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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

PAYLESS SHOESOURCE, INC.
COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC.
(Amended and Restated as of March 18, 1999November 13, 2008)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at the office of Corporation Service Company at 1013 Centre Road in the City ofTrust Corporation, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801, County of New Castle, or at such other place within the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time designate.
Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware, at such hour and on such date, commencing in 1999, not earlier than May 1 in each year as the Board of Directors may specify in the call of such meeting, at which meeting the stockholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 


 

Section 3. Except as otherwise required by law, written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given by mail, postage prepaid, not less than ten or more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting at such address as shall appear on the books of the Corporation.
Section 4. The Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this section shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where : (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the meetinginformation required to gain access to such list is to be held, which place shall be specified in   provided with the notice of the meeting, or, if, not so specified,   (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the place where the meeting is to be held. principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspectedexamined by any stockholder who is present.    
Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the persons specified in the Certificate of Incorporation. The business transacted at a special meeting of stockholders shall be confined to the purpose or purposes specified in the notice therefore.    
Section 6. Except as otherwise required by law, written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given by mail, postage prepaid,

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not less than ten or more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting at such address as shall appear on the books of the Corporation.    
Section 7.   At each meeting of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote on a matter at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. For purposes of the foregoing, where a separate vote by class or classes is required for any matter, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Two or more classes or series of stock shall be considered a single class if the holders thereof are entitled to vote together as a single class at the meeting. In the absence of a quorum of the holders of any class of stock entitled to vote on a matter, the holders of such class so present or represented may, by majority vote, adjourn the meeting of such class from time to time in the manner provided by Section 8 of this Article II of these By-laws until a quorum of such class shall be so present or represented. Shares of its own capital stock belonging on the record date for the meeting to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 8. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time, to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting

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shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 9. Other than in the election of directors, and other than as provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power, regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 10. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder of record shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be valid after three years from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Subject to applicable law, the Board of Directors shall prescribe the rules and regulations for voting at all meetings of the stockholders.
Section 11. To be properly brought before the annual or any special stockholders’ meeting, business must be either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder in accordance with the manner specified in these By-laws. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the

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Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be (i) delivered to or mailed and (ii) received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by the Secretary of the Corporation Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
     (A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
          (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i)  was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-Law and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this By-Law as to such business or nomination; clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
          (2) Without qualification, for any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 11(A)(1)(c) of this Article II, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 90 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders generally, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs. Such stockholder’s noticeIn no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described

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above. To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to Section 11(A)(2) or Section 11(B) of this Article II) to the Secretary shallmust: (a) set forth, as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring beforegiving the meeting notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the text of the proposal to be presented and a brief written statement of the reasons why such stockholder favors the proposal, (ii) the name and record address of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii)(A) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially owned by the stockholder and (iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business.
Notwithstanding anything in these by-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual or any special meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11.
The chairman of the meeting shall, if the factsand of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, and if he should so determine and declare, any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
Section 12. Except as providedsuch instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in Section 3 of Article III, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election

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as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the annual meeting may be made at the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, by any nominating committee or the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this By-Law a person appointed by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder ofshall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 12. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the record date of the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), and (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 75 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 90 days’

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notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders generally, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs. Such stockholder’s in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (b) if the notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as relates to any business other than a nomination of a director,   or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) the name, age, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business address and residence of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; (c) as to each person, (iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors (i) all information relating to such person, and (iv) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if such information is different, the information regarding such person required by paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any regulation subsequently adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable to the Corporation); and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of the stockholder in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations

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promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. Such notice shall be accompanied by the executed consent of a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements or understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and (d) with respect to each nominee to serve as a director if so elected. for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 12 of this Article II. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a an independent director of the Corporation.   or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.
The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine and declare, the defective nomination shall be disregarded. (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 11(A)(2) of this Article II to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at

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least 90 days prior to the meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this By-Law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
     (B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving notice provided for in this By-Law and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this By-Law as to such nomination. In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 11(A)(2) of this Article II with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 12 of this Article II) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 90 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 15th day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
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          (1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-Law shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-Law. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-Law and, if any proposed nomination of business is not in compliance with this By-Law, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.
          (2) For purposes of this By-Law, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
          (3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this By-Law, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this By-Laws; provided, however, that any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 11(A)(1)(c) or Section 11(B) of this Article II. Nothing in this By-Law shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
Section 12. Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for

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delivery of notice under Section 11 of this Article II) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any director or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.
Section 13. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairman of the Board by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer by the President, or in the absence of the President by a Vice President, or in the absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

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The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof and the opening and closing of the voting polls.
Section 14. Prior to any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the person who will be presiding over such meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting and make a written report thereof and may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at the meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, count all votes and ballots, determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons to assist them in the performance of their duties. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxy or vote, nor any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted therewith, any

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information provided by a stockholder who submits a proxy by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission from which it can be determined that the proxy was authorized by the stockholder, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, and they may also consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for such purpose, they shall, at the time they make their certification, specify the precise information considered by them, including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. The number of directors of the Corporation from time to time shall be fixed in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 3. Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in the Board of Directors resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any other vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the Board of Directors acting by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, and any director so elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the term of the class to which such director shall have been elected and such directors successor is elected and qualified or until such directors earlier resignation or removal. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the Certificate of Incorporation,

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vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by the sole remaining director so elected. In no event shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section 4. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, both regular and special, and cause the books of the Corporation to be kept, either within or without the State of Delaware at such place or places as they may from time to time determine or as otherwise may be provided in these by-laws.
Section 5. Subject to Section 8 of this Article III there shall be an annual meeting of the Board of Directors on the day of the annual meeting of stockholders in each year or as soon thereafter as convenient, such annual meeting to be at such place and time (and, if applicable, on such date) as the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate by written notice to the directors, and regular meetings shall be held on such dates and at such times and places either as the directors shall by resolution provide or as the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate by written notice to the directors. Except as provided, no notice of said annual meeting or such regular meetings of the Board of Directors need be given.
Section 6. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or the Treasurer and shall be called by one of the foregoing officers on the written request of a majority of the entire Board of Directors specifying the object or objects of such special meeting. In the event that one of the foregoing officers shall fail to call a meeting within two days after receipt of such request, such meeting may be called in like manner by the directors making such request. The person or persons calling the special meeting may fix the place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as a place for holding the meeting. Notice of each special meeting, stating the date, place and time of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which it is called, shall be deposited in the regular or overnight mail, sent by telecopy, telegram or delivered by hand to each director not later than the day preceding the

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date of such meeting, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 7. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board of Directors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 8. Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or the committee as the case may be. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 9. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 10. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee,

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who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any committee meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another     member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent allowed by law and as provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
Section 11. Each committee of the Board shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 12. Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation for their services, and such reimbursement of expenses, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore.
Section 13. 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 committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if (a) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee and the Board of Directors or the committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the

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disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (b) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
Section 14. As used in these by lawsBy-Laws generally, the term “entire Board of Directors” means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, to be given to any director, committee member or stockholder, such requirement shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail addressed to such director, committee member or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by electronic transmission, telecopy, telegram, telex or cable or by overnight mail. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, to be given to any director, committee member or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of

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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, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Corporation elected by the Board of Directors shall consist of a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary and such other officers as the Board of Directors may deem necessary and proper, including, without limitation, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, and one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. The Board of Directors shall elect the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and the Secretary at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of stockholders and may elect such other officers from time to time as it deems necessary or advisable. Any two or more of such offices, excepting the offices of President and Secretary, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge, or verify any instrument on behalf of the Corporation in more than one capacity.
Section 2. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and such other officer or officers as the Board may from time to time by resolution designate may appoint one or more Vice Presidents, a Controller, and one or more Assistant Controllers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, who shall also be officers of the Corporation.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may determine or provide the method of determining the compensation of all officers.
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until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation that was filled by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article V, Section 1 also shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Each officer of the Corporation shall be subject to the control of the Board of Directors and shall have such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided by appropriate resolution of the Board of Directors and/or provided in these By-laws.
Section 6. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 7. In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any other director, or to any other person for the time being.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 1. The shares of stock in the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution

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shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate theretofore issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates, and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, representing the number of shares of stock registered in certificate form owned by such holder. Any signature on such certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided by law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations,

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preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required by law to be set forth or stated on certificates or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply to the common stock of the Corporation so long as and to the extent that the Corporation shall have only one class of common stock outstanding.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
Section 2. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
Transfer of Stock. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 3 of this Article VI upon payment of any applicable taxes, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact shall be stated expressly in the entry of transfer, if both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do so, and, if certificated, when the certificate or certificates shall be presented to the Corporation for transfer.
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inconsistent with these By-Laws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
Section 4. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, and which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; provided, however that if the Board of Directors does not set a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of stockholders, only the stockholders of record at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given (or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held) shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and any adjournment of the meeting. 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 date for the adjourned meeting.
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allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty days prior to such action, and which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; provided, however that if the Board of Directors does not set a record date in relation to such action, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
ARTICLE VII —
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. All checks or demands for money and all notes and other obligations of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time designate.
Section 2. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Saturday closest to the 31st day of January in each year or shall otherwise be as determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. The Corporation may have a corporate seal which shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors and shall be kept by the Secretary. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII —
AMENDMENTS
These By-laws may be amended, altered, changed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or new by-laws may be adopted, in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

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