EX-3.14 24 file018.htm BY-LAWS OF BRAKE PARTS, INC.


                                                                    Exhibit 3.14

                                BRAKE PARTS INC.



                                     BY-LAWS

                                    ARTICLE I

                                     OFFICES

         Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington,
County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

         Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places
both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from
time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.


                                   ARTICLE II

                            MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

         Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of
directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, within
or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the
meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

         Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year
1988, shall be held on the third Monday of December if not a legal holiday, and
if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:00 A.M., or at
such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board
of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect
by a plurality vote or by written ballot a board of directors, and transact such
other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

         Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date
and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at
such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting.






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         Section 4. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the
president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of
directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in
amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the
proposed meeting.

         Section 5. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date
and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the
date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

         Section 6. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the
certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented.

         Section 7. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of
the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.






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         Section 8. Each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders
be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital
stock having voting power held by such stockholder.

         Section 9. Any action required to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at
any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding
stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary
to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote thereon were present and voted.


                                   ARTICLE III

                                    DIRECTORS

         Section 1. The board of directors shall consist of one or more members.
The first board shall consist of two directors. Thereafter, within the limits
above specified, the number of directors shall be determined by resolution of
the board of directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting or a special
meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director
elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified.
Directors need not be stockholders.

         Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any
increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of
the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual
election and until their successors are duly elected and








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shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office,
then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.

         Section 3. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
by or under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such
powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws directed or
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

         Section 4. The board of directors of the Corporation may hold meetings,
both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.

         Section 5. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held
without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board.

         Section 6. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president
on one (1) day's notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by
telegram; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like
manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

         Section 7. At all meetings of the board a majority of the directors
then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the
act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a
quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.







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         Section 8. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, 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 committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

         Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these by-laws, 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 any 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 such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at the meeting.

         Section 10. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The board may
designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may
replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any
such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of
directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board
of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation,
and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it; 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






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the by-laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of
incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Such
committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from
time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

         Section 11. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
and report the same to the board of directors when required.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                                     NOTICES

         Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given
to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal
notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such
director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be
given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail.
Notice to directors may also be given by telegram or telephone.

         Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled
to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.


                                   ARTICLE V

                                    OFFICERS

         Section 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board
of directors and shall be a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of
directors may also choose one or more vice-presidents, and one or more assistant
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treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the
certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide.

         Section 2. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation
shall be fixed by the board of directors.

         Section 3. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until
their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by
the board of directors may be removed at any time 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.

         Section 4. The officers of the Corporation shall have such authority
and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective
offices, or as may be specified from time to time by the Directors regardless of
whether such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office.


                                   ARTICLE VI

                              CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

         Section 1. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled
to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation, by the
president or a vice-president and the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.

         Section 2. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of
the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be
the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.







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                                  ARTICLE VII

                    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

         Each 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 or other enterprise (including the heirs, executors,
administrators or estate of such person) shall be indemnified by the Corporation
to the full extent permitted or authorized by the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware. The Corporation may, but shall not be obligated to, maintain
insurance, at its expense, for its benefit in respect of such indemnification
and that of any such person whether or not the Corporation would otherwise have
the power to indemnify such person.


                                  ARTICLE VIII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

         Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject
to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared
by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.

         Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out
of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves 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 interest of the
Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.






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         Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation
shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as
the board of directors may from time to time designate.

         Section 4. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors.

         Section 5. The board of directors may adopt a corporate seal and use
the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or
reproduced or otherwise.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                                   AMENDMENTS

         Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors.






                                BRAKE PARTS, INC.

                          WRITTEN CONSENT TO ACTION BY

                         SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT A MEETING



         Pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware, the undersigned, being
the sole shareholder of Brake Parts, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby adopts, by
this written consent to action in lieu of a special meeting of shareholders, the
following resolutions with the same force and effect as if they had been
unanimously adopted at a duly convened meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation:

         RESOLVED, that Article V of the By-Laws be and they are hereby amended
to read in full as follows:

                  "Section 5 Contracts and Instruments. Each of the President,
                  any Vice President, and the Treasurer, shall have the power to
                  enter into, sign (manually or through facsimile), execute and
                  deliver contracts (including, without limitation, bonds, deeds
                  and mortgages) and other instruments evidencing the
                  Corporation's rights and obligations on behalf of and in the
                  name of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law,
                  any of these officers may delegate the foregoing powers to any
                  other officer, employee or attorney-in-fact of the Corporation
                  by written special power of attorney."

         RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proper officers of this Company be and they
hereby are authorized and directed to execute such instruments and take such
steps as shall be necessary or advisable to effect such amendment.

Dated this 3rd day of September, 2001.

                                               AUTOMOTIVE BRAKE COMPANY INC.


                                               By:      /s/ A. Glenn Paton
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                                                    A. Glenn Paton
                                                    Senior Vice President and
                                                    Treasurer