EX-3.134 134 a2148717zex-3_134.htm EXHIBIT 3.134

Exhibit 3.134

 



 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PERSONICS CORPORATION

 

(a California corporation)

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office in the State of California or, if its principal executive office is not in the State of California, at its principal business office in the State of California, the original or a copy of the Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of California, and, if the corporation has no principal business office in the State of California, it shall upon request of any shareholder furnish a copy of the Bylaws as amended to date.

 

The corporation shall keep adequate and correct books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, Board of Directors and committees, if any, of the Board of Directors. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each. Such minutes shall be in written form.  Such other books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form.

 

The name of the agent for service of process within the State of California is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

1.                                       CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES.  Each certificate for shares of the corporation shall set forth thereon the name of the record holder of the shares represented

 

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thereby, the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by said holder, the par value, if any, of the shares represented thereby, and such other statements, as applicable, prescribed by Sections 416-419, inclusive, and other relevant Sections of the General Corporation Law of the State of California (the “General Corporation Law”) and such other statements, as applicable, which may be prescribed by the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 of the State of California and any other applicable provision of law.  Each such certificate issued shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, the President, if any, or a Vice President, if any, and by the chief financial officer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.  Any or all of the signatures on a certificate for shares may be facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate for shares shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

In the event that the corporation shall issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor, any such certificate for shares shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by Section 409 of the General Corporation Law.

 

The corporation may issue a new certificate for shares or for any other security in the place of any other certificate theretofore issued by it, which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.  As a condition to such issuance, the corporation may require any such owner of the allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or any such owner’s legal representative to give the corporation a bond, or other adequate security, sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may by made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

 

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2.                                       SHARE TRANSFERS.  Upon compliance with any provisions of the General Corporation Law and/or the Corporate Securities Law of 1968 which may restrict the transferability of shares, transfers of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the record of shareholders of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes, if any, due thereon.

 

3.                                       RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDERS.  In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or be 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 other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty days or fewer than ten days prior to the date of such meeting or more than sixty days prior to any other action.

 

If the Board of Directors shall not have fixed a record date as aforesaid, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given; and the record date for determining shareholders 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, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.

 

A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for

 

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the adjourned meeting, but the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five days from the date set for the original meeting.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, shareholders at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to notice and to vote or to receive any dividend, distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date.

 

4.                                       MEANING OF CERTAIN TERMS.  As used in these Bylaws in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of shareholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to assent or consent or dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the term “share” or “shares” or “shareholder” or “shareholders” refers to an outstanding share or shares and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares when the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares, and said reference is also intended to include any outstanding share or shares and any holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of any class upon which or upon whom the Articles of Incorporation confer such rights where there are two or more classes or series of shares or upon which or upon whom the General Corporation Law confers such rights notwithstanding that the Articles of Incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares, one or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder.

 

5.                                       SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS.

 

                  TIME.  An annual meeting for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other proper business and any special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time as the Board of Directors shall from time to time fix.

 

                  PLACE.  Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of California, as the directors may, from time to time, fix.  Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

 

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                  CALL.  Annual meetings may be called by the directors, by the Chairman of the Board, if any, Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, if any, the Secretary, or by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting.  Special meetings may be called in like manner and by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent of the votes at the meeting being called.

 

                  NOTICE. Written notice stating the place, day, and hour of each meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted or, in the case of an Annual Meeting, those matters which the Board of Directors, at the time of mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders, shall be given not less than ten days or more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail or other means of written communication, addressed to each shareholder at this address appearing on the books of the corporation, or, if no such address appears or is given, at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the said principal executive office is located.  Such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, or sent by other means of written communication addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation.  The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the names of nominees intended at the time of notice to be presented by the Board of Directors for election.  At an annual meeting of shareholders, any matter relating to the affairs of the corporation, whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting, may be brought up for action except matters which the General Corporation Law requires to be stated in the notice of the meeting.  The notice of any annual or special meeting shall also include, or be accompanied by, any additional statements, information, or documents prescribed by the General Corporation Law.  when a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice of the adjourned meeting need not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided that, if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each

 

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shareholder. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

The transactions of any meeting, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the shareholders or his proxy signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof.  All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.  Attendance of a person at a meeting constitutes a waiver of notice of and presence at such meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and except that attendance at a meeting shall not constitute a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters required by the General Corporation Law to be included in the notice but not so included, if such objection is expressly made at the meeting.  Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (f) of Section 601 of the General Corporation Law, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting need be specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or the approval of the minutes thereof.

 

                  CONDUCT OF MEETING.  Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting - the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, if any, a Vice President, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the shareholders.  The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but, if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting.

 

                  PROXY REPRESENTATION.  Every shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act as his proxy at a meeting or by written action.  No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its

 

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execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.  Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the person executing it prior to the vote or written action pursuant thereto, except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law.  As used herein, a “proxy” shall be deemed to mean a written authorization signed by a shareholder or a shareholder’s attorney in fact giving another person or persons power to vote or consent in writing with respect to the shares of such shareholder, and “signed” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the placing of such shareholder’s name on the proxy, whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise by such shareholder or such shareholder’s attorney in fact.  Where applicable, the form of any proxy shall comply with the provisions of Section 604 of the General Corporation Law.

 

                  INSPECTORS - APPOINTMENT.  In advance of any meeting, the Board of Directors may appoint inspectors of election to act at the meeting and any adjournment thereof.  If inspectors of election are not so appointed, or, if any persons so appointed fail to appear or refuse to act, the Chairman of any meeting of shareholders may, and on the request of any shareholder or a shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election, or persons to replace any of those who so fail or refuse, at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three.  If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares represented shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed.

 

The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies, receive votes, ballots, if any, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes or consents, determine when the polls shall close, determine the result, and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.  If there are three inspectors of election, the decision, act, or certificate of a majority shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act, or certificate of all.

 

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                  QUORUM; VOTE; WRITTEN CONSENT.  The holders of a majority of the voting shares shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders for the transaction of any business.  The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum if any action taken, other than adjournment, is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.  In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of shareholders may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business may be transacted except as hereinbefore provided.

 

In the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall elect.  No shareholder shall be entitled to exercise the right of cumulative voting at a meeting for the election of directors unless the candidate’s name or the candidates, names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of the shareholder’s intention to cumulate the shareholder’s votes.  If any one shareholder has given such notice, all shareholders may cumulate their votes for such candidates in nomination.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at the meeting; provided, that said shares voting affirmatively shall also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum.

 

Except in the election of directors by written consent in lieu of a meeting, and except as may otherwise be provided by the General Corporation Law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by holders of shares 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.

 

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Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.  Notice of any shareholder approval pursuant to Section 310, 317, 1201 or 2007 without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given at least ten days before the consummation of the action authorized by such approval, and prompt notice shall be given of the taking of any other corporate action approved by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing.

 

Elections of directors at a meeting need not be by ballot unless a shareholder demands election by ballot at the election and before the voting begins.  In all other matters, voting need not be by ballot.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

1.                                       FUNCTIONS.  The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of its Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the corporation to a management company or other person, provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors for services in any lawful capacity.

 

2.                                       QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER.  A director need not be a shareholder of the corporation, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of California. The authorized number of directors constituting the Board of Directors until further changed shall be five.  The authorized number of directors constituting the Board shall be at least three; provided, however, that so long as the corporation has only one shareholder, the number may be one or two, and so long as the corporation has only two shareholders, the number may be two.  Subject to the foregoing provisions and the provisions of Section 212 of the General Corporation Law, the number of directors may be changed from time to time by an amendment of these

 

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Bylaws.  No decrease in the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.

 

3.                                       ELECTION AND TERM.  The initial Board of Directors shall consist of the persons elected at the meeting of the incorporator or incorporators, all of whom shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal from office or death.  Thereafter, directors who are elected to replace any or all of the members of the initial Board of Directors or who are elected at an annual meeting of shareholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.  In the interim between annual meetings of shareholders or of special meetings of shareholders called for the election of directors, any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors which have not been filled by the shareholders, and including any other vacancies which the General Corporation Law authorizes directors to fill, except for a vancancy created by the removal of a director, may be filed by directors or by the sole remaining director, as the case may be, in the manner prescribed by Section 305 of the General Corporation Law.  Vacancies occurring by reason of the removal of directors which are not filled at the meeting of shareholders at which any such removal has been effected may be filled by the directors if the Articles of Incorporation or a Bylaw adopted by the shareholders so provides.  Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President, if any, the Secretary or the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation.  If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to the office when the resignation becomes effective.

 

The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill any vacancy which the directors are entitled to fill, but which they have not filled.  Any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal shall require the consent of a majority of the shares.

 

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The name and the address of each initial director elected by the incorporator or incorporators are set forth in the minutes of the organization of the incorporator or incorporators at which each said initial director was elected, and said name and the address are hereby made a part of these Bylaws as if fully set forth therein.

 

4.                                       MEETINGS.

 

                  TIME.  Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elected Board shall be held as soon after its election as the directors may conveniently assemble.

 

                  PLACE.  Meetings may be held at any place, within or without the State of California, which has been designated in any notice of the meeting, or, if not stated in said notice or, if there is no notice given, at the place designated by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

                  CALL.  Meetings may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, by the President, if any, by any Vice President or Secretary, or by any two directors.

 

                  NOTICE AND WAIVER THEREOF.  No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed by the Board of Directors.  Special meetings shall be held upon at least four days’ notice by mail or upon at least forty-eight hours’ notice delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph.  Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director.  A notice or waiver of notice need not specify the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.  All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

                  QUORUM AND ACTION.  A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided such majority shall

 

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constitute at least either one-third of the authorized number of directors or at least two directors, whichever is larger, or unless the authorized number of directors is only one. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time or place.  If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four hours, notice of any adjournment to another time and place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the directors, if any, who were not present at the time of the adjournment.  Except as the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the General Corporation Law may otherwise provide, the act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.  Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another, and participation by such use shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at any such meeting.

 

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, provided that any action which may be taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.

 

                  CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING.  The Chairman of the Board, if any and if present and acting, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any and if present and acting, shall preside at all meetings.  Otherwise, the President, if any and present and acting, or any director chosen by the Board, shall preside.

 

5.                                       REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.  The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office without cause by approval of the holders of at least a majority of the shares provided, that unless the entire Board is removed, an individual director shall not be removed when the votes cast against such removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect such director if voted cumulatively at an election of directors at which the same total number of votes were cast, or, if such action is taken by written consent, in lieu of a meeting, all shares entitled to vote were voted, and the entire number of directors authorized

 

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at the time of the director’s most recent election were then being elected.  If any or all directors are so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting or by such written consent.  The Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of any director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony.

 

6.                                       COMMITTEES.  The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, may designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of such committee.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have all the authority of the Board of Directors except such authority as may not be delegated by the provisions of the General Corporation Law.

 

7.                                       WRITTEN ACTION.  Any action required or permitted to be taken may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board of Directors shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action.  Any such written consent or consents, shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.  In addition, the Board of Directors may choose a Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the statutes, the certificate of incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.

 

The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose such officers and may from time to time appoint such other

 

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officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board.

 

The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

The officers of the corporation shall hold office subject to the pleasure of the Board.  Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

1.                                       THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.  If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall be the chief executive officer and he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. Together with the President, he shall have responsibility for the general management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.  He shall be a member of all committees of the Board of Directors.

 

2.                                       THE PRESIDENT.  The President shall be the principal operating officer of the corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the President of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors; and in the absence or incapacity of the Chairman of the Board, he shall perform the duties, and carry out the responsibilities, of the Chairman of the Board, described in the section immediately preceding this section.  If the corporation does not elect a Chairman of the Board, he shall also be the chief executive officer.

 

He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

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3.                                       THE VICE PRESIDENTS.  On the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated) shall perform 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.  The Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

4.                                       THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required.  He shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary.

 

The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.                                       THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS.  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate and correct books and records of the properties and business transactions of the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

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He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and the Board of Directors whenever the Board of Directors so requests, and account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

 

The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the power of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

ARTICLE V

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall set forth the name of the corporation and the State and date of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

1.                                       AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS.  New Bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote, or by the written assent of stockholders entitled to vote such shares, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation.

 

2.                                       AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS.  Subject to the rights of the stockholders as provided in Section 1 of this Article, Bylaws other than a Bylaw or an amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES

 

AND OTHER AGENTS

 

The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law (“CGCL”), to indemnify each of its agents (as defined in Section 317 of the CGCL) against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact any such person is or was an agent of the corporation.

 

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