0001104659-16-138181.txt : 20160809 0001104659-16-138181.hdr.sgml : 20160809 20160809104002 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-16-138181 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160809 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20160809 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160809 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ReachLocal Inc CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297336 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-ADVERTISING AGENCIES [7311] IRS NUMBER: 200498783 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34749 FILM NUMBER: 161816687 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21700 OXNARD STREET, SUITE 1600 CITY: WOODLAND HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91367 BUSINESS PHONE: 8189369906 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 21700 OXNARD STREET, SUITE 1600 CITY: WOODLAND HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91367 8-K 1 a16-14003_198k.htm 8-K

 

 

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): August 9, 2016

 


 

REACHLOCAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

001-34749

 

20-0498783

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

21700 Oxnard Street, Suite 1600

 

 

Woodland Hills, California

 

91367

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(818) 274-0260

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Introductory Note

 

As previously disclosed, on June 27, 2016, ReachLocal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Gannett Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Raptor Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), pursuant to which Purchaser would merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”).

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, Purchaser commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares (the “Company Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 (the “Common Stock”), for a purchase price of $4.60 per Company Share, net to the seller in cash, subject to reduction for any applicable withholding taxes and without interest (the “Offer Price”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 11, 2016 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the Merger Agreement, constitute the “Offer”).

 

The Offer and withdrawal rights expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 8, 2016. Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary for the Offer (the “Depositary”), advised Parent and Purchaser that, as of the expiration of the Offer, a total of approximately 27,754,605 Company Shares were validly tendered into and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, representing approximately 92.16% of the Company Shares outstanding as of such time. The Company Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer constituted a majority of then-outstanding Company Shares, satisfying the Minimum Condition (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and Purchaser accepted for payment all Company Shares that were validly tendered and not properly withdrawn. The Depositary also advised Parent and Purchaser that an additional 28,435 Company Shares had been tendered by notice of guaranteed delivery, representing approximately 0.09% of the outstanding Company Shares as of such time.

 

Following consummation of the Offer and confirmation that all conditions to the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement were satisfied, on August 9, 2016, Parent completed its acquisition of the Company by consummating the Merger without a meeting of stockholders of the Company in accordance with Section 251(h) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each outstanding Company Share, excluding any Company Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser or the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries, any Company Shares held by stockholders who are entitled to and who validly exercise appraisal rights under Delaware law, and the Company Shares accepted for payment in the Offer, was canceled and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Offer Price, subject to reduction for any applicable withholding taxes, without interest. As a result, at the Effective Time, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

The foregoing description of the Offer, the Merger and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 27, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

On August 9, 2016, Parent issued a news release announcing the results of the Offer and consummation of the Merger. A copy of the news release was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Parent on August 9, 2016 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 1.02.                                                       Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On August 9, 2016, in connection with the Merger, the Company (i) repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness, including principal, interest, fees and all other amounts due in connection with such repayment under the Loan and Security Agreement, by and among the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders party thereto, and Hercules Capital, Inc., as agent, dated April 30, 2015 (as amended from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), and (ii) terminated all obligations under the Loan Agreement, except for certain indemnification obligations. In connection with such payoff, the security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Agreement were terminated and released.

 

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On August 9, 2016, in connection with the Merger, the Company (i) repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness, including principal, interest, fees and all other amounts due in connection with such repayment under the Company’s 4.00% Convertible Second Lien Subordinated Notes, dated December 17, 2015 (the “Convertible Notes”)  and the Security Agreement, dated December 17, 2015 (the “Security Agreement”), in each case by and among the Company and the purchasers party thereto, and (ii) terminated all obligations under the Convertible Notes, the Security Agreement, and the related note purchase agreement. In connection with such payoff, the security interests granted pursuant to the Note Documents were terminated and released.

 

Item 2.01.                                        Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The disclosure under the Introductory Note and Item 3.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.01.                                        Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

 

On August 9, 2016, the Company (i) notified the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) of the consummation of the Merger and (ii) requested that NASDAQ (x) suspend trading of the Common Stock before the opening of trading on August 10, 2016 and (y) file with the SEC a Form 25 Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration to delist and deregister the Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company intends to file with the SEC a certification on Form 15 under the Exchange Act, requesting the deregistration of the Common Stock and the suspension of the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Item 3.03.                                        Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The disclosure under the Introductory Note and Items 3.01 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.01.                                        Changes in Control of Registrant.

 

The disclosure under the Introductory Note and Items 3.01, 5.02 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference. The cost to Parent to acquire all of the outstanding Company Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger was approximately $165 million (net of cash acquired and without giving effect to related transaction fees and expenses). Such payments were funded by cash on hand and immediately available funds under Parent’s existing revolving credit facility.

 

Item 5.02.                                        Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each of James Geiger, Thomas Hale, Habib Kairouz, Lawrence Kutscher, Sharon Rowlands, Alan Salzman and Edward Thompson ceased serving as directors of the Company, and the directors of Purchaser at the Effective Time, Robert J. Dickey and John Zidich, became the directors of the Surviving Corporation.

 

The information required by Item 5.02 of Form 8-K regarding the new directors of the Company has been previously disclosed in Schedule A of the Offer to Purchase, dated July 11, 2016, filed by Parent and Purchaser as Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.                                        Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, was amended and restated (the “Amended Certificate of Incorporation”) and the Company’s by-laws, as in effect immediately prior to the Merger, were amended and restated (the “Amended By-Laws”). The Amended Certificate of Incorporation and Amended By-Laws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 27, 2016, by and among Gannett Co., Inc., Raptor Merger Sub, Inc. and ReachLocal, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2016)

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ReachLocal, Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of ReachLocal, Inc.

 

 

 

99.1

 

News Release of Gannett Co., Inc. announcing the results of the Offer and completion of the Merger, dated August 9, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Gannett on August 9, 2016)

 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

REACHLOCAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: August 9, 2016

By:

/s/ Ross G. Landsbaum

 

Name:

Ross G. Landsbaum

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 27, 2016, by and among Gannett Co., Inc., Raptor Merger Sub, Inc. and ReachLocal, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 27, 2016)

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ReachLocal, Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of ReachLocal, Inc.

 

 

 

99.1

 

News Release of Gannett Co., Inc. announcing the results of the Offer and completion of the Merger, dated August 9, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Gannett on August 9, 2016)

 

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EX-3.1 2 a16-14003_19ex3d1.htm EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

REACHLOCAL, INC.

 

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is ReachLocal, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

SECOND:  The address of the registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD:  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred (100) shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of one cent ($0.01) per share.

 

FIFTH:  The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:

 

(1)                                 The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”).

 

(2)                                 The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

(3)                                 The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws of the Corporation.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.

 

(4)                                 A director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or the stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the duty of loyalty of such director to the Corporation or such holders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the GCL and (iv) for any transaction from which such director derives an improper personal benefit.  If the GCL is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the GCL, as so amended.  No repeal or modification of this Article FIFTH shall adversely affect any right of or protection afforded to a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 



 

(5)                                 In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.

 

SIXTH:  Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide.  The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

SEVENTH:  The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 


EX-3.2 3 a16-14003_19ex3d2.htm EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BY-LAWS

 

of

 

REACHLOCAL, INC.

 

A Delaware Corporation

 

Effective August 9, 2016

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

REGISTERED OFFICE

1

SECTION 2.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

ANNUAL MEETINGS

1

SECTION 2.

SPECIAL MEETINGS

1

SECTION 3.

VOTING

1

SECTION 4.

QUORUM

1

SECTION 5.

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

2

SECTION 6.

ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

NUMBER AND TERM

2

SECTION 2.

RESIGNATIONS

2

SECTION 3.

VACANCIES

2

SECTION 4.

REMOVAL

2

SECTION 5.

COMMITTEES

2

SECTION 6.

MEETINGS

3

SECTION 7.

QUORUM

3

SECTION 8.

COMPENSATION

3

SECTION 9.

ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

OFFICERS

3

SECTION 2.

PRESIDENT

4

SECTION 3.

VICE PRESIDENTS

4

SECTION 4.

TREASURER

4

SECTION 5.

SECRETARY

4

SECTION 6.

ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE V - INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

4

SECTION 2.

INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS

5

SECTION 3.

PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES

5

SECTION 4.

DETERMINATION; CLAIM

5

SECTION 5.

INDEMNIFICATION CONTRACTS

5

SECTION 6.

NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS

5

SECTION 7.

INSURANCE

5

SECTION 8.

OTHER INDEMNIFICATION

6

SECTION 9.

CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION

6

SECTION 10.

AMENDMENT OR REPEAL

6

 



 

ARTICLE VI - MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

6

SECTION 2.

LOST CERTIFICATES

6

SECTION 3.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

6

SECTION 4.

STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE

7

SECTION 5.

DIVIDENDS

7

SECTION 6.

FISCAL YEAR

7

SECTION 7.

CHECKS

7

SECTION 8.

NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE

7

 

 

ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS

 

 

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ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

SECTION 1.                            REGISTERED OFFICE — The name of the registered agent of ReachLocal, Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company and the address of the registered agent is 1209 Orange Street, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801.

 

SECTION 2.                            PRINCIPAL OFFICE — The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22107 or such other location, within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time select.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

SECTION 1.                            ANNUAL MEETINGS — Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting, shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or such other place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and set forth in the notice of the meeting.  At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

SECTION 2.                            SPECIAL MEETINGS — Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the President, the Secretary, by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by stockholders holding shares constituting a twenty-five percent (25%) of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote and shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or such other place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the party calling such special meeting shall determine and set forth in the notice of the meeting.

 

SECTION 3.                            VOTING — Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and these By-Laws may vote in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted after eleven months from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of shares held by each, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least five days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the principal office of the Corporation.  The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is entitled to be present.

 

SECTION 4.                            QUORUM — Except as otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding shares constituting a majority of the voting power of the Corporation shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders.  In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a

 

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majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be present.  At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

 

SECTION 5.                            NOTICE OF MEETINGS — Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.  No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat.

 

SECTION 6.                            ACTION WITHOUT MEETING — Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of all of the outstanding stock of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 1.                            NUMBER AND TERM — The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of a Board of Directors which shall consist of not less than one person.  The exact number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.  Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify.  A director need not be a stockholder.

 

SECTION 2.                            RESIGNATIONS — Any director may resign at any time.  Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President or the Secretary.  The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

SECTION 3.                            VACANCIES — If the office of any director becomes vacant, the remaining directors in the office, though less than a quorum, by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his or her successor shall be duly chosen.

 

SECTION 4.                            REMOVAL — Except as hereinafter provided, any director or directors may be removed either for or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitled to vote for the election of directors, at an annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose.

 

SECTION 5.                            COMMITTEES — The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors of the Corporation.

 

Except as may be limited by the laws of the State of Delaware, any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, shall have and may

 

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exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 6.                            MEETINGS — Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President, or by the Secretary on the written request of any director, on at least one day’s notice to each director (except that notice to any director may be waived in writing by such director) and shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the Board of Directors, or as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

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

 

SECTION 7.                            QUORUM — A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned.  The vote of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws shall require the vote of a greater number.

 

SECTION 8.                            COMPENSATION — Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

 

SECTION 9.                            ACTION WITHOUT MEETING — Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

SECTION 1.                            OFFICERS — The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified.  In addition, the Board of Directors may elect such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as it may deem proper.  The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 2.                            PRESIDENT — The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.  He or she shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation, subject only to the Board of Directors.  The President shall have the power to execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts on behalf of the Corporation.  He or she shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

SECTION 3.                            VICE PRESIDENTS — Each Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 4.                            TREASURER — The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the Corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation.  He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries as he or she may designate and shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors or the President or as reasonably necessary or proper in the ordinary course of operations of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements.  He or she shall render to the President and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.  If required by the Board of Directors, he or she shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.  He or she shall sign such instruments as require his or her signature and shall possess such other powers and perform such other duties as usually pertain to his or her office or as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

SECTION 5.                            SECRETARY — The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the President, or by the Board of Directors, upon whose request the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws.  He or she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors, any committees thereof and the stockholders of the Corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose.  The Secretary shall have the power to execute contracts on behalf of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or the President.

 

SECTION 6.                            ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES — Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 1.                            INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS — The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such

 

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person in connection with any such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 4 of this Article V, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2.                            INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS — The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

 

SECTION 3.                            PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES — The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any officer or director of the Corporation, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Corporation, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article V or otherwise.

 

SECTION 4.                            DETERMINATION; CLAIM — If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article V is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

SECTION 5.                            INDEMNIFICATION CONTRACTS — The Corporation is authorized to enter into a contract with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the Board of Directors so determines, greater than, those provided for in this Article V.

 

SECTION 6.                            NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS — The rights conferred on any person by this Article V shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

SECTION 7.                            INSURANCE — The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

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SECTION 8.                            OTHER INDEMNIFICATION — The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

 

SECTION 9.                            CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION — The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.

 

SECTION 10.                     AMENDMENT OR REPEAL — The provisions of this Article V shall constitute a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation (whether before or after the adoption of these By-Laws), in consideration of such person’s performance of such services, and pursuant to this Article V the Corporation intends to be legally bound to each such current or former director or officer of the Corporation. With respect to current and former directors and officers of the Corporation, the rights conferred under this Article V are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of these By-Laws. With respect to any directors or officers of the Corporation who commence service following adoption of these By-Laws, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such director or officer commencing service as a director or officer of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article V shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the Corporation in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 1.                            CERTIFICATES OF STOCK — Each stockholder shall, upon request, be entitled to a certificate of stock certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.  Certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be of such form and device as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

SECTION 2.                            LOST CERTIFICATES — A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.

 

SECTION 3.                            TRANSFER OF SHARES — The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other person as the Board of Directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued.  A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer

 

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shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer.

 

SECTION 4.                            STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE — In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date:  (a) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting; (b) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, shall not be more than ten days from the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; and (c) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty days prior to such other action.  If no record date is fixed:  (x) 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; (y) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the first day on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action; and (z) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

SECTION 5.                            DIVIDENDS — Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon stock of the Corporation as and when they deem appropriate.  Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 6.                            FISCAL YEAR — The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 7.                            CHECKS — All checks, drafts 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, of the Corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 8.                            NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE — Whenever any notice is required to be given under these By-Laws, personal notice is not required unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such

 

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mailing.  Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by law.  Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof, in writing and signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any annual meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof if notice of such proposed alteration, amendment or repeal to be considered is contained in the notice of such special meeting) by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares constituting a majority of the voting power of the Corporation.  Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may by majority vote of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present alter, amend or repeal these By-Laws, or enact such other By-Laws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

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