0001131096-17-000058.txt : 20170324 0001131096-17-000058.hdr.sgml : 20170324 20170324160704 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001131096-17-000058 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170322 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20170324 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170324 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATHENAHEALTH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001131096 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389] IRS NUMBER: 043387530 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33689 FILM NUMBER: 17712845 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 311 ARSENAL STREET CITY: WATERTOWN STATE: MA ZIP: 02472 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-402-1000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 311 ARSENAL STREET CITY: WATERTOWN STATE: MA ZIP: 02472 8-K 1 athn8kforbylawsamendment.htm 8-K Document

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2017
 
athenahealth, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Delaware
 
001-33689
 
04-3387530
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA
 
02472
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 402-1000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 5.03.    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On March 22, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of athenahealth, Inc. (the “Company”), amended and restated the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) to change the voting standard for uncontested elections of directors from plurality voting to majority voting and to add a related resignation requirement. In particular, the amendments include the following related changes:

Pursuant to Article II, Section 16(a), the standard for uncontested elections of directors was changed to a majority voting standard so that a nominee for director will be elected to the Board if the number of shares voted “for” that director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director;
Directors will continue to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast if the election is a contested election as defined in the Bylaws;
A proposed nominee must deliver an irrevocable letter of resignation as a director, effective upon such person’s failure to receive the required vote for reelection at the next meeting of stockholders at which such person would face reelection;
To the extent that an irrevocable resignation has not been previously received by the Board from an incumbent director, in an election that is not a contested election, if any incumbent director nominated for reelection fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in an election, such director will promptly tender his or her resignation to the Board; and
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “NCG Committee”) will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject an incumbent director’s resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the resignation, taking into account the NCG Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose its decision regarding the resignation and the rationale behind the decision within 90 days following certification of the election results. The NCG Committee in making its recommendation and the Board in making its decision each may consider any factors and other information that they consider appropriate and relevant. If the Board does not accept the resignation, the incumbent director will continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected, or earlier resignation or removal.

Additionally, the Bylaws were amended to make additional ministerial and other changes including, but not limited to:

Revising Article I, Section 1 to specify who has the authority to call and set the date, time and place for an annual meeting of stockholders and the requisite vote of the Board required to approve a resolution calling an annual meeting and setting the date, time and place thereof;
Revising the advance notice provisions of Article I, Section 2 to clarify and enhance certain provisions, including requirements regarding the required timing of and process for delivery of a nomination for director at an annual or special meeting of directors, the information which must accompany a nomination, a requirement that a nomination be made by a stockholder of record “present in person”, as defined in the Bylaws (unless the meeting is held by remote communication), to enhance the definition of a “group” for purposes of the Bylaws and to require information about “stockholder associated persons”, as defined, and persons “acting in concert” as defined, to enhance the required information regarding any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, and to require that information be updated;
Enhancing Article I, Section 4 regarding the Board’s ability to postpone and reschedule a previously scheduled meeting of stockholders and providing that no separate notice is required if the meeting is postponed by not more than 60 days;
Enhancing Article I, Section 8 regarding the procedures regarding the provision of stockholder lists, including providing that such list may be made available electronically in certain circumstances;
Adding a new Article I, Section 11 regarding procedural provisions with respect to the conduct of stockholders’ meetings, including the powers of the presiding officer of the meeting and the appointment of a secretary for the meeting;
Adding a new Article I, Section 12 relating to electronic transmissions and communications, including permitting participation by directors and stockholders in meetings by means of remote communications; and
Revising Article V regarding the indemnification the Company provides to its directors, officers and other agents to, among other things, provide for mandatory advancement of expenses.

The foregoing summary of the amendments to the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, a copy of which is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.







Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.    Description

3.1        Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective March 22, 2017






SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
athenahealth, Inc.

 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Dan Haley
 
Name:
 
Dan Haley
 
Title:
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Date: March 24, 2017






EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.    Description

3.1        Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, effective March 22, 2017




EX-3.1 2 athnexhibit3_1amendedandre.htm EXHIBIT 3.1 AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF THE COMPANY, EFFECTIVE MARCH 22, 2017 Exhibit
Exhibit 3.1









AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

(A Delaware Corporation)

As adopted on and with effect from March 22, 2017




AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
(A Delaware Corporation)

As adopted on and with effect from March 22, 2017

ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.    Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders (any such meeting being referred to in these Bylaws as an “Annual Meeting”) of athenahealth, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), for the election of directors to succeed those whose term expire (or, if fewer, the number of directors properly nominated and qualified for election) and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at the hour, date and place within or without the United States which is fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption), which time, date and place may subsequently be changed at any time by resolution of the Board approved by the same vote of the Board as is required to fix the original time, date and place of the Annual Meeting. Any and all references hereafter in these Bylaws to an Annual Meeting or Annual Meetings also shall be deemed to refer to any special meeting(s) in lieu thereof.
SECTION 2.    Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a)    Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1)    For proposed nominations of persons for election to the Board of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting, such proposed nominations or other proposed business must be brought before such meeting (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any duly authorized committee thereof, or (c) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation “Present in Person” (as defined below) who (A) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 2(a)(2), (B) is entitled to vote at such meeting, and (C) who complies in all applicable respects with the requirements set forth in Section 2(a)(2) and the other requirements set forth elsewhere in this Section 2. In addition to the other requirements set forth in this Section 2, for any proposal of business to be considered at an Annual Meeting, it must be a proper subject for action by stockholders of the Corporation under these Bylaws, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), and other applicable law. Subject to Section 2(b)(10) of this Article I and except as otherwise required by applicable law, clause (c) of this Section 2(a)(1) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or propose other business (other than proposals submitted for inclusion in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to, and in

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compliance with, Rule 14a-8 (and the interpretations thereunder) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended from time to time, the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated thereunder and which proposals are not excludable under Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act, whether pursuant to a no-action letter from the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance or a determination of a federal court of competent jurisdiction) before an annual meeting of stockholders). For purposes of these Bylaws, “Present in Person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before an Annual Meeting of the Corporation, or, if the proposing stockholder is not an individual, a Qualified Representative (as defined below) of such proposing stockholder, appear in person at such Annual Meeting (unless such meeting is held by means of remote communication in which case the proposing stockholder or its qualified representative shall be present at such annual meeting by means of remote communication).
(2)    Except as otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, for proposed nominations or other proposed business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 2, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation with the information contemplated and required by this Section 2(a)(2) including, where applicable, delivery to the Corporation of timely and completed questionnaires as contemplated and required by this Section 2(a)(2), (ii) the stockholder must have otherwise complied with this Section 2(a)(2) and all other provisions of this Section 2 in all applicable respects, (iii) the making of such proposal or proposed nomination(s) must be permitted by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the DGCL and other applicable law, and (iv) the proposed business and/or proposed nomination(s) must be proper matters for stockholder action under the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the DGCL and other applicable law. To be timely for purposes of this Section 2(a)(2), a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on a date not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) calendar day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) calendar day, prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s Annual Meeting; provided, however, that if there was no annual meeting in the immediately preceding year or in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) calendar days before or delayed by more than sixty (60) calendar days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered on or before the later of (i) the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) calendar day prior to such Annual Meeting, or (ii) the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting by the Corporation is first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the delivery of such notice. To be in proper form, a notice from a stockholder shall set forth: (a) as to each person whom such stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) all information relating to such proposed nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing if such a filing was to be made in connection with a solicitation of proxies for the election of such proposed nominee in an election contest (even if a contested solicitation is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy

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statement as a nominee and to serving as a director of the Corporation if elected); (ii) a description in reasonable detail of all direct and indirect compensation, reimbursement, indemnification or other benefit (whether monetary or non-monetary) arrangements, agreements or understandings, written or oral, during the past three years, and any other material relationship, if any, between or concerning such stockholder, any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below) or any of their respective affiliates or associates, on the one hand, and the proposed nominee or any of his or her affiliates or associates, on the other hand; (iii) a description in reasonable detail of any and all agreements, arrangements and/or understandings, written or oral, between such proposed nominee and any person or entity (naming each such person or entity) with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement, indemnification or other benefit (whether monetary or non-monetary) in connection with or related to such proposed nominee’s service on the Board if elected as a member of the Board; (iv) all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Items 403 and 404 under Regulation S-K if the stockholder providing the notice or any Stockholder Associated Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; (v) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2(a)(2) if such proposed nominee was the proposing stockholder or a Stockholder Associated Person; (vi) to the extent that such proposed nominee has entered into (a) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with, or has given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to the positions that such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, would take in support of or in opposition to any issue or question that may be presented to him or her for consideration in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation, (b) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with, or has given any commitment or assurance to, to any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, would act or vote with respect to any issue or question presented to him or her for consideration in his or her capacity as a director of the Corporation, (c) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with any person or entity that (1) could be reasonably interpreted as having been entered into in contemplation of the proposed nominee being elected as a director of the Corporation, and (2) could limit or interfere with the proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with his or her fiduciary duties, as a director of the Corporation, to the Corporation or its stockholders, or (d) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with any person or entity that could be reasonably interpreted as having been or being intended to require such proposed nominee to consider the interests of a person or entity (other than the Corporation and its stockholders) in complying with his or her fiduciary duties, as a director of the Corporation, to the Corporation or its stockholders, a description in reasonable detail of each such agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) or commitment or assurance; (vii) to the extent that such proposed nominee has been determined by any governmental authority or self-regulatory organization to have violated any federal or state securities or commodities laws, including but not limited to, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act or the Commodity Exchange Act, a description in reasonable detail of such violation and all legal proceedings relating thereto; (viii) to the extent that such proposed nominee has been convicted of any past criminal offenses involving dishonesty or a breach of trust or duty, a description in reasonable detail of such offense and all legal proceedings relating thereto; (ix) to the extent that such proposed nominee has ever been suspended or barred by any governmental authority or

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self-regulatory organization from engaging in any profession or participating in any industry, or has otherwise been subject to a disciplinary action by a governmental authority or self-regulatory organization that provides oversight over the proposed nominee’s current or past profession or an industry that the proposed nominee has participated in, a description in reasonable detail of such action and the reasons therefor; (x) such proposed nominee’s executed written undertaking agreeing to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with all corporate governance, conflicts of interest, code of conduct and ethics, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation, as the same shall be amended from time to time by the Board and further agreeing not to become, a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation in connection with service or action as a member of the Board that has not been disclosed to the Corporation; and (xi) such proposed nominee’s irrevocable letter of resignation as a director of the Corporation, effective upon such person’s failure to receive the required vote for re-election at the next Annual Meeting at which such person would face re-election and upon acceptance of such resignation by the Board, in accordance with Article II, Section 16 of these Bylaws; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), any interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person therefrom and the names and addresses of other stockholders known by the stockholder proposing such business to support such proposal, and the class and number of shares of the Corporation’s capital stock beneficially owned by such other stockholders; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, and (ii) the class (and, if applicable, series) and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (including any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future, whether such right is exercisable immediately, only after the passage of time or only upon the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent), the dates on which such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition of shares at the time they were acquired, (iii) a description in reasonable detail of any option, warrant, 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, if applicable, series) of shares of stock of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class (or, if applicable, series) of shares of stock of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (each, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of stock of the Corporation of the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (iv) a description in reasonable detail of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship written or

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oral and formal or informal, between such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any other person or entity (naming each such person or entity) pursuant to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote any securities of the Corporation, (v) a description in reasonable detail of any agreements, arrangements or understandings that would be required to be disclosed by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person or any other person or entity pursuant to Item 5 or Item 6 of a Schedule 13D that would be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (regardless of whether the requirement to file a Schedule 13D is applicable to such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person or other person or entity), (vi) a description in reasonable detail of 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 or any Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, an interest in a general partner, (vii) a description in reasonable detail of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to attributable to any increase or decrease in the value of the shares of stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, (viii) a description in reasonable detail of any pending, or to such stockholder’s knowledge, threatened legal proceeding in which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is a party or participant involving the Corporation or any officer, director affiliate, or “associate” of the Corporation, (ix) a description in reasonable detail of any relationship (including any direct or indirect interest in any agreement, arrangement or understanding, written or oral) between such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and the Corporation or any director, officer, affiliate or associate of the Corporation, (x) a description in reasonable detail of any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person in any contract or agreement with the Corporation, or any affiliate or associate of the Corporation (naming such affiliate or associate), (xi) any other information relating to such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing if such a filing was to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest (even if a contested solicitation is not involved) pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, (xii) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination (unless such meeting is held by means of remote communication and, in such case, a representation that the stockholder shall appear at the meeting by means of remote communication), (xiii) a certification that the stockholder and all Stockholder Associated Persons have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements, including, but not limited to, Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in connection with the stockholder’s and each Stockholder Associated Person’s acquisition and record and/or beneficial ownership of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, and (xiv) whether either the stockholder intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the Corporation’s voting shares required under the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the Corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder to be sufficient to elect such nominee(s) or otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or

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nomination. For purposes of these Bylaws, “close of business” shall mean 5:00 p.m. local time at the principal executive offices of the Corporation on any calendar day, whether or not such day is a business day. For purposes of these bylaws, a “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder means (i) any “affiliate” or “associate” (as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial or record owner of any capital stock or other securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder, (iii) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, (iv) any person who is a member of a “group” (for purposes of these Bylaws, as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) with any such stockholder or beneficial owner (or their respective affiliates and associates), (v) any person “Acting in Concert” in respect of any matter involving the Corporation or its securities with either such stockholder or any beneficial or record owner of any capital stock or other securities of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder (or their respective affiliates and associates), and (vi) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A, or any successor instructions) with such stockholder or beneficial owner in the solicitation of proxies in respect of any nominations or other business proposed to be brought before the stockholders of the Corporation. For purposes of these Bylaws, a person shall be deemed to be “Acting in Concert” with another person if such person knowingly acts (whether or not pursuant to an express agreement, arrangement or understanding) in concert with, or towards a common goal relating to the management, governance or control of the Corporation in parallel with, such other person where (A) each person is conscious of the other person’s conduct or intent and this awareness is an element in their decision-making processes and (B) at least one additional factor suggests that such persons intend to act in concert or in parallel, which such additional factors may include, without limitation, exchanging information (whether publicly or privately), attending meetings, conducting discussions, or making or soliciting invitations to act in concert or in parallel; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any other person solely as a result of the solicitation or receipt of revocable proxies, or special meeting demands from such other person in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A. A person “Acting in Concert” with another person shall be deemed to be “Acting in Concert” with any third party who is also “Acting in Concert” with such other person. In addition, in order for a proposed nomination to be properly brought by a stockholder before (i) an Annual Meeting pursuant to clause (c) of Section 2(a)(1), or (ii) a special meeting pursuant to Section 2(b)(9), any nominee proposed by a stockholder shall complete a questionnaire, in a form provided by the Corporation upon request to the Corporation’s Corporate Secretary, and deliver a signed copy of such completed questionnaire to the Corporation no later than the tenth (10th) calendar day after the date that the Corporation makes available to the stockholder seeking to make such nomination or such proposed nominee the form of such questionnaire. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of the proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of the nominee. The information required to be included in a notice pursuant to this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9) shall be provided as of the date of such notice and shall be supplemented by the stockholder not later than ten (10) calendar days after the record date for the determination of stockholders

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entitled to notice of the meeting to disclose any changes to such information as of the record date. Upon written request by the Secretary of the Corporation, any stockholder submitting a notice pursuant to this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9) shall provide, within five (5) business days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), written verification, satisfactory in the reasonable discretion of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder in the notice delivered pursuant to this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9) (including, if requested by the Corporation, written confirmation by such stockholder that it continues to intend to bring before the meeting the proposed nominations and/or other business proposed in its stockholder notice). If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification within such period, the information as to which written verification was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9). The information required to be included in a notice pursuant to this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9) shall not include any ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who, in the ordinary course of business, is directed to prepare and submit the notice required by this Section 2(a)(2) or Section 2(b)(9) on behalf of a beneficial owner of the shares held of record by such broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who is not otherwise affiliated or associated with such beneficial owner.
(3)    Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of the Corporation is increased and there is no public disclosure, made by the Corporation, naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding year’s Annual Meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, and only with respect to a stockholder who had, prior to such increase in the size of the Board, previously submitted in proper written form, in compliance with this Section 2, a notice prior to the deadline set forth in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2, if it shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public disclosure is first made by the Corporation.
(b)    General.
(1)    Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, Section 2(b)(10) of these Bylaws and applicable law, only such persons who are proposed as nominees in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 shall be eligible for election and to serve as directors and the only business that shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting is the business that shall have been brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 and if the chairman of the meeting determines that any stockholder proposal or proposed nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2, such stockholder proposal or proposed nomination shall be disregarded and shall not be presented for action at the Annual Meeting.

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(2)    For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” or its corollary “publicly disclosed” shall mean disclosure in (i) a press release issued by the Corporation and distributed through a nationally-recognized news distribution service, (ii) a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the SEC pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Act, or (iii) another method reasonably intended by the Corporation to achieve broad-based dissemination of the information contained therein.
(3)    Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2 to the contrary, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2 and any filings required to be made with the SEC in connection therewith. Nothing in this Section 2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of (i) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to, and in compliance with, Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and the SEC’s interpretations thereunder, including those of the Staff of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, or (ii) the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances.
(4)    Notwithstanding any notice of the meeting sent to stockholders on behalf of the Corporation, a stockholder must separately comply with this Section 2 to propose any nominations or conduct other business at any stockholder meeting. If the stockholder’s proposed business, including, but not limited to, the election of directors, is the same or relates to business brought by the Corporation and included in the Corporation’s meeting notice, the stockholder is nevertheless still required to comply with this Section 2 and deliver its own separate and timely notice to the Secretary of the Corporation that complies in all respects with the requirements of this Section 2.
(5)    A stockholder submitting a notice to the Corporation pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2, by its delivery to the Corporation, represents and warrants that all information contained therein, is true, accurate and complete in all respects, contains no false and misleading statements and such stockholder acknowledges that it intends for the Corporation and the Board to rely on such information as (i) being true, accurate and complete in all respects and (ii) not containing any false and misleading statements.
(6)    For a stockholder’s notice to comply with the requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2, it must set forth in writing directly within the body of the notice (as opposed to being incorporated by reference from any other document or writing not prepared in response to the requirements of this Section 2) all the information required to be included therein as set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2. For the avoidance of doubt, a stockholder’s notice shall not be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2 if it attempts to include the required information by incorporating by reference any other document, writing or part thereof, including, but not limited to, any documents publicly filed with the SEC.
(7)    For a stockholder’s notice to comply with the requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2, it is required to clearly indicate and expressly reference which provisions of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2 the information disclosed to which it is intended to be responsive. Information disclosed in one section of the stockholder’s notice in response to one provision of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2 shall not be deemed responsive to any other

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provision of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 2 unless it is expressly cross-referenced to such other provision.
(8)    Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting or a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a proposed nomination or other proposed business or does not provide the information required by paragraph (a)(2) of Section 2 in a manner that complies with all applicable provisions of this Section 2, including providing on a timely basis any required supplement thereto, such proposed nomination and/or other proposed business, as the case may, shall be disregarded and such proposed nomination and/or proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been solicited by the stockholder and delivered to the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, member, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(9)    Nominations of persons for election to the Board 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 or any duly authorized committee thereof or (b) provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 2(b)(9) is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation, who is entitled to vote at the meeting upon such election, who attends, or whose duly qualified representative attends, the meeting and makes such nominations, and who complies with the requirements of this Section 2(b)(9) in all applicable respects. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may propose a nominee or nominees (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if a stockholder’s notice containing the information contemplated and required by paragraph (a)(2) of Section 2 (including, but not limited to, for each proposed nominee, the completed and signed questionnaire, undertaking and the irrevocable letter of resignation required thereby) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) calendar day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the ninetieth (90th) calendar day prior to such special meeting or (ii) the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which public disclosure is first made by the Corporation of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Except as expressly provided by, and subject to compliance with, this Section 2(b)(9), stockholders shall not be permitted to bring before any special meeting of the stockholders any proposed business or the proposed nomination of persons for election to the Board.

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(10)    All provisions of this Section 2 are subject to, and nothing in this Section 2 shall in any way limit the exercise, or the method or timing of the exercise of, the rights of any person expressly granted by the Corporation pursuant to a written agreement to nominate directors, which rights may be exercised without compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.
SECTION 3.    Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by statute and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Undesignated Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption). At any special meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted or considered as shall have been properly brought before the special meeting. For business to be properly brought before a special meeting, it must be (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) if not specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) provided by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), otherwise properly brought before the special meeting by or at the direction of the Board (or any duly authorized committee of the Board) or the Chairman of the Board (if any), or (iii) with respect to the election of directors, provided that the Board has called a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, by any stockholder of the Corporation who complies in all respects with the requirements of Section 2(b)(9). Only those matters set forth in the Corporation’s notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.
SECTION 4.    Notice of Meetings; Postponements; Adjournments.
(a)    A notice of each Annual Meeting stating the hour, date and place, if any, of such Annual Meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days before the Annual Meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat by delivering such notice to such stockholder or by mailing it, postage prepaid, addressed to such stockholder at the address of such stockholder as it appears on the Corporation’s stock transfer books. Notice of all special meetings of stockholders shall be given in the same manner as provided for Annual Meetings, except that the notice of all special meetings shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called. Notice of an Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders need not be given to a stockholder if a waiver of notice is executed before or after such meeting by such stockholder or if such stockholder attends such meeting, unless such attendance is for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
(b)    The Board may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders and any record date with respect thereto, regardless of whether any notice or public disclosure with respect to any such meeting has been sent or made pursuant to Section 2 of this Article I of these Bylaws or otherwise. In no event shall the public disclosure of an adjournment, postponement or rescheduling of any previously scheduled

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meeting of stockholders commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice under Section 2 of this Article I of these Bylaws. When a previously called Annual Meeting or special meeting is postponed to another time, date or place, if any, notice of the place (if any), date and time of the postponed meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present and vote at such postponed meeting, shall be given in conformity with this Section 4 unless such meeting is postponed to a date that is not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the date that the initial notice of the meeting was provided in conformity with this Section 4.
(c)    When any meeting is convened, the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting if (i) no quorum is present for the transaction of business, (ii) the Board determines that adjournment is necessary or appropriate to enable the stockholders to consider fully information which the Board determines has not been made sufficiently or timely available to stockholders, or (iii) the Board determines that adjournment is otherwise in the best interests of the Corporation. When any Annual Meeting or special meeting of stockholders is adjourned to another hour, date or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting other than an announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken of the hour, date and place, if any, to which the meeting is adjourned and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) calendar days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat and each stockholder who, by applicable law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, is entitled to such notice. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that may have been transacted at the original meeting.
SECTION 5.    Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders. If less than a quorum is present at a meeting, the holders of voting stock representing a majority of the voting power present at the meeting or the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article I. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 6.    Voting and Proxies. Stockholders shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote owned by them of record according to the stock ledger of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Stockholders may vote either (i) in person, (ii) by written proxy or (iii) by a transmission permitted by §212(c) of the DGCL. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission permitted by §212(c) of the DGCL may be substituted for or used in lieu of the

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original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission. Proxies shall be filed in accordance with the procedures established for the meeting of stockholders. Except as otherwise limited therein or as otherwise provided by applicable law, proxies authorizing a person to vote at a specific meeting shall entitle the persons authorized thereby to vote at any adjournment of such meeting, but they shall not be valid after final adjournment of such meeting. A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by or on behalf of any one of them unless at or prior to the exercise of the proxy the Corporation receives a specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them.
SECTION 7.    Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, any matter before any such meeting (other than an election of a director or directors) shall be decided by a majority of the votes properly cast for and against such matter, except where a larger vote is required by applicable law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. Any election of directors by stockholders shall be determined as provided in Article II, Section 16 of these Bylaws. The Corporation shall not directly or indirectly vote any shares of its own stock; provided, however, that the Corporation may vote shares which it holds in a fiduciary capacity to the extent permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 8.    Stockholder Lists. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or the Corporation’s transfer agent or other person authorized by these Bylaws or by applicable law) shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) calendar days before every Annual Meeting or special 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 a period of at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the meeting in the manner provided by applicable law. The list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by applicable law. The list shall be made available (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) calendar days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) calendar day before such meeting date. If the meeting is to be held at a physical location, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger shall be the sole evidence of the identity of the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this Section 8 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders and the number of shares held by each stockholder.

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SECTION 9.    Presiding Officer; Organization. The Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or if not elected or in his or her absence, the President, shall preside at all Annual Meetings or special meetings of stockholders and shall have the power, among other things, to call to order any meeting of the stockholders and to adjourn such meeting at any time and from time to time, subject to Sections 5 and 6 of this Article I. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of the stockholders shall be determined by the presiding officer. In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be the person designated by the presiding officer.
SECTION 10.    Inspectors of Elections. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation 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 a meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Any inspector may, but need not, be an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation. 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 perform such duties as are required by the DGCL, including the counting of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors. The presiding officer may review all determinations made by the inspectors, and in so doing the presiding officer shall be entitled to exercise his or her sole judgment and discretion and he or she shall not be bound by any determinations made by the inspectors. All determinations by the inspectors and, if applicable, the presiding officer, shall be subject to further review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.    Conduct of Business.
(a)    The chairman of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall determine the order of business and the rules of procedure for the conduct of such meeting, including the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as he or she determines to be in order. The chairman shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
(b)    Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine and, as a condition to recognizing any such participant, requiring such participant to provide the chairman of the meeting with evidence of his or her name and affiliation, whether he or she is a stockholder or a proxy for a stockholder, and the

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class and series and number of shares of each class and series of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and/or of record by such stockholder; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; (vi) restrictions on the use of audio or video recording devices at the meeting; (vii) actions to comply with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security; (viii) removing any stockholder who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as established by the chairman of the meeting; and (ix) such other action as, in the discretion of the chairman of the meeting, is deemed necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting.
(c)    The chairman of the meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination or matter of business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such chairman should so determine, such chairman shall so declare to the meeting and any such nomination or matter of business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
SECTION 12.    Meetings by Remote Communication. If authorized by the Board, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication, participate in the meeting and be deemed present in person and vote at the meeting, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
ARTICLE II
Directors
SECTION 1.    Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, who may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.
SECTION 2.    Number and Terms. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed solely and exclusively by resolution duly adopted from time to time by the Board. The directors shall hold office in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 3.    Qualification. No director need be a stockholder of the Corporation.

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SECTION 4.    Vacancies. Vacancies in the Board shall be filled in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 5.    Removal. Directors may be removed from office only in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
SECTION 6.    Resignation. A director may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, to the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, the President or the Secretary provided, however, that if such notice is given by electronic transmission, such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the director. A resignation shall be effective upon receipt, unless the resignation otherwise provides. Acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless such resignation is conditioned on it being accepted. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for re-election as a director may provide that it is irrevocable.
SECTION 7.    Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such hour, date and place as the Board may by resolution from time to time determine and publicize by means of reasonable notice given to any director who is not present at the meeting at which such resolution is adopted.
SECTION 8.    Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called, orally or in writing, by or at the request of a majority of the directors, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or the President. The person calling any such special meeting of the Board may fix the hour, date and place thereof.
SECTION 9.    Notice of Meetings.
(a)    Notice of the hour, date and place of all special meetings of the Board shall be given to each director by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of such persons, by the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or the President or such other officer designated by the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or the President. Notice of any special meeting of the Board shall be given to each director in person, by telephone, or by facsimile, electronic mail or other form of electronic communication, sent to his or her business or home address, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, or by written notice mailed to his or her business or home address, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when hand delivered to such address, read to such director by telephone, deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid if mailed, dispatched or transmitted if faxed, telexed or telecopied, or sent by electronic mail or other form of electronic communication, or when delivered to the telegraph company if sent by telegram.
(b)    A written waiver of notice signed before or after a meeting by a director and filed with the records of the meeting shall be deemed to be equivalent to notice of the meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because such meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or

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these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
SECTION 10.    Quorum. At any meeting of the Board, a majority of the total number of directors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if less than a quorum is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Any business which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed may be transacted at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present. For purposes of this section, the total number of directors includes any unfilled vacancies on the Board.
SECTION 11.    Action at Meeting. At any meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the directors present shall constitute action by the Board, unless otherwise required by applicable law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws.
SECTION 12.    Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the records of the meetings of the Board. 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. Such consent shall be treated as a resolution of the Board for all purposes.
SECTION 13.    Manner of Participation. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in accordance herewith shall constitute presence in person at such meeting for purposes of these Bylaws.
SECTION 14.    Committees. The Board, by vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships), may elect one or more committees, including, without limitation, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and an Audit Committee, and may delegate thereto some or all of its powers except those which by applicable law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws may not be delegated. Except as the Board may otherwise determine, any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the Board or in such rules, its business shall be conducted so far as possible in the same manner as is provided by these Bylaws for the Board. All members of such committees shall hold such offices at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may abolish any such committee at any time. Any committee to which the Board delegates any of its powers or duties shall keep records of its meetings and shall report its action to the Board.
SECTION 15.    Compensation of Directors. Directors shall receive such compensation for their services as shall be determined by a majority of the Board, or a designated committee thereof, provided that directors who are serving the Corporation as employees and who receive compensation for their services as such, shall not receive any salary or other compensation for their services as directors of the Corporation.

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SECTION 16.    Majority Voting in the Election of Directors.
(a)    Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this Section 16, Article II, Section 4 of these Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation, each nominee for director shall be elected to the Board if the votes cast for such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast against such nominee’s election at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present. Votes cast shall exclude abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to that nominee’s election.
(b)    Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders that involves a “contested election of directors.” For purposes of these Bylaws, a “contested election of directors” occurs when there is a meeting of stockholders for which (i) the Secretary of the Corporation receives from a stockholder an advance notice indicating that such stockholder intends to propose at least one candidate for election as a director at a meeting of stockholders which notice is in compliance with the advance notice requirements for proposing stockholder nominees for director set forth in Article I, Section 2 of these Bylaws and (ii) such notice of proposed nomination has not been withdrawn by such stockholder on or before the tenth (10th) calendar day before the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement for such meeting with the SEC (regardless of whether or not such proxy statement is thereafter revised or supplemented). If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, stockholders shall not be permitted to vote against a nominee.
(c)    To the extent that an irrevocable resignation has not been previously received by the Board from an incumbent director, if any incumbent director nominated for re-election does not receive the vote of at least the majority of the votes cast with respect to the election of such person as a director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present and which does not involve a contested election of directors, such director will promptly tender his or her irrevocable resignation to the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (“Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”) will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject a tendered resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The Board will act on the tendered resignation, taking into account the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release, a document filed or furnished with the SEC or other broadly disseminated means of communication) its decision regarding the tendered resignation and the rationale behind the decision within ninety (90) calendar days from the date of the certification of the election results. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in making its recommendation, and the Board in making its decision, may each consider any factors or other information that it considers appropriate and relevant. The director who tenders his or her resignation will not participate in the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee or the decision of the Board with respect to his or her resignation. If a director’s resignation is not accepted by the Board, such director will continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor is duly elected, or his or her earlier resignation or removal.

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ARTICLE III
Officers
SECTION 1.    Enumeration. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such other officers, including, without limitation, a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer and one or more Vice Presidents (including Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents), Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, as the Board may determine.
SECTION 2.    Election. At the meeting of the Board following the Annual Meeting, the Board shall elect the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary. Other officers may be elected by the Board at such meeting of the Board or at any other regular or special meeting.
SECTION 3.    Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder or a director. Any person may occupy more than one office of the Corporation at any time.
SECTION 4.    Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, each of the officers of the Corporation shall hold office until the regular annual meeting of the Board following the next Annual Meeting and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
SECTION 5.    Resignation. Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written resignation to the Corporation addressed to the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other time or upon the happening of some other event.
SECTION 6.    Removal. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Board may remove any officer with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).
SECTION 7.    Absence or Disability. In the event of the absence or disability of any officer, the Board may designate another officer to act temporarily in place of such absent or disabled officer.
SECTION 8.    Vacancies. Any vacancy in any office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board.
SECTION 9.    President. The President shall, subject to the direction of the Board, have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board may from time to time designate.
SECTION 10.    Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside, when present, at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have such other powers and shall perform such other duties as the Board may from time to time designate.

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SECTION 11.    Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, if one is elected, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board may from time to time designate. If there is no Chairman of the Board or if he or she is absent, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside, when present, at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board.
SECTION 12.    Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice Presidents. Any Vice President (including any Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President) and any Assistant Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate.
SECTION 13.    Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall, subject to the direction of the Board and except as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may otherwise provide, have general charge of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall cause to be kept accurate books of account. The Treasurer shall have custody of all funds, securities, and valuable documents of the Corporation. He or she shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. Any Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate.
SECTION 14.    Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and the Board (including committees of the Board) in books kept for that purpose. In his or her absence from any such meeting, a temporary secretary chosen at the meeting shall record the proceedings thereof. The Secretary shall have charge of the stock ledger (which may, however, be kept by any transfer or other agent of the Corporation). The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation, and the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix it to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, the seal may be attested by his or her signature or that of an Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall have such other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary may perform his or her duties and responsibilities. Any Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate.
SECTION 15.    Other Powers and Duties. Subject to these Bylaws and to such limitations as the Board may from time to time prescribe, the officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

ARTICLE IV
Capital Stock
SECTION 1.    Certificates of Stock. Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate of the capital stock of the Corporation in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board. Such certificate shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The Corporation seal and the signatures by the Corporation’s officers, the transfer

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agent or the registrar may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such 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 he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the time of its issue. Every certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer and every certificate issued when the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock shall contain such legend with respect thereto as is required by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in these Bylaws, the Board of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares (except that the foregoing shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation), and by the approval and adoption of these Bylaws the Board has determined that all classes or series of the Corporation’s stock may be uncertificated, whether upon original issuance, re-issuance, or subsequent transfer.
SECTION 2.    Transfers. Subject to any restrictions on transfer and unless otherwise provided by the Board, shares of stock may be transferred only on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate theretofore properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, with transfer stamps (if necessary) affixed, and with such proof of the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require.
SECTION 3.    Record Holders. Except as may otherwise be required by applicable law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect thereto, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock, until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
SECTION 4.    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 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 may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date: (a) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be more than sixty calendar (60) nor less than ten (10) calendar days before the date of such meeting and (b) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (i) 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 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; and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

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SECTION 5.    Replacement of Certificates. In case of the alleged loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, a duplicate certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms as the Board may prescribe.

ARTICLE V
Indemnification
SECTION 1.    Definitions. For purposes of this Article:
(a)    Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is serving or has served (i) as a Director of the Corporation, (ii) as an Officer of the Corporation, or (iii) as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, foundation, association, organization or other legal entity, whether organized as a for-profit or not-for-profit entity, which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1(a), an Officer or Director of the Corporation who is serving or has served as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of a Subsidiary shall be deemed to be serving at the request of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Corporate Status” shall not include the status of a person who is serving or has served as a director, officer, employee or agent of a constituent corporation absorbed in a merger or consolidation transaction with the Corporation with respect to such person’s activities prior to said transaction, unless specifically authorized by the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation;
(b)    Director” means any person who serves or has served the Corporation as a director on the Board of the Corporation;
(c)    Disinterested Director” means, with respect to each Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought hereunder, a Director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to such Proceeding;
(d)    Expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include all direct and indirect losses, liabilities, damages, expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of expert witnesses, private investigators and professional advisors (including, without limitation, accountants and investment bankers), travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, costs of preparation of demonstrative evidence and other courtroom presentation aids and devices, costs incurred in connection with document review, organization, imaging and computerization, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements, costs or expenses of the type customarily incurred in connection with (i) the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, mediation, arbitration, appeal or settlement of a Proceeding, (ii) serving as an actual or prospective witness, or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding, or other participation in, or other preparation for, any Proceeding, (iii) any compulsory interviews or depositions related to a Proceeding, (iv) any non-compulsory interviews or depositions related to a Proceeding, subject to the person receiving advance written approval by the Corporation to participate in such interviews or depositions, and (v) responding to, or objecting to, a request to provide discovery in any Proceeding. Expenses shall also include

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any federal, state, local and foreign taxes imposed on such person as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Article V.
(e)    Liabilities” means judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement.
(f)    Non-Officer Employee” means any person who serves or has served as an employee or agent of the Corporation, but who is not or was not a Director or Officer;
(g)    Officer” means any person who serves or has served the Corporation as an officer of the Corporation appointed by the Board of the Corporation.
(h)    Proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, inquiry, investigation, administrative hearing or other proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative, regulatory, legislative or investigative and whether formal or informal, or any appeal of any kind therefrom, including an action initiated by a Director or Officer to enforce such person’s rights to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under these Bylaws and whether instituted by or in the right of the Corporation, a governmental agency, the Board, any authorized committee thereof, a class of its security holders or any other party, and whether made pursuant to federal, state or other law, or any inquiry, hearing or investigation (including any internal investigation), whether formal or informal, whether instituted by or in the right of the Corporation, a governmental agency, the Board, any committee thereof, a class of its security holders, or any other party; and
(i)    Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity of which the Corporation owns (either directly or through or together with another Subsidiary of the Corporation) either (i) a general partner, managing member or other similar interest or (ii) (A) fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power of the voting capital equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity, or (B) fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity.
SECTION 2.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers. Subject to the operation of Section 4 of this Article V of these Bylaws, each Director and Officer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment) against any and all Expenses and Liabilities that are incurred by such Director or Officer or on such Director’s or Officer’s behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, which such Director or Officer is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in, including, but not limited to, serving as a witness or otherwise asked to participate in or respond to any discovery related to a Proceeding, by reason of such Director’s or Officer’s Corporate Status, if such Director or Officer acted in good faith and in a manner such Director or Officer reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct

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was unlawful. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 2 shall continue as to a Director or Officer after he or she has ceased to be a Director or Officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall indemnify any Director or Officer seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Director or Officer only if such Proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of the Corporation, unless such Proceeding was brought to enforce an Officer or Director’s rights to indemnification or, in the case of Directors, advancement of Expenses under these Bylaws in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
SECTION 3.    Indemnification of Non-Officer Employees. Subject to the operation of Section 4 of this Article V of these Bylaws, each Non-Officer Employee may, in the discretion of the Board of the Corporation, be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against any or all Expenses and Liabilities that are incurred by such Non-Officer Employee or on such Non-Officer Employee’s behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, or any claim, issue or matter therein, which such Non-Officer Employee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or participant in by reason of such Non-Officer Employee’s Corporate Status, if such Non-Officer Employee acted in good faith and in a manner such Non-Officer Employee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The rights of indemnification provided by this Section 3 shall exist as to a Non-Officer Employee after he or she has ceased to be a Non-Officer Employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, personal representatives, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may indemnify any Non-Officer Employee seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Non-Officer Employee only if such Proceeding was authorized in advance by the Board of the Corporation.
SECTION 4.    Good Faith. Unless ordered by a court, no indemnification shall be provided pursuant to this Article V to a Director, to an Officer or to a Non-Officer Employee unless a determination shall have been made that such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, such person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Such determination shall be made by (a) a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, (b) a committee comprised of Disinterested Directors, such committee having been designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (even though less than a quorum), (c) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if a majority of Disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
SECTION 5.    Advancement of Expenses to Directors or Officers Prior to Final Disposition.
(a)    The Corporation shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Director or Officer in connection with any Proceeding in which such Director or Officer is involved by reason of such Director’s or Officer’s Corporate Status within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt by the Corporation of a written statement from such Director or Officer requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition

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of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Director or Officer and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such Director or Officer to repay any Expenses so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Director or Officer is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Corporation shall not impose on the Director or Officer additional conditions to the advancement of expenses or require from the Director or Officer additional undertakings regarding repayment. Advancements of expenses to a Director or Officer shall include any and all reasonable expenses incurred pursuing an action to enforce this right of advancement, including expenses incurred preparing and forwarding statements to the Corporation to support the advancements claimed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Director or Officer seeking advancement of expenses hereunder in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Director or Officer only if such Proceeding was (i) authorized by resolution of the Board adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption), or (ii) brought to enforce such Director’s or Officer’s rights to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under these Bylaws.
(b)    If a claim for advancement of Expenses hereunder by a Director or Officer is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of documentation of Expenses and the required undertaking, such Director or Officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and if successful in whole or in part, such Director or Officer shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of such advancement of Expenses under this Article V shall not be a defense to the action and shall not create a presumption that such advancement is not permissible. The burden of proving that a Director or Officer is not entitled to an advancement of expenses shall be on the Corporation.
(c)    In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Director or Officer has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
SECTION 6.
Advancement of Expenses to Non-Officer Employees Prior to Final Disposition.
(a)    The Corporation may, at the sole discretion of the Board of the Corporation, advance any or all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of any Non-Officer Employee in connection with any Proceeding in which such is involved by reason of the Corporate Status of such Non-Officer Employee upon the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from such Non-Officer Employee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by such Non-Officer Employee and shall be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of such to repay any Expenses so advanced if

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it shall ultimately be determined that such Non-Officer Employee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses.
(b)    In any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the Non-Officer Employee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
SECTION 7.    Contractual Nature of Rights.
(a)    The foregoing provisions of this Article V shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director and Officer entitled to the benefits hereof at any time while this Article V is in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any Proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
(b)    If a claim for indemnification hereunder by a Director or Officer is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of a written claim for indemnification, such Director or Officer may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and if successful in whole or in part, such Director or Officer shall also be entitled to be paid the expenses of prosecuting such claim. The failure of the Corporation (including its Board or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or stockholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of such indemnification under this Article V shall not be a defense to the action and shall not create a presumption that such indemnification is not permissible. The burden of proving that a Director or Officer is not entitled to indemnification shall be on the Corporation.
(c)    In any suit brought by a Director or Officer to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder, it shall be a defense that such Director or Officer has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL.
SECTION 8.    Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights to indemnification and to advancement of Expenses set forth in this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Director, Officer, or Non-Officer Employee may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into an agreement with any Director, Officer, or Non-Officer Employee providing for indemnification and advancement of expenses that may change, enhance, qualify or limit any right to indemnification or the advancement of expenses provided by this Article V, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law.
SECTION 9.    Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee against any liability of any character asserted against or incurred by the Corporation or any such Director, Officer or Non-Officer Employee, or arising out of any such person’s Corporate Status, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL or the provisions of this Article V.

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SECTION 10.    Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person under this Article V as a result of such person serving, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or enterprise.
SECTION 11.    No Imputation. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any officer, director, employee or representative of the Corporation, any other entity or any other person shall not be imputed to any person for purposes of determining such person’s right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article V.

ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 1.    Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board.
SECTION 2.    Seal. The Board shall have power to adopt and alter the seal of the Corporation.
SECTION 3.    Execution of Instruments. All deeds, leases, transfers, contracts, bonds, notes and other obligations to be entered into by the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business without director action may be executed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, the President or the Treasurer or any other officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as the Board or Executive Committee may authorize.
SECTION 4.    Voting of Securities. Unless the Board otherwise provides, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, the President or the Treasurer may waive notice of and act on behalf of this Corporation, or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or attorney in fact for this Corporation with or without discretionary power and/or power of substitution, at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any other corporation or organization, any of whose securities are held by this Corporation.
SECTION 5.    Resident Agent. The Board may appoint a resident agent upon whom legal process may be served in any action or proceeding against the Corporation.
SECTION 6.    Corporate Records. The original or attested copies of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and records of all meetings of the incorporators, stockholders and the Board and the stock transfer books, which shall contain the names of all stockholders, their record addresses and the amount of stock held by each, may be kept outside the State of Delaware and shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation, at the office of its counsel or at an office of its transfer agent or at such other place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board.
SECTION 7.    Certificate. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

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SECTION 8.    Amendment of Bylaws.
(a)    Amendment by the Board. Except as provided otherwise by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the Board by resolution of the Board adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).
(b)    Amendment by Stockholders. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed at any Annual Meeting, or special meeting of stockholders called for such purpose, by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class; provided, however, that if the Board recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the Board, without stockholder approval, unless stockholder approval for such amendment or repeal is expressly mandated by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or other applicable law.
SECTION 9.    Notices. If mailed, notice to stockholders shall be deemed given when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL. In accordance with Section 222 of the DGCL, an affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
SECTION 10.    Waivers. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.

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