0000950103-12-000451.txt : 20120131 0000950103-12-000451.hdr.sgml : 20120131 20120131085235 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950103-12-000451 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120131 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: 20120131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HealthSpring, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001339553 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324] IRS NUMBER: 201821898 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32739 FILM NUMBER: 12557517 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9009 CAROTHERS PARKWAY, SUITE 501 CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 BUSINESS PHONE: 615-291-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9009 CAROTHERS PARKWAY, SUITE 501 CITY: FRANKLIN STATE: TN ZIP: 37067 8-K 1 dp28366_8k-hs.htm FORM 8-K
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):  January 31, 2012
 
HEALTHSPRING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
     
 
Delaware
001-32739
20-1821898
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)
 
9009 Carothers Parkway, Suite 501
Franklin, Tennessee 37067
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (615) 291-7000
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
 
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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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))
 
 
 

 

 
Item 1.02.  Termination of Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the Merger (as defined below), on January 31, 2012, HealthSpring, Inc. (the “Company”) paid in full all amounts outstanding under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2010, by and among the Company, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the Company terminated the commitments thereunder.

Item 2.01.  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On January 31, 2012, the Company completed the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of October 24, 2011, among the Company, Cigna Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Cigna”), and Cigna Magnolia Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Cigna (“Merger Sub”).  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company was acquired by Cigna through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Cigna (the “Surviving Corporation”).

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (i) each outstanding share of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company common stock”), other than restricted shares, treasury shares, shares owned by the Company, Cigna, Merger Sub, or any of their wholly owned subsidiaries, and shares for which appraisal was properly demanded, was converted into the right to receive $55.00 in cash, without interest and subject to any applicable withholding taxes, and (ii) equity awards relating to Company common stock were treated in accordance with the Merger Agreement and agreements entered into in connection with the Merger, representing a transaction value of approximately $3.8 billion.  Cigna funded the purchase price with existing cash on hand and proceeds from the issuance of debt and equity securities.

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2011, and which 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 January 31, 2012, in connection with the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that the Merger had been completed, and requested that trading of the Company common stock on the NYSE be suspended prior to the opening of trading on January 31, 2012.  In addition, the Company requested that the NYSE file with the Securities and Exchange Commission an application on Form 25 to delist the Company common stock from the NYSE and deregister the Company common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on January 31, 2012.  The Company intends to file a certificate on Form 15 requesting that the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, be suspended.

Item 3.03.  Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in Item 2.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.01.  Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 2.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

 
 

 
 
Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
In connection with the Merger, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time became the directors of the Surviving Corporation.  In connection therewith, each of Bruce M. Fried, Herbert A. Fritch, Jeffrey M. Folick, Robert Z. Hensley, Benjamin Leon, Jr., Dr. Sharad Mansukani, Russell K. Mayerfeld, Joseph P. Nolan and John T. Fox resigned from the Company’s board of directors.  Also in connection with the Merger, the officers of the Company prior to the Effective Time became the officers of the Surviving Corporation.  Following consummation of the Merger, Karey L. Witty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and Michael G. Mirt, President of the Company, will no longer serve in such positions for the Surviving Corporation effective as of the close of business on January 31, 2012.

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

At the Effective Time, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety and the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, became the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.  The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company and the Company’s amended bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 
 

 
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
(d) 
Exhibits

Exhibit No.
 
Description
2.1*
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2011 by and among the Company, Cigna and Cigna Magnolia Corp., filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2011.
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HealthSpring, Inc.
     
3.2
 
Amended Bylaws of HealthSpring, Inc.

* Company disclosure letter has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.  The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of the omitted disclosure letter upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
   
HEALTHSPRING, INC.
 
       
       
Date:
January 31, 2012
 
By:
/s/ J. Gentry Barden
 
       
Name:
J. Gentry Barden
 
       
Title:
Senior Vice President
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
2.1*
 
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2011 by and among the Company, Cigna and Cigna Magnolia Corp., filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2011.
     
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HealthSpring, Inc.
     
3.2
 
Amended Bylaws of HealthSpring, Inc.

* Company disclosure letter has been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.  The Company hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally copies of the omitted disclosure letter upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
 

EX-3.1 2 dp28366_ex0301.htm EXHIBIT 3.1
 
Exhibit 3.1
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
HEALTHSPRING, INC.
 

ARTICLE I
NAME
 
The name of the corporation is HealthSpring, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT
 
The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
 
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
 
The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, and the par value of each such share is $0.01, amounting in the aggregate to $10.00.

ARTICLE V
DURATION
 
The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so provide.
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
ARTICLE VII
SECTION 203 OF DGCL
 
The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

ARTICLE VIII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
 
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader director protection than permitted prior thereto), no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages arising from a breach of fiduciary duty owed to the Corporation or its stockholders.  Any repeal or modification of this Article VIII by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Right to Indemnification.  Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any actual or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she 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 or of a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while so serving, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the full extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), or by other applicable law as then in effect, against all expense, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, excise taxes, and penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (“ERISA”), penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, agent, partner, member or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors, and
 
 
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administrators. Each person who is or was serving as a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary of the Corporation shall be deemed to be serving, or have served, at the request of the Corporation. Any indemnification (but not advancement of expenses) under this Article IX (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment). Such determination shall be made with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination (a) by a majority vote of the directors who were not parties to such proceeding (the “Disinterested Directors”), even though less than a quorum, (b) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum, (c) if there are no such Disinterested Directors, or if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders.
 
Section 2. Advancement of Expenses.  Expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs, and charges) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article IX. The majority of the Disinterested Directors (or a committee thereof) may, in the manner set forth above, and upon approval of such Indemnitee, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person in any proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such proceeding.
 
Section 3. Procedure for Indemnification.  Any indemnification or advance of expenses (including attorneys’ fees, costs, and charges) under this Article IX shall be made promptly, and in any event within thirty days upon the written request of the Indemnitee (and, in the case of advance of expenses, receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified therefore pursuant to the terms of this Article IX). The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article IX shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction, if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within thirty days. Such person’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of expenses (including attorney’s fees, costs, and charges) under this Article IX
 
 
 
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where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
 
Section 4. Other Rights; Continuance of Right to Indemnification.  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article IX shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, and administers of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article IX shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article IX is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Article IX or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the DGCL or any other applicable laws shall not in any way diminish any rights to indemnification of such person or the obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder with respect to any proceeding arising out of, or relating to, any actions, transactions, or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such modification or repeal. For the purposes of this Article IX, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article IX, with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation, as he or she
 
 
 
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would if he or she had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
 
Section 5. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation 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 against any expense, liability, or loss asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability, or loss under the DGCL.
 
Section 6. Reliance.  Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or remain directors, officers, employees or agents of the Corporation or who, while a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advancement of expenses, and other rights contained in this Article IX in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article IX shall apply to claims made against an Indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions that occurred or occur both prior and subsequent to the adoption hereof.
 
Section 7. Savings Clause.  If this Article IX or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each person entitled to indemnification under the first paragraph of this Article IX as to all expense, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees and related disbursements, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, other penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person and for which indemnification is available to such person pursuant to this Article IX to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article IX that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
 
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT
 
The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by the DGCL and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers, if any, are subject to this reserved power.
 
 
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EX-3.2 3 dp28366_ex0302.htm EXHIBIT 3.2

Exhibit 3.2
 
BYLAWS
 
OF
 
HEALTHSPRING, INC.
 
* * * * *
 
 
 
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
 
Section 1.01.  Registered Office.  The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
 
Section 1.02.  Other Offices.  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.
 
Section 1.03.  Books.  The books of the Corporation may be kept within or 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 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
 
Section 2.01.  Time and Place of Meetings.  All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors).
 
Section 2.02.  Annual Meetings.  Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting as permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”), an annual meeting of stockholders, commencing with the year 2012, shall be held for the election of directors and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.  Stockholders may, unless the certificate of incorporation otherwise provides, act by written consent to elect directors; provided, however, that if such consent is less than unanimous,
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
such action by written consent may be in lieu of holding an annual meeting only if all of the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.
 
Section 2.03.  Special Meetings.  Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing of holders of record of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote.  Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
 
Section 2.04.  Notice of Meetings and Adjourned Meetings; Waivers of Notice.  (a)  Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  Unless otherwise provided by Delaware Law, such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.  Unless these bylaws otherwise require, when a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
 
(b) A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
 
Section 2.05.  Quorum.  Unless otherwise provided under the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws and subject to Delaware Law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority in voting
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
interest of the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
 
Section 2.06.  Voting.  (a)  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to Delaware Law, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder.  Any share of capital stock of the Corporation held by the Corporation shall have no voting rights.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.
 
(b) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by his attorney thereunto authorized, or by proxy sent by cable, telegram or by any means of electronic communication permitted by law, which results in a writing from such stockholder or by his attorney, and delivered to the secretary of the meeting.  No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period.
 
(c)           In determining the number of votes cast for or against a proposal or nominee, shares abstaining from voting on a matter will not be treated as a vote cast.
 
Section 2.07.  Action by Consent. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation and subject to the proviso in Section 2.02, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may 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 or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 2.07(b).
 
(b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this section and Delaware Law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
 
Section 2.08.  Organization.  At each meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, or in the Chairman’s absence or if one shall not have been elected, the director designated by the vote of the majority of the directors present at such meeting, shall act as chairman of the meeting.  The Secretary (or in the Secretary’s absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting) shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
 
Section 2.09.  Order of Business.  The order of business at all meetings of stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.
 
 
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
 
Section 3.01.  General Powers.  Except as otherwise provided in Delaware Law or the certificate of incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
 
Section 3.02.  Number, Election and Term Of Office.   (a) The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.  The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders by written ballot, except as provided in Section 2.02 and Section 3.12 herein, and each director so elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.  Directors need not be stockholders.
 
(b)  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect additional directors under specific circumstances, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.
 
Section 3.03.  Quorum and Manner of Acting.  Unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws require a greater number, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.  When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors the directors present thereat shall adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
 
Section 3.04.  Time and Place of Meetings.  The Board of Directors shall hold its meetings at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman in the absence of a determination by the Board of Directors).
 
Section 3.05.  Annual Meeting.  The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business at such place either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be specified in a reasonable notice thereof given.
 
Section 3.06.  Regular Meetings.  After the place and time of regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall have been determined and notice thereof shall have been once given to each member of the Board of Directors, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.
 
Section 3.07.  Special Meetings.  Special Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary on the request of two or more directors. Reasonable notice thereof shall be given by the person or persons calling the meeting.
 
Section 3.08.  Committees.  The Board of Directors may 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.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  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 the following matter: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by Delaware Law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
 
Section 3.09.  Action by Consent.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions, are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
 
Section 3.10.  Telephonic Meetings.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, 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 such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other 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 3.11.  Resignation.  Any director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors or to the Secretary of the Corporation.  The resignation of any director shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
 
Section 3.12.  Vacancies.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.  Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.  Each director so
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
chosen shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.  If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in accordance with Delaware Law.  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in the filling of other vacancies.
 
Section 3.13.  Removal.  Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote at any election of directors and the vacancies thus created may be filled in accordance with Section 3.12 herein.
 
Section 3.14.  Compensation.  Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.
 
 
ARTICLE 4
OFFICERS
 
Section 4.01.  Principal Officers.  The principal officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary who shall have the duty, among other things, to record the proceedings of the meetings of stockholders and directors in a book kept for that purpose.  The Corporation may also have such other principal officers, including one or more Controllers, as the Board may in its discretion appoint.  One person may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more of said offices, except that no one person shall hold the offices and perform the duties of President and Secretary.
 
Section 4.02.  Election, Term of Office and Remuneration.  The principal officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the annual meeting thereof.  Each such officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.  The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.  Any vacancy in any office shall be filled in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine.
 
Section 4.03.  Subordinate Officers.  In addition to the principal officers enumerated in Section 4.01 herein, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Controllers and such other subordinate officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.  The Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.
 
Section 4.04.  Removal.  Except as otherwise permitted with respect to subordinate officers, any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
 
Section 4.05.  Resignations.  Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors (or to a principal officer if the Board of Directors has delegated to such principal officer the power to appoint and to remove such officer).  The resignation of any officer shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
 
Section 4.06.  Powers and Duties.  The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties incident to each of their respective offices and such other duties as may from time to time be conferred upon or assigned to them by the Board of Directors.
 
 
ARTICLE 5
Capital Stock
 
Section 5.01.  Certificates For Stock; Uncertificated Shares.  The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of shares represented by certificates of the same class and series shall be identical.  Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an assistant Secretary of such Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.  Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.  A Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Section 5.02.  Transfer Of Shares.  Shares of the stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the record of stockholders of the Corporation by the holder thereof or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney upon surrender of a certificate therefor properly endorsed or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, unless waived by the Corporation.
 
Section 5.03.  Authority for Additional Rules Regarding Transfer.  The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation, as well as for the issuance of new certificates in lieu of those which may be lost or destroyed, and may require of any stockholder requesting replacement of lost or destroyed certificates, bond in such amount and in such form as they may deem expedient to indemnify the Corporation, and/or the transfer agents, and/or the registrars of its stock against any claims arising in connection therewith.
 
 
ARTICLE 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Section 6.01.  Fixing the Record Date.  (a) 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, 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 shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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.  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 that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
 
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, 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 date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Delaware Law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by Delaware Law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
 
(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders 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, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action.  If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
 
Section 6.02.  Dividends.  Subject to limitations contained in Delaware Law and the certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.
 
Section 6.03.  Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.
 
Section 6.04.  Corporate Seal.  The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”.  The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.
 
Section 6.05.  Voting of Stock Owned by the Corporation.  The Board of Directors may authorize any person, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, vote at and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation (except this Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold stock.
 
Section 6.06.  Amendments.  These bylaws or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be made, by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any annual or special meeting thereof or by the Board of Directors.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Section 6.07.  Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees.  Any written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, a the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, Directors or members of a committee of Directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
 
Section 6.08.  Deposits.  All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trusts companies, or other depositaries as the Board of Directors may approve or designate, and all such funds shall be withdrawn only upon authorization of such one or more officers or employees as the Board shall from time to time determine.
 
Section 6.09.  Borrowing, etc. No officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall have any power or authority to borrow money on its behalf, to pledge its credit, or to mortgage or pledge its real or personal property, except (1) within the scope and to the extent of the authority delegated by Resolution of the Board of Directors or (2) in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Corporation, including but not limited to entering into contracts and incurring liabilities with respect to the purchase of goods and services on behalf of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business. Authority may be given by the Board for any of the above purposes and may be general or limited to specific instances
 
Section 6.10.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, other an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful. Such indemnification shall be made only as properly authorized in the specific case upon a determination that such indemnification is permissible and proper in the circumstances, as provided by applicable law. Such indemnification shall include payment for reasonable expenses incurred in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation pursuant to
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
this paragraph and upon such other terms and conditions as may be deemed to be appropriate by or on behalf of the Corporation. The foregoing provisions shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any such person may be entitled as a matter of law. Also, the rights granted by this paragraph shall not apply in connection with any action, suit or proceeding initiated or instigated directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by or on behalf of such person, unless the action, suit or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
 
The rights granted by the foregoing paragraph shall not extend to a person who is or was an agent of the Corporation, nor to a person (whether or not such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation) who is or was serving at the Corporation's request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. In any such case, or in the case of any action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, the Corporation may, but shall not be obligated, to indemnify such person, except or unless as legally required, whether by statute or otherwise.