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Exhibit 3.6

BYLAWS

OF

CHAMBERLIN EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES, INC.


Table of Contents

 

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Article I OFFICES

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1.1 Registered Office

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1.2 Other Offices

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Article II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

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2.1 Annual Meetings

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2.2 Special Meetings

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2.3 Place of Meeting

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2.4 Notice of Meetings

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2.5 Quorum

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2.6 Voting

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2.7 Consent Of Stockholders In Lieu Of Meeting

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2.8 List of Stockholders

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2.9 Judges of Election

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Article III BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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3.1 General Powers

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3.2 Number, Election, Qualifications and Term of Office

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3.3 Resignation

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3.4 Removal of Directors

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3.5 Vacancies

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3.6 Place of Meetings, Etc.

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3.7 First Meeting

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3.8 Regular Meetings

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3.9 Special Meetings; Notice

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3.10 Quorum and Manner of Acting

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3.11 Remuneration

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3.12 Action by Consent

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3.13 Telephonic Meetings

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Article IV COMMITTEES

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4.1 Designation of Committees, Alternate Members and Term of Office

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4.2 Powers of Committees

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4.3 Meetings, Notices and Records

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4.4 Quorum and Manner of Acting

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4.5 Resignations

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4.6 Removal

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4.7 Vacancies

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4.8 Compensation

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Article V OFFICERS

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5.1 Number

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5.2 Election, Term of Office and Qualifications

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5.3 Other Officers

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5.4 Resignations

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5.5 Removal

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5.6 Vacancies

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5.7 The Chief Executive Officer

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5.8 The President

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5.9 The Vice Presidents

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5.10 The Secretary

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5.11 The Chief Financial Officer

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5.12 Salaries

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5.13 Surety Bonds

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Article VI CONTRACTS, CHECKS, LOANS, DEPOSITS AND PROXIES

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6.1 Contracts, Checks, Etc.

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6.2 Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations

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6.3 Deposits

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Article VII CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

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7.1 Form; Signature

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7.2 Transfer

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7.3 Record Dates

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7.4 Closing of Transfer Books

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7.5 Record Owner

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7.6 Lost Certificates

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Article VIII DIVIDENDS

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Article IX RELIANCE ON RECORDS AND REPORTS

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Article X CORPORATE SEAL

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Article XI FISCAL YEAR

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Article XII WAIVER OF NOTICE

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Article XIII INDEMNIFICATION

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Article XIV AMENDMENTS

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BYLAWS

OF

CHAMBERLIN EDMONDS & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Article I

OFFICES

1.1 Registered Office. The initial registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the initial registered agent in charge thereof shall be The Corporation Trust Company. The Board of Directors may change the registered office and the registered agent from time to time.

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices at such other place or places as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

Article II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or by order of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary upon the request in writing of a stockholder or stockholders holding of record at least ten percent of the voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such written request of a stockholder or stockholders shall state a proper purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary.

2.3 Place of Meeting. Each meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether annual or special, shall be held on such date and at such time and place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and specified in the notice or waiver of notice of said meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, from time to time, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication. In the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

 

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a. Participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

b. Be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, 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 proxyholder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders 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 proxyholder 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.

2.4 Notice of Meetings.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, whether annual or special, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing such notice in a postage prepaid envelope addressed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation for such purpose, or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary of the Corporation his or her address for such purpose, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the date and time when, and the place where, such meeting is to be held. Except where expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be required. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.

(b) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, unless excepted under Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the General Corporation Law, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of these By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

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(c) Notice given by a form of electronic transmission shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. 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 a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. Electronic transmission includes any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

2.5 Quorum. At each meeting of the stockholders, except where other provision is made by law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of record of a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in interest of the voting power held by the stockholders of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote or, in the absence of any stockholder entitled to vote, any officer entitled to preside at, or act as Secretary of, such meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until stockholders holding the requisite amount of stock shall be present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

2.6 Voting. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, at each meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder of record of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation (a) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.3 of Article VII of these Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting; or (b) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. Any vote on stock of the Corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, including without limitation a telegraph or a cable, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three months from its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At all meetings of the stockholders, all matters (except where other provision is made by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of the stock present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present.

 

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2.7 Consent Of Stockholders In Lieu Of Meeting.

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at an annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

(b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

(c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in subsection (b) of this section. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under the General Corporation Law, if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such statute shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such statute concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent and written notice have been given in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law.

(d) A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (A) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (B) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which

 

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such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission, may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the Corporation or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

(e) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.

2.8 List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of its stock ledger, either directly or through a transfer agent or transfer clerk appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the election, either at a place within the city, town or village where the election is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of said meeting during the whole time thereof and subject to the inspection of any stockholder who shall be present thereat. Upon the willful neglect or refusal of the directors to produce such list at any election, they shall be ineligible for any office at such election. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such election.

2.9 Judges of Election. The Board of Directors may appoint judges of election to serve at any election of directors and at balloting on any other matter that may properly come before a meeting of stockholders. If no such appointment shall be made, or if any of the judges so appointed shall fail to attend, or refuse or be unable to serve, then such appointment may be made by the presiding officer at the meeting.

 

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Article III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

3.1 General Powers. The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

3.2 Number, Election, Qualifications and Term of Office. The number of directors shall be as fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or stockholders (any such resolution of either the Board of Directors or stockholders being subject to the later resolution of either of them). Until changed as provided herein, the initial Board of Directors and all subsequent boards of directors shall consist of four Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or in these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the stockholders entitled to vote at each meeting of stockholders for the election of a director or directors. Directors need not be stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

3.3 Resignation. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect at the time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

3.4 Removal of Directors. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by a plurality of the votes of the stockholders at such meeting, or, if the stockholders shall fail to fill such vacancy, by the Board of Directors.

3.5 Vacancies. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors (though less than a quorum), unless filled by the stockholders pursuant to Section 3.4 hereof; and each director so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor shall be duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

3.6 Place of Meetings, Etc. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Board of Directors may hold its meetings, have one or more offices and keep the books and records of the Corporation at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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3.7 First Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business at the place where regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held. Notice of such meeting shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors or in a consent signed by all the directors.

3.8 Regular Meetings. After each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the election of officers and the transaction of other business at the place where regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places and at such times as the Board shall determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at such place at the same hour and on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Notice of regular meetings need not be given, provided that, whenever the time or place of regular meetings shall be fixed or changed, notice of such action shall be mailed promptly to each director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business.

3.9 Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or by one of the directors. At least five business days before the day on which any special meeting is to be held, notice of such meeting shall be received by each director by personal delivery to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business and by electronic transmission (if an email address has been provided to the Secretary of the Corporation), or shall be sent to him or her at such place by facsimile, electronic transmission (if an email address has been provided to the Secretary of the Corporation) and by overnight delivery service. Each such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the purposes thereof, except as otherwise herein expressly provided. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director who shall be present at such meeting or who shall, either before or after such meeting, waive notice of such meeting in writing or by telegram, radio, cable or telephone; and any meeting of the Board of Directors shall be a legal meeting without any notice thereof having been given if all of the directors of the Corporation then in office shall be present thereat.

3.10 Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by these Bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum be had. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, except as required by law.

3.11 Remuneration. Directors shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services, as such, whether in form of a salary or a fixed fee for attendance at meetings, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving remuneration therefor.

 

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3.12 Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by means of electronic transmission and such writing or electronic transmission are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

3.13 Telephonic Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Article IV

COMMITTEES

4.1 Designation of Committees, Alternate Members and Term of Office. The Board of Directors may by unanimous consent designate one or more committees, including an executive committee, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who, in the order specified by the Board, may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member or members of a committee, and in the event there are not sufficient alternate members present at such meeting, the member or members thereof, including alternates, present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. The term of office of the members of each committee shall be as fixed from time to time by the Board, subject to these Bylaws; provided, however, that any committee member who ceases to be a member of the Board shall ipso facto cease to be a committee member. Each committee shall appoint a secretary, who may be the Secretary of the Corporation.

4.2 Powers of Committees. Any committee designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending these Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.

 

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4.3 Meetings, Notices and Records. Each committee may provide for the holding of regular meetings without notice and may fix the time and place at which such meetings shall be held. Special meetings of each committee shall be held upon call by or at the direction of its chairman or, if there be no chairman, by or at the direction of any two of its members, at the time and place specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof. At least five business days before the day on which any special meeting is to be held, notice of such meeting shall be received by each member by personal delivery to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business and by electronic transmission (if an email address has been provided to the Secretary of the Corporation), or shall be sent to him or her at such place by facsimile, electronic transmission (if an email address has been provided to the Secretary of the Corporation) and by overnight delivery service. Notice of any meeting of a committee need not be given to any member thereof who shall attend the meeting in person or who shall waive notice thereof by telegram, radio, cable or other writing. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. Each committee shall keep a record of its proceedings.

4.4 Quorum and Manner of Acting. At each meeting of any committee the presence of a majority of its members then in office shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee; in the absence of a quorum, a majority of the members present at the time and place of any meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Subject to the foregoing and other provisions of these Bylaws and except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, each committee may make rules for the conduct of its business. Any determination made in writing and signed by all the members of such committee shall be as effective as if made by such committee at a meeting.

4.5 Resignations. Any member of a committee may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board or any such officer.

4.6 Removal. Any member of any committee may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

4.7 Vacancies. If any vacancy shall occur in any committee by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal or otherwise, the remaining members of such committee, though less than a quorum, shall continue to act until such vacancy is filled by the Board of Directors.

4.8 Compensation. Committee members shall receive such reasonable compensation for their services as such, whether in the form of salary or a fixed fee for attendance at meetings, with expenses, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any committee member from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

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Article V

OFFICERS

5.1 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer and, if the Board shall so elect, such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

5.2 Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors and, except in the case of officers appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof, each shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

5.3 Other Officers. The Corporation may have such other officers and agents as may be deemed necessary by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and agents shall be appointed in such manner, have such duties and hold their offices for such terms as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer or agent the power to appoint any such subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective terms of office, authorities and duties.

5.4 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, to the President or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, any such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or any such officer.

5.5 Removal. Any officer specifically designated in Section 5.1 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by a vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. Any officer or agent appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors at any meeting, by the vote of a majority of the directors present at such meeting, or by any superior officer or agent upon whom such power of removal shall have been conferred by the Board of Directors.

5.6 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, removal or any other cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for election or appointment to such office.

5.7 The Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, subject to control by the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property of the Corporation and control over its several officers. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors at which he or she shall be present. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Secretary or any

 

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other officer thereunto duly authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, agreements or other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent. From time to time he or she shall report to the Board of Directors all matters within his or her knowledge that the interests of the Corporation may require to be brought to their attention. The Chief Executive Officer shall do and perform all such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the Chief Executive Officer for the proper and faithful discharge of their several duties and shall make such reports to him or her as he or she may from time to time require.

5.8 The President. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the Chief Executive Officer or at the request of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall perform all the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chief Executive Officer. Except where by law the signature of the Chief Executive Officer is required, the President shall possess the same power as the Chief Executive Officer to sign all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of the Corporation. The President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer.

5.9 The Vice Presidents. In the event of the death, absence, unavailability or disability of the President or at the request of the President, the Vice President or, in case there shall be more than one Vice President, the Vice President designated by the President (or in the absence of such designation, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform all the duties of the President and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. Any Vice President shall perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

5.10 The Secretary. The Secretary shall:

(a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and cause the same to be recorded in books provided for that purpose;

(b) Prepare, or cause to be prepared, and submit to the chairman of each meeting of the stockholders a certified list, in alphabetical order, of the names of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, together with the number of shares of stock held by each;

(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by statute;

 

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(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors and of the seal of the Corporation; see that the seal is affixed to all stock certificates prior to their issuance and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been duly authorized, and attest the seal when so affixed;

(e) See that all books, reports, statements, certificates and the other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed;

(f) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of the Secretary and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer or the President;

(g) Whenever any committee shall be appointed in pursuance of a resolution of the Board of Directors, furnish the chairman of such committee with a copy of such resolution;

(h) Have charge of the stock and transfer books of the Corporation, and exhibit such stock book at all reasonable times to such persons as are entitled by statute to have access thereto; and

(i) Sign (unless the Chief Financial Officer shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature).

5.11 The Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall:

(a) Have charge of and supervision over and be responsible for the funds, including the borrowing thereof, the securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation;

(b) Cause all moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors, or pursuant to authority conferred by the Board of Directors;

(c) Cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts upon the authorized depositories of the Corporation;

(d) Cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed;

(e) Cause to be kept correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the Corporation and upon application cause such books of account to be exhibited to any director;

 

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(f) Render to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of the financial conditions of the Corporation and of his or her transactions as Chief Financial Officer;

(g) Be empowered, from time to time, to require from the officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation;

(h) Sign (unless the Secretary shall sign) certificates representing stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been duly authorized (the signature to which may be a facsimile signature); and

(i) In general, perform all duties and have all powers incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer and perform such other duties and have such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

5.12 Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors may delegate to any person the power to fix the salaries or other compensation of any officers or agents appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 hereof. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.

5.13 Surety Bonds. If the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or her duties, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his or her hands.

Article VI

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, LOANS, DEPOSITS AND PROXIES

6.1 Contracts, Checks, Etc. All contracts and agreements authorized by the Board of Directors, and all checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors, which designation may be general or confined to specific instances. The (i) Chief Executive Officer, (ii) the President, or (iii) or a Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer acting together, shall have the power and authority to bind the Corporation by contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or for any amount; and no other officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall have any such power and authority unless so designated by the Board of Directors or in or pursuant to the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

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6.2 Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President from time to time may exercise (or appoint an attorney or attorneys, or an agent or agents, to exercise) in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the powers and rights which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation to vote or to consent in respect of such stock or other securities; and the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such powers and rights and the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, all such written proxies, powers of attorney or other written instruments as he or she may deem necessary in order that the Corporation may exercise such powers and rights.

6.3 Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to its credit in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select, or as may be selected by any officer or officers or agent or agents authorized so to do by the Board of Directors. Endorsements for deposit to the credit of the Corporation in any of its duly authorized depositories shall be made in such manner as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine.

Article VII

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

7.1 Form; Signature. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer, or the Secretary.

7.2 Transfer. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney, lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate therefor.

7.3 Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, fix, in advance, a record date, which shall be not more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. Only those stockholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights, notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation after any such record date fixed by the Board of Directors. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

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7.4 Closing of Transfer Books. The Board of Directors may close the transfer books in its discretion for a period not exceeding 60 days preceding any meeting, annual or special, of the stockholders or the day appointed for the payment of a dividend.

7.5 Record Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, unless the laws of Delaware expressly provide otherwise.

7.6 Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact and advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors may require, and shall if the directors so require give the Corporation a bond of indemnity, in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, whereupon a new certificate may be issued of the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to be lost or destroyed.

Article VIII

DIVIDENDS

Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, when earned, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, there may be set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

Article IX

RELIANCE ON RECORDS AND REPORTS

Each director, officer or member of any committee designated by, or by authority of, the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation or of any of its subsidiaries or upon reports made to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries by any official of the Corporation or of a subsidiary or by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care by the Board of Directors or by any such committee.

 

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Article X

CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures denoting its organization under the laws of the State of Delaware and otherwise shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

Article XI

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such 12-month period of each calendar year as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Article XII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or any of the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing or a waiver by electronic transmission signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Notice given by a form of electronic transmission shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of such posting and the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

Article XIII

INDEMNIFICATION

The Corporation shall indemnify each of its Directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law.

Article XIV

AMENDMENTS

The Bylaws of the Corporation, regardless of whether made by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, may be amended, added to or repealed at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders provided that notice of the proposed change is given in the notice of the meeting; provided, however, the Board of Directors may not alter or repeal any Bylaw adopted by the stockholders that specifically provides that it may not be altered or repealed by the Board of Directors.

 

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ADOPTED as the Bylaws of the Corporation on this 25th day of November, 2002

 

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