0001193125-13-154150.txt : 20130415 0001193125-13-154150.hdr.sgml : 20130415 20130415090659 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-154150 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130410 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20130415 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130415 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001362491 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051] IRS NUMBER: 203779274 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34685 FILM NUMBER: 13760036 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2400 E. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 905 CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33308 BUSINESS PHONE: 954-202-4000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2400 E. COMMERCIAL BLVD., SUITE 905 CITY: FORT LAUDERDALE STATE: FL ZIP: 33308 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Metals USA Holdings Corp. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060511 8-K 1 d520774d8k.htm 8-K 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): April 10, 2013

METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-34685

  20-3779274
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
 

(Commission File

Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

2400 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 905

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    33308
(Address of principal executive offices)    

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (954) 202-4000

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

The information provided under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Item 1.02 have the meanings ascribed to them in Item 2.01.

Effective April 12, 2013, in connection with the Merger, the Company terminated its ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010, among each of the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent and collateral agent, Flag Intermediate Holdings Corporation, Metals USA, Inc. and certain subsidiaries of Metals USA, Inc. party thereto (the “ABL Credit Agreement”) and its Credit Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2012, among each of the lenders party thereto, Credit Suisse AG, as the administrative agent and collateral agent, Flag Intermediate Holdings Corporation, Metals USA, Inc. and certain subsidiaries of Metals USA, Inc. party thereto (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”).

The outstanding amounts under the ABL Credit Agreement, except for certain letters of credit, which will remain outstanding, and the Term Loan Credit Agreement were repaid in full by Reliance.

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On April 12, 2013, Metals USA Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) completed the merger contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among the Company, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (“Reliance”) and RSAC Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company was acquired by Reliance through a merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance (the “Surviving Corporation”).

At 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on April 12, 2013, the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each outstanding share of the Company’s common stock (other than dissenting shares, treasury shares, shares owned by Reliance and its subsidiaries and shares owned by any subsidiary of the Company) was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $20.65 in cash, without interest. Also at the Effective Time of the Merger, each option to acquire the Company’s common stock granted under any Company equity incentive plan, whether vested or unvested, that was outstanding became fully vested and was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of $20.65 over the per share exercise price of the option multiplied by (ii) the total number of shares of common stock subject to the option. Each share of restricted stock granted under any Company equity incentive plan, whether vested or unvested, was cancelled and converted into the right to receive $20.65 per share in cash.

The foregoing description of the Merger and the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 7, 2013, and is incorporated herein by reference.


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

In connection with the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that the Merger had been completed, and requested that trading of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE be suspended on April 15, 2013. In addition, the Company requested that the NYSE file with the SEC an application on Form 25 to delist the Company’s common stock from the NYSE and deregister the Company’s common stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on April 15, 2013. The Company intends to file a certificate on Form 15 requesting the deregistration of the Company’s common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

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

At the Effective Time, holders of the Company’s common stock, restricted stock or options immediately before the Effective Time ceased to have any rights as stockholders in the Company (other than their right to receive the consideration pursuant to the Merger Agreement), and, accordingly, such holders no longer have any interest in the Company’s future earnings or growth.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information set forth in Items 2.01, 3.01 and 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.

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

In connection with the Merger, the directors of Merger Sub, as of the Effective Time, became the directors of the Surviving Corporation. In connection therewith, each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company voluntarily resigned from the Company’s Board of Directors effective immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Pursuant to the previously announced separation agreement and general release between the Company and Lourenco Goncalves, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Goncalves’ employment with the Company terminated without cause immediately prior to the Effective Time. In addition, in connection with the Merger, certain officers of Merger Sub have been appointed as interim executive officers of the Surviving Corporation.

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

At the Effective Time, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated in its entirety and the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,


became the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company and the Company’s amended and restated bylaws are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

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

A special meeting of the stockholders of the Company was held on April 10, 2013. The Company previously filed with the SEC the proxy statement and related materials pertaining to this meeting, which describe in detail each of the two proposals submitted to stockholders at the meeting. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal One: Adoption of the Merger Agreement. The proposal relating to the adoption of the Merger Agreement was approved with the votes shown:

 

For   Against   Abstained
32,588,389   25,836   2,510

Proposal Two: Approval of the Advisory Say-on-Merger-Pay Proposal. The proposal relating to an advisory, non-binding vote regarding the compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the Merger was approved with the votes shown:

 

For   Against   Abstained
31,346,138   1,140,346   130,251

In connection with the special meeting, the Company also solicited proxies with respect to the adjournment of the special meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies in favor of the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement. Because there were sufficient votes from the Company’s stockholders to approve the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, adjournment of the special meeting to solicit additional proxies was unnecessary, and the proposal to adjourn the special meeting was tabled.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibits

Number

  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., RSAC Acquisition Corp. and Metals USA Holdings Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2013).
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Metals USA Holdings Corp.
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Metals USA Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

 


SIGNATURES

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.

 

    METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP.
Date: April 15, 2013     /s/ William A. Smith
    Name:   William A. Smith
    Title:   Senior Vice President

 

 

 


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibits

Number

  

Description

2.1    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., RSAC Acquisition Corp. and Metals USA Holdings Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2013).
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Metals USA Holdings Corp.
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Metals USA Holdings Corp.
EX-3.1 2 d520774dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP.

ARTICLE 1.

The name of the corporation is Metals USA Holdings Corp. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE 2.

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

ARTICLE 3.

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

ARTICLE 4.

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 and all of such shares shall be without par value.

ARTICLE 5.

The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

ARTICLE 6.

(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative is or was, at any time during which this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is in effect (whether or not such person continues to serve in such capacity at the time any indemnification or payment of expenses pursuant hereto is sought or at the time any proceeding relating thereto exists or is brought), a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was at any such time serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation (hereinafter, an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,


trustee, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Article Six, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”). The right to indemnification conferred in this Article Six shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such advances to be paid by the Corporation within twenty (20) days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from time to time; provided, however, that if DGCL requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter, the “undertaking”) by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right of appeal (a “final disposition”) that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article Six or otherwise. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article Six shall be contract rights that vest at the time of such person’s service to or at the request of the Corporation and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, trustee, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

(b) To obtain indemnification under this Article Six, a claimant shall submit to the Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph (b), a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the claimant’s entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (i) if requested by the claimant, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) if no request is made by the claimant for a determination by Independent Counsel, (A) by the Board by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), (B) if a quorum of the Board consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board, a copy of which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (C)

 

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if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel at the request of the claimant, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board, unless the action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification is claimed is commenced after the Effective Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 6, 2013, by and among Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., RSAC Acquisition Corp. and Metals USA Holdings Corp.) and before the two-year anniversary of the Effective Time, in which case the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the claimant unless the claimant shall request that such selection be made by the Board.

(c) If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Article Six is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Article Six has been received by the Corporation (except in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, for which the applicable period is twenty (20) days), 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 standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the DGCL 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 Counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

(d) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article Six that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Article Six.

(e) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Article Six that the procedures and presumptions of this Article Six are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Article Six.

(f) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article Six (i) shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote

 

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of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise and (ii) cannot be terminated by the Corporation, the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation with respect to a person’s service prior to the date of such termination. Any amendment, modification, alteration or repeal of this Article Six that in any way diminishes, limits, restricts, adversely affects or eliminates any right of an indemnitee or his or her successors to indemnification, advancement of expenses or otherwise shall be prospective only and shall not, without the written consent of the indemnitee, in any way diminish, limit, restrict, adversely affect or eliminate any such right with respect to any actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission then or previously existing, or any action, suit or proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such actual or alleged state of facts, occurrence, action or omission.

(g) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any current or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. To the extent that the Corporation maintains any policy or policies providing such insurance, each such current or former director or officer, and each such agent or employee to which rights to indemnification have been granted as provided in paragraph (h) of this Article Six, shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage thereunder for any such current or former director, officer, employee or agent.

(h) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to any current or former employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article Six with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of current or former directors and officers of the Corporation.

(i) If any provision or provisions of this Article Six shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article Six (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article Six containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article Six (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article Six containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

(j) For purposes of this Article Six:

 

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(i) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not a party to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant.

(ii) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporate law and shall include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant’s rights under this Article Six.

Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the Corporation under this Article Six shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.

ARTICLE 7.

If any provision or provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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EX-3.2 3 d520774dex32.htm EX-3.2 EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP.

METALS USA HOLDINGS CORP.

(the “Corporation”)

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 The registered office of the Corporation shall be the office in Delaware of the Corporation’s agent for service of process.

Section 1.2 The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.1 All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2.2 Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as designated by the board of directors after the end of each fiscal year on such day, which shall not be a legal holiday, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 2.3 Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.

Section 2.4 The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In addition, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. At the discretion of the board of directors, the Corporation may also make the shareholder list available on a reasonably accessible electronic network in compliance with Section 219 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”)

 

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Section 2.5 Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (“the “Certificate of Incorporation”), may be called by the chief executive officer and shall be called by the chief executive officer or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 2.6 Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

Section 2.7 Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 2.8 The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (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 stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 2.9 When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 2.10 Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

Section 2.11 Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such

 

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stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be not less than one (1) nor more than seven (7). The first board shall consist of four (4) directors. Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or by the stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.

Section 3.2 Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.

Section 3.3 The business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.4 The board of directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.

Section 3.5 The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the

 

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meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event that such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.

Section 3.6 Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

Section 3.7 Special meetings of the board may be called by the chief executive officer on four (4) days’ notice to each director if notice is mailed, or on 48 hours’ notice if the notice is delivered personally or by telephone (including a voice messaging system), or telecopier (electronic receipt acknowledged) or e-mail (response electronically acknowledged), or other form of electronic transmission permitted by Section 232 of the DGCL. Special meetings shall be called by the chief executive officer or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the chief executive officer or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.

Section 3.8 At all meetings of the board, a majority of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 3.9 Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

Section 3.10 Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

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COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.11 The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, and to have such charter as may be approved by the board of directors. 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 he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the DGCL fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-Laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

Section 3.12 Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.13 Directors shall not receive any compensation for their services in their capacity as directors unless approved by the stockholders; provided that such persons may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in connection with such services if so determined by the board. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

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REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.14 Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.

ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

Section 4.1 Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. If consented to in advance in writing by recipients, which consent is not withdrawn, notice to directors may also be given by facsimile transmission (electronic receipt received) or electronic mail to telephone numbers or electronic mail addresses provided by the applicable directors, or by other form of electronic transmission permitted by Section 232 of the DGCL.

Section 4.2 Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.1 The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a chief executive officer, president, a secretary and a chief financial officer. The board of directors may also choose a chairman of the board, one or more vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant chief financial officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws otherwise provide.

Section 5.2 The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a chief executive officer, a president, a secretary and a chief financial officer.

Section 5.3 The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.

Section 5.4 The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

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Section 5.5 The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Section 5.6 The chief executive officer of the Corporation shall preside at all meeting of the stockholders and the board of directors unless a chairman of the board is designated and tasked with those responsibilities, shall have general oversight of the management and business of the Corporation, shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.

THE PRESIDENT

Section 5.7 Subject to the supervisory powers of the chief executive officer, the president shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation, shall have general supervision of the day-to-day operations of the Corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the chief executive officer or the board of directors. In addition, in the absence of the chief executive officer, the president shall perform the duties of the chief executive officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to any restrictions upon, the chief executive officer.

Section 5.8 Each of the chief executive officer and the president may execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS

Section 5.9 In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Section 5.10 The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the board of

 

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directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or chief executive officer, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

Section 5.11 The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Section 5.12 The chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

Section 5.13 He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the chief executive officer and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

ARTICLE VI

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

Section 6.1 The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the chief executive officer, the president or a vice-president, and by the chief financial officer or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation.

Section 6.2 Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

LOST CERTIFICATES

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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 of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the board of directors 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 advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

TRANSFER OF STOCK

Section 6.4 Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

FIXING RECORD DATE

Section 6.5 In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If the board of directors fails to fix a record date, the record date shall be determined in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

Section 6.6 The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

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ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

Section 7.1 Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to Delaware law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 7.2 Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

ANNUAL STATEMENT

Section 7.3 The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation.

CHECKS

Section 7.4 All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate.

FISCAL YEAR

Section 7.5 The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.

SEAL

Section 7.6 The Corporation may have a seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 7.7 The Corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Section 7.7 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a

 

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director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.

ARTICLE VIII

AMENDMENTS

Section 8.1 These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors, when such power is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws is conferred upon the board of directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws.

 

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