EX-3.4 7 v94566aexv3w4.htm EXHIBIT 3.4 Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc. Exhibit 3.4
 

EXHIBIT 3.4

BYLAWS

OF

SEMINIS MERGER CORP.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

         
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Section 1.1 Delaware Office
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Section 1.2 Other Offices
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Section 1.3 Books and Records
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Section 2.1 Annual Meeting
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Section 2.2 Special Meetings
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Section 2.3 Notice of Meetings
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Section 2.4 Quorum
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Section 2.5 Voting
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Section 2.6 Proxies
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Section 2.7 List of Stockholders
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Section 2.8 Written Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting
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Section 3.l Number of Directors
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Section 3.2 Election and Term of Directors
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Section 3.3 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
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Section 3.4 Resignation
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Section 3.5 Removal
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Section 3.6 Meetings
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Section 3.7 Quorum and Voting
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Section 3.8 Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of a Meeting
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Section 3.9 Compensation
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Section 3.10 Committees of the Board of Directors
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Section 4.1 Appointment and Term of Office
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Section 4.2 Resignation and Removal
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Section 4.3 Compensation and Bond
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Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board
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Section 4.5 President
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Section 4.6 Vice Presidents
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Section 4.7 Treasurer
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Section 4.8 Secretary
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Section 4.9 Assistant Treasurers
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Section 4.10 Assistant Secretaries
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Section 4.11 Delegation of Duties
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Section 5.1 Certificates
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Section 5.2 Transfers of Stock
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Section 5.3 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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Section 5.4 Stockholder Record Date
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Section 6.1 Seal
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Section 7.1 Waiver of Notice
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Section 8.1 Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc
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Section 9.1 Amendments
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BYLAWS

OF

SEMINIS MERGER CORP.

ARTICLE I

Office and Records

          Section 1.1 Delaware Office. The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name and address of its registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware.

          Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

          Section 1.3 Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at the Corporation’s principal executive offices at 2700 Camino del Sol, Oxnard, California 93030 or at such other locations outside the State of Delaware as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE II

Stockholders

          Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.8 of these Bylaws, an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such time and date in each year as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President may from time to time determine. The annual meeting in each year shall be held at such hour on said day and at such place within or without the State of Delaware as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not so fixed, at 10:00 A.M., local time, at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

          Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation (the “Preferred Stock”), or any other series or class of stock as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, a special meeting of the holders of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on any business to be considered at any such meeting may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the


 

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President or any Vice President, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President or the Secretary when directed to do so by resolution of the Board of Directors or at the written request of directors representing a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would at the time have if there were no vacancies (the “Whole Board”). Any such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The Board of Directors may designate the place of meeting for any special meeting of stockholders, and if no such designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

          Section 2.3 Notice of Meetings. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, unless notice is waived as provided in Section 8.1 of these Bylaws, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

          Unless otherwise provided by law, and except as to any stockholder duly waiving notice, the written notice of any meeting shall be given personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

          When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If, however, the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

          Section 2.4 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and among Seminis Merger Corp. and the investors listed on the signature pages thereto (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”), at any meeting of stockholders the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereat, either present or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but the stockholders present, although less than a quorum, may adjourn the meeting to another time or place and, except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.3 of these Bylaws, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting.

          Section 2.5 Voting. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement or as otherwise set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to the right of any holder of any series of Preferred Stock or any other series or class of stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, whenever directors are to be elected at a meeting, they shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the meeting by the holders of stock entitled to vote. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, whenever any corporate action, other than the election of directors, is to be taken by vote of stockholders at a meeting, such corporate action shall, except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of


 

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Incorporation or by these Bylaws or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter.

          Except as otherwise provided by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, each holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on any matter at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock standing in the name of such holder on the stock ledger of the Corporation on the record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.

          Upon the demand of any stockholder entitled to vote, the vote for directors or the vote on any other matter at a meeting shall be by written ballot, but otherwise the method of voting and the manner in which votes are counted shall be discretionary with the presiding officer at the meeting.

          Section 2.6 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. Every proxy shall be signed by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney.

          Section 2.7 List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

          The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this Section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

          Section 2.8 Written Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, any action required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “GCL”) to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt written notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have


 

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not consented in writing. Any such written consent may be given by one or any number of substantially concurrent written instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such stockholders, in person or by attorney or proxy duly appointed in writing, and filed with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Any such written consent shall be effective as of the effective date thereof as specified therein, provided that such date is not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date such written consent is filed as aforesaid, or, if no such date is so specified, on the date such written consent is filed as aforesaid.

ARTICLE III

Directors

          Section 3.1 Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall initially consist of one director until changed as provided in this Section. At the effective time of the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 30, 2003, by and among the Corporation, Seminis Acquisition LLC and Seminis Merger Corp., the Board of Directors will be as provided in the Stockholders’ Agreement. Except as otherwise required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the number of directors may be changed at any time and from time to time by vote at a meeting or by written consent of the holders of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors, or by a resolution of the Board of Directors passed by a majority of the Whole Board, except that no decrease shall shorten the term of any incumbent director unless such director is specifically removed pursuant to Section 3.5 of these Bylaws at the time of such decrease.

          Section 3.2 Election and Term of Directors. Directors shall be elected annually, by election at the annual meeting of stockholders or by written consent of the holders of stock entitled to vote thereon in lieu of such meeting. If the annual election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause such election to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, each director shall hold office from the time of his or her election and qualification until his successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation, or removal.

          Section 3.3 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by election at a meeting of stockholders or by written consent of the holders of stock entitled to vote thereon in lieu of a meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, vacancies and such newly created directorships may also be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

          Section 3.4 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof, and the acceptance of such resignation, unless required by the terms thereof, shall not be necessary to make such resignation effective.


 

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          Section 3.5 Removal. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Stockholders’ Agreement, any or all of the directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by vote at a meeting or by written consent of the holders of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors.

          Section 3.6 Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held after each annual election of directors. If such election occurs at an annual meeting of stockholders, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at the same place and immediately following such meeting of stockholders, and no further notice thereof need be given other than this Bylaw. If an annual election of directors occurs by written consent in lieu of the annual meeting of stockholders, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall take place as soon after such written consent is duly filed with the Corporation as is practicable, either at the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors or at a special meeting. The Board of Directors may fix times and places for additional regular meetings of the Board of Directors and no notice of such meetings need be given. A special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President or by a majority of the directors then in office, at such time and place as shall be specified in the notice or waiver thereof. Notice of each special meeting shall be given by the Secretary or by a person calling the meeting to each director by mailing the same, postage prepaid, not later than the second day before the meeting, or personally or by telegraphing or telephoning the same not later than the day before the meeting.

          Section 3.7 Quorum and Voting. A whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if there be less than a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and no further notice thereof need be given other than announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, by these Bylaws, or by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

          Section 3.8 Written Consent of Directors in Lieu of 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 of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

          Section 3.9 Compensation. Directors may receive compensation for services to the Corporation in their capacities as directors or otherwise in such manner and in such amounts as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.


 

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          Section 3.10 Committees of the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors may from time to time, by resolution passed by majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the resolution of the Board of Directors may, in addition or alternatively, provide that in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or by the Stockholders’ Agreement. Unless the resolution of the Board of Directors expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Any such committee may adopt rules governing the method of calling and time and place of holding its meetings. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, a majority of any such committee (or the member thereof, if only one) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, and the vote of a majority of the members of such committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee. Each such committee shall keep a record of its acts and proceedings and shall report thereon to the Board of Directors whenever requested so to do. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, any or all members of any such committee may be removed, with or without cause, by resolution of the Board of Directors, passed by a majority of the Whole Board.

ARTICLE IV

Officers. Agents And Employees

          Section 4.1 Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation may include a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may also include a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, all such officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors or by a duly authorized committee thereof, and shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article IV, together with such other powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. Any number of such offices may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity. Except as may be prescribed otherwise by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof in a particular case, all


 

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such officers shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the Board of Directors for an unlimited term and need not be reappointed annually or at any other periodic interval. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may delegate power to appoint, such other officers, agents and employees as it may deem necessary or proper, who shall hold their offices or positions for such terms, have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be determined by or pursuant to authorization of the Board of Directors.

          Section 4.2 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation may be removed by the Board of Directors, or by a duly authorized committee thereof, with or without cause at any time. The Board of Directors or such a committee thereof may delegate such power of removal as to officers, agents and employees not appointed by the Board of Directors or such a committee. Such removal shall be without prejudice to a person’s contract rights, if any, but the appointment of any person as an officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall not of itself create contract rights.

          Section 4.3 Compensation and Bond. The compensation of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, but this power may be delegated to any officer in respect of other officers under his or her control. The Corporation may secure the fidelity of any or all of its officers, agents or employees by bond or otherwise.

          Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board (or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board), if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors.

          Section 4.5 President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board (or if there be none), he or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He or she shall have general charge of the business affairs of the Corporation. He or she may employ and discharge employees and agents of the Corporation, except such as shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, and he or she may delegate these powers. The President may vote the stock or other securities of any other domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind which may at any time be owned by the Corporation, may execute any stockholders’ or other consents in respect thereof and may in his or her discretion delegate such powers by executing proxies, or otherwise, on behalf of the Corporation. The Board of Directors by resolution from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

          Section 4.6 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. In the absence or inability to act of the President, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, the Vice President who has served in that capacity for the longest time and who shall be present and able to act, shall perform all the duties and may exercise any of the powers of the President.

          Section 4.7 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of all funds and securities of the Corporation, shall endorse the same for deposit or collection when necessary and deposit


 

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the same to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or depositaries as the Board of Directors may authorize. He or she may endorse all commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on behalf of the Corporation and may sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Treasurer or as may be assigned to him or her by the President or the Board of Directors.

          Section 4.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall also record therein all action taken by written consent of the stockholders or directors in lieu of a meeting. He or she shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Corporation. He or she shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and shall attest the same by his or her signature whenever required. He or she shall have charge of the stock ledger and such other books and papers us the Board of Directors may direct, but he or she may delegate responsibility for maintaining the stock ledger to any transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors. He or she shall have all such further powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of Secretary or as may be assigned to him or her by the President or the Board of Directors.

          Section 4.9 Assistant Treasurers. In the absence or inability to act of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer may perform all the dudes and exercise all the powers of the Treasurer. An Assistant Treasurer shall also perform such other duties as the Treasurer or the Board of Directors may assign to him or her.

          Section 4.10 Assistant Secretaries. In the absence or inability to act of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary may perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the Secretary. An Assistant Secretary shall also perform such other duties as the Secretary or the Board of Directors may assign to him or her.

          Section 4.11 Delegation of Duties. In case 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 confer for the time being the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer upon any other officer or upon any director.

ARTICLE V

Common Stock

          Section 5.1 Certificates. Certificates for stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors and shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the 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. Such certificates may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any of or all the signatures on a 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


 

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the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

          Section 5.2 Transfers of Stock. Except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders’ Agreement, transfers of stock shall be made only upon the books of the Corporation by the holder, in person or by duly authorized attorney, and on the surrender of the certificate or certificates for the same number of shares, properly endorsed. The Board of Directors shall have the power to make all such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws and the GCL, as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or registrars of transfers, or both, and may require all stock certificates to bear the signature of either or both.

          Section 5.3 Lost. Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new stock certificate 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 his or her 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 any such new certificate. The Board of Directors may require such owner to satisfy other reasonable requirements as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.

          Section 5.4 Stockholder Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.

          If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, (1) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the date 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, (2) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the first written consent is expressed by the filing thereof with the Corporation as provided in Section 2.8 of these Bylaws, and (3) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

          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.


 

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          Only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to give such consent, or to receive payment of such dividend or other distribution, or to exercise such rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of stock, or to participate in such action, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed.

ARTICLE VI

Seal

          Section 6.1 Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form and shall bear, in addition to any other emblem or device approved by the Board of Directors, the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal” and “Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

ARTICLE VII

Waiver Of Notice

          Section 7.1 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under any provision of the GCL or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. In the case of a stockholder, such waiver of notice may be signed by such stockholder’s attorney or proxy duly appointed in writing. Attendance of a person at a 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, directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

ARTICLE VIII

Checks Notes Drafts Etc.

          Section 8.1 Checks Notes Drafts Etc. Checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange and other orders or obligations for the payment of money shall be signed by such officer or officers or person or persons as the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof may from time to time designate.


 

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ARTICLE IX

Amendments

          Section 9.1 Amendments. Except as otherwise required by the Stockholders’ Agreement, these Bylaws or any of them may be altered or repeated, and new Bylaws may be adopted, by the stockholders by vote at a meeting or by written consent without a meeting. Except as otherwise required by the Stockholders’ Agreement, the Board of Directors shall also have power, by a majority vote of the Whole Board, to alter or repeal any of these Bylaws, and to adopt new Bylaws.

ARTICLE X

Stockholders’ Agreement

          These Bylaws shall be subject to the Stockholders’ Agreement and the Corporate Policies and Procedures attached as Exhibit A to the Stockholders’ Agreement, each as amended from time to time.