The Issuer may discharge all of its obligations to the holders of Notes (other than the obligation to register transfers and exchanges) that either have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year, or scheduled for redemption within one year, by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee, in trust, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government agency notes or bonds or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay all of the Notes, including any premium, and interest payable thereon.

Full Defeasance

The Issuer can, under particular circumstances, effect a full defeasance of the Notes. This means the Issuer can legally release itself and the Guarantors from any payment or other obligations on the Notes (other than the obligation to register transfers and exchanges) if, among other things, the Issuer puts in place the arrangements described below to repay the holders of the Notes and deliver certain certificates and legal opinions to the Trustee:

 

  (1) The Issuer must irrevocably deposit in trust for the benefit of all direct holders of the Notes money or U.S. government or U.S. government agency notes or bonds (or, in some circumstances, depositary receipts representing these notes or bonds), or any combination thereof, that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal and any other payments on the Notes on their due date;

 

  (2) The current federal tax law must be changed or an IRS ruling must be issued permitting the above deposit without causing holders of the Notes to be taxed on the Notes any differently than if the Issuer did not make the deposit and just repaid the Notes themselves. Under current federal income tax law, the deposit and the Issuer’s legal release from the Notes would be treated as though the Issuer took back the Notes and gave each holder of the Notes such holder’s share of the cash and notes or bonds deposited in trust. In that event, the holders of the Notes could recognize gain or loss on the Notes such holder gives back to the Issuer; and

 

  (3) The Issuer must deliver to the Trustee a legal opinion confirming the tax law change or IRS ruling described above.

If the Issuer did accomplish full defeasance, the holders of the Notes would have to rely solely on the trust deposit for repayment on the Notes. The holders of the Notes could not look to the Issuer or the Guarantors for repayment in the unlikely event of any shortfall. Conversely, the trust deposit would most likely be protected from claims of the Issuer’s lenders and other creditors if the Issuer ever became bankrupt or insolvent.

Covenant Defeasance

Under current federal income tax law, the Issuer can make the same type of deposit described above and be released from some of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture and the Notes. This is called “covenant defeasance.” In that event, the holders of the Notes would lose the protection of those restrictive covenants but would gain the protection of having money and securities set aside in trust to repay their Notes.

 

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If the Issuer accomplishes covenant defeasance, the following provisions of the Indenture and the Notes would no longer apply:

 

  (1) any covenants applicable to the Notes and described in this prospectus; and

 

  (2) certain Events of Default relating to breach of covenants, material unsatisfied judgments and acceleration of the maturity of other debt set forth in this prospectus.

If the Issuer accomplishes covenant defeasance with respect to the Notes, the holders of the Notes can still look to the Issuer for repayment of their Notes if a shortfall in the trust deposit occurred. If one of the remaining Events of Default occurs, for example, the Issuer’s bankruptcy, and the Notes become immediately due and payable, there may be a shortfall. Depending on the event causing the Default, the holders of the Notes may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall.

The Issuer may exercise its full defeasance option notwithstanding any prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.

Same-Day Settlement and Payment

The initial purchasers will make settlement for the Notes in immediately available funds. The Issuer will make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes in immediately available funds. The Notes will trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System until maturity or until the Notes are issued in certificated form, and secondary market trading activity in the Notes will therefore be required by DTC to settle in immediately available funds. We expect that secondary trading in the certificated securities, if any, will also be settled in immediately available funds. No assurance can be given as to the effect, if any, of settlement in immediately available funds on trading activity in the Notes.

Governing Law

The Indenture and the Notes are governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Certain Definitions

Acquired Debt” means Debt of a Person (1) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Debt is deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

Annual Debt Service” as of any date means the amount which was expensed in the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the most recent Measurement Date for interest on Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries excluding (1) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing cost, (2) all gains and losses associated with the unwinding or break-funding of interest rate swap agreements, (3) the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees, (4) prepayment fees, premiums and penalties and (5) non-cash swap ineffectiveness charges.

 

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Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the excess of:

 

  (a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Note plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through July 15, 2020 (excluding interest paid prior to the redemption date and accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

 

  (b) the principal amount of the Note.

“Board of Directors” means:

 

  (1) with respect to the Issuer, its Board of Trustees;

 

  (2) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation;

 

  (3) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or the board or committee of the general partner of the partnership serving a similar function; and

 

  (4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized to close.

Capital Stock” means, with respect to any entity, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership interests (however designated) of such entity and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof; provided, however, that leases of real property that provide for contingent rent based on the financial performance of the tenant shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

 

  (1) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), together with any Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture);

 

  (2) a “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer on a fully diluted basis; or

 

  (3) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Issuer of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of the Indenture).

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service” for any period means Earnings from Operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) total interest expense of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, including interest or distributions on Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (3) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs, (4) provisions for gains and losses on properties, (5) depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), (6) the effect of any non-cash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, (7) amortization of deferred charges, (8) the aggregate

 

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amount of all non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period), determined on a consolidated basis, to the extent such items increased or decreased Earnings from Operations for such period and (9) straight-lined rental revenue.

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2010, among the Issuer and initial Guarantors, as Borrowers, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., and RBC Capital Markets, as Co-Syndication Agents, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as Joint Book Runners and Joint Lead Arrangers, and the other financial institutions signatory thereto and their assignees, in each case as amended, modified, renewed, extended, increased, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time (whether or not with the original agents or lenders and whether or not contemplated under the original agreement relating thereto).

Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), indentures, or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or other qualified buyers providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, extended, increased, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time (whether or not with the original agents or lenders and whether or not contemplated under the original agreement relating thereto).

Debt” of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries means, without duplication, any indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

 

  (1) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;

 

  (2) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any encumbrance existing on property owned by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount of indebtedness so secured or (y) the Fair Market Value of the property subject to such encumbrance;

 

  (3) the reimbursement obligations in connection with any letters of credit actually drawn or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense, trade payable, conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement;

 

  (4) the principal amount of all obligations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock; and

 

  (5) any lease of property by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated balance sheet as a Capitalized Lease Obligation,

to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under clauses (1) through (5) above, that any such items would appear as a liability on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Debt also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of another Person (other than the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whenever the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed to have incurred Debt (or be liable with respect to such Debt) by virtue of Standard Securitization Undertakings.

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assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Debt incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition or (b) contingent obligations under performance bonds, performance guarantees, surety bonds, appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices. In the case of Debt as of any date issued with original issue discount, the amount of such Debt shall be the accreted value thereof as of such date.

Default” means, with respect to the Indenture and the Notes, any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any entity, any Capital Stock of such entity which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (other than pursuant to a change of control provision not materially more favorable to the holder thereof than as described under “—Certain Covenants—Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control”), (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), (2) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt, other than Subordinated Debt or Disqualified Stock, or (3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), in each case on or prior to the stated maturity of the Notes.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Earnings from Operations” for any period means the consolidated net income of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding non-controlling interests), excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items (including, in any event, losses on extinguishment of debt), distributions on equity securities, property valuation losses, and the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) as reflected in the financial statements of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, and excluding the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Existing Debt” means Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Debt under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith.

Fitch” means Fitch, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of determination.

 

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Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Debt.

Guarantors means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement and executes a Guarantee of the Notes in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its Guarantee of the Notes is released in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

 

  (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and

 

  (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates.

incur” means issue, create, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Debt or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. Neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Debt. The term “incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.

Issue Date” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued under the Indenture.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

“Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt:

 

  (1) as to which neither the Issuer nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt), other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; and

 

  (2) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

Permitted Business” means any business activity or investments related to a leasehold or equity interest, secured note, mortgage, deed of trust, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other secured debt securities, secured debt derivative or other debt instruments, so long as such investment relates directly or indirectly to real property that constitutes or is used as a movie theatre, retail complex, ski area, winery, vineyard, water-park, school or other properties customarily constituting assets of a REIT, plus any other business in which the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date and such business activities as are complementary, incidental, ancillary or related to, or are reasonable extensions of, the foregoing.

 

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“Permitted Debt” means:

 

  (1) Permitted Refinancing Debt of Debt permitted to be incurred under the Indenture (other than pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (10) or (11) below);

 

  (2) Debt under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $420.0 million at any one time outstanding; provided that such Debt may only be Secured Debt if the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the date of such incurrence after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Secured Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described above under “—Certain Covenants—Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.” Debt outstanding under Credit Facilities on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (2) of this definition;

 

  (3) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

  (4) Existing Debt (other than Debt under the Credit Agreement, the Notes and the Guarantees);

 

  (5) the Notes issued on the Issue Date (and Guarantees) and any exchange notes (and related guarantees) issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the registration rights agreement;

 

  (6) Debt owed to and held by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Debt (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the incurrence of such Debt by the obligor thereon, (B) if the Issuer is the obligor on such Debt and a Subsidiary Guarantor is not the obligee thereon, such Debt is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes, and (C) if a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Debt and a Subsidiary Guarantor is not the obligee thereon, such Debt is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty related to the Notes;

 

  (7) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;

 

  (8) Debt (A) in respect of worker’s compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, banker’s acceptance, and performance, surety or appeal bonds provided in the ordinary course of business, (B) under any Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes) and (C) arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantees of Debt incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition), in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in connection with such disposition;

 

  (9) Debt of the Issuer, to the extent the net proceeds thereof are promptly (A) used to purchase Notes tendered in an offer to purchase made as a result of Change of Control, or (B) deposited to defease the Notes as described in “—Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance—Full Defeasance” and “—Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance—Covenant Defeasance” or (C) deposited to discharge the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture as described in “—Discharge, defeasance and covenant defeasance—Discharge”;

 

  (10)

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issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Debt being held by a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such Debt to a Person that is not either the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Debt by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (10); and

 

  (11) the guarantee by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of Debt of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent that the guaranteed Debt was permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided that if the Debt being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Debt guaranteed.

Permitted Refinancing Debt” means any Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Debt); provided, however, that:

 

  (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Debt does not exceed 103% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Debt extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Debt and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);

 

  (2) such Permitted Refinancing Debt has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

 

  (3) if the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Debt has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, real estate investment trust, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Real Estate Assets” means, as of any date, the real estate, mortgage and lease assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referenced Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

S&P” means Standard & Poor ‘s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Secured Debt” means, for any Person, Debt secured by a Lien on the property of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Significant Subsidiary” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary, if any, of the Issuer as defined in Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in commercial mortgage backed securities transactions by the parent or sponsoring entity.

 

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Subordinated Debt” means Debt which by the terms of such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes or any Guarantee thereof.

Subsidiary” means, for any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

Total Assets” means, for any Person as of any date, the sum of (a) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets plus (b) the book value of all assets (excluding Real Estate Assets and intangibles) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

Total Unencumbered Assets” means, for any Person as of any date, the sum of, without duplication:

 

   

those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets that are not subject to a Lien securing Debt; and

 

   

all other assets (excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries not subject to a Lien securing Debt,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of the covenant set forth above under “Certain Covenants—Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets, “all investments in unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to July 15, 2020; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to July 15, 2020, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets” means, as of any date, the cost (being the original cost to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries plus capital improvements) of Real Estate Assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization of such Real Estate Assets, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary created or acquired after the date of the Indenture, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

 

  (1) has no Debt other than Non-Recourse Debt;

 

  (2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in the aggregate than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Issuer;

 

  (3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Issuer nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

  (4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

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such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer as of such date and, if such Debt is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitations on Incurrence of Debt,” the Issuer will be in default of such covenant.

Unsecured Debt” means, for any Person, any Debt of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries which is not Secured Debt.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Debt at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

  (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Debt, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

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DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

The following summary of the material terms of certain indebtedness of the Company is only a general description and is not complete and, as such, is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the agreements governing such indebtedness.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

As of June 30, 2010, we entered into a new $320.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility contemporaneously with the sale of the private notes, which we refer to as our “unsecured revolving credit facility” in this prospectus. The following affiliates of the initial purchasers acted as lenders and/or agents under the unsecured revolving credit facility: KeyBank National Association, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Royal Bank of Canada and Barclays Bank PLC are lenders and KeyBank National Association is the administrative agent for the other lenders. The combined proceeds of this offering and the initial loans under the unsecured revolving credit facility were used to repay all indebtedness under our secured revolving credit facility, to repay in full our term loan facility, to repay in full our Toronto Dundas Square credit facility, and to pay fees and expenses associated with the early repayment of such facilities. See “Use of Proceeds.” At that time, liens securing these three credit facilities were released.

The unsecured revolving credit facility provides for the extension of credit not to exceed $320.0 million, including a $70.0 million subline for letters of credit. The unsecured revolving credit facility contains an “accordion” feature whereby, subject to lender approval, the total amount of the facility may be increased to $420.0 million.

In March, 2011, we exercised a portion of the accordion feature of the unsecured revolving credit facility. As a result of this exercise, our unsecured revolving credit facility capacity has been increased from $320.0 million to $382.5 million.

The unsecured revolving credit facility will mature on December 1, 2013, unless extended by us, the agent and the lenders.

Interest Rates

The outstanding principal balance under the unsecured revolving credit facility bears interest at fluctuating rates. These rates are based on LIBOR or the Base Rate, at our option, plus an applicable spread based on the ratings periodically assigned to our senior long-term unsecured debt by rating agencies, as set forth below:

 

S&P rating

 

Moody’s rating

 

Fitch’s rating

 

Base rate spread

 

LIBOR spread

³ BBB-   ³ Baa3   ³ BBB-   2.00%   3.00%
= BB+   = Ba1   = BB+   2.25%   3.25%
£ BB   £ Ba2   £ BB   2.50%   3.50%

If at least two of the three rating agencies have the same rating, that rating will determine the spread. If all three rating agencies have different ratings, the median rating will determine the spread.

“LIBOR” will be determined based upon our selection of interest periods of one-, two-, three- or six-months for LIBOR loans, subject to availability. “Base Rate” will be the greater of (a) the agent’s prime rate of interest announced from time to time, or (b) 0.5% above the then-current Federal Funds Rate, or (c) 1.0% above the then-current 30-day LIBOR.

 

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The Company will also pay an unused line fee on the unused portion of the unsecured revolving credit facility at an annual rate of 0.4%, if the unused portion is less than 50% of the facility amount, or 0.5%, if the unused portion equals or exceeds 50% of the facility amount.

Covenants

The unsecured revolving credit facility contains customary covenants for transactions of this type, including, without limitation, restrictions on the ability of the Company and all or certain of its subsidiaries to make distributions; incur debt, make investments; grant or suffer liens; undertake mergers, consolidations, asset sales and other fundamental entity changes; make material changes to contracts and organizational documents; and enter into transactions with affiliates.

The unsecured revolving credit facility also has financial covenants for the Company and/or all or certain of its subsidiaries involving (a) maximum unsecured debt to eligible unencumbered properties; (b) maximum total debt to total asset value; (c) maximum permitted investments; (d) minimum tangible net worth; (e) minimum debt yield; (f) minimum interest coverage; (g) maximum distributions; (h) minimum liquidity; (i) maximum secured debt to total asset value; (j) minimum fixed charge coverage; and (k) maximum secured recourse debt.

Events of Default

The unsecured revolving credit facility also contains customary events of default, including among others, non-payment of principal, interest or other amounts when due, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, violation of covenants, cross defaults with certain other indebtedness, insolvency or inability to pay debts, bankruptcy, or a change of control.

Mortgage Notes Payable

As of December 31, 2010, the Company had approximately $703.7 million mortgage notes payable outstanding. Each of the mortgage notes payable is secured by the respective properties on which the debt was placed, which includes 47 of our theatres and six of our theatre and retail mix properties.

The mortgage notes secured by our theatre and theatre and retail mix properties are generally non-recourse to the Company. The notes have scheduled maturities ranging from approximately two years to 27 years and bear interest at fixed rates ranging from 4.26% to 9.01%, except for one such note which bears interest at a variable rate. The variable rate note resets on a weekly basis and was 0.35% at December 31, 2010. The notes generally require monthly payments of principal and interest based on the applicable amortization schedule, with a balloon payment due at maturity.

The mortgages on our properties contain customary covenants such as those that limit our ability, without the prior consent of the lender, to further mortgage the applicable property or to discontinue insurance coverage.

 

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the notes. It is not a complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations relating to the notes. This summary is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, administrative rulings and pronouncements and judicial decisions, all relating to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of debt instruments. These authorities may be changed, perhaps with retroactive effect, so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those set forth below.

This summary applies to you only if you have become a beneficial owner of a note by purchase in this offering for a price equal to the “issue price” of the notes and hold the note as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code.

This summary does not address the tax considerations arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local jurisdiction or the tax considerations arising under U.S. federal estate, gift and other tax laws (including the newly enacted Medicare tax on investment income). In addition, this discussion does not address all tax considerations that may be applicable to holders’ particular circumstances or to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, such as, for example:

 

   

brokers and dealers in securities or currencies;

 

   

traders in securities that elect to use a mark-to-market method of tax accounting for their securities holdings;

 

   

banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions;

 

   

real estate investment trusts and regulated investment companies;

 

   

controlled foreign corporations and passive foreign investment companies and shareholders of such corporations;

 

   

tax-exempt organizations, retirement plans, individual retirement accounts and tax-deferred accounts;

 

   

persons who have ceased to be citizens or residents of the United States;

 

   

U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar or who hold notes through a foreign entity;

 

   

persons that will hold the notes as a position in a hedging transaction, straddle, conversion transaction, wash sale or other risk reduction transaction;

 

   

persons deemed to sell the notes under the constructive sale provisions of the Code;

 

   

holders subject to the alternative minimum tax; or

 

   

partnerships (or other entities or arrangements classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or other pass-through entities, and beneficial owners of pass-through entities.

If any entity taxable as a partnership holds notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding the notes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the notes.

If we redeem or otherwise repurchase any of the notes, we may be obligated to pay additional amounts in excess of stated principal and interest. Our obligation to pay such excess amounts may implicate the provisions of the Treasury Regulations relating to “contingent payment debt instruments.” Under these Treasury Regulations, however, one or more contingencies will not cause a debt instrument to be treated as a contingent

 

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payment debt instrument if, as of the issue date, each such contingency is “remote” or is considered to be “incidental.” We intend to take the position that the notes should not be treated as contingent payment debt instruments because of the foregoing contingencies. Our position is binding on a holder, unless the holder discloses in the proper manner to the IRS that it is taking a different position. Assuming such position is respected, a holder would be required to include in income the amount of any such additional payment in accordance with the rules discussed below under “—Taxation of U.S. holders” and “—Taxation of Non-U.S. holders.” If the IRS successfully challenged this position, and the notes were treated as contingent payment debt instruments, holders could be required to accrue interest income at a rate higher than the stated interest rate on the notes and to treat as ordinary income, rather than capital gain, any gain recognized on a sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of their notes. This disclosure assumes that the notes will not be considered contingent payment debt instruments. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the potential application of the contingent payment debt instrument rules to their notes and the consequences thereof.

This summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations is for general information only and is not tax advice. This summary is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS. We have not sought, and will not seek, any ruling from the IRS with respect to the statements made in this summary, and there can be no assurance that the IRS will not take a position contrary to these statements or that a contrary position taken by the IRS would not be sustained by a court. If you are considering purchasing notes, you are urged to consult your own tax advisor with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws to your particular situation, as well as any tax considerations arising under the U.S. federal estate or gift tax rules, under the laws of any state, local, or foreign taxing jurisdiction or under any applicable income tax treaty.

PURSUANT TO U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 230, WE ARE INFORMING YOU THAT (A) ANY DISCUSSION OF U.S. FEDERAL TAX ISSUES IN THIS OFFERING MEMORANDUM IS NOT INTENDED AND WAS NOT WRITTEN TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY ANY TAXPAYER FOR THE PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PENALTIES UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL TAX LAWS THAT MAY BE IMPOSED ON THE TAXPAYER, (B) THIS OFFERING MEMORANDUM WAS WRITTEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROMOTION OR MARKETING OF THE NOTES AND (C) EACH TAXPAYER SHOULD SEEK ADVICE BASED ON ITS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES FROM AN INDEPENDENT TAX ADVISOR.

Taxation of U.S. Holders

As used herein, the term “U.S. holders” means a beneficial owner of a note or notes who, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is:

 

   

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

   

a corporation or other entity classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

   

a trust that (i) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more U.S. persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) was in existence on August 20, 1996, was treated as a U.S. person prior to such date, and has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to continue to be treated as a U.S. person.

Interest

U.S. holders generally must include interest on their notes in their U.S. federal taxable income as ordinary income:

 

   

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when the U.S. holder actually or constructively receives it, if the U.S. holder uses the cash method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of the Notes

Unless a nonrecognition provision applies, U.S. holders must recognize taxable gain or loss on the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of their notes. The amount of gain or loss equals the difference between (i) the amount the U.S. holder receives for their notes in cash or other property, valued at fair market value, less the amount thereof that is attributable to accrued but unpaid interest on their notes not previously included in gross income and (ii) the U.S. holder’s adjusted tax basis in their notes. A U.S. holder’s initial tax basis in their notes generally will equal the price the U.S. holder paid for the notes.

Gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if at the time the notes are disposed of they have been held for more than one year. Otherwise, it will be short-term capital gain or loss. The deductibility of capital losses by U.S. holders is subject to certain limitations.

The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate on long-term capital gain on most capital assets held by non-corporate U.S. holders is currently 15%. The U.S. federal income tax laws relating to this 15% tax rate are scheduled to “sunset” or revert to provisions of prior law effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, at which time the capital gains tax rate will be increased to 20%.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Backup withholding at the applicable statutory rate which is currently 28% (and is scheduled to increase to 31% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013) may apply when a U.S. holder receives interest payments on their notes or proceeds upon the sale or other disposition (including a retirement or redemption) of their notes. Certain holders including, among others, corporations, financial institutions and certain tax-exempt organizations, are generally not subject to backup withholding. In addition, backup withholding will not apply to a U.S. holder who provides his or her social security or other taxpayer identification number in the prescribed manner unless:

 

   

the IRS notifies us or our paying agent that the taxpayer identification number provided is incorrect;

 

   

the U.S. holder fails to report interest and dividend payments received on the U.S. holder’s tax return and the IRS notifies us or our paying agent that backup withholding is required; or

 

   

the U.S. holder fails to certify under penalty of perjury that backup withholding does not apply.

A U.S. holder who provides us or our paying agent with an incorrect taxpayer identification number may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. If backup withholding does apply, the U.S. holder may request a refund of the amounts withheld or use the amounts withheld as a credit against the U.S. holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability as long as the U.S. holder timely provides the required information to the IRS. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedures for obtaining an exemption.

We will be required to furnish annually to the IRS and to U.S. holders information relating to the amount of interest paid on the notes, and that information reporting may also apply to payments of proceeds from the sale or other disposition (including a retirement or redemption) of the notes. Some U.S. holders, including corporations, financial institutions and certain tax-exempt organizations, generally are not currently subject to information reporting.

New Legislation

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gains from the sale or other disposition of notes for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this legislation on their acquisition, ownership and disposition of the notes.

Taxation of Non-U.S. Holders

This section applies to you if you are, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, an individual, corporation, estate or trust and are not a U.S. holder (“Non-U.S. holders”).

Payments of Interest

Interest paid to a Non-U.S. holder will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxes or withholding tax if the interest is not effectively connected with the Non-U.S. holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States, and the Non-U.S. holder:

 

   

does not actually or constructively own a 10% or greater interest in the total combined voting power of all classes of our voting shares;

 

   

is not a controlled foreign corporation with respect to which we are a “related person” within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code;

 

   

is not a bank that received such notes on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business; and

 

   

provides the appropriate certification as to the Non-U.S. holder’s status. A Non-U.S. holder can generally meet this certification requirement by providing a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or appropriate substitute form to us or our paying agent. If the notes are held through a financial institution or other agent acting on the Non-U.S. holder’s behalf, the Non-U.S. holder may be required to provide appropriate documentation to the agent. The agent will then generally be required to provide appropriate certifications to us or our paying agent, either directly or through other intermediaries. Special certification rules apply to foreign partnerships, estates and trusts, and in certain circumstances certifications as to foreign status of partners, trust owners or beneficiaries may have to be provided to us or our paying agent.

If a Non-U.S. holder does not qualify for an exemption under these rules, interest income from their notes may be subject to withholding tax at the rate of 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) at the time such interest is paid. To claim the benefit of a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. holder must provide a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN before the payment of interest and a Non-U.S. holder may be required to obtain a U.S. taxpayer identification number and provide documentary evidence issued by foreign governmental authorities to prove residence in the foreign country.

The payment of interest that is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, however, would not be subject to a 30% withholding tax so long as the Non-U.S. holder provides us or our paying agent with an adequate certification (on an applicable IRS Form W-8), but such interest generally would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis at the rates applicable to U.S. holders generally. In addition, if the payment of interest is effectively connected with a foreign corporation’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, that foreign corporation may also be subject to a 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) branch profits tax on its effectively connected earnings and profits attributable to such interest.

Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of the Notes

Non-U.S. holders generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any amount which constitutes capital gain upon a sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of their notes, unless either of the following is true:

 

   

the Non-U.S. holder’s investment in the notes is effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business; or

 

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the Non-U.S. holder is a nonresident alien individual who is present in the United States for 183 or more days in the taxable year within which the sale, redemption or other disposition takes place, and certain other requirements are met.

For Non-U.S. holders described in the first bullet point above, the net gain derived from the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other disposition of their notes generally would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the rates applicable to U.S. persons generally (or lower applicable treaty rate). In addition, a foreign corporation may be subject to a 30% (or lower applicable treaty rate) branch profits tax on its effectively connected earnings and profits attributable to such gain. Non-U.S. holders described in the second bullet point above will be subject to a flat 30% U.S. federal income tax on the gain derived from the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other disposition of their notes, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses, even though Non-U.S. holders are not considered residents of the United States.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Backup withholding (currently at a rate of up to 28%, which rate currently is scheduled to increase to 31% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012) generally will not apply to payments of interest made to a Non-U.S. holder with respect to their notes, provided that we do not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the Non-U.S. holder is a U.S. person and the holder has given us the certification described above under “Taxation of Non-U.S. holders—Payments of interest.” However, we may be required to report annually to the IRS and to a Non-U.S. holder the amount of, and the tax withheld with respect to, any interest paid to the Non-U.S. holder, regardless of whether any tax was actually withheld. Copies of these information returns may also be made available under the provisions of a specific treaty or agreement with the tax authorities of the country in which the Non-U.S. holder resides.

The gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition by a Non-U.S. holder of their notes (including a retirement or redemption) may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding tax (currently at a rate of up to 28%, which rate currently is scheduled to increase to 31% for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012). If a Non-U.S. holder sells or otherwise disposes of their notes outside the United States through a non-U.S. office of a non-U.S. broker and the proceeds are paid to the Non-U.S. holder outside the United States, then the U.S. backup withholding and information reporting requirements generally will not apply to that payment. However, U.S. information reporting, but not backup withholding, will apply to a payment of proceeds from the sale or other disposition by a Non-U.S. holder of their notes, even if that payment is made outside the United States, if the Non-U.S. holder sells or otherwise disposes of their notes through a non-U.S. office of a U.S. broker or a foreign broker with certain connections to the United States, unless the broker has documentary evidence in its files that the Non-U.S. holder is a non-U.S. person and certain other conditions are met, or the Non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption. If a Non-U.S. holder receives payments of the proceeds of a sale or other disposition of their notes to or through a U.S. office of a broker, the payment is subject to both U.S. backup withholding and information reporting unless such holder provides an IRS Form W-8BEN (or other applicable form) certifying that the Non-U.S. holder is a non-U.S. person or the Non-U.S. holder otherwise establishes an exemption, provided that the broker does not have actual knowledge or reason to know that the Non-U.S. holder is not a U.S. person or the conditions of any other exemption are not, in fact, satisfied.

A Non-U.S. holder generally will be entitled to a credit or refund with respect to any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules against the holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner. Non-U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding and information reporting in their particular situation, the availability of an exemption therefrom, and the procedure for obtaining an exemption, if available.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. Broker-dealers may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with the resale of exchange notes received in exchange for private notes where the broker-dealer acquired the private notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that we will cause this registration statement to remain effective for one year following the consummation of this exchange offer. Until 90 days after the date of delivery of this prospectus, all broker-dealers effecting transactions in the notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers or any other persons. Broker-dealers may sell exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Broker-dealers may resell exchange notes directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of the exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the exchange notes may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any resale of exchange notes and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to our performance of, or compliance with, the registration rights agreement and will indemnify the holders of the notes (including any broker-dealers) against liabilities under the Securities Act.

By its acceptance of the exchange offer, any broker-dealer that receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer agrees to notify us before using the prospectus in connection with the sale or transfer of exchange notes. The broker-dealer further acknowledges and agrees that, upon receipt of notice from us of the happening of any event which makes any statement in the prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in the prospectus to make the statements in the prospectus not misleading, which notice we agree to deliver promptly to the brokerdealer, the broker-dealer will suspend use of the prospectus until we have amended or supplemented this prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and have furnished (or made available) copies of any amendment or supplement to the prospectus to the broker-dealer.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the notes offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Kansas City, Missouri.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of EPR and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the reports of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said experts in accounting and auditing.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You can read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington DC, 20549. You can obtain information about the operations of the SEC Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website that contains information we file electronically with the SEC, which you can access over the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: EPR), and you can obtain information about EPR at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. General information about EPR, including EPR’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, is available free of charge through our website at http://www.eprkc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. Information on our website is not incorporated into this prospectus and you should not consider it a part of this prospectus.

 

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LOGO

Entertainment Properties Trust

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

Up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020,

which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

for any and all of its outstanding unregistered 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Entertainment Properties Trust

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Trustees and Officers.

The terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “EPR” or the “Company” refer to Entertainment Properties Trust and not to any of its subsidiaries.

(a) The Company

The laws relating to Maryland real estate investment trusts (the “Maryland REIT Law”) permit a real estate investment trust to indemnify and advance expenses to its trustees, officers, employees and agents to the same extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”) for directors and officers of Maryland corporations. The MGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or are threatened to be made, a party by reason of their service in those capacities. However, a Maryland corporation is not permitted to provide this type of indemnification if the following is established:

 

   

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

   

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

   

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

Additionally, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of that corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. The MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation’s receipt of the following:

 

   

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and

 

   

a written undertaking by him or on his behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that this standard of conduct was not met.

Our officers and trustees are and will be indemnified under our Declaration of Trust against certain liabilities. Our Declaration of Trust provides that we will, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, indemnify: (a) any individual who is a present or former trustee or officer of EPR; or (b) any individual who, while a trustee or officer of EPR and at the request of EPR, serves or has served as a director, officer, shareholder, partner, trustee, employee or agent of any real estate investment trust, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprises against any claim or liability, together with reasonable expenses actually incurred in advance of a final disposition of a legal proceeding, to which such person may become subject or which such person may incur by reason of his or her status as such. We have the power, with the approval of our Board of Trustees, to provide such indemnification and advancement of expenses to a person who served a predecessor of EPR in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of EPR or its predecessors.

We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our trustees and certain of our officers providing for procedures for indemnification by us to the fullest extent permitted by law and advancements by us of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from their service to us.

We have obtained trustee’s and officers’ liability insurance for the purpose of funding the provision of any such indemnification.

The SEC has expressed the opinion that indemnification of trustees, officers or persons otherwise controlling a company for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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(b) EPT Huntsville, Inc., EPT 909, Inc., EPT Mount Attitash, Inc., EPT Mount Snow, Inc., EPT Nineteen, Inc., EPT Ski Properties, Inc. and EPT Waterparks, Inc. (each a Delaware corporation and, collectively, referred to as the “Delaware Corporations”)

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”) provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 145 further authorizes a Delaware corporation to indemnify any person serving in such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145 further provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter, such person shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such person.

As permitted by Section 145, each Delaware Corporation has adopted provisions in its Bylaws requiring it to indemnify officers and directors to the fullest extent provided by the DGCL.

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation of each Delaware Corporation includes a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (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 DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

(c) WestCol Center, LLC and Education Capital Solutions, LLC (each a Delaware limited liability company, collectively, the “Delaware LLCs”)

Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.

The limited liability company agreement of each of the Delaware LLCs provides that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

(i) no member or manager shall be liable to the Delaware LLC or its member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Delaware LLC or its member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a member or manager of the Delaware LLC, and

(ii) the Delaware LLC shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Delaware LLC or by third

 

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parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member or manager of the Delaware LLC, or is or was serving at the request of the Delaware LLC as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any other specified enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding),

in either case, only if such person discharged such person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Delaware LLC and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Delaware LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct that is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, and the Delaware LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the member of the Delaware LLC.

(d) EPT DownREIT II, Inc., Megaplex Four, Inc., EPT Melbourne, Inc., EPR Hialeah, Inc., EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc., EPT Kalamazoo, Inc., EPT Mad River, Inc. and Megaplex Nine, Inc. (each a Missouri corporation, collectively, the “Missouri Corporations”)

Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri (the “MGBC”) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

Section 351.355(3) provides that except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

Section 351.355(4) provides that any indemnification described above, 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 of conduct set forth in this section. The determination shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit, or proceeding, or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the shareholders.

Section 351.355(5) provides that the board of directors may authorize that expenses incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount.

The Bylaws of each Missouri Corporation generally provide (i) that directors and officers who are made, or are threatened to be made, parties to, or are involved in any action, suit or proceeding will be indemnified by such corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the MGBC against all expenses and liabilities, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such director or officer in connection with any proceeding, and (ii) each Missouri Corporation is required to advance expenses to its directors and officers, provided that, if the MGBC so requires, they undertake to repay the amount advanced if it is ultimately determined by a court that they are not entitled to indemnification.

 

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(e) 30 West Pershing, LLC (a Missouri limited liability company, the “Missouri LLC”)

The Missouri Limited Liability Company Act is silent as to indemnification. The operating agreement of the Missouri LLC provides that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

(i) no member or manager shall be liable to the Missouri LLC or its member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Missouri LLC or its member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a member or manager of the Missouri LLC, and

(ii) the Missouri LLC shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Missouri LLC or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member or manager of the Missouri LLC, or is or was serving at the request of the Missouri LLC as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any other specified enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding),

in either case, only if such person discharged such person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Missouri LLC and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Missouri LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct that is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, and the Missouri LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the member of the Missouri LLC.

(f) Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC (a New Hampshire limited liability company, the “New Hampshire LLC”)

Section 304-C:31 of the New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act (the “NHLLC Act”) provides that, subject to the liability of a member or manager for acts of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a limited liability company agreement may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or manager for monetary damages. The limited liability company agreement of the New Hampshire LLC provides that to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law:

(i) no member or manager shall be liable to the New Hampshire LLC or its member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the New Hampshire LLC or its member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a member or manager of the New Hampshire LLC, and

(ii) the New Hampshire LLC shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the New Hampshire LLC or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member or manager of the New Hampshire LLC, or is or was serving at the request of the New Hampshire LLC as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any other specified enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding),

 

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in either case, only if such person discharged such person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the New Hampshire LLC and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. The New Hampshire LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct that is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, and the New Hampshire LLC shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the member of the New Hampshire LLC.

 

Item 21. Exhibits.

See exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index following the signature page of this Form S-4, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 22. Undertakings.

 

  a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement;

 

  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 

  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post- effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

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  (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

  (5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer to sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424:

 

  (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 

  (iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 

  (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

  b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  c) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

 

  d) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all the information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST,
a Maryland real estate investment trust
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:  

Vice President, Chief Operating Officer,

General Counsel and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    ROBERT J. DRUTEN        

Robert J. Druten

  

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Trustee

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    BARRETT BRADY        

Barrett Brady

  

Trustee

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    PETER C. BROWN        

Peter C. Brown

  

Trustee

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    JACK A. NEWMAN, JR.        

Jack A. Newman, Jr.

  

Trustee

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    JAMES A. OLSON        

James A. Olson

  

Trustee

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

30 WEST PERSHING, LLC,
a Missouri limited liability company
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Manager

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Manager

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT MELBOURNE, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC,
a New Hampshire limited liability company
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Manager

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Manager

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Manager (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPR HIALEAH, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT 909, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT NINETEEN, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

EPT WATERPARKS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Kansas City, State of Missouri, on April 15, 2011.

 

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.,
a Missouri corporation
By:   /S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        
Name:   Gregory K. Silvers
Title:   Vice President and Secretary

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement, to any related Rule 462(b) registration statement and to any other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and to file the same, with all exhibits to the registration statement and other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, grants to the attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, and ratifies and confirms all that the attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    DAVID M. BRAIN        

David M. Brain

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    GREGORY K. SILVERS        

Gregory K. Silvers

  

Vice President, Secretary and Director

  April 15, 2011
By:  

/S/    MARK A. PETERSON        

Mark A. Peterson

  

Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Secretary and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

  April 15, 2011

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

3.1    Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company, which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s
Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on June 7, 1999, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1
3.2    Amendment to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on January 11, 2005, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.2
3.3    Amendment to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Entertainment Properties Trust filed December 19, 2006, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed December 21, 2006, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.3
3.4    Amendment to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Entertainment Properties Trust filed May 1, 2007, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed May 4, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.4
3.5    Amendment to Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Entertainment Properties Trust filed December 7, 2009, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed December 7, 2009, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.5
3.6    Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Form 8-A12B (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on May 24, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.6
3.7    Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Form 8-A12BA (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on January 14, 2005, and to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on January 14, 2005, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.7
3.8    Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed December 21, 2006, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.8
3.9    Articles Supplementary designating the powers, preferences and rights of the 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed May 4, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.9
3.10    Articles Supplementary designating powers, preferences and rights of the 9.0% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on April 2, 2008, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.10
3.11    Bylaws of the Company, which are attached as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File
No. 001-13561) filed on December 11, 2008, are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.11
3.12    Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of 30 West Pershing, LLC, filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.13    Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of 30 West Pershing, LLC ***
3.14    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT DownREIT II, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.15    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT DownREIT II, Inc. ***
3.16    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Huntsville, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***

 

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Exhibit
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Description

3.17    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Huntsville, Inc. ***
3.18    Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Megaplex Four, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.19    Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Megaplex Four, Inc. ***
3.20    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Westcol Center, LLC, filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.21    Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Westcol Center, LLC ***
3.22    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Melbourne, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.23    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Melbourne, Inc. ***
3.24    Certificate of Formation of Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC, filed on December 21, 1999 ***
3.25    Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Formation of Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC, filed on February 12, 2003 ***
3.26    Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC ***
3.27    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of JERIT CS Fund I, LLC (now known as Education Capital Solutions, LLC), filed on December 16, 2009 ***
3.28    Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of JERIT CS Fund I, LLC (now known as Education Capital Solutions, LLC) ***
3.29    Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPR Hialeah, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.30    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPR Hialeah, Inc. ***
3.31    Certificate of Incorporation of EPT 909, Inc., filed on May 3, 2010 ***
3.32    Bylaws of EPT 909, Inc. ***
3.33    Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Crotched Mountain, LLC, filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.34    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc. ***
3.35    Articles of Incorporation of EPT Kalamazoo, Inc., filed on January 26, 2005 ***
3.36    Bylaws of EPT Kalamazoo, Inc. ***
3.37    Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Mad River, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.38    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mad River, Inc. ***
3.39    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Mount Attitash, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.40    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mount Attitash, Inc. ***
3.41    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Mount Snow, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.42    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mount Snow, Inc. ***
3.43    Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Nineteen, Inc., filed on December 9, 2009 ***

 

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Exhibit
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Description

3.44    Bylaws of EPT Nineteen, Inc. ***
3.45    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Ski Properties, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.46    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Ski Properties, Inc. ***
3.47    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Waterparks, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.48    Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Waterparks, Inc. ***
3.49    Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Megaplex Nine, Inc., filed on June 9, 2010 ***
3.50    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Megaplex Nine, Inc. ***
4.1    Form of share certificate for common shares of beneficial interest of the Company, which is attached as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11, as amended, (Registration No. 333-35281), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1
4.2    Form of 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate, which is attached as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Form 8-A12B (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on May 24, 2002, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2
4.3    Form of 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share Certificate, which is attached as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Form 8-A12B (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on January 12, 2005, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3
4.4    Form of 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares Certificate, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed December 21, 2006, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.4
4.5    Form of 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares Certificate, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed May 4, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.5
4.6    Form of 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on April 2, 2008, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.6.
4.7    Registration Rights Agreement among Entertainment Properties Trust, Whitby Centrum Limited Partnership, Oakville Centrum Limited Partnership, Kanata Centrum Limited Partnership, Courtney Square Limited Partnership and 2041197 Ontario Ltd., dated February 24, 2004, which is attached as Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Form 8-K/A (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on March 16, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.7
4.8    Agreement Regarding Ownership Limit Waiver between the Company and Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., which is attached as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on January 19, 2005, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.8
4.9    Agreement Regarding Ownership Limit Waiver between the Company and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on May 14, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.9
4.10    Agreement Regarding Ownership Limit Waiver between the Company and Blackrock, Inc. and its subsidiaries, which is attached as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on March 1, 2010, is hereby incorporated as Exhibit 4.10

 

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Description

  4.11    Indenture, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, and UMB Bank, N.A. as trustee, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on July 1, 2010, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.11
  4.12    Form of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.11 above)
  4.13    Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., for itself and on behalf of several initial purchasers named therein, which is attached as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on July 1, 2010, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.13
  5.1    Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding legality**
  8.1    Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP regarding tax matters**
10.1    Credit Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company; certain of its subsidiaries; the lenders defined therein; KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent; JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and RBC Capital Markets, as
co-syndication; and each of KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on July 1, 2010, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.1
10.2    Mississauga Entertainment Centrum Agreement dated November 14, 2003 among Courtney Square Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2
10.3    Oakville Entertainment Centrum Agreement dated November 14, 2003 among Penex Winston Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File
No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.3
10.4    Whitby Entertainment Centrum Agreement dated November 14, 2003 among Penex Whitby Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File
No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.4
10.5    Kanata Entertainment Centrum Agreement dated November 14, 2003 among Penex Kanata Ltd., Penex Main Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.5
10.6    Amending Agreements among Courtney Square Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which are attached as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.6
10.7    Amending Agreements among Penex Winston Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which are attached as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.7
10.8    Amending Agreements among Penex Whitby Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which are attached as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.8
10.9    Amending Agreements among Penex Kanata Ltd., Penex Main Ltd., EPR North Trust and Entertainment Properties Trust, which are attached as Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.9
10.10    Note Purchase Agreement dated February 24, 2004 among Entertainment Properties Trust and Courtney Square Limited Partnership, Whitby Centrum Limited Partnership, Oakville Centrum Limited Partnership and Kanata

 

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Exhibit
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Description

   Centrum Limited Partnership, which is attached as Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File
No. 001-13561) filed March 15, 2004, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.10
10.11    Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into between the Company and each of its trustees and officers, which is attached as Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 1, filed October 28, 1997, to the Company’s Registration Statements on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-35281), is hereby incorporated by reference as exhibit 10.11
10.12    Form of Indemnification Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed on May 14, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.12
10.13*    Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Trustees, which is attached as Exhibit 10.10 to Amendment No. 2, filed November 5, 1997, to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-35281), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.13
10.14*    Annual Incentive Program, which is attached as Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 2, filed November 5, 1997, to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-35281), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.14
10.15*    First Amended and Restated 1997 Share Incentive Plan included as Appendix D to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed April 8, 2004 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.15
10.16*    Form of 1997 Share Incentive Plan Restricted Shares Award Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.16
10.17*    Form of Option Certificate Issued Pursuant to Entertainment Properties Trust 1997 Share Incentive Plan, which is attached as Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.17
10.18*    2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 20, 2009 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.18
10.19*    Form of 2007 Equity Incentive Plan Nonqualified Share Option Agreement for Employee Trustees, which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-142831) filed on May 11, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.19
10.20*    Form of 2007 Equity Incentive Plan Nonqualified Share Option Agreement for Non-Employee Trustees, which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-142831) filed on May 11, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.20
10.21*    Form of 2007 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Shares Agreement for Employees, which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-142831) filed on May 11, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.21
10.22*    Form of 2007 Equity Incentive Plan Restricted Shares Agreement for Non-Employee Trustees, which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 20, 2009 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.22
10.23*    Employment Agreement, entered into as of February 28, 2007, by Entertainment Properties Trust and David M. Brain, which is attached as Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.23
10.24*    Employment Agreement, entered into as of February 28, 2007, by Entertainment Properties Trust and Gregory K. Silvers, which is attached as Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.24

 

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Description

10.25*    Employment Agreement, entered into as of February 28, 2007, by Entertainment Properties Trust and Mark A. Peterson, which is attached as Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.25
10.26*    Employment Agreement, entered into as of February 28, 2007, by Entertainment Properties Trust and Michael L. Hirons, which is attached as Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed February 28, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.26
10.27*    Employment Agreement, entered into as of May 14, 2009, by Entertainment Properties Trust and Morgan G. Earnest II, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed May 20, 2009, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.27
10.28    Form of Loan Agreement, dated as of June 29, 1998, between EPT DownREIT II, Inc., as Borrower, and Archon Financial, L.P., as Lender, which is attached as Exhibit 10.15 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1998 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.28
10.29    Limited Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated October 27, 2003, among EPT New Roc GP, Inc., EPT New Roc, LLC, LRC Industries, Inc., DKH — New Roc Associates, L.P., LC New Roc Inc. and New Roc Associates, L.P., which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated October 27, 2003 and filed November 12, 2003 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.29
10.30    Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of New Roc Associates, L.P., which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed November 12, 2003 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.30
10.31    Loan Agreement, dated February 27, 2003, among Flik, Inc., as Borrower, EPT DownREIT, Inc., as Indemnitor, and Secore Financial Corporation, as Lender, which is attached as Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed March 4, 2003 (Commission File No. 001-13561), is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.31
10.32    Agreement with Fred L. Kennon which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed August 3, 2006, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.32
10.33*    Entertainment Properties Trust 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Commission File No. 333-142831) filed May 11, 2007, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.33
12.1    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges, which is attached as Exhibit 12.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 1, 2011, is hereby incorporated by reference as
Exhibit 12.1
12.2    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Distributions, which is attached as Exhibit 12.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 1, 2011, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 12.2
21.1    The list of the Company’s Subsidiaries, which is attached as Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 001-13561) filed March 1, 2011, is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 21.1
23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP***
23.2    Consent of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1)**
25.1    Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of UMB Bank, n.a.**
99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal**

 

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No.

  

Description

99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery**

 

* Management contracts or compensatory contracts.
** To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of any securities, as appropriate.
*** Filed herewith

 

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EX-3.12 2 dex312.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION OF 30 WEST PERSHING, LLC Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of 30 West Pershing, LLC

Exhibit 3.12

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

30 WEST PERSHING, LLC

The undersigned, 30 West Pershing, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company (the “Company”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Organization of the Company in their entirety, in accordance with the Missouri Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”), does hereby make and execute these Amended and Restated Articles of Organization and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Company is 30 West Pershing, LLC. The original Articles of Organization of the Company were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri on April 23, 2002. An Amendment of Articles of Organization was filed with the Secretary of State on March 29, 2004, which was further amended on August 27, 2004, July 21, 2005 and June 29, 2009.

II. The Amended and Restated Articles of Organization set forth below were adopted by the managers and the sole member of the Company on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Organization of the Company are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Articles of Organization of the Company, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Amended and Restated Articles of Organization:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Limited Liability Company is 30 West Pershing, LLC (the “Company”).

ARTICLE II

The duration of the Company shall be perpetual, unless it is dissolved or terminated pursuant to the Operating Agreement or the Act.

ARTICLE III

The Company’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized.

In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Company by law, by the Company’s Operating Agreement, and those incidental thereto, the Company shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges that are necessary or convenient to effect any or all of the purposes for which the Company is organized.


ARTICLE IV

The address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 South Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of its registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System, Inc.

ARTICLE V

The management of the Company is vested in one or more managers as provided in the Company’s Operating Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

The name and address of the organizer of the Company are as follows:

P. Mitchell Woolery

c/o Kutak Rock LLP

444 W. 47th Street, Suite 200

Kansas City, Missouri 64112

ARTICLE VII

No member or manager, solely by reason of being a member or manager, or both, shall be liable, under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, or for the acts or omissions of any other member, manager, agent or employee of the Company. The failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under the Company’s Operating Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing liability on the members or any manager for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Company.

ARTICLE VIII

No member or manager shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Company unless the transaction, agreement or action with respect to which such member or manager is acting has been approved, or is otherwise authorized, in accordance with the Company’s Operating Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

The Company reserves the right to amend these Amended and Restated Articles of Organization in the manner now or hereafter permitted by the Act and the Company’s Operating Agreement, as amended, and all rights and powers conferred herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

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IN AFFIRMATION THEREOF, the undersigned states the facts stated above are true and has hereunto subscribed his name as of June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.13 3 dex313.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF 30 WEST PERSHING, LLC Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of 30 West Pershing, LLC

Exhibit 3.13

AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

30 WEST PERSHING, LLC

This Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of 30 West Pershing, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company (the “Company”), is executed as of June 7, 2010 by Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Founding Member” or “EPT”).

R E C I T A L S

The Founding Member has formed the Company as a manager-managed limited liability company for the purposes set forth in the Articles and has determined to operate the Company in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing and the covenants contained herein, the Founding Member declares:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Act” means the Missouri Limited Liability Company Act, as amended or restated from time to time, and any successor statute adopted in the State of Missouri.

“Additional Member” means any Person admitted as an additional Member of the Company.

“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, as amended from time to time.

“Articles” means the Articles of Organization of the Company, as filed with the Missouri Secretary of State and as amended from time to time.

“Available Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash on hand or in bank, money market or similar accounts of the Company from time to time derived from any source (other than Liquidation Proceeds) that the Required Vote of Managers determines is available for Distribution in accordance with Article IV hereof, after taking into account any amount required or appropriate to maintain a reasonable amount of Reserves.

“Capital Account” means the separate account established and maintained by the Company for each Member pursuant to Section 3.02.

“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to each Member, the total amount of cash or other property contributed by that Member to the capital of the Company for its Interest.


“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or the corresponding provisions of future laws.

“Company” means 30 West Pershing, LLC organized in accordance with the Articles and this Agreement.

“Distributions” means distributions by the Company to the Members of Available Cash, Liquidation Proceeds or other amounts.

“Effective Date” means the date the Articles are filed with the Missouri Secretary of State.

“Interest” means a Member’s rights and interests in the Company in that Member’s capacity as a Member, as provided in the Articles, this Agreement and the Act, including without limitation, a Member’s interest in the capital, profits and losses of the Company.

“Interest Holder” means any Person who holds an Interest, whether as a Member or as an unadmitted assignee of a Member.

“Liquidation Proceeds” means all Property at the time of liquidation of the Company and all proceeds thereof.

“Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

“Member” means the Founding Member and any Person who is subsequently admitted as an Additional Member.

“Membership Rights” means all of the rights of a Member in the Company, including a Member’s: (i) interest; (ii) right to inspect the Company’s books and records; and (iii) right to participate in the management of and vote on matters coming before the Company.

“Profit” and “Loss” means, for each taxable year of the Company (or other period for which Profit or Loss is computed) the Company’s taxable income or loss determined in accordance with the Code and the method of accounting adopted by the Managers.

“Property” means all tangible and intangible properties and assets that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.

“Regulations” means the income tax regulations, including any temporary regulations, from time to time promulgated under the Code.

“Required Vote of Managers” means the affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the Managers.

“Reserves” means amounts set aside from time to time pursuant to Section 3.03.

“Transfer” means, when used as a noun, any voluntary sale, hypothecation, pledge, assignment, attachment, or other transfer, and, when used as a verb, means to sell, hypothecate, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer, in either case voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE II

FORMATION AND NAME; OFFICE; PURPOSES; TERM

Section 2.01 Organization. The Company has been organized as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act and the provisions of this Agreement and, for that purpose, its Articles have been prepared, executed and filed with the Missouri Secretary of State.

Section 2.02 Name of the Company. The name of the Company shall be as stated in the Articles. The Company may transact business under that name and under any other name or names selected by the Required Vote of Managers.

Section 2.03 Purposes. The Company is organized for the purposes set forth in the Articles and may exercise the powers and engage in the activities set forth in the Articles.

Section 2.04 Term. The term of the Company shall be perpetual, unless sooner dissolved or terminated as provided in this Agreement or under the Act.

Section 2.05 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be 30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201, Kansas City, Missouri 64108, or at any other place as determined by a Manager.

Section 2.06 Resident Agent. The name and address of the Company’s resident agent in the State of Missouri shall be CT Corporation System, 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERS, CAPITAL, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

Section 3.01 Capital Contribution. The Member has made a cash contribution to the capital of the Company.

Section 3.02 Capital Account Maintenance. A capital account shall be maintained for the Founding Member and any additional or successor Members as required by Code § 704 and the Regulations thereunder.

Section 3.03 Reserves. By a Required Vote of Managers, the Company shall have the right to establish, maintain and expend Reserves to provide for working capital, variable expenses, debt service or such other purposes as deemed advisable by a Required Vote of Managers.

 

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ARTICLE IV

PROFIT, LOSS, AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.01 Allocation of Profit or Loss. All Profit or Loss shall be allocated to the Members in the ratio of their respective Capital Account balances.

Section 4.02 Non-Liquidating Cash Distributions. The amount, if any, of Available Cash shall be determined by the Managers and distributed to the Member at such intervals as the Managers deem advisable in the ratio of their respective Capital Account balances.

Section 4.03 Liquidating Distributions. Liquidation Proceeds shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

(a) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Company (including to Members to the extent permitted by the Act and expenses of liquidation.

(b) The remainder to the Members in the ratio of their respective Capital Account balances after taking into account the allocation of all income or loss pursuant to this Agreement for the fiscal year(s) in which the Company is liquidated.

ARTICLE V

MANAGEMENT: RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES

Section 5.01 Management. The business and affairs of the Company will be managed by three (3) natural persons who are referred to as “Managers” and who, acting as a board, constitute the “Management Committee.” Each Manager will hold office until such Manager’s successor is duly elected or until such Manager’s earlier death or resignation. Managers need not be Members of the Company. Except as expressly limited by law, the Articles or this Agreement, the Property and the business of the Company will be controlled and managed by the Management Committee. The Management Committee has and is vested with all powers and authorities, except as expressly limited by law, the Articles, or this Agreement, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and in behalf of the Company, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. From time to time, the Management Committee may, but is not required to, elect one of the Managers to serve as the “Presiding Manager.” The Presiding Manager will manage the day-to-day operations of the Company and will carry out the decisions of the Management Committee.

Section 5.02 Election of the Management Committee. David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers, and Mark A. Peterson are hereby elected by the Member to serve on the Management Committee until their successors have been duly elected or until their earlier death or resignation. Elections of Managers are not required to be held at any regular frequency, but, instead, will be held upon the call of the Member. Vacancies on the Management Committee may be filled by the Member.

 

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Section 5.03 Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Management Committee are not required to be held at any regular frequency, but, instead, will be held upon the call of any one of the Managers. All meetings of the Management Committee will be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as is designated by the Manager calling the meeting and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Management Committee by means of conference telephone equipment or similar communications equipment whereby all Managers participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting in this manner constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

Section 5.04 Quorum; Voting Requirement. At all meetings of the Management Committee, a majority of the number of Managers then serving will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority in number of the Managers present at any meeting of the Management Committee at which a quorum is present will be the act of the Management Committee.

Section 5.05 Notice of Meeting. Notice of each meeting of the Management Committee, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting must be given to each Manager at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The notice may be given by any Manager having authority to call the meeting. “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings are deemed to be synonymous.

Section 5.06 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such Manager, whether before or after the time stated therein, is deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a Manager at any meeting constitutes a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purposes of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 5.07 Action Without a Meeting. Any action that is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the Management Committee may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the Managers. The consents will have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held.

Section 5.08 Compensation of Managers. The compensation of the Managers, if any, may be set by a Required Vote of Managers.

Section 5.09 Removal of Managers. A Manager may be removed by Members holding a majority of the Capital Account balances, with or without cause.

Section 5.10 Death or Resignation of Managers. In the case of death or resignation of one or more of the Managers, Members holding a majority of the Capital Account balances, shall fill such vacancy.

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Managers or the Members, including, but not limited to, the execution of any instruments on behalf of the Company. The Managers shall have the power and authority to appoint individuals to act as officers of the Company or to act in such other capacities or on such committees as the Managers deem advisable from time to time, and any such individuals shall serve for such periods and hold such positions, have such power and authority and be subject to such restrictions or limitations, and be entitled to such compensation, as the Managers may determine from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. Any appointment or delegation of authority may be revoked, and any individual may be removed from any officer position or other capacity, at any time by the Managers, with or without cause. Unless otherwise specified by the Managers, and subject to any express limitations on power or authority as provided in this Operating Agreement, an individual appointed as a President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer shall have the duties, powers and authority described below.

(a) President and Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by the Managers, the individual(s) appointed or otherwise designated by the Managers as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be the executive officers of the Company and, subject to the direction of the Managers, shall in general supervise, manage and control the day-to-day operations of the Company. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Managers, to appoint such agents and employees of the Company as the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President and the Chief Executive Officer. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority to sign, execute, and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases, reports, and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Company’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Managers; and except as otherwise provided by the Managers, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may each authorize any Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President or other officer or agent of the Company to sign, execute, and acknowledge such documents or instruments on behalf of the Company. In general, the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each perform all duties incident to their respective offices of the President and the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Managers from time to time.

(b) Chief Financial Officer. The Managers may appoint or designate a Chief Financial Officer, who shall, subject to the authority and duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, assist the President and Chief Executive Officer in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Company and such other duties, with such power and authority, as shall be determined by the Managers from time to time.

(c) Vice President(s). The Managers may appoint or designate one or more Vice Presidents, who shall perform such duties and have only such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to such Vice President by the Managers or the President and the Chief Executive Officer.

 

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(d) Secretary. The Managers may appoint or designate a Secretary, who shall (A) keep minutes of the meetings of the Members and of the Managers (and of committees thereof) in one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of actions taken by the Members or the Managers or committees thereof without a meeting); (B) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by the Act; (C) be custodian of the corporate records; (D) maintain a record of the Members of the Company, in a form that conforms to the requirements of the Act; and (E) in general perform all duties incidental to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and Chief Executive Officer or by the Managers.

(e) Treasurer. The Managers may appoint or designate a Treasurer, who shall (A) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (B) maintain appropriate accounting records; (C) receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (D) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and the Chief Executive Officer or by the Managers.

Section 5.12 Liability and Indemnification.

(a) Limitation of Liability. No Person shall be liable to the Company or the Members for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Company or its Members on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by that Person as a Member or Manager, or in management of the Company as a representative of a Member or while serving at the request of the Company as a Manager or officer, if he or she, discharges his or her duties in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company. The liability of a Member or Manager hereunder shall be limited only for those actions taken or omitted in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

(b) Right to Indemnification. Subject to the limitations set forth in the Articles, the Company shall indemnify each Person who has been or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Company or by third parties) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Member or Manager or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a Manager or officer against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person from or on account of his or her conduct that was finally adjudged to have

 

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been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or to constitute willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by that Person unless the initiation of the action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Managers. A Member or Manager shall be indemnified hereunder only for those actions taken or omitted by him or her in connection with the discharge of his or her obligations for the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

(c) Enforcement of Indemnification. If the Company refuses to indemnify any Person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Section, that Person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Company to determine whether or not they are entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If the court action is successful and the Person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, he or she shall be reimbursed by the Company for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

(d) Advancement of Expenses. Subject to the limitations set forth in the Articles, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay that amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification by the Company. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Managers or independent legal counsel reasonably determine that such Person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(e) Non-exclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Section shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute or any agreement, Member or Manager vote, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right or obligation that the Company may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different Persons or classes of Persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member or Manager or who has ceased serving at the request of the Company as a Manager or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of that Person.

(f) Severability. If any provision of this Section or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Section and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable

 

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shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all Persons and to give the maximum possible protection to Persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Person is entitled under any provision of this Section to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify such Person for the portion thereof to which that Person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION, AND TERMINATION OF THE COMPANY

Section 6.01 Events of Dissolution. Subject to the Articles of Organization, the Company shall be dissolved upon the happening of any of the following events (“Dissolution Event”):

(a) The termination of the legal existence of the last remaining Member of the Company or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the Company in the Company unless the business of the Company is continued in a manner permitted under this Agreement or the Act;

(b) The Required Vote of the Managers to dissolve; or

(c) The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under the Act.

Section 6.02 Procedure for Winding Up and Dissolution. If the Company is dissolved, the affairs of the Company shall be wound up. Upon winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be liquidated and distributed in accordance with Section 4.03. A Required Vote of Managers shall have discretion to distribute assets in kind to the Members upon liquidation in accordance with Section 4.03.

Section 6.03 Filing of Articles of Dissolution. If the Company is dissolved or terminated, Articles of Dissolution shall be filed by the Managers with the Missouri Secretary of State.

ARTICLE VII

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING, AND TAX ELECTIONS

Section 7.01 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a bank account or accounts opened in the Company’s name. The Managers shall determine the institution(s) at which the accounts will be opened and maintained, the types of accounts, and the Persons who will have authority with respect to the accounts and the funds therein.

 

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Section 7.02 Books and Records. The Managers shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books and records of the Company and supporting documentation of the transactions with respect to the conduct of the Company’s business.

Section 7.03 Annual Accounting Period. The Company’s fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

Section 7.04 Tax Returns and Elections; Tax Matters Member. The Founding Member shall cause to be prepared and timely filed all federal, state and local income tax returns and other returns or statements required of the Company by applicable law. The Company shall claim all deductions and make such elections for federal or state income tax purposes that the Founding Member reasonably believes will produce the most favorable tax results for the Members. The Founding Member is hereby designated as the Company’s “Tax Matters Member,” as contemplated under the Code, and in such capacity is authorized and empowered to act for and represent the Company and each of the Members before the Internal Revenue Service in any audit or examination of any Company tax return and before any court selected by the Founding Member for judicial review of any adjustment assessed by the Internal Revenue Service. The Founding Member hereby accepts such designation. The Members specifically acknowledge, without limiting the general applicability of this Section 7.04, that the Founding Member shall not be liable to the Company or its Members for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Company or its Members on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Founding Member in its capacity as “Tax Matters Member” or in the preparation of tax returns, if the Founding Member discharged its duties as “Tax Matters Member” in good faith and in a manner it reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company. All reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Founding Member in its capacity as the “Tax Matters Member” shall be considered expenses of the Company for which the Founding Member shall be entitled to full reimbursement. Nothing in this Section 7.04 shall limit the ability of the Members to take any action in their individual capacity relating to tax audit matters that is left to the determination of an individual partner under Code Sections 6222-6232.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 8.01 Assurances. Each Member and each Manager shall execute all certificates and other documents and shall do all filing, recording, publishing and other acts as the Members and Managers deem appropriate to implement this Agreement or comply with the requirements of law in the formation and operation of the Company.

Section 8.02 Notifications. Any notice, demand, consent, election, offer, approval, request or other communication (collectively, a “notice”) required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and delivered personally or sent by fax or by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to a Member or Manager at the last known

 

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address or facsimile number of such Person on the records of the Company. A notice to the Company must be addressed to the Company’s principal office or facsimile number. A notice that is sent by mail will be deemed given three business days after it is mailed. Any party may designate, by notice to all of the others, substitute addresses, addressees or facsimile numbers for notices; and, thereafter, notices are to be directed to those substitute addresses, addressees or facsimile numbers.

Section 8.03 Complete Agreement; Amendment. Together with the Articles, this constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement among the Members with regard to the formation and creation of the Company. It supersedes all prior written and oral statements, including any prior representation, statement, condition, or warranty. Except as expressly provided otherwise herein, this Agreement may not be amended without the written consent of the Founding Member and the Required Vote of Managers.

Section 8.04 Applicable Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations imposed by this Agreement shall be governed by the internal law, not the law of conflicts, of the State of Missouri.

Section 8.05 Article Titles. The headings herein are inserted as a matter of convenience only, and do not define, limit, or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of the provisions hereof.

Section 8.06 Binding Provisions. This Agreement is binding upon, and inures to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their successors, and assigns.

Section 8.07 Terms. Common nouns and pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular and plural, as the identity of the Person may in the context require.

Section 8.08 Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable; and if, for any reason, any provision herein is determined to be invalid and contrary to any existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement that are valid.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Founding Member has executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

FOUNDING MEMBER:
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.14 4 dex314.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPT DOWNREIT II, INC Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT DownREIT II, Inc

Exhibit 3.14

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.

The undersigned, EPT DownREIT II, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

II. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue Twenty-Five Thousand (25,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $250.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.

ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.


ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.15 5 dex315.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT DOWNREIT II, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT DownREIT II, Inc

Exhibit 3.15

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

               Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS      1   
   1.1    Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   
   1.2    Corporate Offices      1   
   1.3    Books and Records      1   
   1.4    Inspection of Records      1   
ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS      2   
   2.1    Place of Meetings      2   
   2.2    Annual Meetings      2   
   2.3    Special Meetings      2   
   2.4    Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   
   2.5    Notice; Waiver of Notice      2   
   2.6    Presiding Officials      3   
   2.7    Quorum      3   
   2.8    Proxies      3   
   2.9    Voting      4   
   2.10    Registered Shareholders      4   
   2.11    Shareholders’ Lists      5   
   2.12    Conduct of Meetings      5   
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS      6   
   3.1    Number      6   
   3.2    Powers of the Board      6   
   3.3    Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   
   3.4    Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice      6   
   3.5    Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   
   3.6    Action Without a Meeting      7   
   3.7    Quorum      8   
   3.8    Vacancies      8   
   3.9    Committees      8   
   3.10    Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   
   3.11    Removal of Directors      8   
   3.12    Resignations      9   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      9   
   4.1    Designations      9   
   4.2    Term of Office      10   
   4.3    Other Agents      10   
   4.4    Removal      10   
   4.5    Salaries and Compensation      10   
   4.6    Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   
   4.7    Chairman of the Board      10   
   4.8    President      11   
   4.9    Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

               Page  
   4.10    Secretary and Assistant Secretaries      12   
   4.11    Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers      12   
   4.12    Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   
ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION      13   
   5.1    Limitation of Liability      13   
   5.2    Indemnification, Generally      13   
   5.3    Right to Indemnification      14   
   5.4    Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   
   5.5    Enforcement of Indemnification      14   
   5.6    Advancement of Expenses      14   
   5.7    Non-Exclusivity      15   
   5.8    Insurance      15   
   5.9    Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   
   5.10    Definitions      16   
   5.11    Severability      17   
ARTICLE VI STOCK      17   
   6.1    Payment for Shares of Stock      17   
   6.2    Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   
   6.3    Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   
   6.4    Closing of Transfer Books      18   
   6.5    Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   
   6.6    Regulations      18   
ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE      19   
   7.1    Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   
   7.2    Dividends      19   
   7.3    Creation of Reserves      19   
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS      20   
   8.1    Fiscal Year      20   
   8.2    Depositories      20   
   8.3    Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates      20   
   8.4    Amendments      21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of EPT DownREIT II, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.16 6 dex316.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Huntsville, Inc

Exhibit 3.16

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.

The name of the corporation is EPT Huntsville, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 11, 2006 and amended on June 24, 2009. The following Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and amendments to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the corporation is EPT Huntsville, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SIX: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Six or the bylaws shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.17 7 dex317.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Huntsville, Inc

Exhibit 3.17

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for


such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the

 

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notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be three (3). The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board. Directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum), or by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by each of the directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next

 

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annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be

 

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subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

 

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Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

 

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Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. 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.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record

 

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date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

The Corporation shall have no seal.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

ADOPTED as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.18 8 dex318.htm FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Megaplex Four, Inc

Exhibit 3.18

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.

The undersigned, Megaplex Four, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is Megaplex Four, Inc.

II. The Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, are hereby further amended and restated by deleting the current Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is Megaplex Four, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Hundred (100) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $1.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.


ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.

ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

 

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These Fourth Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.19 9 dex319.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Megaplex Four, Inc

Exhibit 3.19

 

 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1   
 

1.1

   Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   
 

1.2

   Corporate Offices      1   
 

1.3

   Books and Records      1   
 

1.4

   Inspection of Records      1   

ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS

     2   
 

2.1

   Place of Meetings      2   
 

2.2

   Annual Meetings      2   
 

2.3

   Special Meetings.      2   
 

2.4

   Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   
 

2.5

   Notice; Waiver of Notice.      2   
 

2.6

   Presiding Officials      3   
 

2.7

   Quorum      3   
 

2.8

   Proxies      3   
 

2.9

   Voting.      4   
 

2.10

   Registered Shareholders      4   
 

2.11

   Shareholders’ Lists.      5   
 

2.12

   Conduct of Meetings      5   

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     6   
 

3.1

   Number      6   
 

3.2

   Powers of the Board      6   
 

3.3

   Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   
 

3.4

   Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.      6   
 

3.5

   Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   
 

3.6

   Action Without a Meeting      7   
 

3.7

   Quorum      8   
 

3.8

   Vacancies      8   
 

3.9

   Committees.      8   
 

3.10

   Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   
 

3.11

   Removal of Directors.      8   
 

3.12

   Resignations      9   

ARTICLE IV OFFICERS

     9   
 

4.1

   Designations.      9   
 

4.2

   Term of Office      10   
 

4.3

   Other Agents      10   
 

4.4

   Removal      10   
 

4.5

   Salaries and Compensation      10   
 

4.6

   Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   
 

4.7

   Chairman of the Board      10   
 

4.8

   President.      11   
 

4.9

   Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

              Page  
 

4.10

   Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.      12   
 

4.11

   Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.      12   
 

4.12

   Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   

ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     13   
 

5.1

   Limitation of Liability      13   
 

5.2

   Indemnification, Generally      13   
 

5.3

   Right to Indemnification      14   
 

5.4

   Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   
 

5.5

   Enforcement of Indemnification      14   
 

5.6

   Advancement of Expenses      14   
 

5.7

   Non-Exclusivity      15   
 

5.8

   Insurance      15   
 

5.9

   Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   
 

5.10

   Definitions      16   
 

5.11

   Severability      17   

ARTICLE VI STOCK

     17   
 

6.1

   Payment for Shares of Stock      17   
 

6.2

   Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   
 

6.3

   Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   
 

6.4

   Closing of Transfer Books      18   
 

6.5

   Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   
 

6.6

   Regulations      18   

ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE

     19   
 

7.1

   Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   
 

7.2

   Dividends.      19   
 

7.3

   Creation of Reserves      19   

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     20   
 

8.1

   Fiscal Year      20   
 

8.2

   Depositories      20   
 

8.3

   Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.      20   
 

8.4

   Amendments      21   

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Written or printed notice of each meeting of the shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special

 

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

7.3 Creation of Reserves. Before the payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time deems proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet

 

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of Megaplex Four, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Second Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.20 10 dex320.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF WESTCOL CENTER, LLC Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Westcol Center, LLC

Exhibit 3.20

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC

The name of the limited liability company is WestCol Center, LLC (the “Company”). The original Certificate of Formation of the Company was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 3, 1999. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State on March 26, 2003, which was further amended on December 21, 2004 and July 20, 2005. A Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 24, 2009. The following Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation, to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 18-202 and 18-208 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the company is WestCol Center, LLC (the “Company”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Certificate this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
EX-3.21 11 dex321.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF WESTCOL CENTER, LLC Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Westcol Center, LLC

Exhibit 3.21

AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

     1   

1.1        Terms Defined Herein

     1   

1.2        Other Definitional Provisions

     2   

ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES

     3   

2.1        Name; Business Purpose

     3   

2.2        Powers

     3   

2.3        Principal Office

     3   

2.4        Registered Office and Registered Agent

     3   

2.5        Certificate

     3   

2.6        Effective Date

     3   

2.7        No Liability of Member or Manager

     3   

ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS

     4   

3.1        Capital Contributions

     4   

3.2        Additional Capital Contributions

     4   

3.3        Capital Accounts

     4   

3.4        Loans

     4   

ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

     4   

4.1        Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions

     4   

4.2        Liquidation Distributions

     4   

4.3        Income, Losses and Credits

     5   

4.4        Withholding of Distributions

     5   

4.5        Tax Withholding

     5   

ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT

     5   

5.1        Management

     5   

5.2        Designation of Managers

     5   

5.3        Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings

     6   

5.4        Quorum; Voting Requirement

     6   

5.5        Notice of Meeting

     6   

5.6        Waiver of Notice

     6   

5.7        Action Without a Meeting

     6   

5.8        Compensation of Managers

     7   

5.9        Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee

     7   

5.10      Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers

     7   

5.11      Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of Delaware

     9   

5.12      Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

     9   

5.13      Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates

     13   

5.14      Other Business Ventures

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ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS

     13   

6.1        Fiscal Year

     13   

6.2        Books and Records

     13   

6.3        Bank Accounts

     13   

ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

     13   

7.1        General Provisions

     13   

7.2        Redemption of Interests

     13   

ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

     14   

8.1        Events Causing Dissolution

     14   

8.2        Effect of Dissolution

     14   

8.3        Application of Proceeds

     14   

ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS

     14   

9.1        Title to the Property

     14   

9.2        Nature of Interest in the Company

     14   

9.3        No Third Party Rights

     14   

9.4        Amendments to this Agreement

     14   

9.5        Severability

     14   

9.6        Binding Agreement

     14   

9.7        Headings

     15   

9.8        Governing Law

     15   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made effective as of June 7, 2010, by and between WestCol Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Megaplex Four, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Member”).

RECITAL

The Member has caused the Company to be formed as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Company and the Member desire to adopt this Agreement as the limited liability company agreement of the Company.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the premises and the agreements contained herein, the undersigned declare and agree as follows.

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Terms Defined Herein. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise specifies:

Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended or revised from time to time.

Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time, which shall also constitute the Company’s limited liability company agreement for purposes of the Act.

Available Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash on hand or in bank, money market or similar accounts of the Company as of the end of each fiscal quarter, or other applicable period, derived from any source (other than capital contributions and Liquidation Proceeds) that the Management Committee determines is available for distribution to the Member after taking into account any amount required or appropriate to maintain a reasonable amount of reserves.

Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, as amended or restated from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or the corresponding provisions of future federal tax laws.

Company” means WestCol Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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Credits” means all tax credits allowed by the Code with respect to activities of the Company or the Property.

Distributions” means any distributions by the Company to the Member of Available Cash or Liquidation Proceeds or other amounts.

Fair Value” of an asset means its fair market value.

Income” and “Loss” mean, respectively, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with the Code.

Interest” refers to all of the Member’s rights and interests in the Company in the Member’s capacity as a Member, all as provided in the Certificate, this Agreement and the Act, including, without limitation, the Member’s interest in the capital, income, gain, deductions, losses, and credits of the Company.

Liquidation Proceeds” means all Property at the time of liquidation of the Company and all proceeds thereof.

Management Committee” means any group of Managers, or any sole Manager, designated by the Member pursuant to Article V to manage the business and affairs of the Company.

Manager” means each of the Persons designated as such by the Member pursuant to Article V.

Member” means Megaplex Four, Inc., a Missouri corporation, or any successor-in-interest who becomes a Member as provided in this Agreement.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, trust or other entity.

Property” means all properties and assets that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.

Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.

(a) As used in this Agreement, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles.

(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

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(c) Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine or neuter genders, and vice versa, where applicable. Words of the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural number, and vice versa, where applicable.

ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES

Section 2.1 Name; Business Purpose. The name of the Company shall be as stated in the Certificate. The business purpose of the Company is to directly, or indirectly through any entity in which the Company may have an interest, engage in any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act. The Company is formed only for such business purpose and shall not be deemed to create any agreement by the Company or the Member with respect to any other activities whatsoever other than the activities within such business purpose.

Section 2.2 Powers. In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Company by law and those incidental thereto, the Company shall have the same powers as a natural person to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs.

Section 2.3 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be located at such place(s) as the Management Committee may determine from time to time.

Section 2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be as stated in the Certificate. The registered office and registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware may be changed, from time to time, by the Management Committee.

Section 2.5 Certificate. The Member and the Company hereby acknowledge, confirm, and agree to the Certificate. The Member or the Company may amend or restate the Certificate at such time or times and in such manner as may be required or permitted by the Act and this Agreement.

Section 2.6 Effective Date. This Agreement shall be effective on the date of this Agreement. The Company shall continue until dissolved pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

Section 2.7 No Liability of Member or Manager. No Member or Manager, solely by reason of being a Member or Manager, shall be liable, under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, or for the acts or omissions of any other Member, Manager, agent, or employee of the Company. The failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing liability on the Member or any Manager for liabilities of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS

Section 3.1 Capital Contributions. Prior to or upon execution of this Agreement, the Member may make such contributions to the capital of the Company as the Member may determine.

Section 3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. The Member shall not be obligated to make any additional contributions to the capital of the Company and, accordingly, the Member shall not be liable for damage to the Company as a result of the failure of the Member to make any additional contributions. The Member may, however, make such additional contributions to the capital of the Company as determined from time to time by the Management Committee and approved by the Member.

Section 3.3 Capital Accounts. A capital account may be maintained by the Company for the Member.

Section 3.4 Loans. The Member may make loans to the Company in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member, which loans by the Member to the Company shall not be considered as contributions to the capital of the Company. The Company may make loans to the Member in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member.

ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 4.1 Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions. The amount, if any, of Distributions of Available Cash or other Distributions may be determined and distributed by the Management Committee at any time and from time to time.

Section 4.2 Liquidation Distributions. Liquidation Proceeds shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

(1) First, to the payment of debts and liabilities of the Company (including to the Member to the extent otherwise permitted by law and applicable contractual restrictions) and the expenses of liquidation.

(2) Next, to the setting up of such reserves as the Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for any disputed, contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company, provided that any such reserves shall be paid over by such Person to an independent escrow agent, to be held by such agent or its successor for such period as such Person shall deem advisable for the purpose of applying such reserves to the payment of such liabilities or obligations and, at the expiration of such period, the balance of such reserves, if any, shall be distributed as hereinafter provided.

(3) Then, the remainder to the Member.

 

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Section 4.3 Income, Losses and Credits. The Company’s Income or Loss, as the case may be, and applicable Credits, for each fiscal year of the Company, as determined in accordance with such method of accounting as may be adopted for the Company, shall be allocated to the Member for both financial accounting and income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided for herein or unless the Management Committee determines otherwise.

Section 4.4 Withholding of Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee (or any Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs) may suspend, reduce or otherwise restrict Distributions of Available Cash, Liquidation Proceeds, or other amounts, when, in the Management Committee’s sole opinion, such action is in the best interests of the Company.

Section 4.5 Tax Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee may take any action that the Management Committee determines is necessary or appropriate to cause the Company to comply with any withholding requirements established under any federal, state or local tax law, including, without limitation, withholding on any Distribution to the Member. For all purposes of this Article IV, any amount withheld on any Distribution and paid over to the appropriate governmental body may be treated as if such amount had in fact been distributed to the Member.

ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT

Section 5.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by three (3) Persons designated by the Member pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, who shall be referred to as “Managers” and who, acting as a board, shall constitute the “Management Committee.” David M. Brain, Gregory K. Silvers and Mark A. Peterson are hereby elected by the Member to serve on the Management Committee until such Manager’s successor is duly designated or until such Manager’s earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Managers need not be Members of the Company. Except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate or this Agreement, the Property and the business of the Company shall be controlled and managed by the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have and is vested with all powers and authorities, except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate, or this Agreement, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and in behalf of the Company, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. The Management Committee may from time to time with the approval of the Member, as reasonably necessary to carry on the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company and carry out the decisions of the Member and the Management Committee, delegate its powers and authorities to employees of the Company, or to any other representatives of the Company, as officers or in such other capacities as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member.

Section 5.2 Designation of Managers. The Member may at any time and from time to time designate Managers to serve on the Management Committee, which Managers shall serve until their successors have been duly designated by the Member or until their earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Designation of Managers shall not be required at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall occur at such times as the Member shall determine. The Member may also be a Manager and, in the absence of any designation by

 

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the Member of any other Managers, shall be deemed to be designated as, and constitute, the sole Manager of the Company. At any time that only one (1) Manager has been designated, or deemed designated, by the Member, then any reference in this Agreement to the Management Committee shall be deemed a reference to such sole Manager and such sole Manager may, subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, manage the business and affairs of the Company without the necessity of calling or conducting any meetings of the Managers or Management Committee as otherwise contemplated in this Article V.

Section 5.3 Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Management Committee shall not be required to be held at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall be held upon the call of any Manager. All meetings of the Management Committee shall be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Managers calling the meeting and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Management Committee by means of conference telephone equipment or similar communications equipment whereby all Managers participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 5.4 Quorum; Voting Requirement. At all meetings of the Management Committee, a majority of the number of Managers then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Subject to any and all other express restrictions or requirements under this Agreement, the act of a majority in number of the Managers present at any meeting of the Management Committee at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Management Committee.

Section 5.5 Notice of Meeting. Notice of each meeting of the Management Committee, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Manager at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The notice may be given by any Manager having authority to call the meeting. “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

Section 5.6 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such Manager, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a Manager at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purposes of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 5.7 Action Without a Meeting. Any action that is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the Management Committee may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the Managers. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held.

 

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Section 5.8 Compensation of Managers. Managers shall not receive any compensation for their services as such, unless approved by the Member. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Manager from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore. In addition, subject to such reasonable policies and documentation requirements as the Management Committee may adopt from time to time with the approval of, or at the direction of, the Member, each Manager shall be entitled to payment by or reimbursement from the Company of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Manager in the course of furnishing services as a Manager of the Company under this Agreement (other than for any salaries, wages, fringe benefits, or other compensation of such Manager’s directors, officers, members, managers, or employees, or for any general overhead expenses incurred by such Manager such as, but not limited to, maintaining an office separate from that of the Company).

Section 5.9 Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee. The Management Committee shall not be authorized to act in connection with the following, except with the written approval of the Member:

(1) Approval of a merger or consolidation of the Company with another Person;

(2) Change of the status of the Company from one in which management is vested in the Management Committee to one in which management is vested in the Member;

(3) The sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition, or encumbrance (including by mortgage, deed of trust, or pledge), other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, of all, or substantially all, the Property, with or without the goodwill of the Company; or

(4) A determination, modification, compromise or release of the amount and character of the contributions that the Member shall make as the consideration for the issuance of its Interest.

The express written approval of the Member shall be required for the foregoing transactions. The Member may at any time and from time to time impose such other or additional restrictions on the authority of the Management Committee as the Member may deem appropriate.

Section 5.10 Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers. At any time and from time to time, the Management Committee may in its discretion designate any Person to carry out the decisions of the Management Committee or the Member, including, but not limited to, the execution of any instruments on behalf of the Company. The Management Committee shall have the power and authority to appoint individuals to act as officers of the Company or to act in such other capacities or on such committees as the Management Committee deems advisable from time to time, and any such individuals shall serve for such periods and hold such positions, have such power and authority and be subject to such restrictions or limitations, and be entitled to such compensation, as the Management Committee may determine from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. Any appointment or delegation of

 

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authority may be revoked, and any individual may be removed from any officer position or other capacity, at any time by the Management Committee, with or without cause. Unless otherwise specified by the Management Committee, and subject to any express limitations on power or authority as provided in this Agreement, an individual appointed as a President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer shall have the duties, powers and authority described below.

(1) President and Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by the Management Committee, the individual(s) appointed or otherwise designated by the Management Committee as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be the executive officers of the Company and, subject to the direction of the Management Committee, shall in general supervise, manage and control the day-to-day operations of the Company. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Management Committee, to appoint such agents and employees of the Company as the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President and the Chief Executive Officer. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority to sign, execute, and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases, reports, and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Company’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Management Committee; and except as otherwise provided by the Management Committee, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may each authorize any Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President or other officer or agent of the Company to sign, execute, and acknowledge such documents or instruments on behalf of the Company. In general, the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each perform all duties incident to their respective offices of the President and the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Management Committee from time to time.

(2) Chief Financial Officer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Chief Financial Officer, who shall, subject to the authority and duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, assist the President and Chief Executive Officer in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Company and such other duties, with such power and authority, as shall be determined by the Management Committee from time to time.

(3) Vice President(s). The Management Committee may appoint or designate one or more Vice Presidents, who shall perform such duties and have only such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to such Vice President by the Management Committee or the President and the Chief Executive Officer.

(4) Secretary. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Secretary, who shall (A) keep minutes of the meetings of the Members and of the Management Committee (and of committees thereof) in one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of actions taken by the Members or the Management

 

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Committee or committees thereof without a meeting); (B) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by the Act; (C) be custodian of the corporate records; (D) maintain a record of the Members of the Company, in a form that conforms to the requirements of the Act; and (E) in general perform all duties incidental to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

(5) Treasurer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Treasurer, who shall (A) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (B) maintain appropriate accounting records; (C) receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (D) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and the Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

Section 5.11 Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of Delaware. The Member, the Member’s designee, Manager or any officer shall be authorized to execute and file with the Secretary of State of Delaware any document permitted or required by the Act. The Member hereby ratifies and affirms the Certificate as heretofore filed on behalf of the Company.

Section 5.12 Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

(1) Limitation. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Person shall be liable to the Company or its Member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Company or its Member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person as a Member or Manager of the Company or by such Person while serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, if such Person discharges such Person’s duties in good faith, and in a manner such Person reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful. The Member’s or Manager’s liability hereunder shall be limited only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

(2) Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify each Person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Company or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member or Manager of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise against all liabilities and expenses,

 

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including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), if such Person discharged such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such Person had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person from or on account of such Person’s conduct that was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such Person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Member; provided, further, that a Member or Manager shall be indemnified hereunder only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company or any Other Enterprise and that the provisions of this Section 5.12 are not intended to extend indemnification to the Member or any Manager for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Member or Manager in any other connection, including, but not limited to, any other express obligation of the Member or Manager undertaken in this Agreement. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Person seeking indemnification did not discharge such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, that such Person had reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, or that such Person’s conduct was knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

(3) Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Company refuses to indemnify any Person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Section 5.12, such Person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Company to determine whether or not such Person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the Person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such Person shall be reimbursed by the Company for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

(4) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification by the Company. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Member or independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such Person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

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(5) Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Section 5.12 shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, or any agreement, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right that the Company may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different Persons or classes of Persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 5.12 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member or Manager of the Company, and as to a Person who has ceased serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person.

(6) Insurance. Upon the approval of the Member or the Management Committee, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Manager, agent or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power, or the obligation, to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 5.12.

(7) Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Section 5.12 shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the Member. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each Person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such Person’s serving or having served as a Member or Manager of the Company or serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and, while this Section 5.12 may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such Person under this Section 5.11 with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such Person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

(8) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5.12, references to:

(a) “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity), any constituent limited liability company (or other entity) (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger so that any Person who is or was a member or manager of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity), or is or was serving at the request of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity) as a

 

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director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 5.12 with respect to the resulting or surviving limited liability company as such Person would if such Person had served the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity) in the same capacity;

(b) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; and

(e) “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer or in any other comparable position that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a Person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted “in the best interest of the Company” as referred to in this Section 5.12.

(9) Severability. If any provision of this Section 5.12 or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Section 5.12 and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all Persons and to give the maximum possible protection to Persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Member or any Manager of the Company or any Person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, is entitled under any provision of this Section 5.12 to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify such Person for the portion thereof to which such Person is entitled.

 

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Section 5.13 Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates. No contract or transaction between the Company and the Member or any Manager, or between the Company and any Person in which the Member or any Manager is a director or officer or has a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, and the Member or applicable Manager shall not be obligated to account to the Company for any profit or benefit derived by the Member or applicable Manager, if the Member consents in writing to such contract or transaction.

Section 5.14 Other Business Ventures. The Member or any Manager may engage in, or possess an interest in, other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others, whether or not similar to or in competition with the business of the Company, and neither the Company nor the Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in or to such other business ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, subject, however, to any restrictive covenants or other limitations to which the Member or any Manager has agreed to or may hereafter agree to in writing. Neither the Member nor any Manager shall be required to devote all of their time or business efforts to the affairs of the Company, but shall devote so much of their time and attention to the Company as is reasonably necessary and advisable to manage the affairs of the Company to the best advantage of the Company.

ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS

Section 6.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year and taxable year of the Company shall end on the last day in December of each calendar year, or such other date as may be established by the Management Committee from time to time.

Section 6.2 Books and Records. At all times during the existence of the Company, the Management Committee shall cause to be maintained full and accurate books of account for the Company, which shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The books and records of the Company shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company, or such other location(s) as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member. The Member (or the Member’s designated representative) shall have the right during ordinary business hours and upon reasonable notice to inspect and copy (at the Member’s own expense) all books and records of the Company.

Section 6.3 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a separate bank, money market or similar account(s) approved by the Management Committee and in the Company’s name. Withdrawals therefrom shall be made only by persons authorized to do so by the Management Committee.

ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

Section 7.1 General Provisions. The Member may transfer all or any part of the Member’s Interest, as and to such extent as the Member may determine or designate at any time.

Section 7.2 Redemption of Interests. Any Interest may be redeemed by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, as determined by the Management Committee with the approval of the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

Section 8.1 Events Casing Dissolution. Unless dissolved sooner pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement, the Company shall be dissolved only upon the written agreement or determination of the Member to dissolve.

Section 8.2 Effect of Dissolution. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, upon the dissolution of the Company, the Management Committee shall take such actions as may be required pursuant to the Act and shall proceed to wind up, liquidate and terminate the business and affairs of the Company. In connection with such winding up, the Management Committee shall have the authority to liquidate and reduce to cash (to the extent necessary or appropriate) the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining Fair Value therefore, to apply and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation and any remaining assets in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3, and to do any and all acts and things authorized by, and in accordance with, the Act and other applicable laws for the purpose of winding up and liquidation.

Section 8.3 Application of Proceeds. Upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed in the order of priority set forth in Section 4.2.

ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Title to the Property. Title to the Property shall be held in the name of the Company. The Member shall not individually have any ownership interest or rights in the Property, except indirectly by virtue of the Member’s ownership of an Interest.

Section 9.2 Nature of Interest in the Company. An Interest shall be personal property for all purposes.

Section 9.3 No Third Party Rights. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third parties, including, but not limited to, creditors of the Company; provided, however, the Company may enforce any rights granted to the Company under the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

Section 9.4 Amendments to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be modified, amended, or restated in any manner other than by the Member.

Section 9.5 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

Section 9.6 Binding Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

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Section 9.7 Headings. The headings of the articles and the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting any of the terms or provisions thereof and hereof.

Section 9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Member have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Company”
MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Member”

 

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EX-3.22 12 dex322.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPT MELBOURNE, INC Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Melbourne, Inc

Exhibit 3.22

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT MELBOURNE, INC.

The undersigned, EPT Melbourne, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is EPT Melbourne, Inc.

II. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is EPT Melbourne, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $10.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.

ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.


ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

EPT MELBOURNE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.23 13 dex323.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT MELBOURNE, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Melbourne, Inc

Exhibit 3.23

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MELBOURNE, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS      1   
 

1.1

   Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   
 

1.2

   Corporate Offices      1   
 

1.3

   Books and Records      1   
 

1.4

   Inspection of Records      1   
ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS      2   
 

2.1

   Place of Meetings      2   
 

2.2

   Annual Meetings      2   
 

2.3

   Special Meetings      2   
 

2.4

   Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   
 

2.5

   Notice; Waiver of Notice      2   
 

2.6

   Presiding Officials      3   
 

2.7

   Quorum      3   
 

2.8

   Proxies      3   
 

2.9

   Voting      4   
 

2.10

   Registered Shareholders      4   
 

2.11

   Shareholders’ Lists      5   
 

2.12

   Conduct of Meetings      5   
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS      6   
 

3.1

   Number      6   
 

3.2

   Powers of the Board      6   
 

3.3

   Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   
 

3.4

   Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice      6   
 

3.5

   Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   
 

3.6

   Action Without a Meeting      7   
 

3.7

   Quorum      8   
 

3.8

   Vacancies      8   
 

3.9

   Committees      8   
 

3.10

   Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   
 

3.11

   Removal of Directors      8   
 

3.12

   Resignations      9   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      9   
 

4.1

   Designations      9   
 

4.2

   Term of Office      10   
 

4.3

   Other Agents      10   
 

4.4

   Removal      10   
 

4.5

   Salaries and Compensation      10   
 

4.6

   Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   
 

4.7

   Chairman of the Board      10   
 

4.8

   President      11   
 

4.9

   Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

              Page  
  4.10    Secretary and Assistant Secretaries      12   
  4.11    Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers      12   
  4.12    Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   
ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION      13   
  5.1    Limitation of Liability      13   
  5.2    Indemnification, Generally      13   
  5.3    Right to Indemnification      14   
  5.4    Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   
  5.5    Enforcement of Indemnification      14   
  5.6    Advancement of Expenses      14   
  5.7    Non-Exclusivity      15   
  5.8    Insurance      15   
  5.9    Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   
  5.10    Definitions      16   
  5.11    Severability      17   
ARTICLE VI STOCK      17   
  6.1    Payment for Shares of Stock      17   
  6.2    Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   
  6.3    Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   
  6.4    Closing of Transfer Books      18   
  6.5    Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   
  6.6    Regulations      18   
ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE      19   
  7.1    Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   
  7.2    Dividends      19   
  7.3    Creation of Reserves      19   
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS      20   
  8.1    Fiscal Year      20   
  8.2    Depositories      20   
  8.3    Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates      20   
  8.4    Amendments      21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MELBOURNE, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

5.6 Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by a person who may be entitled to indemnification hereunder in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or

 

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

7.3 Creation of Reserves. Before the payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time deems proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet

 

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of EPT Melbourne, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.24 14 dex324.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC Certificate of Formation of Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

Exhibit 3.24

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

THE UNDERSIGNED, UNDER THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY LAWS SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION:

FIRST: The name of the Limited Liability Company is CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC.

SECOND: The nature, or primary purposes of the business are the acquisition, development and management of real property, facilities and equipment and to engage in any other business or activities related or incidental thereto.

THIRD: The name of the limited liability company’s registered agent is Terry D. Schnare and the street address (including zip code and post office box, if any) of its registered office is (agent’s business address) 213 South Bennington Road, Bennington, New Hampshire 03442.

FOURTH: The membership interests will be sold or offered for sale within the meaning of RSA 421-B (New Hampshire Securities Act).

FIFTH: The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is NONE.

SIXTH: The management of the limited liability company is not vested in a manager or managers.

 

Dated:    December 20, 1999

 

Signature:  

/s/ Terry D. Schnare

Print or Type Name:     Terry D. Schnare
Title:   Member
Signature:  

/s/ Donald H. Hardwick, Sr.

Print or Type Name:     Donald H. Hardwick, Sr.
Title:   Member
EX-3.25 15 dex325.htm CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF CROTCHED MOUNTAIN Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Formation of Crotched Mountain

Exhibit 3.25

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

to the

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

of

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC

TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 304-C, SECTION 13 OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED, THE UNDERSIGNED SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT:

FIRST: The name of the limited liability company is Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC.

SECOND: The text of each amendment is:

Article Sixth of the Certificate of Formation is amended to read as follows: “The management of the limited liability company is vested in Managers.”

Dated as of this 5th day of February 2003

 

/s/ Terry D. Schnare

  Terry D. Schnare,
  Manager

/s/ Donald H. Hardwick, Sr.

  Donald H. Hardwick, Sr.,
  Manager
EX-3.26 16 dex326.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF CROTCHED MOUNTAIN Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crotched Mountain

Exhibit 3.26

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  
ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS      1   
  1.1   Terms Defined Herein      1   
  1.2   Other Definitional Provisions      2   
ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES      3   
  2.1   Name; Business Purpose      3   
  2.2   Powers      3   
  2.3   Principal Office      3   
  2.4   Registered Office and Registered Agent      3   
  2.5   Certificate      3   
  2.6   Effective Date      3   
  2.7   No Liability of Member or Manager      3   
ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS      4   
  3.1   Capital Contributions      4   
  3.2   Additional Capital Contributions      4   
  3.3   Capital Accounts      4   
  3.4   Loans      4   
ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS      4   
  4.1   Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions      4   
  4.2   Liquidation Distributions      4   
  4.3   Income, Losses and Credits      5   
  4.4   Withholding of Distributions      5   
  4.5   Tax Withholding      5   
ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT      5   
  5.1   Management      5   
  5.2   Designation of Managers      5   
  5.3   Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings      6   
  5.4   Quorum; Voting Requirement      6   
  5.5   Notice of Meeting      6   
  5.6   Waiver of Notice      6   
  5.7   Action Without a Meeting      6   
  5.8   Compensation of Managers      6   
  5.9   Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee      7   
  5.10   Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers      7   
  5.11   Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of New Hampshire      9   
  5.12   Limitation of Liability; Indemnification      9   
  5.13   Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates      12   
  5.14   Other Business Ventures      13   

 

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ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS      13   
  6.1   Fiscal Year      13   
  6.2   Books and Records      13   
  6.3   Bank Accounts      13   
ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS      13   
  7.1   General Provisions      13   
  7.2   Redemption of Interests      13   
ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION      14   
  8.1   Events Causing Dissolution      14   
  8.2   Effect of Dissolution      14   
  8.3   Application of Proceeds      14   
ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS      14   
  9.1   Title to the Property      14   
  9.2   Nature of Interest in the Company      14   
  9.3   No Third Party Rights      14   
  9.4   Amendments to this Agreement      14   
  9.5   Severability      14   
  9.6   Binding Agreement      14   
  9.7   Headings      15   
  9.8   Governing Law      15   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (this “Agreement”), is made effective as of                     , 2008, by and between Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company (the “Company”), and EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Member”).

RECITAL

The Company is a limited liability company under the New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act, RSA 304-C, and the Company and the Member desire to adopt this Agreement as the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of the Company.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the premises and the agreements contained herein, the undersigned declare and agree as follows.

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

1.1 Terms Defined Herein. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise specifies:

Act” means the New Hampshire Limited Liability Company Act, as amended or revised from time to time.

Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time, which shall also constitute the Company’s limited liability company agreement for purposes of the Act.

Available Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash on hand or in bank, money market or similar accounts of the Company as of the end of each fiscal quarter, or other applicable period, derived from any source (other than capital contributions and Liquidation Proceeds) that the Management Committee determines is available for distribution to the Member after taking into account any amount required or appropriate to maintain a reasonable amount of reserves.

Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the New Hampshire Secretary of State, as amended or restated from time to time.


Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or the corresponding provisions of future federal tax laws.

Company” means Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company.

Credits” means all tax credits allowed by the Code with respect to activities of the Company or the Property.

Distributions” means any distributions by the Company to the Member of Available Cash or Liquidation Proceeds or other amounts.

Fair Value” of an asset means its fair market value.

Income” and “Loss” mean, respectively, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with the Code.

Interest” refers to all of the Member’s rights and interests in the Company in the Member’s capacity as a Member, all as provided in the Certificate, this Agreement and the Act, including, without limitation, the Member’s interest in the capital, income, gain, deductions, losses, and credits of the Company.

Liquidation Proceeds” means all Property at the time of liquidation of the Company and all proceeds thereof.

Management Committee” means any group of Managers, or any sole Manager, designated by the Member pursuant to Article V to manage the business and affairs of the Company.

Manager” means each of the Persons designated as such by the Member pursuant to Article V.

Member” means EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc., a Missouri corporation, or any successor-in-interest who becomes a Member as provided in this Agreement.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, trust or other entity.

Property” means all properties and assets that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.

(a) As used in this Agreement, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine or neuter genders, and vice versa, where applicable. Words of the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural number, and vice versa, where applicable.

ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES

2.1 Name; Business Purpose. The name of the Company shall be as stated in the Certificate. The business purpose of the Company is to directly, or indirectly through any entity in which the Company may have an interest, engage in any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act. The Company is formed only for such business purpose and shall not be deemed to create any agreement by the Company or the Member with respect to any other activities whatsoever other than the activities within such business purpose.

2.2 Powers. In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Company by law and those incidental thereto, the Company shall have the same powers as a natural person to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs.

2.3 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be located at such place(s) as the Management Committee may determine from time to time.

2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Company in the State of New Hampshire shall be as stated in the Certificate. The registered office and registered agent of the Company in the State of New Hampshire may be changed, from time to time, by the Management Committee.

2.5 Certificate. The Member and the Company hereby acknowledge, confirm, and agree to the Certificate. The Member or the Company may amend or restate the Certificate at such time or times and in such manner as may be required or permitted by the Act and this Agreement.

2.6 Effective Date. This Agreement shall be effective on the date of this Agreement. The Company shall continue until dissolved pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

2.7 No Liability of Member or Manager. No Member or Manager, solely by reason of being a Member or Manager, shall be liable, under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, or for the acts or omissions of any other Member, Manager, agent, or employee of the Company. The failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing liability on the Member or any Manager for liabilities of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS

3.1 Capital Contributions. Prior to or upon execution of this Agreement, the Member may make such contributions to the capital of the Company as the Member may determine.

3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. The Member shall not be obligated to make any additional contributions to the capital of the Company and, accordingly, the Member shall not be liable for damage to the Company as a result of the failure of the Member to make any additional contributions. The Member may, however, make such additional contributions to the capital of the Company as determined from time to time by the Management Committee and approved by the Member.

3.3 Capital Accounts. A capital account may be maintained by the Company for the Member.

3.4 Loans. The Member may make loans to the Company in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member, which loans by the Member to the Company shall not be considered as contributions to the capital of the Company. The Company may make loans to the Member in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member.

ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

4.1 Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions. The amount, if any, of Distributions of Available Cash or other Distributions may be determined and distributed by the Management Committee at any time and from time to time.

4.2 Liquidation Distributions. Liquidation Proceeds shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

(a) First, to the payment of debts and liabilities of the Company (including to the Member to the extent otherwise permitted by law and applicable contractual restrictions) and the expenses of liquidation.

(b) Next, to the setting up of such reserves as the Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for any disputed, contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company, provided that any such reserves shall be paid over by such Person to an independent escrow agent, to be held by such agent or its successor for such period as such Person shall deem advisable for the purpose of applying such reserves to the payment of such liabilities or obligations and, at the expiration of such period, the balance of such reserves, if any, shall be distributed as hereinafter provided.

 

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(c) Then, the remainder to the Member.

4.3 Income, Losses and Credits. The Company’s Income or Loss, as the case may be, and applicable Credits, for each fiscal year of the Company, as determined in accordance with such method of accounting as may be adopted for the Company, shall be allocated to the Member for both financial accounting and income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided for herein or unless the Management Committee determines otherwise.

4.4 Withholding of Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee (or any Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs) may suspend, reduce or otherwise restrict Distributions of Available Cash, Liquidation Proceeds, or other amounts, when, in the Management Committee’s sole opinion, such action is in the best interests of the Company.

4.5 Tax Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee may take any action that the Management Committee determines is necessary or appropriate to cause the Company to comply with any withholding requirements established under any federal, state or local tax law, including, without limitation, withholding on any Distribution to the Member. For all purposes of this Article IV, any amount withheld on any Distribution and paid over to the appropriate governmental body may be treated as if such amount had in fact been distributed to the Member.

ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT

5.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by Persons designated by the Member pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, who shall be referred to as “Managers” and who, acting as a board, shall constitute the “Management Committee.” Each Manager shall hold office until such Manager’s successor is duly designated or until such Manager’s earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Managers need not be Members of the Company. Except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate or this Agreement, the Property and the business of the Company shall be controlled and managed by the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have and is vested with all powers and authorities, except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate, or this Agreement, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and in behalf of the Company, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. The Management Committee may from time to time with the approval of the Member, as reasonably necessary to carry on the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company and carry out the decisions of the Member and the Management Committee, delegate its powers and authorities to employees of the Company, or to any other representatives of the Company, as officers or in such other capacities as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member.

5.2 Designation of Managers. The Member may at any time and from time to time designate one (1) or more Managers to serve on the Management Committee, which Managers shall serve until their successors have been duly designated by the Member or until their earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Designation of Managers shall not be required at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall occur at such times as

 

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the Member shall determine. The Member may also be a Manager and, in the absence of any designation by the Member of any other Managers, shall be deemed to be designated as, and constitute, the sole Manager of the Company. At any time that only one (1) Manager has been designated, or deemed designated, by the Member, then any reference in this Agreement to the Management Committee shall be deemed a reference to such sole Manager and such sole Manager may, subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, manage the business and affairs of the Company without the necessity of calling or conducting any meetings of the Managers or Management Committee as otherwise contemplated in this Article V.

5.3 Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Management Committee shall not be required to be held at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall be held upon the call of any Manager. All meetings of the Management Committee shall be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place, either within or without the State of New Hampshire, as shall be designated by the Managers calling the meeting and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Management Committee by means of conference telephone equipment or similar communications equipment whereby all Managers participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

5.4 Quorum; Voting Requirement. At all meetings of the Management Committee, a majority of the number of Managers then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Subject to any and all other express restrictions or requirements under this Agreement, the act of a majority in number of the Managers present at any meeting of the Management Committee at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Management Committee.

5.5 Notice of Meeting. Notice of each meeting of the Management Committee, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Manager at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The notice may be given by any Manager having authority to call the meeting. “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

5.6 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such Manager, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a Manager at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purposes of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

5.7 Action Without a Meeting. Any action that is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the Management Committee may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the Managers. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held.

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construed to preclude any Manager from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore. In addition, subject to such reasonable policies and documentation requirements as the Management Committee may adopt from time to time with the approval of, or at the direction of, the Member, each Manager shall be entitled to payment by or reimbursement from the Company of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Manager in the course of furnishing services as a Manager of the Company under this Agreement (other than for any salaries, wages, fringe benefits, or other compensation of such Manager’s directors, officers, members, managers, or employees, or for any general overhead expenses incurred by such Manager such as, but not limited to, maintaining an office separate from that of the Company).

5.9 Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee. The Management Committee shall not be authorized to act in connection with the following, except with the written approval of the Member:

(a) Approval of a merger or consolidation of the Company with another Person;

(b) Change of the status of the Company from one in which management is vested in the Management Committee to one in which management is vested in the Member;

(c) The sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition, or encumbrance (including by mortgage, deed of trust, or pledge), other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, of all, or substantially all, the Property, with or without the goodwill of the Company; or

(d) A determination, modification, compromise or release of the amount and character of the contributions that the Member shall make as the consideration for the issuance of its Interest.

The express written approval of the Member shall be required for the foregoing transactions. The Member may at any time and from time to time impose such other or additional restrictions on the authority of the Management Committee as the Member may deem appropriate.

5.10 Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers. At any time and from time to time, the Management Committee may in its discretion designate any Person to carry out the decisions of the Management Committee or the Members, including, but not limited to, the execution of any instruments on behalf of the Company. The Management Committee shall have the power and authority to appoint individuals to act as officers of the Company or to act in such other capacities or on such committees as the Management Committee deems advisable from time to time, and any such individuals shall serve for such periods and hold such positions, have such power and authority and be subject to such restrictions or limitations, and be entitled to such compensation, as the Management Committee may determine from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. Any appointment or delegation of authority may be revoked, and any individual may be removed from any officer position or other capacity, at any time by the Management Committee, with or without cause. Unless otherwise specified

 

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by the Management Committee, and subject to any express limitations on power or authority as provided in this Agreement, an individual appointed as a President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer shall have the duties, powers and authority described below.

(a) President and Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by the Management Committee, the individual(s) appointed or otherwise designated by the Management Committee as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be the executive officers of the Company and, subject to the direction of the Management Committee, shall in general supervise, manage and control the day-to-day operations of the Company. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Management Committee, to appoint such agents and employees of the Company as the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President and the Chief Executive Officer. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority to sign, execute, and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases, reports, and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Company’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Management Committee; and except as otherwise provided by the Management Committee, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may each authorize any Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Vice President or other officer or agent of the Company to sign, execute, and acknowledge such documents or instruments on behalf of the Company. In general, the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each perform all duties incident to their respective offices of the President and the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Management Committee from time to time.

(b) Chief Financial Officer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Chief Financial Officer, who shall, subject to the authority and duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, assist the President and Chief Executive Officer in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Company and such other duties, with such power and authority, as shall be determined by the Management Committee from time to time.

(c) Vice President(s). The Management Committee may appoint or designate one or more Vice Presidents, who shall perform such duties and have only such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to such Vice President by the Management Committee or the President and the Chief Executive Officer.

(d) Secretary. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Secretary, who shall (A) keep minutes of the meetings of the Members and of the Management Committee (and of committees thereof) in one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of actions taken by the Members or the Management Committee or committees thereof without a meeting); (B) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by the Act; (C)

 

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be custodian of the corporate records; (D) maintain a record of the Members of the Company, in a form that conforms to the requirements of the Act; and (E) in general perform all duties incidental to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

(e) Treasurer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Treasurer, who shall (A) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (B) maintain appropriate accounting records; (C) receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (D) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and the Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

5.11 Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of New Hampshire. The Member, the Member’s designee, Manager or any officer shall be authorized to execute and file with the Secretary of State of New Hampshire any document permitted or required by the Act. The Member hereby ratifies and affirms the Certificate as heretofore filed on behalf of the Company.

5.12 Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

(a) Limitation. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Person shall be liable to the Company or its Member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Company or its Member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person as a Member or Manager of the Company or by such Person while serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, if such Person discharges such Person’s duties in good faith, and in a manner such Person reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful. The Member’s or Manager’s liability hereunder shall be limited only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

(b) Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify each Person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Company or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member or Manager of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees,

 

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excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), if such Person discharged such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such Person had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person from or on account of such Person’s conduct that was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such Person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Member; provided, further, that a Member or Manager shall be indemnified hereunder only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company or any Other Enterprise and that the provisions of this Section 5.12 are not intended to extend indemnification to the Member or any Manager for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Member or Manager in any other connection, including, but not limited to, any other express obligation of the Member or Manager undertaken in this Agreement. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Person seeking indemnification did not discharge such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, that such Person had reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, or that such Person’s conduct was knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

(c) Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Company refuses to indemnify any Person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Section 5.12, such Person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Company to determine whether or not such Person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the Person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such Person shall be reimbursed by the Company for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

(d) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification by the Company. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Member or independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such Person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

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(e) Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Section 5.12 shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, or any agreement, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right that the Company may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different Persons or classes of Persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 5.12 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member or Manager of the Company, and as to a Person who has ceased serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person.

(f) Insurance. Upon the approval of the Member or the Management Committee, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Manager, agent or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power, or the obligation, to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 5.12.

(g) Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Section 5.12 shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the Member. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each Person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such Person’s serving or having served as a Member or Manager of the Company or serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and, while this Section 5.12 may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such Person under this Section 5.11 with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such Person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

(h) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5.12, references to:

(i) “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity), any constituent limited liability company (or other entity) (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger so that any Person who is or was a member or manager of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity), or is or was serving at the request of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity) as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 5.12 with respect to the resulting or surviving limited liability company as such Person would if such Person had served the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity) in the same capacity;

 

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(ii) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(iii) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(iv) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; and

(v) “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer or in any other comparable position that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a Person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted “in the best interest of the Company” as referred to in this Section 5.12.

(i) Severability. If any provision of this Section 5.12 or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Section 5.12 and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all Persons and to give the maximum possible protection to Persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Member or any Manager of the Company or any Person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, is entitled under any provision of this Section 5.12 to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify such Person for the portion thereof to which such Person is entitled.

5.13 Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates. No contract or transaction between the Company and the Member or any Manager, or between the Company and any Person in which the Member or any Manager is a director or officer or has a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, and the Member or applicable Manager shall not be obligated to account to the Company for any profit or benefit derived by the Member or applicable Manager, if the Member consents in writing to such contract or transaction.

 

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5.14 Other Business Ventures. The Member or any Manager may engage in, or possess an interest in, other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others, whether or not similar to or in competition with the business of the Company, and neither the Company nor the Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in or to such other business ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, subject, however, to any restrictive covenants or other limitations to which the Member or any Manager has agreed to or may hereafter agree to in writing. Neither the Member nor any Manager shall be required to devote all of their time or business efforts to the affairs of the Company, but shall devote so much of their time and attention to the Company as is reasonably necessary and advisable to manage the affairs of the Company to the best advantage of the Company.

ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS

6.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year and taxable year of the Company shall end on the last day in December of each calendar year, or such other date as may be established by the Management Committee from time to time.

6.2 Books and Records. At all times during the existence of the Company, the Management Committee shall cause to be maintained full and accurate books of account for the Company, which shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The books and records of the Company shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company, or such other location(s) as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member. The Member (or the Member’s designated representative) shall have the right during ordinary business hours and upon reasonable notice to inspect and copy (at the Member’s own expense) all books and records of the Company.

6.3 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a separate bank, money market or similar account(s) approved by the Management Committee and in the Company’s name. Withdrawals therefrom shall be made only by persons authorized to do so by the Management Committee.

ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

7.1 General Provisions. The Member may transfer all or any part of the Member’s Interest, as and to such extent as the Member may determine or designate at any time.

7.2 Redemption of Interests. Any Interest may be redeemed by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, as determined by the Management Committee with the approval of the Member.

 

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ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

8.1 Events Causing Dissolution. Unless dissolved sooner pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement, the Company shall be dissolved only upon the written agreement or determination of the Member to dissolve.

8.2 Effect of Dissolution. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, upon the dissolution of the Company, the Management Committee shall take such actions as may be required pursuant to the Act and shall proceed to wind up, liquidate and terminate the business and affairs of the Company. In connection with such winding up, the Management Committee shall have the authority to liquidate and reduce to cash (to the extent necessary or appropriate) the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining Fair Value therefore, to apply and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation and any remaining assets in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3, and to do any and all acts and things authorized by, and in accordance with, the Act and other applicable laws for the purpose of winding up and liquidation.

8.3 Application of Proceeds. Upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed in the order of priority set forth in Section 4.2.

ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Title to the Property. Title to the Property shall be held in the name of the Company. The Member shall not individually have any ownership interest or rights in the Property, except indirectly by virtue of the Member’s ownership of an Interest.

9.2 Nature of Interest in the Company. An Interest shall be personal property for all purposes.

9.3 No Third Party Rights. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third parties, including, but not limited to, creditors of the Company; provided, however, the Company may enforce any rights granted to the Company under the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

9.4 Amendments to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be modified, amended, or restated in any manner other than by the Member.

9.5 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

9.6 Binding Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

 

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9.7 Headings. The headings of the articles and the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting any of the terms or provisions thereof and hereof.

9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New Hampshire.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Member have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Company”
EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Member”

 

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EX-3.27 17 dex327.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF JERIT CS FUND I, LLC Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of JERIT CS Fund I, LLC

Exhibit 3.27

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

JERIT CS FUND I, LLC

The name of the limited liability company is JERIT CS Fund I, LLC (the “Company”). The original Certificate of Formation of the Company was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 11, 2006. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 29, 2007. The following Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation, to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 18-202 and 18-208 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.

 

FIRST:    The name of the Company is Education Capital Solutions, LLC.
SECOND    The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
THIRD    The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware are: The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of JERIT CS Fund I, LLC to be duly executed as of this 16th day of December, 2009.

 

/s/ Morgan G. Earnest

Morgan G. Earnest, Vice President
EX-3.28 18 dex328.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF JERIT CS FUND I, LLC Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of JERIT CS Fund I, LLC

Exhibit 3.28

AMENDED AND RESTATED

OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

JERIT CS FUND I, LLC


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS      1   

  1.1

  Terms Defined Herein      1   

  1.2

  Other Definitional Provisions      2   
ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES      3   

  2.1

  Name; Business Purpose      3   

  2.2

  Powers      3   

  2.3

  Principal Office      3   

  2.4

  Registered Office and Registered Agent      3   

  2.5

  Certificate      3   

  2.6

  Effective Date      3   

  2.7

  No Liability of Member or Manager      3   
ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS      4   

  3.1

  Capital Contributions      4   

  3.2

  Additional Capital Contributions      4   

  3.3

  Capital Accounts      4   

  3.4

  Loans      4   
ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS      4   

  4.1

  Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions      4   

  4.2

  Liquidation Distributions      4   

  4.3

  Income, Losses and Credits      5   

  4.4

  Withholding of Distributions      5   

  4.5

  Tax Withholding      5   
ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT      5   

  5.1

  Management      5   

  5.2

  Designation of Managers      5   

  5.3

  Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings      6   

  5.4

  Quorum; Voting Requirement      6   

  5.5

  Notice of Meeting      6   

  5.6

  Waiver of Notice      6   

  5.7

  Action Without a Meeting      6   

  5.8

  Compensation of Managers      6   

  5.9

  Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee      7   

  5.10

  Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers      7   

  5.11

  Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of Delaware      9   

  5.12

  Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.      9   

  5.13

  Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates      12   

  5.14

  Other Business Ventures      13   

 

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ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS      13   

  6.1

  Fiscal Year      13   

  6.2

  Books and Records      13   

  6.3

  Bank Accounts      13   
ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS      13   

  7.1

  General Provisions      13   

  7.2

  Redemption of Interests      13   

ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

     13   

  8.1

  Events Causing Dissolution      13   

  8.2

  Effect of Dissolution      14   

  8.3

  Application of Proceeds      14   
ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS      14   

  9.1

  Title to the Property      14   

  9.2

  Nature of Interest in the Company      14   

  9.3

  No Third Party Rights      14   

  9.4

  Amendments to this Agreement      14   

  9.5

  Severability      14   

  9.6

  Binding Agreement      14   

  9.7

  Headings      14   

  9.8

  Governing Law      14   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

JERIT CS FUND I, LLC

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made effective as of April 2, 2008, by and between JERIT CS Fund I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and EPT Schoolhouse, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Member”).

RECITAL

On April 2, 2008, EPT Schoolhouse, LLC (the “Member”) acquired 100% of the Company pursuant to a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, and desires to enter into this Amended and Restated Operating Agreement.

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the premises and the agreements contained herein, the undersigned declare and agree as follows.

ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

1.1 Terms Defined Herein. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise specifies:

Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended or revised from time to time.

Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, as amended or restated from time to time, which shall also constitute the Company’s limited liability company agreement for purposes of the Act.

Available Cash” means the aggregate amount of cash on hand or in bank, money market or similar accounts of the Company as of the end of each fiscal quarter, or other applicable period, derived from any source (other than capital contributions and Liquidation Proceeds) that the Management Committee determines is available for distribution to the Member after taking into account any amount required or appropriate to maintain a reasonable amount of reserves.

Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, as amended or restated from time to time.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or the corresponding provisions of future federal tax laws.


Company” means JERIT CS Fund I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Credits” means all tax credits allowed by the Code with respect to activities of the Company or the Property.

Distributions” means any distributions by the Company to the Member of Available Cash or Liquidation Proceeds or other amounts.

Fair Value” of an asset means its fair market value.

Income” and “Loss” mean, respectively, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with the Code.

Interest” refers to all of the Member’s rights and interests in the Company in the Member’s capacity as a Member, all as provided in the Certificate, this Agreement and the Act, including, without limitation, the Member’s interest in the capital, income, gain, deductions, losses, and credits of the Company.

Liquidation Proceeds” means all Property at the time of liquidation of the Company and all proceeds thereof.

Management Committee” means any group of Managers, or any sole Manager, designated by the Member pursuant to Article V to manage the business and affairs of the Company.

Manager” means each of the Persons designated as such by the Member pursuant to Article V.

Member” means EPT Schoolhouse, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any successor-in-interest who becomes a Member as provided in this Agreement.

Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, cooperative, trust or other entity.

Property” means all properties and assets that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.

(a) As used in this Agreement, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting principles.

(b) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

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(c) Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine or neuter genders, and vice versa, where applicable. Words of the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural number, and vice versa, where applicable.

ARTICLE II - BUSINESS PURPOSES AND OFFICES

2.1 Name; Business Purpose. The name of the Company shall be as stated in the Certificate. The business purpose of the Company is to directly, or indirectly through any entity in which the Company may have an interest, engage in any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act. The Company is formed only for such business purpose and shall not be deemed to create any agreement by the Company or the Member with respect to any other activities whatsoever other than the activities within such business purpose.

2.2 Powers. In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Company by law and those incidental thereto, the Company shall have the same powers as a natural person to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business and affairs.

2.3 Principal Office. The principal office of the Company shall be located at such place(s) as the Management Committee may determine from time to time.

2.4 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be as stated in the Certificate. The registered office and registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware may be changed, from time to time, by the Management Committee.

2.5 Certificate. The Member and the Company hereby acknowledge, confirm, and agree to the Certificate. The Member or the Company may amend or restate the Certificate at such time or times and in such manner as may be required or permitted by the Act and this Agreement.

2.6 Effective Date. This Agreement shall be effective on the date of this Agreement. The Company shall continue until dissolved pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

2.7 No Liability of Member or Manager. No Member or Manager, solely by reason of being a Member or Manager, shall be liable, under a judgment, decree or order of a court, or in any other manner, for a debt, obligation or liability of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, or for the acts or omissions of any other Member, Manager, agent, or employee of the Company. The failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under this Agreement or the Act shall not be grounds for imposing liability on the Member or any Manager for liabilities of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE III - CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS

3.1 Capital Contributions. Prior to or upon execution of this Agreement, the Member may make such contributions to the capital of the Company as the Member may determine.

3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. The Member shall not be obligated to make any additional contributions to the capital of the Company and, accordingly, the Member shall not be liable for damage to the Company as a result of the failure of the Member to make any additional contributions. The Member may, however, make such additional contributions to the capital of the Company as determined from time to time by the Management Committee and approved by the Member.

3.3 Capital Accounts. A capital account may be maintained by the Company for the Member.

3.4 Loans. The Member may make loans to the Company in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member, which loans by the Member to the Company shall not be considered as contributions to the capital of the Company. The Company may make loans to the Member in such amounts, at such times, and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Management Committee and the Member.

ARTICLE IV - ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

4.1 Non-Liquidation Cash Distributions. The amount, if any, of Distributions of Available Cash or other Distributions may be determined and distributed by the Management Committee at any time and from time to time.

4.2 Liquidation Distributions. Liquidation Proceeds shall be distributed in the following order of priority:

(a) First, to the payment of debts and liabilities of the Company (including to the Member to the extent otherwise permitted by law and applicable contractual restrictions) and the expenses of liquidation.

(b) Next, to the setting up of such reserves as the Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for any disputed, contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company, provided that any such reserves shall be paid over by such Person to an independent escrow agent, to be held by such agent or its successor for such period as such Person shall deem advisable for the purpose of applying such reserves to the payment of such liabilities or obligations and, at the expiration of such period, the balance of such reserves, if any, shall be distributed as hereinafter provided.

(c) Then, the remainder to the Member.

 

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4.3 Income, Losses and Credits. The Company’s Income or Loss, as the case may be, and applicable Credits, for each fiscal year of the Company, as determined in accordance with such method of accounting as may be adopted for the Company, shall be allocated to the Member for both financial accounting and income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided for herein or unless the Management Committee determines otherwise.

4.4 Withholding of Distributions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee (or any Person required or authorized by law to wind up the Company’s affairs) may suspend, reduce or otherwise restrict Distributions of Available Cash, Liquidation Proceeds, or other amounts, when, in the Management Committee’s sole opinion, such action is in the best interests of the Company.

4.5 Tax Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Management Committee may take any action that the Management Committee determines is necessary or appropriate to cause the Company to comply with any withholding requirements established under any federal, state or local tax law, including, without limitation, withholding on any Distribution to the Member. For all purposes of this Article IV, any amount withheld on any Distribution and paid over to the appropriate governmental body may be treated as if such amount had in fact been distributed to the Member.

ARTICLE V - MANAGEMENT

5.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by Persons designated by the Member pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, who shall be referred to as “Managers” and who, acting as a board, shall constitute the “Management Committee.” Each Manager shall hold office until such Manager’s successor is duly designated or until such Manager’s earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Managers need not be Members of the Company. Except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate or this Agreement, the Property and the business of the Company shall be controlled and managed by the Management Committee. The Management Committee shall have and is vested with all powers and authorities, except as expressly limited by law, the Certificate, or this Agreement, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and in behalf of the Company, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. The Management Committee may from time to time with the approval of the Member, as reasonably necessary to carry on the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company and carry out the decisions of the Member and the Management Committee, delegate its powers and authorities to employees of the Company, or to any other representatives of the Company, as officers or in such other capacities as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member.

5.2 Designation of Managers. The Member may at any time and from time to time designate one (1) or more Managers to serve on the Management Committee, which Managers shall serve until their successors have been duly designated by the Member or until their earlier death or resignation, or removal, with or without cause, by the Member. Designation of Managers shall not be required at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall occur at such times as the Member shall determine. The Member may also be a Manager and, in the absence of any designation by the Member of any other Managers, shall be deemed to be designated as, and

 

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constitute, the sole Manager of the Company. At any time that only one (1) Manager has been designated, or deemed designated, by the Member, then any reference in this Agreement to the Management Committee shall be deemed a reference to such sole Manager and such sole Manager may, subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, manage the business and affairs of the Company without the necessity of calling or conducting any meetings of the Managers or Management Committee as otherwise contemplated in this Article V.

5.3 Meetings of the Management Committee; Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Management Committee shall not be required to be held at any regular frequency, but, instead, shall be held upon the call of any Manager. All meetings of the Management Committee shall be held at the principal office of the Company or at such other place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated by the Managers calling the meeting and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Managers may participate in a meeting of the Management Committee by means of conference telephone equipment or similar communications equipment whereby all Managers participating in the meeting can hear each other and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

5.4 Quorum; Voting Requirement. At all meetings of the Management Committee, a majority of the number of Managers then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Subject to any and all other express restrictions or requirements under this Agreement, the act of a majority in number of the Managers present at any meeting of the Management Committee at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Management Committee.

5.5 Notice of Meeting. Notice of each meeting of the Management Committee, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Manager at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. The notice may be given by any Manager having authority to call the meeting. “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

5.6 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any Manager under the provisions of this Agreement, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such Manager, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a Manager at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Manager attends a meeting for the express purposes of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

5.7 Action Without a Meeting. Any action that is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the Management Committee may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the Managers. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held.

5.8 Compensation of Managers. Managers shall not receive any compensation for their services as such, unless approved by the Member. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Manager from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore. In addition, subject to such reasonable policies and

 

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documentation requirements as the Management Committee may adopt from time to time with the approval of, or at the direction of, the Member, each Manager shall be entitled to payment by or reimbursement from the Company of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Manager in the course of furnishing services as a Manager of the Company under this Agreement (other than for any salaries, wages, fringe benefits, or other compensation of such Manager’s directors, officers, members, managers, or employees, or for any general overhead expenses incurred by such Manager such as, but not limited to, maintaining an office separate from that of the Company).

5.9 Restrictions on Authority of Management Committee. The Management Committee shall not be authorized to act in connection with the following, except with the written approval of the Member:

(a) Approval of a merger or consolidation of the Company with another Person;

(b) Change of the status of the Company from one in which management is vested in the Management Committee to one in which management is vested in the Member;

(c) The sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition, or encumbrance (including by mortgage, deed of trust, or pledge), other than in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, of all, or substantially all, the Property, with or without the goodwill of the Company; or

(d) A determination, modification, compromise or release of the amount and character of the contributions that the Member shall make as the consideration for the issuance of its Interest.

The express written approval of the Member shall be required for the foregoing transactions. The Member may at any time and from time to time impose such other or additional restrictions on the authority of the Management Committee as the Member may deem appropriate.

5.10 Delegation of Authority and Appointment of Officers. At any time and from time to time, the Management Committee may in its discretion designate any Person to carry out the decisions of the Management Committee or the Members, including, but not limited to, the execution of any instruments on behalf of the Company. The Management Committee shall have the power and authority to appoint individuals to act as officers of the Company or to act in such other capacities or on such committees as the Management Committee deems advisable from time to time, and any such individuals shall serve for such periods and hold such positions, have such power and authority and be subject to such restrictions or limitations, and be entitled to such compensation, as the Management Committee may determine from time to time. Any number of titles may be held by the same individual. Any appointment or delegation of authority may be revoked, and any individual may be removed from any officer position or other capacity, at any time by the Management Committee, with or without cause. Unless otherwise specified by the Management Committee, and subject to any express limitations on power or authority as provided in this Agreement, an individual appointed as a President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer shall have the duties, powers and authority described below.

 

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(a) President and Chief Executive Officer. Unless otherwise specified by the Management Committee, the individual(s) appointed or otherwise designated by the Management Committee as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be the executive officers of the Company and, subject to the direction of the Management Committee, shall in general supervise, manage and control the day-to-day operations of the Company. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority, subject to such rules as may be prescribed by the Management Committee, to appoint such agents and employees of the Company as the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall deem necessary, to prescribe their powers, duties and compensation, and to delegate authority to them. Such agents and employees shall hold office at the discretion of the President and the Chief Executive Officer. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have authority to sign, execute, and acknowledge, on behalf of the Company, all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, leases, reports, and all other documents or instruments necessary or proper to be executed in the course of the Company’s regular business, or which shall be authorized by resolution of the Management Committee; and except as otherwise provided by the Management Committee, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may each authorize any Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer Vice President or other officer or agent of the Company to sign, execute, and acknowledge such documents or instruments on behalf of the Company. In general, the President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each perform all duties incident to their respective offices of the President and the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Management Committee from time to time.

(b) Chief Financial Officer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Chief Financial Officer, who shall, subject to the authority and duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, assist the President and Chief Executive Officer in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Company and such other duties, with such power and authority, as shall be determined by the Management Committee from time to time.

(c) Vice President(s). The Management Committee may appoint or designate one or more Vice Presidents, who shall perform such duties and have only such authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned to such Vice President by the Management Committee or the President and the Chief Executive Officer.

(d) Secretary. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Secretary, who shall (A) keep minutes of the meetings of the Members and of the Management Committee (and of committees thereof) in one or more books provided for that purpose (including records of actions taken by the Members or the Management Committee or committees thereof without a meeting); (B) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or as required by the Act; (C) be custodian of the corporate records; (D) maintain a record of the Members of the Company, in a form that conforms to the requirements of the Act; and (E) in general

 

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perform all duties incidental to the office of Secretary and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

(e) Treasurer. The Management Committee may appoint or designate a Treasurer, who shall (A) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Company; (B) maintain appropriate accounting records; (C) receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the Company from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the Company in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; and (D) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and have such other duties and exercise such other authority as from time to time may be delegated or assigned by the President and the Chief Executive Officer or by the Management Committee.

5.11 Execution of Documents Filed with Secretary of State of Delaware. The Member, the Member’s designee, Manager or any officer shall be authorized to execute and file with the Secretary of State of Delaware any document permitted or required by the Act. The Member hereby ratifies and affirms the Certificate as heretofore filed on behalf of the Company.

5.12 Limitation of Liability; Indemnification.

(a) Limitation. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Person shall be liable to the Company or its Member for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Company or its Member on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person as a Member or Manager of the Company or by such Person while serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, if such Person discharges such Person’s duties in good faith, and in a manner such Person reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful. The Member’s or Manager’s liability hereunder shall be limited only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company.

(b) Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify each Person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Company or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a Member or Manager of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or

 

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proceeding), if such Person discharged such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if such Person had no reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person from or on account of such Person’s conduct that was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Company shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such Person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Member; provided, further, that a Member or Manager shall be indemnified hereunder only for those actions taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Manager in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company or any Other Enterprise and that the provisions of this Section 5.12 are not intended to extend indemnification to the Member or any Manager for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Member or Manager in any other connection, including, but not limited to, any other express obligation of the Member or Manager undertaken in this Agreement. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Person seeking indemnification did not discharge such Person’s duties in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, that such Person had reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, or that such Person’s conduct was knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

(c) Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Company refuses to indemnify any Person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Section 5.12, such Person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Company to determine whether or not such Person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the Person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such Person shall be reimbursed by the Company for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

(d) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in defending an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Person is not entitled to indemnification by the Company. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the Member or independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such Person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(e) Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Section 5.12 shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those

 

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seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, or any agreement, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right that the Company may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different Persons or classes of Persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 5.12 shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a Member or Manager of the Company, and as to a Person who has ceased serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such Person.

(f) Insurance. Upon the approval of the Member or the Management Committee, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Manager, agent or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power, or the obligation, to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 5.12.

(g) Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Section 5.12 shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the Member. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each Person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such Person’s serving or having served as a Member or Manager of the Company or serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise and, while this Section 5.12 may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such Person under this Section 5.11 with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such Person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

(h) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 5.12, references to:

(i) “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity), any constituent limited liability company (or other entity) (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger so that any Person who is or was a member or manager of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity), or is or was serving at the request of such constituent limited liability company (or other entity) as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 5.12 with respect to the resulting or surviving limited liability company as such Person would if such Person had served the resulting or surviving limited liability company (or other entity) in the same capacity;

 

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(ii) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(iii) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(iv) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other limited liability company, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; and

(v) “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer or in any other comparable position that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a Person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted “in the best interest of the Company” as referred to in this Section 5.12.

(i) Severability. If any provision of this Section 5.12 or the application of any such provision to any Person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Section 5.12 and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all Persons and to give the maximum possible protection to Persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Member or any Manager of the Company or any Person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or in any other comparable position of any Other Enterprise, is entitled under any provision of this Section 5.12 to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such Person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify such Person for the portion thereof to which such Person is entitled.

5.13 Contracts with the Member, any Manager, or Affiliates. No contract or transaction between the Company and the Member or any Manager, or between the Company and any Person in which the Member or any Manager is a director or officer or has a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, and the Member or applicable Manager shall not be obligated to account to the Company for any profit or benefit derived by the Member or applicable Manager, if the Member consents in writing to such contract or transaction.

 

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5.14 Other Business Ventures. The Member or any Manager may engage in, or possess an interest in, other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others, whether or not similar to or in competition with the business of the Company, and neither the Company nor the Member shall have any right by virtue of this Agreement in or to such other business ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, subject, however, to any restrictive covenants or other limitations to which the Member or any Manager has agreed to or may hereafter agree to in writing. Neither the Member nor any Manager shall be required to devote all of their time or business efforts to the affairs of the Company, but shall devote so much of their time and attention to the Company as is reasonably necessary and advisable to manage the affairs of the Company to the best advantage of the Company.

ARTICLE VI - ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS

6.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year and taxable year of the Company shall end on the last day in December of each calendar year, or such other date as may be established by the Management Committee from time to time.

6.2 Books and Records. At all times during the existence of the Company, the Management Committee shall cause to be maintained full and accurate books of account for the Company, which shall reflect all Company transactions and be appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The books and records of the Company shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company, or such other location(s) as the Management Committee may determine with the approval of the Member. The Member (or the Member’s designated representative) shall have the right during ordinary business hours and upon reasonable notice to inspect and copy (at the Member’s own expense) all books and records of the Company.

6.3 Bank Accounts. All funds of the Company shall be deposited in a separate bank, money market or similar account(s) approved by the Management Committee and in the Company’s name. Withdrawals therefrom shall be made only by persons authorized to do so by the Management Committee.

ARTICLE VII - TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS

7.1 General Provisions. The Member may transfer all or any part of the Member’s Interest, as and to such extent as the Member may determine or designate at any time.

7.2 Redemption of Interests. Any Interest may be redeemed by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, as determined by the Management Committee with the approval of the Member.

ARTICLE VIII - DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

8.1 Events Causing Dissolution. Unless dissolved sooner pursuant to the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement, the Company shall be dissolved only upon the written agreement or determination of the Member to dissolve.

 

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8.2 Effect of Dissolution. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, upon the dissolution of the Company, the Management Committee shall take such actions as may be required pursuant to the Act and shall proceed to wind up, liquidate and terminate the business and affairs of the Company. In connection with such winding up, the Management Committee shall have the authority to liquidate and reduce to cash (to the extent necessary or appropriate) the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining Fair Value therefore, to apply and distribute the proceeds of such liquidation and any remaining assets in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3, and to do any and all acts and things authorized by, and in accordance with, the Act and other applicable laws for the purpose of winding up and liquidation.

8.3 Application of Proceeds. Upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed in the order of priority set forth in Section 4.2.

ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS

9.1 Title to the Property. Title to the Property shall be held in the name of the Company. The Member shall not individually have any ownership interest or rights in the Property, except indirectly by virtue of the Member’s ownership of an Interest.

9.2 Nature of Interest in the Company. An Interest shall be personal property for all purposes.

9.3 No Third Party Rights. None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third parties, including, but not limited to, creditors of the Company; provided, however, the Company may enforce any rights granted to the Company under the Act, the Certificate, or this Agreement.

9.4 Amendments to this Agreement. This Agreement shall not be modified, amended, or restated in any manner other than by the Member.

9.5 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

9.6 Binding Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.

9.7 Headings. The headings of the articles and the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting any of the terms or provisions thereof and hereof.

9.8 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Member have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

JERIT CS FUND I, LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Company”
EPT SCHOOLHOUSE, LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President
  “Member”

 

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EX-3.29 19 dex329.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPR HIALEAH, INC Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPR Hialeah, Inc

Exhibit 3.29

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPR HIALEAH, INC.

The undersigned, EPR Hialeah, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is EPR Hialeah, Inc.

II. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is EPR Hialeah, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $10.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.

ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.


ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

EPR HIALEAH, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.30 20 dex330.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPR HIALEAH, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPR Hialeah, Inc

Exhibit 3.30

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPR HIALEAH, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

               Page  

ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1   
   1.1    Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   
   1.2    Corporate Offices      1   
   1.3    Books and Records      1   
   1.4    Inspection of Records      1   

ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS

     2   
   2.1    Place of Meetings      2   
   2.2    Annual Meetings      2   
   2.3    Special Meetings      2   
   2.4    Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   
   2.5    Notice; Waiver of Notice      2   
   2.6    Presiding Officials      3   
   2.7    Quorum      3   
   2.8    Proxies      3   
   2.9    Voting      4   
   2.10    Registered Shareholders      4   
   2.11    Shareholders’ Lists.      5   
   2.12    Conduct of Meetings      5   

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     6   
   3.1    Number      6   
   3.2    Powers of the Board      6   
   3.3    Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   
   3.4    Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice      6   
   3.5    Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   
   3.6    Action Without a Meeting      7   
   3.7    Quorum      8   
   3.8    Vacancies      8   
   3.9    Committees      8   
   3.10    Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   
   3.11    Removal of Directors      8   
   3.12    Resignations      9   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      9   
   4.1    Designations.      9   
   4.2    Term of Office      10   
   4.3    Other Agents      10   
   4.4    Removal      10   
   4.5    Salaries and Compensation      10   
   4.6    Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   
   4.7    Chairman of the Board      10   
   4.8    President      11   
   4.9    Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

              Page  
  4.10    Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.      12   
  4.11    Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.      12   
  4.12    Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   

ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     13   
  5.1    Limitation of Liability      13   
  5.2    Indemnification, Generally      13   
  5.3    Right to Indemnification      14   
  5.4    Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   
  5.5    Enforcement of Indemnification      14   
  5.6    Advancement of Expenses      14   
  5.7    Non-Exclusivity      15   
  5.8    Insurance      15   
  5.9    Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   
  5.10    Definitions      16   
  5.11    Severability      17   

ARTICLE VI STOCK

     17   
  6.1    Payment for Shares of Stock      17   
  6.2    Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   
  6.3    Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   
  6.4    Closing of Transfer Books      18   
  6.5    Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   
  6.6    Regulations      18   

ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE

     19   
  7.1    Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   
  7.2    Dividends.      19   
  7.3    Creation of Reserves      19   

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     20   
  8.1    Fiscal Year      20   
  8.2    Depositories      20   
  8.3    Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.      20   
  8.4    Amendments      21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPR HIALEAH, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Written or printed notice of each meeting of the shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special

 

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders' meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term "shareholder" as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation's stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation's officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

7.3 Creation of Reserves. Before the payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time deems proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet

 

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person's relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person's relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of EPR Hialeah, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.31 21 dex331.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT 909, INC Certificate of Incorporation of EPT 909, Inc

Exhibit 3.31

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT 909, INC.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of this corporation shall be EPT 909, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, in the City of Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle and its registered agent at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the general acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is: One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: INCORPORATOR.

The name and address of the incorporator are as follows:

Craig L. Evans

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

ARTICLE SIX: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SEVEN: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seven shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator herein before named, has executed, signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this 3rd day of May, 2010.

 

/s/ Craig L. Evans

Craig L. Evans, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.32 22 dex332.htm BYLAWS OF EPT 909, INC Bylaws of EPT 909, Inc

Exhibit 3.32

BYLAWS

OF

EPT 909, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or


her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the

 

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list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be two, each of whom shall be initially elected at the organizational meeting of the Incorporator to hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders. Thereafter, directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum). A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

 

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Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of both directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the unanimous vote of the directors shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by both directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

 

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Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer specifically designated in Section 5.01 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by unanimous vote of the Directors. Any officer or agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or by any superior officer or agent upon whom such power of removal shall have been or shall be conferred by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

 

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Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

 

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(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any officers or agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof. 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.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

The Corporation shall have no seal.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of

 

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Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officer, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted at any annual meeting of the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the Board of Directors called for those purpose, or upon the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors.

ADOPTED as the Bylaws of the Corporation this 4th day of May, 2010.

 

/s/ Gregory K. Silvers

Gregory K. Silvers
Vice President and Secretary

 

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EX-3.33 23 dex333.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Crotched Mountain

Exhibit 3.33

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.

The undersigned, EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

II. The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $10.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.


ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.

ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 1,000 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 1,000 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 1,000 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

 

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These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.34 24 dex334.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc

Exhibit 3.34

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS      1   

1.1

   Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   

1.2

   Corporate Offices      1   

1.3

   Books and Records      1   

1.4

   Inspection of Records      1   
ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS      2   

2.1

   Place of Meetings      2   

2.2

   Annual Meetings      2   

2.3

   Special Meetings      2   

2.4

   Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   

2.5

   Notice; Waiver of Notice      2   

2.6

   Presiding Officials      3   

2.7

   Quorum      3   

2.8

   Proxies      3   

2.9

   Voting      4   

2.10

   Registered Shareholders      4   

2.11

   Shareholders’ Lists      5   

2.12

   Conduct of Meetings      5   
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS      6   

3.1

   Number      6   

3.2

   Powers of the Board      6   

3.3

   Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   

3.4

   Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice      6   

3.5

   Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   

3.6

   Action Without a Meeting      7   

3.7

   Quorum      8   

3.8

   Vacancies      8   

3.9

   Committees      8   

3.10

   Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   

3.11

   Removal of Directors      8   

3.12

   Resignations      9   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      9   

4.1

   Designations      9   

4.2

   Term of Office      10   

4.3

   Other Agents      10   

4.4

   Removal      10   

4.5

   Salaries and Compensation      10   

4.6

   Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   

4.7

   Chairman of the Board      10   

4.8

   President      11   

4.9

   Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

          Page  

4.10

   Secretary and Assistant Secretaries      12   

4.11

   Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers      12   

4.12

   Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   
ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION      13   

5.1

   Limitation of Liability      13   

5.2

   Indemnification, Generally      13   

5.3

   Right to Indemnification      14   

5.4

   Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   

5.5

   Enforcement of Indemnification      14   

5.6

   Advancement of Expenses      14   

5.7

   Non-Exclusivity      15   

5.8

   Insurance      15   

5.9

   Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   

5.10

   Definitions      16   

5.11

   Severability      17   
ARTICLE VI STOCK      17   

6.1

   Payment for Shares of Stock      17   

6.2

   Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   

6.3

   Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   

6.4

   Closing of Transfer Books      18   

6.5

   Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   

6.6

   Regulations      18   
ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE      19   

7.1

   Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   

7.2

   Dividends      19   

7.3

   Creation of Reserves      19   
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS      20   

8.1

   Fiscal Year      20   

8.2

   Depositories      20   

8.3

   Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates      20   

8.4

   Amendments      21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Written or printed notice of each meeting of the shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special

 

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

7.3 Creation of Reserves. Before the payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time deems proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet

 

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.35 25 dex335.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPT KALAMAZOO, INC Articles of Incorporation of EPT Kalamazoo, Inc

Exhibit 3.35

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.

The undersigned natural person of the age of eighteen (18) years or more, for the purpose of forming a corporation under The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, hereby adopts the following Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the corporation’s initial registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 South Central Avenue, Suite 400, Clayton, MO 63105. The name of the corporation’s initial registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $10.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the corporation.

ARTICLE V

The name and place of residence of the Incorporator are Marc Salle, 4520 Main Street, Suite 1100, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.

ARTICLE VI

The number of directors to constitute the first Board of Directors of the corporation is two (2).

ARTICLE VII

The original Bylaws of the corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, the Bylaws of the corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative


vote, at any meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote; or (ii) by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all of the shareholders entitled to vote or all of the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws or any portion thereof may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VIII

The duration of the corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE IX

The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE X

The corporation is organized for profit, and the nature of its 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 laws of the State of Missouri.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Incorporation have been executed this 25th day of January, 2005.

 

/s/ Marc Salle

Marc Salle, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.36 26 dex336.htm BYLAWS OF EPT KALAMAZOO, INC Bylaws of EPT Kalamazoo, Inc

Exhibit 3.36

BYLAWS

OF

EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

     1   

ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS

     1   

Section 2.1.

   Annual Meeting      1   

Section 2.2.

   Special Meetings      1   

Section 2.3.

   Notice of Meetings      1   

Section 2.4.

   Quorum and Conduct of Business      2   

Section 2.5.

   Organization      2   

Section 2.6.

   Conduct of Business      2   

Section 2.7.

   Proxies and Voting      2   

Section 2.8.

   Action of Shareholders Without a Meeting      2   

Section 2.9.

   Stock List      3   

ARTICLE III - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     3   

Section 3.1.

   Number and Term of Office      3   

Section 3.2.

   Removal      3   

Section 3.3.

   Vacancies      3   

Section 3.4.

   Annual Meetings      4   

Section 3.5.

   Regular Meetings      4   

Section 3.6.

   Special Meetings      4   

Section 3.7.

   Quorum      4   

Section 3.8.

   Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone      4   

Section 3.9.

   Action of Directors Without a Meeting      4   

Section 3.10.

   Powers      5   

Section 3.11.

   Compensation of Directors      5   

Section 3.12.

   Waiver of Notice      5   

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

     5   

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

     6   

Section 5.1.

   Number      6   

Section 5.2.

   Election and Term of Office      6   

Section 5.3.

   Removal      6   

Section 5.4.

   Vacancies      7   

Section 5.5.

   Bonds      7   

Section 5.6.

   Chairman of the Board      7   

Section 5.7.

   President      7   

Section 5.8.

   Vice Presidents      7   

Section 5.9.

   Treasurer      7   

Section 5.10.

   Secretary      8   

Section 5.11.

   Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries      8   

Section 5.12.

   Delegation of Authority      8   

 

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Section 5.13.

   Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations      8   
ARTICLE VI - CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS      8   

Section 6.1.

   Contracts      8   

Section 6.2.

   Loans      9   

Section 6.3.

   Checks, Drafts, etc.      9   

Section 6.4.

   Deposits      9   
ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS      9   
ARTICLE VIII – STOCK      11   

Section 8.1.

   Certificates of Stock      11   

Section 8.2.

   Transfers of Stock      11   

Section 8.3.

   Record Date      11   

Section 8.4.

   Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      12   

Section 8.5.

   Regulations      12   
ARTICLE IX - NOTICES      12   

Section 9.1.

   Notices      12   

Section 9.2.

   Waivers      12   
ARTICLE X – MISCELLANEOUS      12   

Section 10.1.

   Facsimile Signatures      12   

Section 10.2.

   Conflicts      13   

Section 10.3.

   Corporate Seal      13   

Section 10.4.

   Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records      13   

Section 10.5.

   Fiscal Year      13   

Section 10.6.

   Time Periods      13   

Section 10.7.

   Inconsistencies      14   

Section 10.8.

   Gender      14   
ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS      14   

 

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BYLAWS

OF

EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.

A Missouri Corporation

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

The principal office shall be at such place as the Board of Directors shall designate, which location may be changed by such Board of Directors and may be within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II – SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1. Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at 10:00 a.m. on the third Wednesday in July of each year at the principal offices of the corporation or at such other place (either within or without the State of Missouri) and time as the Board of Directors may determine. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day at the same hour.

Section 2.2. Special Meetings

Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called by any member of the Board of Directors, by the President, or by holders of not less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he shall fix.

Section 2.3. Notice of Meetings

Written notice of the place, date, and time of all meetings of the shareholders shall be given, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or as required from time to time by The General and Business Corporation Law of the State of Missouri or the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation. In case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall also be stated in the notice.

When a meeting is adjourned to another place date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than ninety (90) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a

 

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new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date and time of the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

Section 2.4. Quorum and Conduct of Business

At any duly called meeting of the shareholders a majority of the shares of stock issued and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the corporation represented at any meeting where a quorum is present, in person or by proxy, shall be the act of the corporation (“Shareholder Action”). If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares of the stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to another place, date or time.

Section 2.5. Organization

Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such a person, the highest ranking officer of the corporation who is present shall call to order any meeting of the shareholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary of the corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman appoints.

Section 2.6. Conduct of Business

The chairman of any meeting of shareholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him in order.

Section 2.7. Proxies and Voting

At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting. Each shareholder shall have one vote for every share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his name on the record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law.

All voting, except on the election of directors and where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon demand therefor by a shareholder entitled to vote or his proxy, a stock vote shall be taken. Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which shall state the name of the shareholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be required under the procedure established for the meeting. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the chairman of the meeting.

Section 2.8. Action of Shareholders Without a Meeting

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the shareholders at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if all shareholders before or after the action, shall individually and collectively consent in writing to

 

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such action. Such written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such shareholders at a duly called, noticed and held shareholders meeting.

Section 2.9. Stock List

A complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such shareholder and the number of shares registered in his name, shall be open to the examination of any such shareholders, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.

The stock list shall also be kept at the place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and shall be open to the examination of any such shareholder who is present. The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.

ARTICLE III - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1. Number and Term of Office

The number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the corporation shall be two (2) unless such number is increased or decreased by shareholder action, provided that any change in the number of directors is reported to the Secretary of State within thirty (30) calendar days of such change. Subject to death, resignation or removal in the manner provided herein or by law, each director shall hold office for a term of one (1) year or until his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 3.2. Removal

At a special meeting called expressly for that purpose, any one or more directors or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the majority of shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. Such meeting shall be held at the principal place of business or registered office of the corporation on such date and at such time as set forth in the notice of the meeting.

Section 3.3. Vacancies

If the office of any director becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause, a successor for the unexpired term of such director may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

 

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Section 3.4. Annual Meetings

The annual meeting of the Board shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders provided for in Article II. Notice of the place, date and time of each such annual meeting shall be given to each director, by whom it is not waived (attendance at the meeting shall be deemed a waiver of notice), by mailing written notice not less than three (3) days before the meeting or by telegraphing or telecopying the same not less than eighteen (18) hours before the meeting. The Board shall elect the corporation’s officers and transact any and all other business of the corporation at the annual meeting.

Section 3.5. Regular Meetings

Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such place or places, on such date or dates, and at such time or times as shall have been established by the Board and publicized among all directors. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.

Section 3.6. Special Meetings

Special meetings of the Board may be called by any director or officer of the corporation, to be held on such date and at such time as the director or officer calling the meeting shall fix. Such special meeting shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such other place as a majority of the directors may agree. Notice of the place, date and time of each such special meeting shall be given to each director by whom it is not waived by mailing written notice not less three (3) days before the meeting or by telegraphing or telecopying the same not less than eighteen (18) hours before the meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

Section 3.7. Quorum

At any meeting of the Board, a majority of the acting directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the consent or concurrence of a majority of the directors present at any meeting where a quorum exists, shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another place, date or time, without further notice or waiver thereof.

Section 3.8. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone

Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment that enables all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.9. Action of Directors Without a Meeting

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board at any meeting of the Board or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or a committee thereof, before or after the action, shall consent in writing to such action. Such written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors at a duly called, noticed, and held Board meeting.

 

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Section 3.10. Powers

The Board may, except as reserved to the shareholders pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation or as otherwise limited by applicable law, exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by a corporation.

Section 3.11. Compensation of Directors

Directors, as such, may receive, pursuant to resolution of the Board, fixed fees and other compensation for their services as directors, including, without limitation, their services as members of committees of the directors.

Section 3.12. Waiver of Notice

Attendance by a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have consented to the action taken unless his contrary vote is recorded or his dissent is otherwise entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of all of the directors, may create one (1) or more committees and appoint members of the Board to serve on the committee or committees. Each committee shall have two (2) or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Unless the appointment by the Board requires a greater number, a majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum and a majority of a quorum is necessary for committee action. A committee may act by unanimous consent in writing without a meeting and, subject to the provisions of these Bylaws or action by the Board, the committee, by majority vote of its members, shall determine the time and place of meetings and the notice required therefor.

To the extent specified by the Board or in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, each committee may exercise the authority of the Board under the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri; provided, however, a committee may not:

 

  (1) authorize distributions;

 

  (2) approve or recommend to shareholders any act the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri requires to be approved by shareholders;

 

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  (3) fill vacancies on the Board or on any of its committees;

 

  (4) elect or remove officers or fix the compensation of any member of the committee;

 

  (5) adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws;

 

  (6) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

  (7) authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a general formula or method prescribed by the Board;

 

  (8) authorize or approve the issuance or sale, or contract for sale, of shares or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a series of shares, except that the Board may direct a committee to fix the specific terms of the issuance or sale or contract for sale or the number of shares to be allocated to particular employees under an employee benefit plan; or

 

  (9) amend, alter, repeal or take action inconsistent with any resolution or action of the Board.

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

Section 5.1. Number

The officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board (if elected), a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board.

The Board may appoint other officers if they deem necessary, who shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.2. Election and Term of Office

The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the Board at the annual meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of shareholders. If the election of officers is not held at that meeting, the election shall be held as soon thereafter as practicable. Vacancies may be filled or new offices filled at any meeting of the Board. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.3. Removal

Any officer or agent of the corporation may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby.

 

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Section 5.4. Vacancies

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term.

Section 5.5. Bonds

If the Board by resolution shall so require, any officer or agent of the corporation shall give bond to the corporation in such amount and with such surety as the Board may deem sufficient, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their respective duties and offices.

Section 5.6. Chairman of the Board

The Chairman of the Board (if elected) shall preside at all meetings of the Board. He shall be consulted on important matters of policy and may be consulted by the corporation’s executives on other matters. He may be given supervisory authority in specific matters by action of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He shall, when authorized or directed by the Board, execute instruments in writing on behalf of the corporation.

Section 5.7. President

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall in general supervise all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the Board. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.

Section 5.8. Vice Presidents

In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, and if elected, the Vice President (or, in the event there is more than one Vice President, 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. Any Vice President may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform those other duties which from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or by the chief executive officer.

Section 5.9. Treasurer

The Treasurer, if elected, shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation and (b) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and all other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or the chief executive officer.

 

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Section 5.10. Secretary

The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and the Board meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be a custodian of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign, with the President or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board; (f) have general charge of the transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and all other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or the chief executive officer.

Section 5.11. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries

The Assistant Secretaries, if elected, as thereunto authorized by the Board, may sign with the President or a Vice President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board. The Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Treasurer or the Secretary, respectively, or by the Board or the chief executive officer.

Section 5.12. Delegation of Authority

The Board may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

Section 5.13. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations

Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the chief executive officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the shareholders of, or with respect to any action of shareholders of any other corporation, which power the corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities of such other corporation.

ARTICLE VI - CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.1. Contracts

The Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

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Section 6.2. Loans

No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.3. Checks, Drafts, etc.

All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board.

Section 6.4. Deposits

All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select.

ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation partnership joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, losses, costs and damages (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been

 

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adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.

To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to herein, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.

Any indemnification hereunder (unless required by law or ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the shareholders of the corporation.

Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article.

The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Section 351.355 of the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri as amended.

The corporation may provide such further indemnity, in addition to the indemnity provided by this Article to any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest, or willful misconduct.

 

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The corporation’s indemnity of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be reduced by any amounts such person may collect as indemnification (i) under any policy of insurance purchased and maintained in his behalf by the corporation, or (ii) from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or from insurance purchased by any of them.

Nothing contained in this Article VII, or elsewhere in these Bylaws, shall operate to indemnify any director or officer if such indemnification is for any reason contrary to law, either as a matter of public policy, or under the provisions of the Federal Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Act of 1934, or any other applicable state or federal law.

For purposes of this Article, references to “the corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

ARTICLE VIII – STOCK

Section 8.1. Certificates of Stock

Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation, by the President or a Vice-President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, certifying the number of shares owned by him. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

Section 8.2. Transfers of Stock

Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the corporation kept at an office of the corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of the stock of the corporation. Except where a certificate is issued in accordance with Section 8.4 of this Article VIII of these Bylaws, an outstanding certificate for the number of shares involved shall be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefor.

Section 8.3. Record Date

The Board may fix a record date, which shall not be more than fifty (50) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of shareholders nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the time for any other action hereinafter described, as of which there shall be determined the shareholders who are entitled: (i) to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof; (ii) to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting; (iii)

 

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to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights; or (iv) to exercise any rights with respect to any change, conversion or exchange of stock or with respect to any other lawful action.

Section 8.4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place pursuant to such regulations as the Board may establish concerning proof of such loss, theft or destruction and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or bonds of indemnity.

Section 8.5. Regulations

The issue, transfer, conversion and registration shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board may establish.

ARTICLE IX - NOTICES

Section 9.1. Notices

Whenever notice is required to be given to any shareholder, director, officer or agent, such requirement shall not be construed to mean personal notice. Such notice may in every instance be effectively given by depositing a writing in a post office or letter box, in a prepaid, sealed wrapper, or by dispatching a prepaid telegram, addressed to such shareholder, director, officer or agent at his or her address as the same appears on the books of the corporation. The time when such notice is deposited in the United States mail shall be the time of the giving of the notice, or if personally delivered, the time of receipt shall be the time of such notice.

Section 9.2. Waivers

A written waiver of any notice, signed by a shareholder, director, officer or agent, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such shareholder, director, officer or agent. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. In addition, any consents signed pursuant to Section 2.8 or Section 3.9, shall constitute a waiver of notice of a meeting.

ARTICLE X – MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1. Facsimile Signatures

In addition to the provision for the use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signature of any officer or officers of the corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

 

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Section 10.2. Conflicts

Directors and officers shall exercise their powers in good faith and with a view to the interests of the corporation. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors, or between the corporation and any corporation, firm or association in which one or more of its directors are directors or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable because such director or directors are present at the meeting of the Board or a committee thereof which authorizes or approves the contract or transaction, or because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if the circumstances specified in any of the following subdivisions exist:

(a) The fact of the common directorship or financial interest is disclosed or known to the Board or committee and noted in the minutes, and the Board or committee authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or transaction in good faith by a vote sufficient for the purpose.

(b) The fact of the common directorship or financial interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders and they approve or ratify the contract or transaction in good faith by a majority vote or written consent of shareholders entitled to vote; the votes of common or interested director or directors shall be counted in any such vote of shareholders.

(c) The contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation at the time it is authorized or approved.

Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies a contract or transaction.

Section 10.3. Corporate Seal

The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the name of the corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so directed by the Board or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.

Section 10.4. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records

Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the corporation shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the corporation, including reports made to the corporation by any of its officers, by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.

Section 10.5. Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as fixed by the Board.

Section 10.6. Time Periods

In applying any provision of these Bylaws which requires that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded and the day of the event shall be included.

 

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Section 10.7. Inconsistencies

In the event of any inconsistencies between any provisions of these Bylaws and any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation or applicable statute, the Articles of Incorporation or such statute shall control.

Section 10.8. Gender

The use of the masculine herein shall be considered to be neutral as to gender and shall be inclusive of the masculine and feminine.

ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be amended or repealed

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Bylaws were adopted as of the 26th day of January, 2005.

 

/s/ David M. Brain

David M. Brain, President

 

ATTEST:

/s/ Gregory K. Silvers

Gregory K. Silvers, Secretary

 

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EX-3.37 27 dex337.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EPT MAD RIVER, INC Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of EPT Mad River, Inc

Exhibit 3.37

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

The undersigned, EPT Mad River, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Corporation”), for the purpose of amending and restating the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is EPT Mad River, Inc.

II. The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is EPT Mad River, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $10.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.


ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.

ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

 

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These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.38 28 dex338.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT MAD RIVER, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mad River, Inc

Exhibit 3.38

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

            Page  

ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1   

1.1

     Registered Office and Registered Agent      1   

1.2

     Corporate Offices      1   

1.3

     Books and Records      1   

1.4

     Inspection of Records      1   

ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS

     2   

2.1

     Place of Meetings      2   

2.2

     Annual Meetings      2   

2.3

     Special Meetings      2   

2.4

     Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting      2   

2.5

     Notice; Waiver of Notice      2   

2.6

     Presiding Officials      3   

2.7

     Quorum      3   

2.8

     Proxies      3   

2.9

     Voting      4   

2.10

     Registered Shareholders      4   

2.11

     Shareholders’ Lists      5   

2.12

     Conduct of Meetings      5   

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     6   

3.1

     Number      6   

3.2

     Powers of the Board      6   

3.3

     Meetings of the Newly Elected Board      6   

3.4

     Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice      6   

3.5

     Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment      7   

3.6

     Action Without a Meeting      7   

3.7

     Quorum      8   

3.8

     Vacancies      8   

3.9

     Committees      8   

3.10

     Compensation of Directors and Committee Members      8   

3.11

     Removal of Directors      8   

3.12

     Resignations      9   

ARTICLE IV OFFICERS

     9   

4.1

     Designations      9   

4.2

     Term of Office      10   

4.3

     Other Agents      10   

4.4

     Removal      10   

4.5

     Salaries and Compensation      10   

4.6

     Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties      10   

4.7

     Chairman of the Board      10   

4.8

     President      11   

4.9

     Vice Presidents      11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

            Page  

4.10

     Secretary and Assistant Secretaries      12   

4.11

     Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers      12   

4.12

     Duties of Officers May Be Delegated      13   

ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     13   

5.1

     Limitation of Liability      13   

5.2

     Indemnification, Generally      13   

5.3

     Right to Indemnification      14   

5.4

     Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise      14   

5.5

     Enforcement of Indemnification      14   

5.6

     Advancement of Expenses      14   

5.7

     Non-Exclusivity      15   

5.8

     Insurance      15   

5.9

     Amendment and Vesting of Rights      15   

5.10

     Definitions      16   

5.11

     Severability      17   

ARTICLE VI STOCK

     17   

6.1

     Payment for Shares of Stock      17   

6.2

     Certificates Representing Shares of Stock      17   

6.3

     Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar      18   

6.4

     Closing of Transfer Books      18   

6.5

     Lost or Destroyed Certificates      18   

6.6

     Regulations      18   

ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE

     19   

7.1

     Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus      19   

7.2

     Dividends      19   

7.3

     Creation of Reserves      19   

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     20   

8.1

     Fiscal Year      20   

8.2

     Depositories      20   

8.3

     Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates      20   

8.4

     Amendments      21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Written or printed notice of each meeting of the shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special

 

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE VI

STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of EPT Mad River, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.39 29 dex339.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT MOUNT ATTITASH Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Mount Attitash

Exhibit 3.39

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.

The name of the corporation is EPT Mount Attitash, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 2, 2007, amended and restated on June 29, 2007, and further amended and restated on October 25, 2007. The following Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the corporation is EPT Mount Attitash, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SIX: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or


repeal of this Article Six or the bylaws shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.40 30 dex340.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mount Attitash, Inc

Exhibit 3.40

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for


such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the

 

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notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be three (3). The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board. Directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum), or by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by each of the directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next

 

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annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be

 

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subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

 

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Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

 

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Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. 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.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record

 

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date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

ADOPTED as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.41 31 dex341.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Mount Snow, Inc

Exhibit 3.41

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.

The name of the corporation is EPT Mount Snow, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 2, 2007, amended and restated on June 29, 2007, and further amended and restated on October 25, 2007. The following Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the corporation is EPT Mount Snow, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SIX: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or


repeal of this Article Six or the bylaws shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.42 32 dex342.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Mount Snow, Inc

Exhibit 3.42

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for


such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the

 

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notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be three (3). The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board. Directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum), or by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by each of the directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next

 

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annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be

 

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subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

 

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Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

 

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Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. 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.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record

 

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date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

The Corporation shall have no seal.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

ADOPTED as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.43 33 dex343.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT NINETEEN, INC Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Nineteen, Inc

Exhibit 3.43

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT NINETEEN, INC.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of this corporation shall be EPT Nineteen, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, in the City of Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle and its registered agent at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the general acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is: One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: INCORPORATOR.

The name and address of the incorporator are as follows:

Craig L. Evans

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut Street, Suite 2900

Kansas City, Missouri 64106

ARTICLE SIX: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SEVEN: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seven shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator herein before named, has executed, signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this 9th day of December, 2009.

 

/s/ Craig L. Evans

Craig L. Evans, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.44 34 dex344.htm BYLAWS OF EPT NINETEEN, INC Bylaws of EPT Nineteen, Inc

Exhibit 3.44

BYLAWS

OF

EPT NINETEEN, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or


her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the

 

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list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be two, each of whom shall be initially elected at the organizational meeting of the Incorporator to hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders. Thereafter, directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum). A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

 

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Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of both directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the unanimous vote of the directors shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by both directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

 

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Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer specifically designated in Section 5.01 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by unanimous vote of the Directors. Any officer or agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or by any superior officer or agent upon whom such power of removal shall have been or shall be conferred by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

 

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Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

 

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(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any officers or agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof. 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.

 

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ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

The Corporation shall have no seal.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of

 

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Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officer, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted at any annual meeting of the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the Board of Directors called for those purpose, or upon the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors.

ADOPTED as the Bylaws of the Corporation this 10th day of December, 2009.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.45 35 dex345.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Ski Properties, Inc

Exhibit 3.45

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.

The name of the corporation is EPT Ski Properties, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 18, 2007. The following Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the corporation is EPT Ski Properties, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SIX: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Six or the bylaws shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.46 36 dex346.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Ski Properties, Inc

Exhibit 3.46

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for


such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the

 

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notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be three (3). The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board. Directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum), or by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by each of the directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next

 

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annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be

 

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subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

 

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Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

 

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Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. 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.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record

 

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date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

ADOPTED as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.47 37 dex347.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EPT WATERPARKS, INC Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of EPT Waterparks, Inc

Exhibit 3.47

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EPT WATERPARKS, INC.

The name of the corporation is EPT Waterparks, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 13, 2006 and amended and restated on October 25, 2007. The following Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) amends and restates the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to read in its entirety as hereinafter set forth pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE ONE: NAME.

The name of the corporation is EPT Waterparks, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE TWO: REGISTERED OFFICE.

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

ARTICLE THREE: PURPOSE.

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

ARTICLE FOUR: STOCK.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares, par value $.01.

ARTICLE FIVE: BOARD POWERS.

The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws.

ARTICLE SIX: DIRECTOR LIABILITY.

No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or


repeal of this Article Six or the bylaws shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed, signed and acknowledged this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.48 38 dex348.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF EPT WATERPARKS, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of EPT Waterparks, Inc

Exhibit 3.48

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

EPT WATERPARKS, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The street address of the Corporation’s registered office is: Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the President or Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least one-fifth of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the President or Secretary.

Section 2.03. Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting.

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for


such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the date and time of the meeting, the place where such meeting is to be held, and if a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

Section 2.05. Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.06. Voting. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.03 of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

Section 2.07. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, 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 during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the

 

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notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

Section 2.08. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the stockholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the stockholders at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01. General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the director of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors shall be three (3). The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board. Directors shall be elected annually for a term of one year, and each shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and has qualified.

Section 3.03. Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

Section 3.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than quorum), or by a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at an election of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve as such until the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

Section 3.05. Compensation. The compensation of the directors, if any, may be set by the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.01. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without other notice than this Bylaw at such time and place as the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time determines.

Section 4.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any director upon written or printed notice served personally on each director or by mail or facsimile transmission to his or her address or facsimile number upon the records of the Corporation.

Section 4.03. Place of Meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as shall be provided for in the resolution, notice, waiver of notice or call of such meeting, or if not otherwise designated, at the principal offices of the Corporation.

Section 4.04. Quorum. The presence of a majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present shall be the act of, and shall be required for the taking of any action by, the Board of Directors.

Section 4.05. Actions of the Board of Directors Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at an annual or special meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by each of the directors. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the directors at a meeting duly held, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.06. Participation. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby both directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.01. Number. The Corporation may have such officers, including a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and, from time to time, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof, each shall hold office until the next

 

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annual election of officers or until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

Section 5.03. Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as the Board of Directors deems advisable, including without limitation one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

Section 5.04. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

Section 5.07. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and any Committees at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge which the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The President shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as she or she may from time to time require.

Section 5.08. Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President, or in the case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be

 

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subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Except where by law the signature of the President is required, each of the Vice Presidents shall possess the same power as the President to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

Section 5.09. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the Chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation, and see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(e) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws by the Board of Directors or by the President;

(f) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(g) Sign (unless the Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

At the request of the Secretary, or in his or her absence or disability, any Assistant Secretary shall perform any of the duties of the Secretary and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary. Except where by law the signature of the Secretary is required, each of the Assistant Secretaries shall possess the same power as the Secretary to sign certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation, and to affix the seal of the Corporation to such instruments, and attest the same. The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary.

 

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Section 5.10. Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director.

(f) Render to the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial condition of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Treasurer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Treasurer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the President.

At the request of the Treasurer or, in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Treasurer or, in case there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors or by the President shall perform any of the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. Except where by law the signature of the Treasurer is required, each of the Assistant Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them respectively by the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer.

 

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Section 5.11. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. 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.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 6.01. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.02. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.03. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Endorsements of instruments for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories may be made by rubber stamp of the Corporation or in such other manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 6.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

ARTICLE VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

Section 7.01. Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

Section 7.02. Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

Section 7.03. Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record

 

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date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

Section 7.04. Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

Section 7.05. Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any shares 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 excess or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

Section 7.06. Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in at least double the value of the stock represented by said certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

ARTICLE VIII

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in cash, property or shares, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.

ARTICLE X

SEAL

The Corporation shall have no seal.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is permitted or required to be given under the provisions of these Bylaws or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the General Corporation Law of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

Section 11.02. Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Others. The Corporation shall indemnify officers, directors and other parties as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and/or to the fullest extent provided by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended.

ADOPTED as the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation this June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-3.49 39 dex349.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MEGAPLEX NINE, INC Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Megaplex Nine, Inc

Exhibit 3.49

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.

The undersigned, Megaplex Nine, Inc., a Missouri corporation (the "Corporation"), for the purpose of amending and restating the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation in their entirety, in accordance with The General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, does hereby make and execute these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and does hereby certify that:

I. The name of the Corporation is Megaplex Nine, Inc.

II. The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation set forth below were adopted by the board of directors and the sole shareholder of the Corporation on June 7, 2010.

III. The Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated by deleting the current Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof, the following Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation:

ARTICLE I

The name of the Corporation is Megaplex Nine, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Missouri is 120 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is CT Corporation System.

ARTICLE III

The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Hundred (100) shares of common stock having a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share, aggregating $1.00. There shall be no preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions, or special or relative rights, including convertible rights, in respect of the shares herein authorized.

ARTICLE IV

Holders of issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of the Corporation shall not have a preemptive right to subscribe for or acquire any shares of stock of such class or any other class, or any other securities of any kind, hereafter issued by the Corporation.


ARTICLE V

The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders of the Corporation unless the Bylaws of the Corporation require them to be shareholders.

ARTICLE VI

The original Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted in any manner provided by law. Thereafter, unless otherwise required by law, the Bylaws of the Corporation may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in any of the following ways: (i) by the affirmative vote, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto; (ii) by resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors at a meeting thereof; or (iii) by unanimous written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto or all the directors in lieu of a meeting; provided, however, that the power of the directors to alter, amend, suspend or repeal the Bylaws, or to adopt new Bylaws, may be denied as to any Bylaws or portion thereof enacted by the shareholders if at the time of such enactment the shareholders shall so expressly provide.

ARTICLE VII

The duration of the Corporation is perpetual.

ARTICLE VIII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon shareholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

ARTICLE IX

The Corporation’s business and purpose shall consist of the acquisition, investment, ownership, lease, operation and management of real estate and such activities as are necessary, incidental or appropriate in connection therewith and any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized.

IV. The number of shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding was 100 and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was 100 shares of common stock.

V. The number of shares of the Corporation voted for the amendment was 100 and the number of shares voted against the amendment was 0.

VI. These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation hereby supersede the original Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto.

 

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These Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Vice President as of June 7, 2010.

 

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

  Michael L. Hirons, Vice President

 

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EX-3.50 40 dex350.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF MEGAPLEX NINE, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of Megaplex Nine, Inc

Exhibit 3.50

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.

As adopted by the Shareholder on June 7, 2010.

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I OFFICES AND RECORDS

     1   

1.1

 

Registered Office and Registered Agent

     1   

1.2

 

Corporate Offices

     1   

1.3

 

Books and Records

     1   

1.4

 

Inspection of Records

     1   

ARTICLE II SHAREHOLDERS

     2   

2.1

 

Place of Meetings

     2   

2.2

 

Annual Meetings

     2   

2.3

 

Special Meetings

     2   

2.4

 

Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting

     2   

2.5

 

Notice; Waiver of Notice

     2   

2.6

 

Presiding Officials

     3   

2.7

 

Quorum

     3   

2.8

 

Proxies

     3   

2.9

 

Voting

     4   

2.10

 

Registered Shareholders

     4   

2.11

 

Shareholders’ Lists

     5   

2.12

 

Conduct of Meetings

     5   

ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     6   

3.1

 

Number

     6   

3.2

 

Powers of the Board

     6   

3.3

 

Meetings of the Newly Elected Board

     6   

3.4

 

Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice

     6   

3.5

 

Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment

     7   

3.6

 

Action Without a Meeting

     7   

3.7

 

Quorum

     8   

3.8

 

Vacancies

     8   

3.9

 

Committees

     8   

3.10

 

Compensation of Directors and Committee Members

     8   

3.11

 

Removal of Directors

     8   

3.12

 

Resignations

     9   

ARTICLE IV OFFICERS

     9   

4.1

 

Designations

     9   

4.2

 

Term of Office

     10   

4.3

 

Other Agents

     10   

4.4

 

Removal

     10   

4.5

 

Salaries and Compensation

     10   

4.6

 

Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties

     10   

4.7

 

Chairman of the Board

     10   

4.8

 

President

     11   

4.9

 

Vice Presidents

     11   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page  

4.10

 

Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

     12   

4.11

 

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

     12   

4.12

 

Duties of Officers May Be Delegated

     13   

ARTICLE V LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     13   

5.1

 

Limitation of Liability

     13   

5.2

 

Indemnification, Generally

     13   

5.3

 

Right to Indemnification

     14   

5.4

 

Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise

     14   

5.5

 

Enforcement of Indemnification

     14   

5.6

 

Advancement of Expenses

     14   

5.7

 

Non-Exclusivity

     15   

5.8

 

Insurance

     15   

5.9

 

Amendment and Vesting of Rights

     15   

5.10

 

Definitions

     16   

5.11

 

Severability

     17   

ARTICLE VI STOCK

     17   

6.1

 

Payment for Shares of Stock

     17   

6.2

 

Certificates Representing Shares of Stock

     17   

6.3

 

Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar

     18   

6.4

 

Closing of Transfer Books

     18   

6.5

 

Lost or Destroyed Certificates

     18   

6.6

 

Regulations

     18   

ARTICLE VII CORPORATE FINANCE

     19   

7.1

 

Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus

     19   

7.2

 

Dividends

     19   

7.3

 

Creation of Reserves

     19   

ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     20   

8.1

 

Fiscal Year

     20   

8.2

 

Depositories

     20   

8.3

 

Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates

     20   

8.4

 

Amendments

     21   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND RECORDS

1.1 Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Missouri shall be as stated in the Articles of Incorporation or as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and on file in the appropriate office of the State of Missouri pursuant to applicable provisions of law. Unless otherwise permitted by law, the address of the registered office of the Corporation and the address of the business office of the registered agent shall be identical.

1.2 Corporate Offices. The Corporation may have such corporate offices anywhere within or without the State of Missouri as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

1.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, including the amount of its assets and liabilities, minutes of its proceedings of its shareholders and Board of Directors (and any committee having the authority of the Board) and the names and places of residence of its officers. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business in the State of Missouri, or at the office of its transfer agent in the State of Missouri, if any, books and records in which shall be recorded the number of shares subscribed, the names of the owners of the shares, the numbers owned by them respectively, the amount of shares paid, and by whom, and the transfer of such shares with the date of transfer.

1.4 Inspection of Records. A shareholder may, upon written demand, inspect the records of the Corporation, pursuant to any statutory or other legal right, during the usual and customary hours of business and in such manner as will not unduly interfere with the regular conduct of the business of the Corporation. A shareholder may delegate such shareholder’s right of inspection to a certified or public accountant on the condition, to be enforced at the option of the Corporation, that the shareholder and accountant agree with the Corporation to furnish to the Corporation promptly a true and correct copy of each report with respect to such inspection made by such accountant. No shareholder shall use, permit to be used or acquiesce in the use by others of any information so obtained to the detriment competitively of the Corporation, nor shall he furnish or permit to be furnished any information so obtained to any competitor or prospective competitor of the Corporation. The Corporation as a condition precedent to any shareholder’s inspection of the records of the Corporation may require the shareholder to indemnify the Corporation, in such manner and for such amount as may be determined by the Board of Directors, against any loss or damage which may be suffered by it arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized disclosure made or permitted to be made by such shareholder of information obtained in the course of such inspection.


ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDERS

2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, except such meetings as the Board of Directors to the extent permissible by law expressly determines shall be held elsewhere, in which case such meetings may be held, upon notice thereof as hereinafter provided, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Missouri, as the Board shall have determined, and as shall be stated in such notice. Unless specifically prohibited by law, any meeting may be held at any place and time, and for any purpose, if consented to in writing by all of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting.

2.2 Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the directors. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat shall elect directors. Each director shall be elected to serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of the shareholders or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation. At the annual meeting, the shareholders may transact such other business as may be desired, whether or not the same was specified in the notice of the meeting, unless the consideration of such other business, without its having been specified in the notice of the meeting as one of the purposes thereof, is prohibited by law.

2.3 Special Meetings.

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be held for any purpose or purposes and may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Secretary, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of, or by any officer or shareholder upon the written request of the holders of, not less than 20% of all outstanding shares entitled to vote at any such meeting, and shall be called by any officer directed to do so by the Board. Business transacted at all special meetings of the shareholders shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notices of such meetings, unless the transaction of other business is consented to by the holders of all of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

(b) The “call” and the “notice” of any such meeting shall be deemed to be synonymous.

2.4 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be taken or which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if consents 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. Such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders.

2.5 Notice; Waiver of Notice.

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meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be delivered or given to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as determined in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, not less than 10 days or more than 70 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, unless, as to a particular matter, other or further notice is required by law, in which case such other or further notice shall be given.

(b) Any notice to a shareholder of a shareholders’ meeting sent by mail shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid and addressed to the shareholder at such shareholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

(c) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the shareholder entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

(d) To the extent provided by law, attendance of a shareholder at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a shareholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

2.6 Presiding Officials. Every meeting of the shareholders, for whatever purpose, shall be convened by the President, the Secretary or the officer or any of the persons who called the meeting. The meeting shall be presided over by the officers specified in Sections 4.7, 4.8 and 4.9 of these Bylaws; provided, however, that the shareholders at any meeting, by a majority vote of the shares represented, may select any persons of their choosing to act as chairman and secretary of such meeting or any session thereof.

2.7 Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at any meeting represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that less than a quorum is represented at a meeting, the shares so represented, by a majority vote, shall have the right successively to adjourn the meeting, without notice to any shareholder not present at the meeting, to a specified date no later than 90 days after such adjournment. In all matters every decision of a majority of shares entitled to vote on the subject matter and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid as an act of the shareholders, unless a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Shares represented by a proxy which directs that the shares be voted to abstain or to withhold a vote on a matter shall be deemed to be represented at the meeting as to such matter. At any subsequent session of an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the initial session of the meeting if a quorum had been present.

2.8 Proxies. At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by such shareholder’s duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

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2.9 Voting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and which is registered in such shareholder’s name on the books of the Corporation.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, cumulative voting is not permitted with respect to the election of directors and, thus, no shareholder entitled to vote in the election of directors shall have the right to cast as many votes in the aggregate as shall equal the number of votes held by the shareholder in the Corporation, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected at the election, for one candidate, or distribute them among two or more candidates.

(c) No person shall be admitted to vote on any shares of the Corporation belonging or hypothecated to the Corporation.

(d) If the Board of Directors does not close the transfer books or set a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Section 6.4 of these Bylaws, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the close of business on the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment of such meeting; except that, if prior to such meeting written waivers of notice of such meeting are signed and delivered to the Corporation by all of the shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened, only those persons who are shareholders of record at the time such meeting is convened shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and any adjournment thereof.

2.10 Registered Shareholders. As contemplated by the Articles of Incorporation, the term “shareholder” as used in these Bylaws means a registered holder of shares of the Corporation; provided, however, that if permitted by law:

(a) shares standing in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine;

(b) shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by such person’s personal representative, either in person or by proxy;

(c) shares standing in the name of a conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no conservator or trustee shall be entitled, as such fiduciary, to vote shares held by such conservator or trustee without a transfer of such shares into the name of such conservator or trustee;

 

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(d) shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into such receiver’s name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed; and

(e) a shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

2.11 Shareholders’ Lists.

(a) A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of the shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the officer of the Corporation having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation, and shall, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting, be kept on file at the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri and shall at any time during the usual hours for business be subject to inspection by any shareholder. Such list or a duplicate thereof shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Missouri, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list, share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

(b) Failure to comply with this Section 2.11 shall not affect the validity of any action taken at any such meeting.

2.12 Conduct of Meetings. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the shareholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, to the extent not prohibited by law, adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings or any meeting of shareholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations, the chairman of the meeting of shareholders may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may, to the extent not prohibited by law, include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda for the meeting; (ii) the maintenance of order at the meeting; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after a specified time; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless otherwise determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with any rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 Number. Unless and until changed by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided, the number of directors to constitute the Board shall be three (3). Each director shall hold such office, unless sooner removed or disqualified, until the next succeeding annual meeting or until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board shall have the power to change the number of directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board.

3.2 Powers of the Board. The property and business of the Corporation shall be controlled and managed by the directors, acting as a Board of Directors. The Board shall have and is vested with all powers and authority, except as may be expressly limited by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to do or cause to be done any and all lawful things for and on behalf of the Corporation, to exercise or cause to be exercised any or all of its powers, privileges and franchises, and to seek the effectuation of its objects and purposes. As used in these Bylaws, the terms “whole Board”, “whole Board of Directors”, “full Board” and “full Board of Directors” mean the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if the Board had no vacancies.

3.3 Meetings of the Newly Elected Board. The members of each newly elected Board of Directors (a) shall meet at such time and place, either within or without the State of Missouri, as shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or (b) if not so provided for by resolution of the shareholders, or if a quorum shall not be present, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each of the other directors in the same manner as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the giving of notice for special meetings of the Board except that it shall not be necessary to state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (c) regardless of whether or not the time and place of such meeting shall be provided for by resolution of the shareholders at the annual meeting, may meet at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.

Each director of the Corporation, upon such director’s election, shall qualify by accepting the office of director, and such director’s attendance at, or such director’s written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the Board subsequent to such director’s election shall constitute such director’s acceptance of such office; or such director may execute such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.

3.4 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

(a) Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Missouri as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the full Board. Any business may be transacted at a regular meeting.

 

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(b) Special Meetings.

(i) Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, or any director. The place may be within or without the State of Missouri as designated in the notice.

(ii) Written or printed notice of each special meeting of the Board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each director at least three days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be delivered to such director personally or sent to such director by telegram at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at such director’s residence or usual place of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any person having authority to call the meeting.

(iii) “Notice” and “call” with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be synonymous.

(c) Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these Bylaws, or of the Articles of Incorporation or of any law, a waiver thereof in writing signed by such director, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting.

3.5 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in such manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 Action Without a Meeting. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at a meeting of the directors, or of the executive committee or any other committee of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if consents in writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, are signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of the committee as the case may be and each such writing or electronic transmission is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee. The consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting duly held. The Secretary shall file such consents with the minutes of the meetings of the Board or of the committee as the case may be.

 

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3.7 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the full Board shall, unless a greater number as to any particular matter is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

3.8 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors to constitute the Board may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, or by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at an election of directors, until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

3.9 Committees.

(a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate two or more directors of the Corporation to constitute one or more committees (including without limitation an executive committee). Each such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board in the management of the Corporation; provided, however, that the designation of each such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or such member by law.

(b) Each such committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, which minutes shall be recorded in the minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may act as Secretary for each such committee if the committee so requests.

3.10 Compensation of Directors and Committee Members. Directors and members of all committees shall not receive any stated salary for their services as such, unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Also, 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 or committee. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director or committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

3.11 Removal of Directors.

(a) By the Shareholders. At a meeting called expressly for such purpose, directors of the Corporation may be removed in the manner provided in this Section 3.11(a). Such meeting shall be held at the registered office or principal business office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri or in the city or county in the State of Missouri in which the principal business office of the Corporation is located. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, one or more directors or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an

 

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election of directors. If the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors and if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against such director’s removal would be sufficient to elect such person if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board, or, if there are classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which such person is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the provisions of this Section 3.11(a) shall apply, in respect of the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

(b) By the Directors. Any director of the Corporation may be removed for cause by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors if the director to be removed shall, at the time of removal, fail to meet the qualifications (if any) stated in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws for election as a director or shall be in breach of any agreement between such director and the Corporation relating to such director’s services as a director or employee of the Corporation. Notice of the proposed removal shall be given to all directors of the Corporation prior to action thereon.

3.12 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, upon receipt thereof by the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation by the Corporation shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

4.1 Designations.

(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect a President and Secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it shall deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a President and a Secretary. The Board may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any one or more of the officers of the Corporation.

(b) The officers of the Corporation need not be members of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

(c) An officer shall be deemed qualified when such person enters upon the duties of the office to which such person has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the Board of Directors; but the Board may also require such person’s written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.

 

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4.2 Term of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold such person’s office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors or for such other period as the Board may specify at the time of such person’s election or appointment, or until such person’s death, resignation or removal by the Board, whichever first occurs. In any event, each officer of the Corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at the annual election of officers by the Board next succeeding such person’s election or appointment shall be deemed to have been removed by the Board, unless the Board provides otherwise at the time of such person’s election or appointment.

4.3 Other Agents. The Board of Directors from time to time may appoint such other agents for the Corporation as the Board shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the Board or for such period as the Board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board or by an officer empowered by the Board to make such determinations.

4.4 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors, and any employee, may be removed or discharged by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.

4.5 Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of the Corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board of Directors, but this power, except as to the salary or compensation of the Chairman of the Board and the President, may, unless prohibited by law, be delegated by the Board to the Chairman of the Board, the President or a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the Board, but until action is taken with respect thereto by the Board, the same may be fixed, increased or decreased by the President or by such other officer or officers as may be empowered by the Board to do so.

4.6 Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The Board of Directors from time to time may delegate to the Chairman of the Board, the President or other officer or executive employee of the Corporation, authority to hire and discharge and to fix and modify the duties and salary or other compensation of employees of the Corporation under the jurisdiction of such person, and the Board may delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and retaining for the Corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.

4.7 Chairman of the Board. If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors at which he may be present and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws. The Board of Directors may delegate such other powers, responsibilities and authority and assign such additional duties to the Chairman of the Board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the President or other officer, as the Board may from time to time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the Board may designate the Chairman of the Board as the chief executive officer of the Corporation with all of the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority otherwise conferred upon the President of the Corporation under

 

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Section 4.8 of these Bylaws, or the Board may, from time to time, divide the duties, powers, responsibilities and authority for the general control and management of the Corporation’s business and affairs between the Chairman of the Board and the President. If the Chairman of the Board is designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation or to have the powers of the chief executive officer coextensively with the President, notice thereof shall be given to the extent and in the manner as may be required by law.

4.8 President.

(a) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation with such general executive duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the Board. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, the President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there be no Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board.

(b) The President may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other contracts requiring the seal of the Corporation, may cause the seal to be affixed thereto, and may execute all other instruments, for and in the name of the Corporation.

(c) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, the President, or any person designated in writing by the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to (i) attend and to vote or take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) execute and deliver waivers of notice and proxies for and in the name of this Corporation with respect to securities of any such corporation held by this Corporation.

(d) The President shall, unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, be an ex officio member of all standing committees.

(e) The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors.

(f) If a Chairman of the Board is elected and designated as the chief executive officer of the Corporation, as provided in Section 4.7 of these Bylaws, the President shall perform such duties and have such powers, responsibilities and authority as may be specifically delegated to the President by the Board of Directors or are conferred by law exclusively upon the President and, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board or in the event of Chairman of the Board’s inability or refusal to act, the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board.

4.9 Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, any Vice President may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

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4.10 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries.

(a) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and, except as otherwise provided for in Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, all meetings of the shareholders. The Secretary shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the Corporation. The Secretary shall perform similar duties for each standing or temporary committee when requested by the Board or such committee.

(b) The Secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates, required to be maintained at the registered or other office of the Corporation in the State of Missouri, or elsewhere, are so maintained.

(c) The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, and shall have authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, the Secretary may attest the seal by the Secretary’s signature.

(d) The Secretary shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a secretary of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation, under whose direct supervision the Secretary shall be.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.11 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers.

(a) The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept all other books of account and accounting records of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit or cause to be deposited 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 or by any officer of the Corporation to whom such authority has been granted by the Board.

(b) The Treasurer shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered, or authorized generally, by the Board of Directors, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the Corporation and the directors, whenever they may require, an account of all transactions as treasurer and of those under the Treasurer’s jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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(c) The Treasurer shall have the general duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of a treasurer of a corporation and shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief financial and accounting officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these Bylaws or from time to time by the Board.

(d) If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board for the faithful performance of the duties of the Treasurer’s office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in the case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control which belong to the Corporation.

(e) In the absence or disability of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability or refusal to act, any Assistant Treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer until the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Assistant Treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other powers, responsibilities and authority as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

4.12 Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. If any officer of the Corporation is absent or unable to act, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority of any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the Corporation or other responsible person, provided a majority of the full Board concurs.

ARTICLE V

LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

5.1 Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent not prohibited by the laws of the State of Missouri, no person shall be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any loss, damage, liability or expense suffered by the Corporation or its shareholders on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by such person as a director or officer of the Corporation or of any Other Enterprise which such person serves or has served as a director or officer at the Corporation’s request, if (a) such person’s conduct was not finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct, or (b) such person took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for the Corporation, or for an Other Enterprise, or upon statements made or information furnished by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation, or of an Other Enterprise, which such person had no reasonable grounds to disbelieve.

5.2 Indemnification, Generally. In addition to and without limiting the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses specifically provided for in the other Sections of this Article V, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to each person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity to the full extent permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri as in effect on the date of the adoption of these Bylaws and as may hereafter be amended.

 

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5.3 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify each person who has been 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, investigative or appellate (regardless of whether such action, suit or proceeding is by or in the right of the Corporation or by third parties) by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against all liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person from or on account of such person’s conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct; provided, further, that the Corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person (including, without limitation, any cross-claim or counterclaim) unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person’s conduct was finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or willful misconduct.

5.4 Indemnification for Success on the Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that a person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.3 of these Bylaws (including, without limitation, the dismissal of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice or, with the prior approval of the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.3 of these Bylaws, the settlement of such action, suit or proceeding without admission of fault or liability), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

5.5 Enforcement of Indemnification. In the event the Corporation refuses to indemnify any person who may be entitled to be indemnified or to have expenses advanced under this Article V, such person shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against the Corporation to determine whether or not such person is entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder. If such court action is successful and the person is determined to be entitled to such indemnification or advancement of expenses, such person shall be reimbursed by the Corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).

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appellate, shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to indemnification by the Corporation. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where it is reasonably determined that such person would not be entitled to indemnification hereunder or that such person deliberately breached such person’s duty to the Corporation or its shareholders (a) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the shareholders, and such determination shall be final and binding upon the Corporation.

5.7 Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the Corporation may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article V shall continue as to a person who has ceased serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

5.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article V. Notwithstanding anything in this Article V to the contrary: (i) the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any person serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity for any amounts which have been paid directly to such person by any insurance maintained by the Corporation; and (ii) any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article V (A) shall not be used as a source of contribution to, or as a substitute for, or as a basis for recoupment of any payments pursuant to, any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise, and (B) shall become operative, and payments shall be required to be made thereunder, only in the event and to the extent that the amounts in question have not been fully paid by any indemnification obligation or insurance coverage which is available from any Other Enterprise.

5.9 Amendment and Vesting of Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Bylaws or of the Articles of Incorporation, the terms and provisions of this Article V shall not be amended or repealed and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses created hereunder shall not be changed, altered or terminated except by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. The rights granted or created hereby shall be vested in each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such person’s serving or

 

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having served in an Indemnifiable Capacity and, while this Article V may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release, terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this Article V with respect to any act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after such amendment or repeal.

5.10 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, references to:

(a) “the Corporation” shall, if and only if the Board of Directors so determines, include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify a person who serves in an Indemnifiable Capacity so that any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity as to a constituent corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if such person had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity;

(b) “Other Enterprises” or “Other Enterprise” shall include, without limitation, any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise;

(c) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed against a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(d) “defense” shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross-claim or counterclaim;

(e) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service by a person in an Indemnifiable Capacity which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such person with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation” as referred to in this Article V; and

(f) “Indemnifiable Capacity” shall include service by a person as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or, at the Corporation’s request, service by a person as a director, officer, employee, agent, trustee or other comparable position of an Other Enterprise.

For the purpose of this Article V, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the Corporation who shall serve as a director, officer, trustee or other comparable position of any Other Enterprise of which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, is a shareholder or creditor, or in which the Corporation is in any way interested, shall be presumed to be serving as such director, officer, trustee or other comparable position at the request of the Corporation. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is not otherwise established that

 

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such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, the Board shall determine whether such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the Corporation and the person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses.

5.11 Severability. If any provision of this Article V or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this Article V and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and, to the fullest extent possible, the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any person who is or was serving in an Indemnifiable Capacity is entitled under any provision of this Article V to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the judgments, amounts paid in settlement, attorneys’ fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including, without limitation, the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such person is entitled.

ARTICLE

VI STOCK

6.1 Payment for Shares of Stock. The Corporation shall not issue shares of stock of the Corporation except for money paid, labor done or property actually received or in consideration of valid bona fide antecedent debts. No note or obligation given by any shareholder, whether secured by deed of trust, mortgage or otherwise, shall be considered as payment of any part of any share or shares, and no loan of money for the purpose of such payment shall be made by the Corporation.

6.2 Certificates Representing Shares of Stock. The certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in numerical order and shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors in conformity with law. The issuance of shares shall be entered in the stock books of the Corporation as they are issued. Such entries shall show the name and address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom each certificate is issued. Each certificate shall have printed, typed or written thereon the name of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or association to whom it is issued and the number of shares represented thereby. It shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Any or all signatures on such certificate may be facsimiles and the seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any such officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such

 

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certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

6.3 Transfers of Shares — Transfer Agent — Registrar. Transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the stock record or transfer books of the Corporation only by the person named in the stock certificate, or by such shareholder’s attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor. The stock record book and other transfer records shall be in the possession of the Secretary or of a transfer agent for the Corporation. The Corporation, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may from time to time appoint a transfer agent and, if desired, a registrar, under such arrangements and upon such terms and conditions as the Board deems advisable, but until and unless the Board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made) the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board, and the Secretary, or any person designated by the Secretary, shall perform all of the duties of such transfer agent.

6.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors shall have power to close the stock transfer books of the Corporation for a period not exceeding 70 days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date of payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date, not exceeding 70 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 shares 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 and any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or entitled to any such allotment of rights, or entitled to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares. In such case only the shareholders who are shareholders of record on the date of closing of the transfer books or on the record date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment of rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after such date of closing of the transfer books or such record date fixed as aforesaid.

6.5 Lost or Destroyed Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and the transfer agent and registrar, if any, in such sum as the Board of Directors may provide; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring a bond when in the judgment of the Board it is proper to do so.

6.6 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Missouri, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE FINANCE

7.1 Fixing of Capital — Transfers of Surplus. Except as may be specifically otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is expressly empowered to exercise all authority conferred upon it or the Corporation by any law or statute, and in conformity therewith, relative to:

(a) determining what part of the consideration received for shares of the Corporation shall be stated capital;

(b) increasing or decreasing stated capital;

(c) transferring surplus to stated capital;

(d) transferring stated capital to surplus;

(e) determining the consideration to be received by the Corporation for its shares; and

(f) determining all similar or related matters; provided, however, that any concurrent action or consent by or of the Corporation and its shareholders, required to be taken or given pursuant to law, shall be duly taken or given in connection therewith.

7.2 Dividends.

(a) Dividends on the outstanding shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and any applicable law, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s stock.

(b) Liquidating dividends or dividends representing a distribution of paid-in surplus or a return of capital shall be made only when and in the manner permitted by law.

(c) A member of the Board of Directors shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the Corporation or statements prepared by any of the Corporation’s officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the Corporation, or any facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

7.3 Creation of Reserves. Before the payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time deems proper as a reserve fund or funds to meet

 

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contingencies or for equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or any other purpose deemed by the Board to be conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Fiscal Year. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and from time to time change the fiscal year of the Corporation. In the absence of action by the Board, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end each year on the date which the Corporation treated as the close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the Board.

8.2 Depositories. The moneys of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate, and shall be drawn out only by check or draft signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may by resolution authorize an officer or officers of the Corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in which moneys of the Corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks or drafts on any particular account or accounts of the Corporation, whether created by direct designation of the Board or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.

8.3 Contracts with Officers or Directors or Their Affiliates.

(a) No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

(i) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or such committee, and the Board or such committee in good faith authorized the contract or transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

(ii) The material facts as to such person’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders; or

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized or approved by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the shareholders.

 

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(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

8.4 Amendments. Except as may be specified in Article V of these Bylaws, these Bylaws may from time to time be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation or by law.

CERTIFICATE

The undersigned Vice President of Megaplex Nine, Inc., a Missouri corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws are the Bylaws of the Corporation duly adopted by the shareholder of the Corporation.

Dated: June 7, 2010.

 

/s/ Michael L. Hirons

Michael L. Hirons
Vice President

 

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EX-23.1 41 dex231.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP Consent of KPMG LLP

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 1, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Entertainment Properties Trust and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in equity, comprehensive income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and all related financial statement schedules and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” and “Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data” in the prospectus.

 

KPMG LLP
/s/ KPMG LLP
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