0001193125-12-472375.txt : 20121115 0001193125-12-472375.hdr.sgml : 20121115 20121115144107 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-472375 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121114 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders 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: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20121115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121115 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pendrell Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001359555 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PATENT OWNERS & LESSORS [6794] IRS NUMBER: 980221142 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33008 FILM NUMBER: 121208312 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2300 CARILLON POINT CITY: KIRKLAND STATE: WA ZIP: 98033 BUSINESS PHONE: (425) 278-7100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2300 CARILLON POINT CITY: KIRKLAND STATE: WA ZIP: 98033 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ICO Global Communications (Holdings) LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060417 8-K12B 1 d434064d8k12b.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): November 14, 2012

 

 

Pendrell Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

WASHINGTON   0-23137   98-0221142

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, Washington 98033

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(425) 278-7100

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Effective November 14, 2012, Pendrell Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Pendrell Delaware”) reincorporated in the State of Washington from the State of Delaware (the “Reincorporation”) through an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 14, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”), between Pendrell Delaware and the Registrant, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington (the “Company”), pursuant to which Pendrell Delaware merged with and into the Company. The Board of Directors of Pendrell Delaware approved the Reincorporation and the Merger Agreement on September 18, 2012 and the stockholders of Pendrell Delaware approved the Reincorporation and the Merger Agreement at the annual meeting of stockholders of Pendrell Delaware (the “2012 Annual Meeting”) held on November 14, 2012. The Board of Directors and the sole stockholder of the Company approved the Reincorporation and Merger Agreement by written consent. As a result of the Reincorporation, the legal domicile of the Company is now Washington.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) the Company succeeded to the ownership of all of Pendrell Delaware’s assets, as well as the rights, powers and privileges of Pendrell Delaware and assumed all of the obligations of Pendrell Delaware then in existence; (ii) Pendrell Delaware’s existing Board of Directors and officers became the Board of Directors and officers of the Company; (iii) the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws govern the surviving corporation; and (vi) the name of the surviving corporation is “Pendrell Corporation.” From and after November 14, 2012, the Company will be governed by the Washington Business Corporation Act.

As a result of the Reincorporation, (i) each share of Pendrell Delaware’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding immediately before the Reincorporation was automatically converted into one share of the Company’s Class A common stock, (ii) each share of Pendrell Delaware’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding immediately before the Reincorporation was automatically converted into one share of the Company’s Class B common stock, (iii) each option or other right to acquire Pendrell Delaware Class A common stock and Pendrell Delaware Class B common stock outstanding immediately before the Reincorporation was automatically converted into an option or other right to acquire the same number and class of shares of common stock of the Company, with the same terms and conditions, and (iv) each outstanding certificate representing shares of stock of Pendrell Delaware now represents the same number and class of shares of common stock of the Company. New stock certificates need not and will not be issued as a result of the Reincorporation. In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the common stock of the Company, as successor to Pendrell Delaware, is deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

The foregoing description of the Reincorporation, the Merger Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws, which are attached as Exhibit 2.1, Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference. A more detailed description of the Merger Agreement and the effects of the Reincorporation, including material differences between the corporation laws of Washington and Delaware, is contained in Proposal No. 3 of Pendrell Delaware’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 15, 2012.

Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreements

On September 18, 2012, the Board of Directors of Pendrell Delaware approved a form of indemnification agreement (the “Indemnification Agreement”) to be entered into by the Company with each current and future director and executive officer of the Company (each a “Covered Person”). The Indemnification Agreement will replace the indemnification agreement between Pendrell Delaware and each of its directors and executive officers, and will be effective as of November 14, 2012.

The Indemnification Agreement provides that if a Covered Person was, is or is threatened to be, made a party to, or is otherwise involved in a proceeding by reason of being a director or executive officer of the Company, then the Company will (i) indemnify the Covered Person against all expenses, liability or loss to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, and (ii) advance expenses upon receipt of a written affirmation from the Covered Person of his or her good faith belief that the criteria for indemnification pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement have been satisfied, together with a written undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts paid or reimbursed by the Company if it is ultimately determined that the criteria for indemnification have not been satisfied.


A Covered Person will not be entitled to indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by a Covered Person against the Company except in certain circumstances set forth in the Indemnification Agreement. In addition, no indemnification will be paid pursuant to the Indemnification Agreement (i) on account of any proceeding in which judgment is rendered against a Covered Person for an accounting of profits from the purchase or sale of securities of the Company pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, (ii) if a court finally determines that the Covered Person is not entitled to indemnification because such indemnification would be invalid under applicable law, (iii) in connection with claims under Section 23B.08.510 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, or (iv) in connection with any reimbursement to the Company of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or any profits realized by the Covered Person from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the securities laws of the United States, including but not limited to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The foregoing description of the Indemnification Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Indemnification Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 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.

At the 2012 Annual Meeting, the stockholders of Pendrell Delaware approved the Pendrell Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”). A description of the material terms of the 2012 Plan is incorporated herein by reference from Item 5.02 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2012.

Effective upon the approval of the 2012 Plan at the 2012 Annual Meeting, Pendrell Delaware’s 2000 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “2000 Plan”) was terminated. No additional awards will be granted under the 2000 Plan following such approval.

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

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Pendrell Delaware held its annual meeting of stockholders on November 14, 2012. At the meeting, the stockholders of Pendrell Delaware (i) elected the persons listed below to serve as directors of the Company, (ii) approved an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation, (iii) approved the reincorporation of the Company from Delaware to Washington, (iv) approved the 2012 Plan, and (iv) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. Set forth below are the voting results for each of these proposals:


Proposal 1 – Election of Directors.

 

Director Nominee

   Votes For      Votes Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Richard P. Emerson

     566,119,414         1,539,798         19,549,010   

Richard P. Fox

     559,915,224         7,743,988         19,549,010   

Nicolas Kauser

     565,949,627         1,709,585         19,549,010   

Craig O. McCaw

     563,922,595         3,736,617         19,549,010   

R. Gerard Salemme

     563,915,211         3,744,001         19,549,010   

Stuart M. Sloan

     559,745,437         7,913,775         19,549,010   

H. Brian Thompson

     557,277,409         10,381,803         19,549,010   

Benjamin G. Wolff

     565,976,104         1,683,108         19,549,010   

Proposal 2 – Approval of an advisory (non-binding) resolution on executive compensation.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

   Broker Non-Votes

548,238,765

  7,074,278   12,346,169    19,549,010

Proposal 3 – Approval of the reincorporation of the Company from Delaware to Washington.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

   Broker Non-Votes

555,404,140

  424,813   11,830,259    19,549,010

Proposal 4 – Approval of the Pendrell Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

   Broker Non-Votes

514,587,821

  53,045,787   25,604    19,549,010

Proposal 5 – Ratification of the selection of the independent registered public accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor of the Company for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Votes Abstained

587,018,689

  173,921   15,612

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 14, 2012 between Pendrell Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Pendrell Washington Corporation, a Washington corporation.
3.1    Articles of Incorporation of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
3.2    Bylaws of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
10.1    Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
10.2    Pendrell Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Pendrell’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2012).


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.

 

PENDRELL CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Robert S. Jaffe
  Robert S. Jaffe
 

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Dated: November 15, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 14, 2012 between Pendrell Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Pendrell Washington Corporation, a Washington corporation.
3.1    Articles of Incorporation of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
3.2    Bylaws of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
10.1    Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement of Pendrell Corporation, a Washington corporation.
10.2    Pendrell Corporation 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to Pendrell’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2012).
EX-2.1 2 d434064dex21.htm AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Agreement and Plan of Merger

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Plan”) is made and entered into as of November 14, 2012, by and between Pendrell Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Pendrell Delaware”) and Pendrell Washington Corporation, a Washington corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pendrell Delaware (“Pendrell Washington”).

WHEREAS, Pendrell Delaware is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

WHEREAS, Pendrell Washington is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Pendrell Delaware has authority to issue 1,125,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which (i) 900,000,000 shares are Class A Common Stock, (ii) 150,000,000 shares are Class B Common Stock, and (iii) 75,000,000 shares are Preferred Stock, with 2,800,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and 600,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, 206,943,464 shares of Pendrell Delaware Class A Common Stock are issued and outstanding, 53,660,000 shares of Pendrell Delaware Class B Common Stock are issued and outstanding, no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding;

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Pendrell Washington has authority to issue 1,125,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which (i) 900,000,000 shares are Class A Common Stock, (ii) 150,000,000 shares are Class B Common Stock, and (iii) 75,000,000 shares are Preferred Stock, with 2,800,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and 600,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, ten shares of Pendrell Washington Class A Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are owned by Pendrell Delaware, ten shares of Pendrell Washington Class B Common Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are owned by Pendrell Delaware, no shares of shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding;

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of Pendrell Washington and Pendrell Delaware have determined that, for the purpose of effecting the reincorporation of Pendrell Delaware so that it will be organized under and governed by the corporations laws of the State of Washington, it is advisable and in the best interests of such corporations and their respective stockholders that Pendrell Delaware merge with and into Pendrell Washington upon the terms and conditions herein provided;

WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of Pendrell Washington and Pendrell Delaware have approved the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the respective stockholders of Pendrell Washington and Pendrell Delaware have approved the Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants set forth herein, Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington hereby agree to merge as follows:

1. Merger. Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“Delaware Law”) and the Revised Code of Washington (“Washington

 

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Law”), Pendrell Delaware shall be merged with and into Pendrell Washington (the “Merger”), the separate corporate existence of Pendrell Delaware shall cease and Pendrell Washington shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”). The Merger shall be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger, together with any required certificates, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law, and filing Articles of Merger, together with any required certificates, with the Secretary of the State of the State of Washington, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Washington Law (the later of the time of acceptance of the filing of the Certificate of Merger or the Articles of Merger, or such later time as may be specified in the Certificate of Merger and the Articles of Merger, being the “Effective Time”).

2. Principal Office of Pendrell Washington. The address of the principal office of Pendrell Washington is 2300 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033.

3. Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation of Pendrell Washington, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall continue to be the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and Washington Law; provided, however, that at the Effective Time, Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to read as follows: “The name of the corporation is Pendrell Corporation.” The Bylaws of Pendrell Washington, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and Washington Law.

4. Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time, the directors and officers of Pendrell Delaware immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, holding the same titles and positions, to serve until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

5. Further Assurances. Each of Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington will take all such reasonable and lawful action as may be necessary or desirable in order to effectuate the Merger in accordance with this Plan as promptly as possible. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Plan and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right and title to and possession of all assets, property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, and interests of Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington, the officers and directors of Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary actions, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Plan.

6. Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Pendrell Delaware, Pendrell Washington or the holders of any of the following securities:

(a) each share of Pendrell Delaware Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted and exchanged automatically into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Pendrell Washington Class A Common Stock;

(b) each share of Pendrell Delaware Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted and exchanged automatically into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Pendrell Washington Class B Common Stock;

(c) any shares of Pendrell Delaware capital stock then held by Pendrell Delaware or any wholly owned subsidiary of Pendrell Delaware (or held in Pendrell Delaware’s treasury) shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist;

(d) any shares of Pendrell Washington capital stock then held by Pendrell Delaware shall be reacquired by Pendrell Washington, shall be retired and shall resume the status of authorized and unissued shares of Pendrell Washington capital stock, and no shares of Pendrell Washington capital stock or other securities of Pendrell Washington shall be issued in respect thereof; and

 

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(e) each option, warrant or other right to purchase shares of Pendrell Delaware capital stock outstanding at the Effective Time shall be converted automatically into and become an option, warrant or right to purchase the number of shares of Pendrell Washington capital stock equal to the number of shares of Pendrell Delaware capital stock subject to such option, warrant or other right immediately prior to the Effective Time at an exercise or purchase price per share equal to the exercise or purchase price per share specified in the option, warrant or other right to purchase such Pendrell Delaware capital stock.

7. Stock Certificates. At and after the Effective Time, all of the outstanding certificates that prior to that time represented shares of Pendrell Delaware Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of and to represent the equivalent number of shares of Pendrell Washington Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, respectively, into which the shares of the Pendrell Delaware Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock represented by such certificates have been converted as herein provided. The registered owner on the books and records of Pendrell Delaware or its transfer agent of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or otherwise accounted for to Pendrell Washington or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any dividend and other distributions upon the shares of Pendrell Delaware Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock evidenced by such outstanding certificate as above provided.

8. Tax Benefits Plan. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Pendrell Delaware or Pendrell Washington:

(a) the Class A Rights issuable under Pendrell Delaware’s Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, effective January 29, 2010 (the “Tax Benefits Plan”), if such rights become exercisable, would initially represent the right to purchase from the Surviving Corporation one Unit of its Series A Junior Preferred Stock at a purchase price per Unit equal to the purchase price per Unit specified in the Tax Benefits Plan with respect to a Unit of Pendrell Delaware’s Series A Junior Preferred Stock; and

(b) the Class B Rights issuable under the Tax Benefits Plan, if such rights become exercisable, would initially represent the right to purchase from the Surviving Corporation one Unit of its Series B Junior Preferred Stock at a purchase price per Unit equal to the purchase price per Unit specified in the Tax Benefits Plan with respect to a Unit of Pendrell Delaware’s Series B Junior Preferred Stock.

(c) all references in the Tax Benefits Plan to the “Company” shall refer to the Surviving Corporation.

(d) the Tax Benefits Plan and each Right and each Rights Certificate issued under the Tax Benefits Plan shall be governed by Washington law rather than Delaware law.

(e) the Tax Benefits Plan shall otherwise continue in full force and effect.

9. Amendment. The boards of directors of Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington may amend this Plan at any time prior to the Merger, provided that an amendment made subsequent to the adoption of the Plan by the sole stockholder of Pendrell Washington or the stockholders of Pendrell Delaware shall not, without first obtaining the further consent of such stockholders (i) alter or change the amount or kind of shares, securities, cash, property and/or rights to be received in exchange for the Pendrell Delaware capital stock, (ii) alter or change any term of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Pendrell Washington, as the surviving corporation to the Merger, or (iii) alter or change any of the terms and conditions of the Plan if such alteration or change would adversely affect the holders of Pendrell Delaware capital stock.

10. Abandonment. At any time before the Effective Time, this Plan may be terminated and the Merger contemplated hereby may be abandoned by the board of directors of either or both of Pendrell Delaware or Pendrell Washington, notwithstanding approval of this Plan by the sole stockholder of Pendrell Washington or the stockholders of Pendrell Delaware, or both.

 

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11. Consent to Service of Process. Pendrell Washington hereby agrees that it may be served with process in the State of Delaware in any proceeding for enforcement of any obligation of Pendrell Delaware, as well as for enforcement of any obligation of Pendrell Washington arising from the Merger. Pendrell Washington hereby irrevocably appoints the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the successors of such officer its attorney in fact in the State of Delaware upon whom may be served any notice, process or pleading in any action or proceeding against it to enforce against Pendrell Washington any obligation of Pendrell Delaware. In the event of such service upon the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or the successors of such officer, such service shall be mailed or delivered personally or by overnight mail to the principal executive officers of Pendrell Washington located at 2300 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington 98033.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement and Plan of Merger, having first been duly approved by resolution of the boards of directors of Pendrell Delaware and Pendrell Washington, has been executed on behalf of each of said two corporations by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

 

PENDRELL CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:   /s/ Benjamin G. Wolff
 

Benjamin G. Wolff

Chief Executive Officer and President

PENDRELL WASHINGTON CORPORATION
a Washington corporation
By:   /s/ Benjamin G. Wolff
 

Benjamin G. Wolff

Chief Executive Officer and President

 

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EX-3.1 3 d434064dex31.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Articles of Incorporation

Exhibit 3.1

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

PENDRELL WASHINGTON CORPORATION

ARTICLE 1 – NAME

The name of the corporation is Pendrell Washington Corporation.

ARTICLE 2 – DURATION

This corporation is organized under the Washington Business Corporation Act (the “Act”) and shall have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE 3 – PURPOSES

The nature of the business or purpose to be conducted or promoted by the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Act.

ARTICLE 4 – REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

The address of the registered office of the corporation is 300 Deschutes Way S.W., Suite 304, Tumwater, Washington 98501. The name and address of its registered agent is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE 5 – SHARES

A. Classes and Series of Stock. The corporation shall have authority to issue three classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Class A Common Stock,” “Class B Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock are collectively referred to herein as the “Common Stock.” The total number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue is 1,125,000,000 shares, of which 900,000,000 shares shall be Class A Common Stock, 150,000,000 shares shall be Class B Common Stock and 75,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock. Each share of Common Stock and Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.01. Authority is hereby expressly granted, subject to the limitations and procedures prescribed by law, to the corporation’s board of directors (the “Board”) to provide for the issuance of any class or classes of Preferred Stock or any series of any class of Preferred Stock of the corporation not exceeding in the aggregate the number of Preferred Shares authorized by these Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time. Before the corporation shall issue any Preferred Shares of any series other than those series designated in these Articles of Incorporation, Articles of Amendment or Restated Articles of Incorporation, fixing the voting powers, designations, preferences, the relative, participating, option, or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations, and restrictions, if any, relating to the Preferred Shares of such series, and the number of Preferred Shares of such series authorized by the Board to be issued shall be filed with the secretary of state in accordance with the Act and shall become effective without any shareholder action. The Board is further authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of such shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issuance of shares of that series.

B. Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. Except with regard to the differential voting power as described in Section B.4 of this Article 5 and the Class B Common Conversion Rights described in Section B.7 of this Article 5, the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock shall have the same characteristics, rights, privileges, preferences and limitations and shall rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respects as to all matters.

1. Dividend Rights. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably, without regard to class such dividends as may from time to time be declared by the Board out of funds legally available therefor. Stock dividends on any class of Common Stock shall not be paid or issued unless paid or issued on all classes of Common Stock, in which case they shall be paid or issued only in shares of that class.

 

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2. Distribution of Assets upon Liquidation. In the event that the corporation shall be liquidated, dissolved or wound up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, after there shall have been paid or set aside for such parties the full amounts to which they are otherwise entitled under these Articles of Incorporation or by law, the net assets of the corporation remaining thereafter shall be divided ratably without regard to class among the holders of shares of Common Stock.

3. Redemption. Neither the corporation nor any holder of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock shall have the right to require the redemption of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, except as otherwise may be mutually agreed in writing by the corporation and one or more holders of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock with respect to such holder’s or holders’ shares of Common Stock.

4. Voting Rights. On all matters upon which holders of the Common Stock are entitled or permitted to vote, every holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of Class A Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the transfer books of the corporation, and every holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to ten votes in person or by proxy for each share of Class B Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the transfer books of the corporation. Except as otherwise provided herein or the bylaws of the corporation, or as required by law, the holders of Units of Series Junior Preferred (as defined below) and the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and any other stock of the corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the corporation.

5. Split, Subdivision or Combination. If the corporation shall in any manner split, subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of any class of Common Stock (or undertake any similar transaction), the outstanding shares of the other classes of Common Stock shall be proportionally split, subdivided or combined in the same manner and on the same basis as the outstanding shares of the other classes of Common Stock have been split, subdivided or combined. Any decrease or increase in the number of shares of any class of Common Stock resulting from a split, subdivision, combination or consolidation of shares or other capital reclassification shall not be permitted unless parallel action is taken with respect to each other class of Common Stock, so that the number of shares of each class of Common Stock outstanding shall be impacted proportionately.

6. Merger or Consolidation. In the event of any consolidation, merger, division, share exchange, combination, sale of all or substantially all of the corporation’s assets, or other transaction in which the shares of Class B Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other securities, cash and/or any other property, then the holders of each class of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive the same per share consideration in such transaction; provided that if all or part of the consideration so received consists of common stock of the surviving or resulting entity, the common stock so issued may differ as to voting and conversion rights to the extent, but only to the extent, that the classes of Common Stock so differ as set forth herein.

7. Conversion. The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall have optional conversion rights, and be subject to automatic conversion, as follows (collectively, the “Class B Common Conversion Rights”):

(a) Optional Conversion. At any time, each share of Class B Common Stock shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock.

(b) Automatic Conversion. Shares of Class B Common Stock that are sold, assigned, pledged, encumbered or transferred on any basis, whether voluntary or involuntary (a “Transfer”), shall be automatically converted into shares of Class A Common Stock, whether or not the certificates representing such shares of Class B Common Stock have been surrendered for conversion, (i) upon such Transfer except for Transfers to a Permitted Transferee (as defined below), or (ii) following a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, at the time, if any, that the Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee.

 

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(c) For purposes of this Section B.7 of this Article 5 the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(i) “Affiliate” shall mean a party that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the shareholder specified. For purposes of this definition, an entity shall be deemed to be controlled by a shareholder if (and only for so long as) (x) such shareholder has the right to vote by ownership, proxy or otherwise securities constituting 5% or more of the voting power of such entity if such entity has equity securities registered and files reports under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise (if not reporting) securities constituting 50% or more of the voting power of such entity; (y) such shareholder possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; or (z) with respect to a charitable trust, foundation or nonprofit corporation, such shareholder is the sole trustee or director or has the power to appoint a majority of the trustees or directors thereof.

(ii) “Permitted Transferee” shall mean any one of the following persons or entities:

(a) The holders of shares of the Class B Common Stock as of the date of adoption of these Articles, plus Affiliates of Eagle River Investments, L.L.C. (“Eagle River”); or

(b) in the event of any bona fide pledge by the holder of such shares of the corporation, a lender, financing entity or investment banking firm so long as the pledgee acknowledges in writing that the shares subject to such pledge are subject to automatic conversion as provided herein upon foreclosure or other action to take or sell such shares.

(d) Mechanics of Conversion. In the event of optional conversion of Class B Common Stock pursuant to Section B.7(a) of this Article 5, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the corporation or any transfer agent of such stock, and shall give written notice to the secretary of the corporation at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued. The corporation shall, as soon as practical thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder or the nominee or nominees of such holder, certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on such date of such surrender of the shares to be converted and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable on the conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock as of such date. In the event of the automatic conversion of shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to Section B.7(b) of this Article 5, the outstanding certificates representing the shares of Class B Common Stock so converted shall be deemed to represent, immediately upon such conversion and without further action, the appropriate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion; and, upon tender to the corporation of the original certificate(s) representing such converted shares of Class B Common Stock, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive new certificate(s) representing the appropriate number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion. Any shares of Class B Common Stock cancelled pursuant to this Section B.7 shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Class B Common Stock.

(e) Reservation of Class A Common Stock Issuable upon Conversion. The corporation shall at all times keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the shares of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, in addition to such other remedies as may be available to the holders of such shares, the corporation will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to these Articles of Incorporation.

 

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8. No Impairment. The corporation will not, (i) by amendment of these Articles of Incorporation or the corporation’s bylaws, (ii) by adopting any provision or entering into any agreement inconsistent therewith, or (iii) through any reorganization, recapitalization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance of shares or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the corporation, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out all of the provisions of this Article 5 and in taking all of such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the powers, preferences and rights, including the voting rights and any Class B Common Conversion Rights of the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock against impairment.

C. Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock. The corporation has designated, out of its 75,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, (1) a series of Preferred Stock known as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (hereinafter, the “Series A Junior Preferred”), consisting of 2,800,000 shares, and (2) a series of Preferred Stock known as “Series B Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (hereinafter, the “Series B Junior Preferred” and together with the Series A Junior Preferred, the “Series Junior Preferred”), consisting of 600,000 shares, having the following relative rights and preferences.

1. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) Series A Junior Preferred.

(1) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any other series of Preferred Stock or any other shares of stock of the corporation ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Junior Preferred with respect to dividends, each holder of one one-thousandth (1/1000) of a share (a “Unit”) of Series A Junior Preferred shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out of funds legally available for that purpose, and on a pari passu basis with the Series B Junior Preferred, (i) quarterly dividends payable in cash on the second Monday of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a Unit of Series A Junior Preferred, in an amount per Unit (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $0.001 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends declared on shares of the Class A Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series A Junior Preferred, and (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, quarterly distributions (payable in kind) on each Quarterly Dividend Payment Date in an amount per Unit equal to the aggregate per share amount of all non-cash dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend payable in shares of Class A Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock by reclassification or otherwise) declared on shares of Class A Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series A Junior Preferred. In the event that the corporation shall at any time after January 29, 2010 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock payable in shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which the holder of a Unit of Series A Junior Preferred was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (i) (b) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) The corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on Units of Series A Junior Preferred as provided in paragraph (1) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the shares of Class A Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Class A Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise).

 

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(3) Stock dividends on the Series A Junior Preferred shall not be paid or issued unless (x) such stock dividend is paid or issued only in shares or Units of Series A Junior Preferred or shares of Class A Common Stock and (y) a stock dividend is paid or issued contemporaneously on the Series B Junior Preferred, on the same pro rata basis and in the form of shares or Units of Series B Junior Preferred or shares of Class B Common Stock.

(4) Dividends shall begin to accrue and shall be cumulative on each outstanding Unit of Series A Junior Preferred from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issuance of a Unit of Series A Junior Preferred, unless the date of issuance of such Unit is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such Unit shall begin to accrue from the date of issuance of such Unit, or unless the date of issuance is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on Units of Series A Junior Preferred in an amount less than the aggregate amount of all such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such Units shall be allocated pro rata on a Unit-by-Unit basis among all Units of Series A Junior Preferred at the time outstanding. The Board may fix a record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

(b) Series B Junior Preferred.

(1) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any other series of Preferred Stock or any other shares of stock of the corporation ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series B Junior Preferred with respect to dividends, each holder of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out of funds legally available for that purpose, and on a pari passu basis with the Series A Junior Preferred, (i) quarterly dividends payable in cash on the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred, in an amount per Unit (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $0.001 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends declared on shares of the Class B Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred, and (ii) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, quarterly distributions (payable in kind) on each Quarterly Dividend Payment Date in an amount per Unit equal to the aggregate per share amount of all non-cash dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend payable in shares of Class B Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise) declared on shares of Class B Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred. In the event that the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock payable in shares of Class B Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which the holder of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred was entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (i) (b) or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) The corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on Units of Series B Junior Preferred as provided in paragraph (1) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the shares of Class B Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Class B Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise).

 

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(3) Stock dividends on the Series B Junior Preferred shall not be paid or issued unless (x) such stock dividend is paid or issued only in shares or Units of Series B Junior Preferred or shares of Class B Common Stock and (y) a stock dividend is paid or issued contemporaneously on the Series A Junior Preferred, on the same pro rata basis and in the form of shares or Units of Series A Junior Preferred or shares of Class A Common Stock.

(4) Dividends shall begin to accrue and shall be cumulative on each outstanding Unit of Series B Junior Preferred from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issuance of a Unit of Series B Junior Preferred, unless the date of issuance of such Unit is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such Unit shall begin to accrue from the date of issuance of such Unit, or unless the date of issuance is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on Units of Series B Junior Preferred in an amount less than the aggregate amount of all such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such Units shall be allocated pro rata on a Unit-by-Unit basis among all Units of Series B Junior Preferred at the time outstanding. The Board may fix a record date for the determination of holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

2. Voting Rights. The holders of Units of Series Junior Preferred shall have the following voting rights:

(a) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each Unit of Series A Junior Preferred shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the corporation. In the event the corporation shall, at any time after the Rights Declaration Date, (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock payable in shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per Unit to which holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(b) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each Unit of Series B Junior Preferred shall entitle the holder thereof to ten votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the corporation. In the event the corporation shall, at any time after the Rights Declaration Date, (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock payable in shares of Class B Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per Unit to which holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein or the bylaws of the corporation or as required by law, the holders of Units of Series Junior Preferred and the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and any other stock of the corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the corporation.

3. Certain Restrictions.

(a) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on Units of Series Junior Preferred as provided herein are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on outstanding Units of Series Junior Preferred shall have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:

 

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(1) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of junior stock;

(2) declare or pay dividends on, or make any other distributions on, any shares of parity stock, except dividends paid ratably on Units of Series Junior Preferred and shares of all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of such Units and all such shares are then entitled;

(3) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any parity stock, provided, however, that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any junior stock; or

(4) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Units of Series Junior Preferred, or any shares of parity stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board) to all holders of such Units and shares of parity stock upon such terms as the Board, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series and classes.

(b) The corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the corporation, unless the corporation could, under paragraph (a) of this Section 3, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

4. Reacquired Shares. Any Units of Series Junior Preferred purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such Units shall, upon their cancellation, become authorized but unissued shares (or fractions of shares) of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

5. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

(a) Series A Junior Preferred.

(1) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made (i) to the holders of shares of junior stock, unless the holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred shall have received, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in paragraph (2), the greater of either (a) $0.01 per Unit plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such payment, or (b) the amount per unit equal to the aggregate per share amount to be distributed to holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, or (ii) to the holders of shares of parity stock, unless simultaneously therewith distributions are made ratably on Units of Series A Junior Preferred and all other shares of such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred are entitled under clause (i)(a) of this sentence and to which the holders of shares of such parity stock are entitled, in each case upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

(2) In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock payable in shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of Units of Series A Junior Preferred were entitled immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (i)(b) of paragraph (1) of this Section 5(a) shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

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(b) Series B Junior Preferred.

(1) Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made (i) to the holders of shares of junior stock, unless the holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred shall have received, subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided in paragraph (B), the greater of either (a) $0.01 per Unit plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not earned or declared, to the date of such payment, or (b) the amount per unit equal to the aggregate per share amount to be distributed to holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, or (ii) to the holders of shares of parity stock, unless simultaneously therewith distributions are made ratably on Units of Series B Junior Preferred and all other shares of such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred are entitled under clause (i)(a) of this sentence and to which the holders of shares of such parity stock are entitled, in each case upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

(2) In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock payable in shares of Class B Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of Units of Series B Junior Preferred were entitled immediately prior to such event pursuant to clause (i)(b) of paragraph (1) of this Section 5(b) shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

6. Split, Subdivision or Combination. If the corporation shall in any manner split, subdivide or combine the outstanding shares or Units of either series of Series Junior Preferred (or undertake any similar transaction), the outstanding shares or Units, as applicable, of the other series of Series Junior Preferred shall be proportionally split, subdivided or combined in the same manner and on the same basis as the outstanding shares or Units of the first mentioned series of Series Junior Preferred have been split, subdivided or combined. Any decrease or increase in the number of shares or Units of either series of Series Junior Preferred resulting from a split, subdivision, combination or consolidation of shares or Units or other capital reclassification shall not be permitted unless parallel action is taken with respect to the other series of Series Junior Preferred, so that the number of shares or Units, as applicable, of each of the series of Series Junior Preferred shall be impacted proportionately.

7. Consolidation, Merger, etc.

(a) Series A Junior Preferred.

(1) In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Class A Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case Units of Series A Junior Preferred shall at the same time be similarly exchanged for or converted into an amount per Unit (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Class A Common Stock is converted or exchanged. In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock payable in shares of Class A Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding Class A Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or conversion of Units of Series A Junior Preferred shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the Units of Series B Junior Preferred are exchanged for or changed into other securities, cash and/or any other property, then the holders of the Units of Series A Junior Preferred shall be

 

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entitled to receive the same per-Unit consideration in such transaction; provided that if all or part of the consideration so received consists of common stock or other securities of the surviving or resulting entity, the common stock or other securities so issued may differ as to voting and conversion rights to the extent, but only to the extent, that the Series A Junior Preferred and Series B Junior Preferred so differ as set forth herein.

(b) Series B Junior Preferred.

(1) In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Class B Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case Units of Series B Junior Preferred shall at the same time be similarly exchanged for or converted into an amount per Unit (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Class B Common Stock is converted or exchanged. In the event the corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock payable in shares of Class B Common Stock, (ii) subdivide outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, or (iii) combine outstanding Class B Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the immediately preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or conversion of Units of Series B Junior Preferred shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that are outstanding immediately after such event and (z) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

(2) In case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the Units of Series A Junior Preferred are exchanged for or changed into other securities, cash and/or any other property, then the holders of the Units of Series B Junior Preferred shall be entitled to receive the same per-Unit consideration in such transaction; provided that if all or part of the consideration so received consists of common stock or other securities of the surviving or resulting entity, the common stock or other securities so issued may differ as to voting and conversion rights to the extent, but only to the extent, that the Series A Junior Preferred and Series B Junior Preferred so differ as set forth herein.

8. Conversion of Series B Junior Preferred. The holders of shares of Series B Junior Preferred shall have optional conversion rights, and be subject to automatic conversion, as follows (collectively, the “Series B Junior Preferred Conversion Rights”):

(a) Optional Conversion. At any time, each Unit of Series B Junior Preferred shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into one fully paid and nonassessable Unit of Series A Junior Preferred.

(b) Automatic Conversion. Units of Series B Junior Preferred that are the subject of a Transfer shall be automatically converted into an equal number of Units of Series A Junior Preferred, whether or not the certificates representing such Units of Series B Junior Preferred have been surrendered for conversion, (i) upon such Transfer, except for Transfers to a Permitted Transferee or (ii) following a Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, at the time, if any, that the Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee.

(c) Mechanics of Conversion. In the event of optional conversion of Series B Junior Preferred pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof, such holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the corporation or any transfer agent of such stock, and shall give written notice to the secretary of the corporation at its principal corporate office, of the election to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names in which the certificate or certificates for Units of Series A Junior Preferred are to be issued. The corporation shall, as soon as practical thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder or the nominee or nominees of such holder, certificate(s) for the number of Units of Series A Junior Preferred to which such holder shall be entitled. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on such date of such surrender of the Units to be converted and the person or persons entitled to receive the Units of Series A Junior Preferred issuable on the conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Units of Series A Junior Preferred as of such date. In the event of the automatic conversion of Units of Series B Junior Preferred pursuant to Section 8(b) hereof, the outstanding certificates

 

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representing the Units of Series B Junior Preferred so converted shall be deemed to represent, immediately upon such conversion and without further action, the appropriate number of Units of Series A Junior Preferred issuable upon such conversion; and, upon tender to the corporation of the original certificate(s) representing such converted Units of Series B Junior Preferred, the holder thereof shall be entitled to receive new certificate(s) representing the appropriate number of Units of Series A Junior Preferred issuable upon such conversion. Any Units of Series B Junior Preferred cancelled pursuant to this Section (8)(c) shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued Units of Series B Junior Preferred.

(d) Reservation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock Issuable upon Conversion. The corporation shall at all times keep available out of its authorized but unissued Units of Series A Junior Preferred, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Units of Series B Junior Preferred, such number of Units of Series A Junior Preferred as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all of the outstanding Units of Series B Junior Preferred; and if at any time the number of authorized but unissued Units of Series A Junior Preferred shall not be sufficient to effect the conversion of all of the then outstanding Units of Series B Junior Preferred, in addition to such other remedies as may be available to the holders of such Units, the corporation will take such corporate action as may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued Units of Series A Junior Preferred to such number of Units as shall be sufficient for such purposes, including, without limitation, engaging in best efforts to obtain the requisite shareholder approval of any necessary amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.

9. Redemption. The Units of Series Junior Preferred shall not be redeemable.

10. Ranking. The Units of Series A Junior Preferred and shares of Series A Junior Preferred shall rank pari passu with the Series B Junior Preferred and junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock and to any other class of Preferred Stock that hereafter may be issued by the corporation as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series or class shall provide otherwise. The Units of Series B Junior Preferred and shares of Series B Junior Preferred shall rank pari passu with the Series A Junior Preferred and junior to all other series of the Preferred Stock and to any other class of Preferred Stock that hereafter may be issued by the corporation as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series or class shall provide otherwise.

11. Fractional Shares. The Series Junior Preferred may be issued in Units or other fractions of a share, which Units or other fractions shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s Units or other fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of the applicable class of Series Junior Preferred.

12. Amendment.

(a) At any time when any Units of Series A Junior Preferred are outstanding, the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Units of Series A Junior Preferred so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding Units of Series A Junior Preferred, voting separately as a class.

(b) At any time when any Units of Series B Junior Preferred are outstanding, the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Units of Series B Junior Preferred so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding Units of Series B Junior Preferred, voting separately as a class.

13. Certain Definitions. As used in Section C of this Article 5 with respect to the Series Junior Preferred, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(i) The term “junior stock” (i) as used in Section C.1(c), shall mean the Class A and Class B Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation over which the Series Junior Preferred Stock has preference or priority as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section C.1(e), shall mean such

 

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Common Stock and any other class or series of capital stock of the corporation over which the Series A Junior Preferred or Series B Junior Preferred, as applicable, has preference or priority in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation.

(ii) The term “parity stock” (i) as used in Section C.1(c), shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the corporation hereafter authorized or issued ranking pari passu with the Series Junior Preferred as to dividends and (ii) as used in Section C.1(e), shall mean any class or series of capital stock of the corporation ranking pari passu with the Series A Junior Preferred or Series B Junior Preferred, as applicable, in any liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

ARTICLE 6 – NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

Except as may be otherwise provided by the Board, no preemptive rights shall exist with respect to the shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock or other securities convertible into shares of Common Stock of this corporation.

ARTICLE 7 – BYLAWS

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the Act, the Board shall have the power to make, adopt, repeal, alter, amend and rescind the bylaws for this corporation, subject to the power of the shareholders to amend or repeal such bylaws in accordance with the Act. The shareholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws for this corporation in accordance with the Act.

ARTICLE 8 – DIRECTORS

The number of directors of the corporation shall be determined in the manner specified in the bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner provided therein.

ARTICLE 9 – NO CUMULATIVE VOTING

No cumulative voting for directors shall be permitted.

ARTICLE 10 – INDEMNIFICATION

A. The capitalized terms in this Article 10 shall have the meanings set forth in RCW 23B.08.500.

B. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each individual who is or was serving as a Director or officer of the Corporation or who, while serving as a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, against any and all Liability incurred with respect to any Proceeding to which the individual is or is threatened to be made a Party because of such service, and shall make advances of reasonable Expenses with respect to such Proceeding, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without regard to the limitations in RCW 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 and 23B.08.560(2); provided that no such indemnity shall indemnify any Director or officer from or on account of: (1) acts or omissions of the Director or officer finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (2) conduct of the Director or officer finally adjudged to be in violation of RCW 23B.08.310; or (3) any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such Director or officer personally received a benefit in money, property, or services to which the Director or officer was not legally entitled.

C. To the fullest extent permitted by law, without regard to the limitations in RCW 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 and 23B.08.560(2), the rights to indemnification and advance of reasonable Expenses conferred in this Article 10 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any individual may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article 10 shall be a contract right upon which each

 

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Director or officer shall be presumed to have relied in determining to serve or to continue to serve as such. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article 10 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such Director or officer occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

D. If, after the effective date of this Article 10, the Act is amended to authorize further indemnification of Directors or officers, then Directors and officers of the Corporation shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the Act.

E. If a claim under this Article 10 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Act for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) 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 Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) 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.

F. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or, who, while a Director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise against Liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity or arising from the individual’s status as a director, officer, employee, or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against such Liability under RCW 23B.08.510 or 23B.08.520.

ARTICLE 11 – LIMITATIONS OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by the Act, as it exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended, a director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article 11 shall not adversely affect a director of this corporation with respect to any conduct of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

ARTICLE 12 – SPECIAL SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by (i) the corporation’s Chairman of the Board, (ii) the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer or President, or (iii) shareholders holding not less than a majority of all votes attributable to the issued and outstanding shares of the corporation’s stock taken together and not as separate classes, provided the request is in proper form as prescribed in the bylaws of the corporation or as otherwise required by applicable law. Such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons.

 

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ARTICLE 13 – ACTION BY MAJORITY VOTE; REDUCED VOTING REQUIREMENTS

The provisions of this Article 13 are specifically intended to reduce the voting requirements otherwise prescribed under RCW 23B.10.030, 23B.11.030, 23B.12.020 and 23B.14.020, in accordance with RCW 23B.07.270. In the case of any matter submitted to a vote of the shareholders of this corporation for which the Act requires (unless these Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise) the approval of two-thirds of the votes of each voting group entitled to be cast thereon, the approval of a majority, rather than two-thirds, of the votes of each voting group entitled to be cast on such matter shall be sufficient for such matter to be approved. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such matters are intended to include, to the extent not inconsistent with the Act, amendments to these Articles of Incorporation, mergers and share exchanges, sales of assets other than in the ordinary course of business, and dissolution. In addition, except as otherwise provided in these Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time, the application of separate voting group rights under RCW 23B.10.040(1)(a), (e) or (f), or 23B.11.035 (or any related section concerning voting group rights as to mergers or share exchanges), is hereby explicitly denied.

ARTICLE 14 – AMENDMENTS

The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statutes, and all rights conferred upon the shareholders and directors therein are granted subject to this reservation.

The undersigned, as Incorporator of Pendrell Washington Corporation, has signed these Articles of Incorporation on November 1, 2012.

 

PENDRELL WASHINGTON CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Robert S. Jaffe
 

Robert S. Jaffe, Incorporator

2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, WA 98033

 

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EX-3.2 4 d434064dex32.htm BYLAWS Bylaws

Exhibit 3.2

PENDRELL CORPORATION

(formerly Pendrell Washington Corporation)

A Washington Corporation (the “Corporation”)

BYLAWS

ARTICLE I. SHAREHOLDERS

Section 1.1 Annual Meeting.

An annual meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation shall be held each year on such date as the Board of Directors (the “Board”) shall determine pursuant to proper notice. The failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated or fixed in accordance with these Bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

Section 1.2 Special Meetings.

Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be held at any time upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, at such time and place either within or without the State of Washington as may be stated in the notice. Holders of not less than a majority of all the votes attributable to the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation’s stock taken together and not as separate classes may call special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose by giving notice to the Corporation as specified in Section 1.9(c).

Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

Written or electronic notice of each shareholders’ meeting stating the date, time, and place and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose(s) for which such meeting is called, shall be given to all shareholders in writing not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Such notice shall specify the place, date and hour, and in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which shareholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. Upon written request delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 1.9(c) hereof by the holders of shares representing not less than the number of votes specified in Section 1.2 hereof, the shareholders may request that the Corporation call a special meeting of shareholders. Within thirty (30) days of such a request, the Secretary shall give notice of a special meeting of shareholders to be held on such date and at such place and hour as the Secretary may fix, and if the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to issue such notice, the person making the request may do so and may fix the date for such meeting.

A shareholder may waive any notice required to be given by these Bylaws, or the Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation, or the WBCA, before or after the meeting that is the subject of such notice. A valid waiver is created by any of the following four methods: (a) in an executed and dated record (as defined in the Act) delivered by the shareholder entitled to notice to the Corporation for inclusion in its corporate records; (b) if the Corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the waiver may be electronically transmitted and the waiver is electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an executed and dated electronically transmitted record (c) attendance at the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; or (d) failure to object at the time of presentation of a matter not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice.

Section 1.4 Quorum.

Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any meeting of shareholders, the holders of shares representing a majority of all of the votes assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present in person or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, shares representing a majority of all the votes assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the outstanding shares of such class or classes, present in

 

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person or represented by proxy at the meeting, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. In the absence of a quorum, a majority in voting interest of the shareholders present or the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.5 of these Bylaws until a quorum shall be present.

Section 1.5 Adjournment.

Any meeting of shareholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or 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 shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 1.6 Organization.

The Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a Vice President (in order of seniority), shall call to order meetings of shareholders, and shall act as chairman of such meetings. The Board or, if the Board fails to act, the shareholders, may appoint any shareholder, director, or officer of the Corporation to act as chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, and all Vice Presidents. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of shareholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 1.7 Voting.

Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any meeting duly called and held at which a quorum is present, corporate action to be taken by shareholder vote, other than the election of directors, shall be authorized by a majority of the votes (assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the shares of the Corporation represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote) cast by the shareholders entitled to vote and present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting; provided, however, that where a separate vote of a class or classes is required, corporate action to be taken by such class or classes shall be authorized by a majority of the votes (assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the shares of the Corporation represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote) cast by such class or classes. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders by a plurality of the votes (assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the shares of the Corporation represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote) cast by the shareholders entitled to vote and present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.

Section 1.8 Proxy Representation.

Each shareholder entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders or to express consent to or dissent from corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person to act for him, her or it by proxy. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from its date, unless it provides otherwise. Such authorization may be accomplished by the shareholder or such shareholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent (a) executing a writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including facsimile signature, or (b) transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission to the intended holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service or similar agent duly authorized by the intended proxy holder to receive such transmission; provided, that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission must either set forth or be accompanied by information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the shareholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission by which a shareholder has authorized another person to act as proxy for such shareholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

 

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Section 1.9 Business at Annual and Special Meetings. No business may be transacted at an annual or special meeting of shareholders other than business that is:

(a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof);

(b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof); or

(c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting:

(i) by (x) a shareholder that holds of record stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting on such matter (including any election of a director) (“Record Holder”) or (y) a person (a “Nominee Holder”) that holds such stock through a nominee or “street name” holder of record of such stock and can demonstrate to the Corporation such indirect ownership of, and such Nominee Holder’s entitlement to vote, such stock on such matter; and

(ii) such shareholder complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 1.10 (such Record and Nominee Holders are referred to as “Noticing Shareholders”). If a special meeting is called as a result of demands by more than one Noticing Shareholder, the references to Record Holder in (c)(i)(x) and Nominee Holder in (c)(i)(y) refers to each person making a demand and the requirement of (c)(ii) applies to all persons making a demand, but persons other than the first person making demand need only comply with Section 1.10(b)(i), (ii)(B) and (iii). Clause (c) of this Section 1.9 shall be the exclusive means for a Noticing Shareholder to make nominations or submit other business before a meeting of shareholders (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, which matters are not governed by these Bylaws).

Section 1.10 Notice of Shareholder Business to be Conducted at Meetings of Shareholders. In order for a Noticing Shareholder to properly bring any item of business before a meeting of shareholders, timely notice must be given in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation.

(a) To be timely, a Noticing Shareholders’ notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation:

(i) as to an annual meeting, not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, not later than the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation; or

(ii) as to a special meeting, not later than the close of business on the date of delivery of the first shareholder demand in compliance with Section 23B.07.020(a) of the Washington Business Corporation Act (the “WBCA”).

In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting, or the announcement thereof, commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described above.

(b) To be in proper form, a Noticing Shareholder’s notice to the secretary of the Corporation must:

(i) set forth, as to the Noticing Shareholder and, if the Noticing Shareholder holds for the benefit of another, the beneficial owner, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:

(A) the name and address of such Noticing Shareholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books and, if the Noticing Shareholder holds for the benefit of another, the name and address of such beneficial owner (collectively “Holder”),

(B) the following information:

(1) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and/or of record;

 

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(2) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) that is directly or indirectly owned beneficially and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation;

(3) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such Holder has a right to vote or has granted a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation;

(4) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Bylaw a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such Holder directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security);

(5) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Holder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;

(6) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership or limited liability company or similar entity in which such Holder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, is the manager, managing member or directly or indirectly beneficially owns an interest in the manager or managing member of a limited liability company or similar entity;

(7) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such Holder is entitled to which is based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or any Derivative Instruments; and

(8) the information called for by (1) through (7) for any members of such Holder’s immediate family sharing the same household;

(C) such information shall be provided as of the date of the notice required by (B) and any changes in the information required by (B) between the initial disclosure and the record date for the meeting shall be disclosed by such Holder in a supplemental notice to be provided to the Corporation not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting;

(D) any other information relating to such Holder, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(ii) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting, such notice must set forth:

(A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such Holder, in such business, and

(B) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings, direct and indirect, between such Holder, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such shareholder;

(iii) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the Holder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors:

(A) all information relating to such Holder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and

 

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(B) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such Holder and respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K if the Holder making the nomination or on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and

(iv) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 1.11 of these Bylaws.

The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

(c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of this Section 1.10(a)(i) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a shareholder’s notice required by this Bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business 10 days following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Bylaw, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

(e) For purposes of this Bylaw, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, a Noticing Shareholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Bylaw; provided, however, that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 1.10 or Section 1.9 of the Bylaws. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. For avoidance of doubt this Section 1.10 shall also constitute an “advance notice provision” for annual meetings for purposes of Rule 14a-4(c)(1), promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Section 1.11 Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, pursuant to a nomination by a Noticing Shareholder a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 1.10) to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the secretary upon written request) that such person:

(a) is not and will not become a party to:

(i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation, or

 

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(ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law;

(b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein; and

(c) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

ARTICLE II. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2.1 Number and Term of Office.

The business, property, and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of the Corporation. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall be not less than one (1) nor more than seventeen (17) as fixed from time to time by vote of a majority of the entire Board; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors may shorten the term of any incumbent director. Unless a director resigns or is removed, he or she shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is elected, whichever is later.

Section 2.2 Nomination and Election.

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations for the election of Directors may be made by the Board or by a nominating committee of the Board or by any shareholder of record entitled to vote for the election of directors at such meeting; provided, however, that a shareholder may nominate persons for election as directors only if written notice (in accordance with Section 1.9(c) hereof) of such shareholder’s intention to make such nominations is received by the Secretary not later than (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of the shareholders, 60 days prior to the date specified in Section 1.1 hereof for such annual meeting (or if less than 40 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is given or made to the shareholders, not later than the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made) and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the close of business on the seventh business day following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to shareholders. Any such shareholder’s notice shall set forth (a) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make a nomination; (b) a representation that the shareholder is entitled to vote at such meeting and a statement of the number of shares of the corporation that are beneficially owned by the shareholder; (c) a representation that the shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (d) as to each person the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, the name and address of such person and such other information regarding such nominee as would be required in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had such nominee been nominated by the Board, and a description of any arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and such nominee and any other persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination is to be made; and (e) the consent of each such nominee to serve as a director if elected. If the facts warrant, the Board, or the chairman of a shareholders’ meeting at which directors are to be elected, shall determine and declare that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure and, if it is so determined, the defective nomination shall be disregarded. The right of shareholders to make nominations pursuant to the foregoing procedure is subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Corporation’s common stock as to dividends or upon liquidation. The procedures set forth in this Section 2.2 for nomination for the election of directors by shareholders are in addition to, and not in limitation of, any procedures now in effect or hereafter adopted by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof.

(b) At each election of directors, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes (as assigned under the Articles of Incorporation to the shares of the Corporation represented in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote), up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be the directors.

 

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Section 2.3 Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board.

The directors may elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board who shall be subject to the control of and may be removed by the Board. The Vice Chairman, if elected, shall have such powers and duties as the Board may assign to him or her.

Section 2.4 Meetings.

Regular meetings of the Board may be held with notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Special meetings of the Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated in the notice of the meeting whenever called by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer (if a director), the President (if a director) or by a majority of the directors then in office.

Section 2.5 Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice.

Notice of meetings of the Board shall be given to all directors, either orally or in writing (including a voice-messaging system or other system designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means) at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting.

A director may waive notice of a meeting either before or after the meeting by signing a written waiver of notice or by any waiver by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. In addition, attendance or participation at any meeting shall constitute waiver of notice of such meeting unless a director attends or participates for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

Section 2.6 Quorum and Organization of Meetings.

A majority of the total number of members of the Board as constituted from time to time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or, if vacancies exist on the Board, a majority of the total number of directors then serving on the Board provided that such number may be not less than one-third of the total number of directors fixed in the manner provided by these Bylaws. If at any meeting of the Board (whether or not adjourned from a previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice or waiver. Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present may decide any question brought before such meeting. Meetings shall be presided over by the Chairman, or in his or her absence, by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or such other person as the directors may select. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his or her absence, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. A director of the Corporation present at a Board or committee meeting at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or unless such director files a written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or forwards such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. A director who voted in favor of such action may not dissent.

Section 2.7 Committees.

The Board may by resolution designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that persons who are not directors of the Corporation may also be members of such committees to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board. 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 thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution approved by every member of the Board and permitted by law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business, property, and affairs of the Corporation. Each

 

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committee of the Board may fix its own rules and procedures. Notice of meetings of committees, other than of regular meetings provided for by the rules, shall be given to committee members in a manner prescribed by such committee’s rules or, if not so prescribed, in a manner permitted for delivery of notices of meetings of the Board. All action taken by committees shall be recorded in minutes of the meetings.

Section 2.8 Action Without Meeting.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, 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 of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto, and the consents describing the action taken are executed by each director, and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records, each of which consents shall be set forth either (a) in an executed record or (b) if the Corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the consents may be electronically transmitted and the consent is electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an executed electronically transmitted record. Action taken by unanimous written consent is effective when the last director executes the consent, unless the consent specifies a later effective date.

Section 2.9 Telephone Meetings.

Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be deemed to restrict the power of members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, to participate in a meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

ARTICLE III. OFFICERS

Section 3.1 Number, Election and Term.

Officers of the Corporation shall be a President and Secretary. The Board shall elect Officers at its first meeting, and at each regular annual meeting of the Board thereafter. Each Officer shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting of the Directors and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. Any one person may hold more than one office if it is deemed advisable by the Board.

Section 3.2 Additional Officers and Agents.

The Board may elect or appoint such other officers (including a Chief Executive Officer and one or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer, Controller and one or more Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries) as it may deem necessary or desirable. Each officer shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board from time to time.

ARTICLE IV. DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 4.1 Number.

The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a chief executive officer, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary, a chief financial officer and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be necessary may also be appointed by a duly appointed officer to whom such authority has been delegated by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable, except that the offices of president and secretary shall be filled as expeditiously as possible.

Section 4.2 Powers and Duties of Officers.

The Board of Directors, or a duly authorized officer, shall establish and may at any time modify the powers, duties and responsibilities of each officer.

 

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ARTICLE V. RESIGNATIONS, REMOVALS, AND VACANCIES

Section 5.1 Resignations.

Any director or officer of the Corporation, or any member of any committee, may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified therein, then upon receipt thereof. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 5.2 Removals.

Any officer elected by the Board may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. The Board may remove with or without cause any member of any committee and may, with or without cause, disband any committee. Any director or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the votes entitled at the time to vote at an election of directors.

Section 5.3 Vacancies.

Except as otherwise set forth in this paragraph, any vacancy in the office of any director or officer through death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or other cause, and any additional directorship resulting from increase in the number of directors, shall be filled at any time by a majority of the directors then in office (even though less than a quorum remains) and the person so chosen shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified; or, if the person so chosen is a director elected to fill a vacancy, such person shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.

ARTICLE VI. CAPITAL STOCK

Section 6.1 Stock Certificates.

The certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, or shall be uncertificated. Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Any and all signatures on any such certificates may be facsimiles. 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 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.

Section 6.2 Transfer of Shares.

Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of capital stock, if any, shares of the capital stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of such shares or by his or her duly authorized attorney, upon the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such stock properly endorsed and the payment of taxes due thereon.

Section 6.3 Fixing Record Date.

In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which, unless otherwise provided by law, shall not be more than sixty nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action.

 

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Section 6.4 Lost Certificates.

The Board or any transfer agent of the Corporation may direct one or more new certificate(s) representing stock of the Corporation to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board (or any transfer agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by a resolution of the Board) may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board (or any transfer agent so authorized) shall direct to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificates, and such requirement may be general or confined to specific instances.

Section 6.5 Regulations.

The Board shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, registration, cancellation, and replacement of certificates representing stock of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.1 Corporate Seal.

There shall be no corporate seal.

Section 7.2 Fiscal Year.

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board.

Section 7.3 Notice Generally. Whenever any notice is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws to be given to any shareholder, director, or officer, such notice, except as otherwise provided by law, may be given as follows:

(a) Oral Notice. Oral notice, where specifically authorized, may be communicated in person, by telephone, wire or wireless equipment which does not transmit a facsimile of the notice, or by any electronic means which does not create a record. Oral notice is effective when received if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

(b) Written Notice. Written notice may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; telegraph or teletype; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment which transmits a facsimile of the notice and provides the transmitter with an electronically generated receipt. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following: (a) if notice is sent to the person’s address, telephone number, or other number appearing on the records of the Corporation, when dispatched by telegraph, teletype or facsimile equipment; (b) when received; (c) except as provided in the following sentence, five (5) days after its deposit in the U.S. mail if mailed with first-class postage, to the address as it appears on the current records of the Corporation; (d) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. Written notice to a shareholder, if in a comprehensible form and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders, is effective (a) when mailed, if mailed with first class postage prepaid; and (b) when dispatched, if prepaid, by air courier.

(c) Electronic Notice. Notices to directors and shareholders from the Corporation and from directors and shareholders to the Corporation may be provided in an electronic transmission. Subject to contrary provisions in the WBCA, notice to shareholders or directors in an electronic transmission shall be effective only with respect to shareholders and directors that have consented, in the form of a record, to receive electronically transmitted notices and that have designated in the consent the address, location, or system to which these notices may be electronically transmitted and with respect to a notice that otherwise complies with any other requirements of the WBCA and any applicable federal law.

 

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A shareholder or director who has consented to receipt of electronically transmitted notices may revoke this consent by delivering a revocation to the Corporation in the form of a record. The consent of any shareholder or director is revoked if (a) the Corporation is unable to electronically transmit two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with the consent, and (b) this inability becomes known to the secretary, the transfer agent, or any other person responsible for giving the notice. The inadvertent failure by the Corporation to treat this inability as a revocation does not invalidate any meeting or other action.

Notice provided in an electronic transmission, if in comprehensible form, is effective when it: (a) is electronically transmitted to an address, location, or system designated by the recipient for that purpose; or (b) has been posted on an electronic network and a separate record of the posting has been delivered to the recipient together with comprehensible instructions regarding how to obtain access to the posting on the electronic network.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Bylaw or any other section of the WBCA and for so long as the Corporation is a public company, if the WBCA requires that a notice to shareholders be accompanied by certain material, the Corporation may satisfy such a requirement, whether or not a shareholder has consented to receive electronically transmitted notice, by (i) posting the material on an electronic network (either separate from, or in combination or as part of, any other materials the public company has posted on the electronic network in compliance with applicable federal law) at or prior to the time that the notice is delivered to the Corporation’s shareholders entitled to receive the notice, and (ii) delivering to the Corporation’s shareholders entitled to receive the notice a separate record of the posting (which record may accompany, or be contained in, the notice), together with comprehensible instructions regarding how to obtain access to the posting on the electronic network. In such a case, the material is deemed to have been delivered to the Corporation’s shareholders at the time the notice to the shareholders is effective under this Bylaw and the WBCA. If the Corporation elects to post on an electronic network any material required by the WBCA to accompany a notice to shareholders then the Corporation is required, at its expense, to provide a copy of the material in a tangible medium (alone or in combination or as part of any other materials the Corporation has posted on the electronic network in compliance with federal law) to any shareholder entitled to such a notice who so requests.

Section 7.4 Stock of Other Corporations or Other Interests.

Unless otherwise ordered by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President, and such attorneys or agents of the Corporation as may from time to time be authorized by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of this Corporation to attend and to act and vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the holders of securities of any corporation or other entity in which this Corporation may own or hold shares or other securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise all the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such shares or other securities which this Corporation, as the owner or holder thereof, might have possessed and exercised if present. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and President, or such authorized attorneys or agents, may also execute and deliver on behalf of this Corporation powers of attorney, proxies, consents, waivers, and other instruments relating to the shares or securities owned or held by this Corporation.

Section 7.5 Access to Information.

Notwithstanding any right to the contrary contained in any agreement between the Corporation and any shareholder of the Corporation, no shareholder of the Corporation will be entitled to access to any defense articles, technical data or defense services as defined in the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (22 CFR 120-130) unless written approval is first granted by the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the U.S. Department of State or to other information having distribution restrictions under other U.S. export laws, unless such access is first approved by the applicable government agency.

 

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ARTICLE VIII. AMENDMENTS

The Board shall have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws except as otherwise provided by law or the Articles of Incorporation.

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The Undersigned certifies that these were adopted by the Board of Directors of Pendrell Washington Corporation on November 2, 2012.

 

PENDRELL CORPORATION

(formerly Pendrell Washington Corporation)

By:  

/s/ Robert S. Jaffe

  Robert S. Jaffe, Corporate Secretary

 

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EX-10.1 5 d434064dex101.htm FORM OF DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT Form of Director and Executive Officer Indemnification Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

PENDRELL CORPORATION

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made as of                     , by and between PENDRELL CORPORATION (the “Company”), a Washington corporation, and                     (“Indemnitee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company desires to attract and retain the involvement of highly qualified individuals, such as Indemnitee, to serve the Company and, in part, in order to induce Indemnitee to be involved with the Company;

WHEREAS, the Company and Indemnitee each further recognize the substantial increase in corporate litigation in general, subjecting directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to expensive litigation risks at the same time as the availability and coverage of liability insurance can be constrained;

WHEREAS, competent and experienced persons often are reluctant to serve as directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries of corporations unless they are protected by comprehensive polices of insurance and indemnification, due to the number of lawsuits against such corporations and their directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries, the attendant expense of defending against such lawsuits, and the exposure of such directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries to unreasonably high damages;

WHEREAS, present laws and interpretations are not always sufficiently certain to provide such directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries with adequate, reliable knowledge of the legal risks to which they might be exposed as a result of serving a corporation;

WHEREAS, the Company has concluded that protecting its directors, officers, employees, agents and fiduciaries against such risks helps to attract the most capable persons to such positions;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to have Indemnitee serve or continue to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company free from undue concern for damages by reason of Indemnitee being a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or by reason of his or her decisions or actions on its behalf, and Indemnitee is willing to serve or to continue to serve in one or more of such capacities, if he or she is furnished the indemnity provided for hereinafter; and

WHEREAS, to induce Indemnitee to serve or continue to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Company has determined to grant to Indemnitee, as permitted by Sections 23B.08.510 and 23B.08.530 of the Washington Business Corporation Act of the State of Washington (hereinafter, the “WBCA”), rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses as provided herein, whether or not expressly provided in the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company or other provisions of the WBCA.

 

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AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and Indemnitee hereby agree as set forth below.

1. Certain Definitions.

(a) “Affiliate” of an individual, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity (each a “Person”) means a Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first Person, and with respect to a natural person includes any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, and includes adoptive relationships. “Controlled by” and “under common control with” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or credit arrangement, as trustee or executor, or otherwise.

(b) Claim” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that Indemnitee believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution mechanism, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise.

(c) References to the “Company” shall include, in addition to Pendrell Corporation, any resulting or constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, agents, control persons, shareholders, or fiduciaries, so that if Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee, agent, control person, shareholder or fiduciary of such constituent corporation, or is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, control person, shareholder, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other enterprise, Indemnitee shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Agreement with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as Indemnitee would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

(d) Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, to be a witness in or to participate in, any action, suit, proceeding, alternative dispute resolution mechanism, hearing, inquiry or investigation), judgments, losses, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement (if such settlement is approved in advance by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) of any Claim regarding any Indemnifiable Event and any

 

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federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such expenses.

(e) Expense Advance” shall mean an advance payment of Expenses to Indemnitee pursuant to Section 4(a).

(f) Indemnifiable Event” shall mean any event or occurrence in any way resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, based upon or directly related to the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or by reason of (or arising in part or in whole out of) any event or occurrence related to (a) the fact that Indemnitee is or was or may be deemed a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, or (b) is or was or may be deemed to be serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any alleged breach by Indemnitee of his or her fiduciary duty as a director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (d) by reason of any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee while serving in the capacity of a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company, or any subsidiary of the Company, including, without limitation, any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses and liabilities, joint or several (including any investigation, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit, proceeding or any claim asserted) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, or (e) which relates directly or indirectly to the registration, purchase, sale or ownership of any securities of the Company or to any fiduciary obligation owed with respect thereto, or (f) as a direct or indirect result of any Claim made by any shareholder of the Company against Indemnitee and arising out of or related to any round of financing of the Company (including but not limited to Claims regarding nonparticipation, or non-prorata participation, in such round by such shareholder), or (g) made by a third party against Indemnitee based on any misstatement or omission of a material fact by the Company in violation of any duty of disclosure imposed on the Company by federal or state securities or common laws.

(g) References to the “Indemnitee” shall include, in addition to Indemnitee, his or her employees, agents, spouse and their respective Affiliates, including, without limitation, any of such Persons who may be liable within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, or Section 20 of the Exchange Act.

(h) Independent Legal Counsel” shall mean an attorney or firm of attorneys, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof, who shall not have otherwise performed services for the Company or Indemnitee within the last three (3) years (other than with respect to matters concerning the rights of Indemnitee under this Agreement, or of other indemnitees under similar indemnity agreements).

 

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(i) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or its beneficiaries; and if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

(j) Reviewing Party” shall mean (i) a majority of the Company’s Qualified Directors (as defined in WBCA 23B.08.720(4)) , even if less than a quorum, (ii) a committee of Qualified Directors, even if less than a quorum, selected by a majority of the Qualified Directors, even if less than a quorum or (iii) at Indemnitee’s election, Independent Legal Counsel.

2. Agreement to Serve. Indemnitee agrees to serve or continue to serve as an officer and/or member of the board of directors of the Company for so long as he or she is duly elected or appointed or until such time as he or she tenders his or her resignation in writing.

3. Indemnification.

(a) Indemnification of Expenses. Subject to Section 3(b) below, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law if Indemnitee was or is or becomes a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or other participant in, any Claim by reason of, or arising in part out of, any Indemnifiable Event, against Expenses, including all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect of such Expenses. Such payment of Expenses shall be made by the Company as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) business days after written demand by Indemnitee therefor is presented to the Company.

(b) Reviewing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the obligations of the Company under Section 3(a) shall be subject to the condition that the Reviewing Party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which the Independent Legal Counsel referred to in Section 3(c) hereof is involved) that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law, and (ii) the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and to the extent that the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid; provided, however, that if Indemnitee has commenced or thereafter commences legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination made by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee would not be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding, the Company shall continue to make Expense Advances to Indemnitee, and Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the

 

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Company for any Expense Advance until a final judicial determination is made with respect thereto (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed). Indemnitee’s obligation to reimburse the Company for any Expense Advance shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon. If there has been no determination by the Reviewing Party or if the Reviewing Party determines that Indemnitee substantively would not be permitted to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination by the Reviewing Party or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual bases therefor, and the Company hereby consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. Absent such litigation, any determination by the Reviewing Party shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and Indemnitee.

(c) Independent Legal Counsel. With respect to all matters thereafter arising concerning the rights of Indemnitee to payments of Expenses and Expense Advances under this Agreement or any other agreement or under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) or Bylaws as now or hereafter in effect, Independent Legal Counsel, if desired by Indemnitee, shall be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its written opinion to the Company and Indemnitee as to whether and to what extent Indemnitee would be permitted to be indemnified under applicable law and the Company agrees to abide by such opinion. The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees of the Independent Legal Counsel referred to above and to indemnify fully such counsel against any and all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to pay Expenses of more than one Independent Legal Counsel in connection with all matters concerning a single Indemnitee, and such Independent Legal Counsel shall be the Independent Legal Counsel for any or all other Indemnitees unless (i) the Company otherwise determines, (ii) the Independent Legal Counsel is no longer willing or able to serve, or (iii) any Indemnitee shall provide a written statement setting forth in detail a reasonable objection to such Independent Legal Counsel serving and Independent Legal Counsel with respect to other Indemnitees.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 3(a) above for any reason is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to Indemnitee in respect of any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities referred to therein, then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by Indemnitee as a result of such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and Indemnitee in connection with the action or inaction which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. In connection with the registration of the Company’s securities, the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions that the net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and Indemnitee, in each case as set forth in the

 

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table on the cover page of the applicable prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the securities so offered. The relative fault of the Company and Indemnitee shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or Indemnitee and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and Indemnitee agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3(d) were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. In connection with the registration of the Company’s securities, in no event shall Indemnitee be required to contribute any amount under this Section 3(d) in excess of the lesser of (i) that proportion of the total of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities indemnified against equal to the proportion of the total securities sold under such registration statement which is being sold by Indemnitee or (ii) the proceeds received by Indemnitee from its sale of securities under such registration statement. No person found guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Mandatory Payment of Expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of any action without prejudice, in defense of any Claim regarding any Indemnifiable Event, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection therewith.

4. Expenses; Indemnification Procedure.

(a) Advancement of Expenses. The Company shall advance all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee. The advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee as soon as practicable but in any event no later than thirty (30) business days after written demand by Indemnitee is presented to the Company, if Indemnitee provides the Company with all of the following: (a) a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has not breached or failed to perform his or her duties to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; and (b) a written undertaking, executed personally, to repay all Expense Advances to the extent that it is ultimately determined that indemnification under this Section 4(a) is not required under Section 3.

(b) Notice/Cooperation by Indemnitee. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified under this Agreement, give the Company notice in writing as soon as practicable of any Claim made against Indemnitee for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Agreement. Notice to the Company shall be directed to the Secretary of the Company at the address shown on the signature page of this Agreement (or such other address as the Company shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s power.

 

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(c) No Presumptions; Burden of Proof. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any Claim by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet any particular standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. In addition, neither the failure of the Reviewing Party to have made a determination as to whether Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular belief, nor an actual determination by the Reviewing Party that Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the commencement of legal proceedings by Indemnitee to secure a judicial determination that Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, shall be a defense to Indemnitee’s claim or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met any particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular belief. In connection with any determination by the Reviewing Party or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the burden of proof shall be on the Company to establish that Indemnitee is not so entitled.

(d) Notice to Insurers. If, at the time of the receipt by the Company of a notice of a Claim pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, the Company has liability insurance in effect which may cover such Claim, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such Claim to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Claim in accordance with the terms of such policies.

(e) Selection of Counsel. In the event the Company shall be obligated hereunder to pay the Expenses of any Claim, the Company, if appropriate, shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel approved by Indemnitee upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of the Company’s election so to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Agreement for any fees or expenses of separate counsel subsequently employed by or on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to the same Claim; provided that, (i) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee’s separate counsel in any such Claim at Indemnitee’s expense; (ii) Indemnitee shall have the right to employ its own counsel in connection with any such proceeding, at the expense of the Company, if such counsel serves in a review, observer, advice and counseling capacity and does not otherwise materially control or participate in the defense of such proceeding; and (iii) if (A) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee has been previously authorized by the Company, (B) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense, or (C) the Company shall not continue to retain such counsel to defend such Claim, then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Company.

 

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5. Additional Indemnification Rights; Nonexclusivity.

(a) Scope. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement, the Company’s Articles, the Company’s Bylaws or by statute. In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of a Washington corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, shareholder, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change. In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Washington corporation to indemnify a member of its board of directors or an officer, shareholder, employee, controlling person, agent or fiduciary, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder except as set forth in Section 9(a) hereof.

(b) Nonexclusivity. The indemnification provided by this Agreement shall be in addition to any rights to which Indemnitee may be entitled under the Company’s Articles, the Company’s Bylaws, any other agreement, any vote of shareholders or Qualified Directors, the WBCA, or otherwise. The indemnification provided under this Agreement shall continue as to Indemnitee for any action Indemnitee took or did not take while serving in an indemnified capacity even though Indemnitee may have ceased to serve in such capacity and such indemnification shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee from and after Indemnitee’s first day of affiliation with the Company.

(c) No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Claim made against Indemnitee to the extent Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, provision of the Company’s Articles, bylaw or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

6. Partial Indemnification. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for any portion of Expenses incurred in connection with any Claim, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such Expenses to which Indemnitee is entitled.

7. Mutual Acknowledgment. Both the Company and Indemnitee acknowledge that in certain instances, federal law or applicable public policy, including policies articulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, may prohibit the Company from indemnifying its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, controlling persons, agents, fiduciaries or related parties under this Agreement or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Company has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Company’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee. In any such case, the Company shall provide contribution to Indemnitee with respect to any Claim to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

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8. More Favorable Terms.

(a) If at any time when this Agreement is in effect, the Company provides to any director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary more favorable indemnification terms than the indemnification terms provided under this Agreement, the Company will promptly notify Indemnitee of such change in terms and the Company shall grant equally favorable terms to Indemnitee as those granted to such other director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary. The more favorable terms shall apply as of the effective date of the Company’s arrangement with its other director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, as applicable, and shall continue until the earlier of termination of this Agreement or the termination of such arrangement.

(b) To the extent the Company maintains liability insurance applicable to directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policies in such a manner as to provide Indemnitee the same rights and benefits as are provided to the most favorably insured of the Company’s directors, if Indemnitee is a director; or of the Company’s officers, if Indemnitee is not a director of the Company but is an officer; or of the Company’s key employees, agents or fiduciaries, if Indemnitee is not an officer or director but is a key employee, agent or fiduciary.

9. Exceptions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement:

(a) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance Expenses to Indemnitee with respect to Claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except (i) with respect to actions or proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Agreement or any other agreement or insurance policy or under the Company’s Articles or Bylaws now or hereafter in effect relat ing to Claims for Indemnifiable Events, (ii) in specific cases if the Board of Directors has approved the initiation or bringing of such Claim, or (iii) as otherwise required under the WBCA, regardless of whether Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, advance expense payment or insurance recovery, as the case may be.

(b) Claims under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for Expenses and the payment of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any similar successor statute.

(c) Unlawful Indemnification. To indemnify Indemnitee if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.

(d) Claims Under Section 23B.08.510 of the WBCA. To indemnify Indemnitee if (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith or in a manner reasonably believed by Indemnitee to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful, or (iii) Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company or the Indemnitee was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by the Indemnitee, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action was brought shall permit indemnification as provided in Section 23B.08.510 of the WBCA.

 

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(e) Statutory Reimbursement Obligations. For any reimbursement of the Company by the Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation of any profits realized by the Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the securities laws of the United States, including but not limited to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against Indemnitee, Indemnitee’s estate, spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of five (5) years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such five (5) year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of action, such shorter period shall govern.

11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.

12. Binding Effect; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company). The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect, and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all, or a substantial part, of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a director, officer, employee, agent, controlling person, shareholder or fiduciary (as applicable) of the Company or of any other enterprise at the Company’s request.

13. Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any action is instituted by Indemnitee under this Agreement or under any liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof or thereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee with respect to such action, regardless of whether Indemnitee is ultimately successful in such action, and shall be entitled to the advancement of Expenses with respect to such action, unless as a part of such action a court of competent jurisdiction over such action determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee as a basis for such action were not made in good faith or were frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the Company under this Agreement to enforce or interpret any of the terms of this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in defense of such action (including costs and expenses incurred with respect to Indemnitee’s counterclaims and cross-claims made in such action), and shall be entitled to the advancement of Expenses with respect to such action.

 

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14. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if delivered by hand and signed for by the party addressed, on the date of such delivery, or (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the fifth business day after the date postmarked. Addresses for notice to either party are as shown on the signature page of this Agreement, or as subsequently modified by written notice.

15. Consent to Jurisdiction. The Company and Indemnitee each hereby irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Washington for all purposes in connection with any action or proceeding which arises out of or relates to this Agreement and agree that any action instituted under this Agreement shall be commenced, prosecuted and continued only in the Courts of Washington.

16. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, and the remaining provisions shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law. Furthermore, to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of this Agreement containing any provision held to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable that is not itself invalid, void or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

17. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and its provisions construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington as applied to contracts between Washington residents entered into and to be performed entirely within the State of Washington.

18. Subrogation. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all documents required and shall do all acts that may be necessary to secure such rights and to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

19. Amendment and Termination. No amendment, modification, termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing signed by both the parties hereto. Notice of same shall be provided to all parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

20. Integration and Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes and merges all previous written and oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and agreements relating to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto.

 

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21. No Construction as Employment Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as giving Indemnitee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliated entities.

22. Corporate Authority. The Company represents and warrants that it has all necessary corporate authority to enter into this Agreement, including without limitation the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company.

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Indemnification Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:

PENDRELL CORPORATION,

a Washington corporation

By:

 

 

  Its:  

 

 

2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, WA 98033

INDEMNITEE:

 

 

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