EX-99.3.2 4 dex9932.htm BY-LAWS By-Laws

EXHIBIT 3.2

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.

 

ARTICLE I:

IDENTIFICATION

 

Section 1.01 Name. The name of the corporation is Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (the “Corporation”).

 

Section 1.02 Offices. The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in Rye Brook, New York, or such other places, either within or without the State of New York, as the Board of Directors may determine. The Corporation may also have other offices at such other places, either within or without the State of New York, as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

ARTICLE II:

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 2.01 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.02 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held each year at such place within or without the State of Delaware, at such time and on such date, as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors

 

Section 2.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called at any time and from time to time by the President or by a majority of the directors then in office, and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of stockholders holding of record at least a majority in number of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Special meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware, at such time and on such date as shall be specified in the call thereof.

 

Section 2.04 Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of the stockholders, stating the place, date and hour thereof and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which it is called, shall be given, not less than ten nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of such meeting (or at such other time as may be required by statute), to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to each stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.05 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given of any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting of the stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 2.06 Adjournment. When any meeting of the stockholders is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the


adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after such adjournment the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 2.07 Quorum. At any meeting of the stockholders the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be necessary in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. If there shall not be a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote present at such meeting, in person or by proxy, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, without further notice to the stockholders other than an announcement at such meeting, until holders of the amount of shares required to constitute a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy.

 

Section 2.08 Voting. Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder. Voting need not be by ballot, except that all election of directors shall be by written ballot unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Whenever any corporate action is to be taken by vote of the stockholders, it shall, except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders of the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, except that all elections shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast.

 

Section 2.09 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting thereof, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of such corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

Section 2.10 Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action, as the record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or 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.

 

Section 2.11 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

ARTICLE III:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 3.01 Number; Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 3.02 Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 3.03 Meetings. A meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other business as may come before such meeting as soon as practicable after the annual meeting of the stockholders. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may from time to time determine. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the President of the Corporation or by a majority of the directors then in office. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held within or without the State of Delaware.


Section 3.04 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice; Adjournment. No notice need be given of the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of stockholders or of any other regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors, specifying the place, date and hour thereof, shall be delivered personally, mailed or telegraphed to each director at his or her address as such address appears on the books of the Corporation at least two business days (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays not being considered business days for the purpose of these By-Laws) before the date of such meeting. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a director at a special meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, the directors or any committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. A majority of the directors present whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 3.05 Quorum; Voting. A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.06 Participation by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.07 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceeding of the Board of Directors or of such committee.

 

Section 3.08 Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed by the officers on all papers which may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (a) amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of the assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series); (b) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation; (c) recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets; (d) recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (e) amending these By-Laws and, unless the resolution expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.


Section 3.09 Removal; Resignation. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Any director may resign at any time, upon written notice to the Corporation.

 

Section 3.10 Vacancies. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided above in the filling of other vacancies. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.

 

Section 3.11 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of directors.

 

ARTICLE IV:

OFFICERS

 

Section 4.01 Election; Qualifications. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors and as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors shall elect or appoint a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may elect or appoint at such time or from time to time a Chairman and such additional officers, with such titles as the Board of Directors shall designate by resolution, as the Board of Directors deems advisable. No officer need be a director of the Corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 4.02 Term of Office; Vacancies. Each officer shall hold office until the election and qualification of his or her successor or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any vacancy occurring in any office, whether because of death, resignation or removal, with or without cause, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.03 Removal; Resignation. Any officer may be removed from office at any time with or without cause by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign his or her office at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.

 

Section 4.04 The Chairman. If a Chairman is elected, the Chairman shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as usually pertain to the office of Chairman as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.05 The Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have overall management responsibility for the Corporation, shall set and carry out corporate policies and see to the execution of the Corporation’s long-term objectives. Unless otherwise specified in a resolution of the Board, the President shall also serve as Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority to sign for and bind the corporation to any contract, mortgage, and other agreements unless the Board directs another officer to sign such document; and in general shall have such authority and responsibilities as are incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer or are delegated to him by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.06 Powers and Duties of the President. The President shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of business, subject, however, to the decisions of the Chief Executive Officer and the overall control of the Board of Directors. If a Chairman is not elected, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The President shall sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, authorized by the Board of Directors, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors, or by these bylaws, to some other officer or agent of the Corporation; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of President, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.


Section 4.07 Powers and Duties of the Vice-Presidents. Each of the Vice-Presidents shall be given such titles and designations and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.08 Powers and Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall record and keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices by the Corporation. The Secretary shall be the custodian of, and shall make or cause to be made the proper entries in, the minute book of the Corporation and such other books and records as the Board of Directors may direct. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of the Corporation and shall affix or cause to be affixed such seal to such contracts and other instruments as the Board of Directors may direct. The Secretary shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.09 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all funds and securities of the Corporation. Whenever required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall render a statement of the Corporation’s cash and other accounts, and shall cause to be entered regularly in the proper books and records of the Corporation to be kept for such purpose full and accurate accounts of the Corporation’s receipts and disbursements. The Treasurer shall at all reasonable times exhibit the Corporation’s books and accounts to any director of the Corporation upon application at the principal office of the Corporation during business hours. The Treasurer shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.10 Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, (or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 4.11 Delegation. In the event of the absence of any officer of the Corporation or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may at any time or from time to time delegate all or any part of the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or officers or to any director or directors.

 

ARTICLE V:

STOCK

 

Section 5.01 Consideration and Payment. The capital stock of the Corporation may be issued for such consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the consideration may not be less than the par value of any stock having a par value. Payment of such consideration may be made, in whole or in part, in (a) cash, securities or other property of any description, or any interest therein, (b) labor or services rendered to or for the benefit of the Corporation, or (c) shares, securities or other obligations of the Corporation actually surrendered, canceled or reduced. No certificate shall be issued for any shares until such shares are fully paid.

 

Section 5.02 Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President or any Vice-President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.

 

Section 5.03 Lost Certificates. Whenever a person requests the issuance of a certificate of stock to replace a certificate alleged to have been lost by theft, destruction or otherwise, the Board of Directors may require such person to make an affidavit regarding the fact of such loss before authorizing the requested issuance. Before issuing a new certificate, the Board of Directors may also require a bond of indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost.

 

Section 5.04 Transfer of Stock. The Corporation or its transfer agent shall register a transfer of a stock certificate, issue a new certificate and cancel the old certificate upon presentation for transfer of a stock


certificate duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer if there has been compliance with any applicable tax law relating to the collection of taxes and after the Corporation or its agent has discharged any duty to inquire into any adverse claims of which the Corporation or agent has notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such transfer shall be effected by the Corporation or its transfer agent if such transfer is prohibited by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or a by-law of the Corporation or by any contract or agreement to which the Corporation is a party.

 

ARTICLE VI:

DIVIDENDS AND RESERVES

 

Section 6.01 Dividends. To the extent permitted by law and subject to any limitations or conditions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare dividends, which may be paid in cash, property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

Section 6.02 Reserves. Before payment of any dividend, the Board of Directors may set aside out of any funds available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors, in its absolute discretion, may determine as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, to equalize dividends, to repair or maintain property or to serve other purposes conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII:

EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS

 

Section 7.01 Execution of Documents. All contracts, agreements, instruments, bills payable, notes, checks, drafts, warrants or other obligations of the Corporation shall be made in the name of the Corporation and shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE VIII:

SEAL

 

Section 8.01 Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall contain the name of the Corporation, the words “Corporate Seal”, the year of its organization and the word “Delaware.”

 

ARTICLE IX:

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 9.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on such date of each year as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

ARTICLE X:

INDEMNIFICATION

 

Section 10.01 Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify all persons to the full extent permitted, and in the manner provided, by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended.

 

ARTICLE XI:

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

 

Section 11.01 Amendment. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, and any new By-Law may be adopted, by the stockholders entitled to vote or by the Board of Directors.