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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
LORILLARD, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
(Amended and Effective as of July 28, 2011)
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ARTICLE I
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OFFICES
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Section 1. Registered Office |
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Section 2. Other Offices |
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ARTICLE II
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MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
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Section 1. Place of Meetings |
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Section 2. Annual Meetings |
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Section 3. Special Meetings |
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Section 4. Notice |
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Section 5. Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders |
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Section 6. Nomination of Directors |
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Section 7. Adjournments |
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Section 8. Quorum |
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Section 9. Voting |
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Section 10. Proxies |
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Section 11. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote |
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Section 12. Record Date |
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Section 13. Stock Ledger |
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Section 14. Conduct of Meetings |
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Section 15. Inspectors of Election |
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ARTICLE III
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DIRECTORS
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Section 1. Number and Election of Directors |
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Section 2. Vacancies |
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Section 3. Duties and Powers |
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Section 4. Meetings |
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Section 5. Organization |
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Section 6. Resignations and Removals of Directors |
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Section 7. Quorum |
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Section 8. Actions of the Board by Written Consent |
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Section 9. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone |
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Section 10. Committees |
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Section 11. Compensation |
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Section 12. Interested Directors |
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Section 13. Lead Independent Director |
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ARTICLE IV
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OFFICERS
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Section 1. General |
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Section 2. Election |
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Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation |
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Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Section 5. Chief Executive Officer |
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Section 6. President |
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Section 7. Vice Presidents |
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Section 8. Secretary |
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Section 9. Treasurer |
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Section 10. Assistant Secretaries |
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Section 11. Assistant Treasurers |
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Section 12. Other Officers |
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ARTICLE V
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STOCK
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Section 1. Shares of Stock |
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Section 2. Signatures |
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Section 3. Lost Certificates |
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Section 4. Transfers |
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Section 5. Dividend Record Date |
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Section 6. Record Owners |
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Section 7. Transfer and Registry Agents |
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ARTICLE VI
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NOTICES
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Section 1. Notices |
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Section 2. Waivers of Notice |
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ARTICLE VII
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 1. Dividends |
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Section 2. Disbursements |
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Section 3. Fiscal Year |
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Section 4. Corporate Seal |
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ARTICLE VIII
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INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions,
Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation |
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Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation |
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Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification |
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Section 4. Good Faith Defined |
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Section 5. Indemnification by a Court |
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Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance |
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Section 7. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses |
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Section 8. Insurance |
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Section 9. Certain Definitions |
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Section 10. Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses |
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Section 11. Limitation on Indemnification |
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Section 12. Indemnification of Employees and Agents |
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ARTICLE IX
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AMENDMENTS
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Section 1. Amendments |
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Section 2. Entire Board of Directors |
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BY-LAWS
OF
LORILLARD, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New
Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of
Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be
held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated
from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
determine that a meeting of the stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be
held solely by means of remote communication in the manner authorized by the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL).
Section 2. Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and
at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the
notice of the meeting. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as
amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation), Special Meetings of
Stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if there be one, or (ii) the President, (iii) the Chief Executive Officer, or (iv) the
Secretary. The ability of the stockholders to call a Special Meeting of Stockholders is hereby
specifically denied. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted
as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).
Section 4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written
notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the
meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written
notice of any meeting 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 notice of and to vote at such meeting.
Section 5. Nature of Business at Meetings of Stockholders. No business may be transacted at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders, other than business that is
either (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 Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any
duly authorized committee thereof), or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by
any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of
the notice provided for in this Section 5 and on the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such Annual Meeting and (ii) who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this Section 5.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before
an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in
proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor
more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding
Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the
Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later
than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the
date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting
was made, whichever first occurs.
To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set forth as to
each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting (i) a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the reasons
for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such
stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation
which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all
arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including
their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material
interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the
meeting.
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No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders except business brought
before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5;
provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual
Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 5 shall be deemed to preclude
discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of an Annual Meeting
determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the
foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly
brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.
Section 6. Nomination of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for
election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the Corporation to
nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of
persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
or at any Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (a) by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any
stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the
notice provided for in this Section 6 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures
set forth in this Section 6.
In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a
stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the
Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of an Annual
Meeting, not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the
anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of Stockholders; provided,
however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within
thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be
timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following
the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure
of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs; and (b) in the case of a
Special Meeting of Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later
than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the
date of the Special Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Special Meeting was
made, whichever first occurs.
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To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary must set forth (a) as to
each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age,
business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment
of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation
which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv) any other information relating to
the person 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 pursuant to Section
14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name
and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital
stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a
description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed
nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s)
are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear
in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other
information relating to such stockholder 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 pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed
nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6. If the Chairman of the meeting
determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman
shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall
be disregarded.
Section 7. Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned 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,
if any, thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and
proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced
at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may
transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment
is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 4
hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the
meeting.
Section 8. Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of
a majority of the Corporations capital 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. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by
the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. 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, in the manner provided in Section 5 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or
represented.
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Section 9. Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, or
permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Companys shares are listed and traded,
any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors,
shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the
Corporations capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question,
voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and
subject to Section 12 of this Article II, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the
stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to
vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy as provided in
Section 10 of this Article II. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the
Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officers discretion, may require
that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 10. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or, as provided herein to
express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another
person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after
three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the
manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder
as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such
authority:
(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons
to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the
stockholder or such stockholders authorized officer, director, employee or agent
signing such writing or causing such persons signature to be affixed to such
writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile
signature.
(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such
stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram,
cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the
holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service
organization or like agent duly authorized by the person
who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission,
provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic
transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it
can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was
authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams
or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no
inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the
information on which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission
authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder 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, however, 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 11. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall
prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the 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 (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the
information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or
(ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the
event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the
Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to
stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall 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. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of
remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during
the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information
required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 12. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record
date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date
is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor
less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board
of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of the stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the 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.
Section 13. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders
entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 10 of this Article II or the
books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 14. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for
the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of
any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules,
regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are
appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether
adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include,
without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the
meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be
voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the
safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such
other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the
meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time
allotted to questions or comments by participants.
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Section 15. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of the stockholders, the Board of Directors, by resolution, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall appoint one
or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other
persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no
inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting
shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each
inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an
oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the
best of such inspectors ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall
take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of
the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by applicable law.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three or more than fifteen members, the
exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by an affirmative vote
of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The directors shall be divided into three classes,
designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be
possible, of one-third of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors.
The initial division of the Board of Directors into classes shall be made by the decision of the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. The term of the initial Class I
directors shall terminate on the date of the 2009 Annual Meeting; the term of the initial Class II
directors shall terminate on the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting; and the term of the initial Class
III directors shall terminate on the date of the 2011 Annual Meeting. At each succeeding Annual
Meeting of Stockholders beginning in 2009, successors to the class of directors whose term expires
at that Annual Meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is
changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the
number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any
class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a
term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in
the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. Except as otherwise provided
by these By-Laws, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with
respect to that directors election at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum
is
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present, provided that if, as of the tenth (10th) day preceding the date the Corporation first
mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders of the Corporation, the number of
nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected (a Contested Election), the directors
shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Article III
Section 1 of these By-Laws, a majority of votes cast shall mean that the number of votes cast for
a directors election exceeds the number of votes cast against that directors election (with
abstentions and broker nonvotes not counted as a vote cast either for or against that
directors election). In order for any incumbent director to become a nominee of the Board of
Directors for further service on the Board of Directors, such person must submit an irrevocable
resignation, contingent on (i) that person not receiving a majority of the votes cast in an
election that is not a Contested Election, and (ii) acceptance of that resignation by the Board of
Directors in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors for such
purpose. In the event an incumbent director fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in an
election that is not a Contested Election, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, or
such other committee designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to these Bylaws, shall make a
recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the resignation of such
incumbent director, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on
the resignation, taking into account the committees recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a
press release and filing an appropriate disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission) its
decision regarding the resignation and, if such resignation is rejected, the rationale behind the
decision within ninety (90) days following certification of the election results. The committee in
making its recommendation and the Board of Directors in
making its decision each may consider any factors and other information that they consider
appropriate and relevant.
If the Board of Directors accepts a directors resignation pursuant to this Section 1, or if a
nominee for director is not elected and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board of
Directors may fill the resulting vacancy pursuant to Article III, Section 2 of these By-Laws.
Section 2. Vacancies. Subject to the terms of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the
Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors may be filled only by a
majority of the Board of Directors then in office, provided that a quorum is present, and
any other vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the Board
of Directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any
director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of
directors of such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of
that class. Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of
directors shall have the same remaining term as that of his or her predecessor.
Section 3. Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the
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
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
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Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special,
either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to
time be determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of
the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer,
or by a majority of the directors then serving on the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the
independent directors may be called by the Chairman, Lead Independent Director, or by a majority of
the independent directors then serving on the Board of Directors. Special meetings of any
committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be
one, the Chief Executive Officer, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof
stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of
a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours
before the date of the meeting, by telephone, telegram or electronic means on twenty-four (24)
hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem
necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 5. Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors (or in his absence the Lead Independent Director) or the chairman of such committee, as
the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of
the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the
Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee
thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of
any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such
meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant
Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint
any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.
Section 6. Resignations and Removals of Directors. Except as provided in Section 1 hereof with respect to the resignation of directors upon the
failure to be elected, any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or
any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or
the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such
committee, if there be one. Unless otherwise specified in these By-Laws or the Corporations
Corporate Governance Guidelines, such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified
or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise
required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred
stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at
any time, but only for cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
two-thirds of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote in the election of directors. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of
Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.
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Section 7. Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, or the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and
regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporations securities
are listed or quoted for trading, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee
thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting
such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and
the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there
is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be
present.
Section 8. Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in 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 the members of the Board of Directors or such
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the
writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the
minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained
in electronic form.
Section 9. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
Section 10. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements
for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities
exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for
trading. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee.
Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the
securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification
of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an
alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent
permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of
Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III,
the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors
and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the
governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set
forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and
any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.
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Section 11. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a
stated salary for service as director, payable in cash or securities. No such payment shall
preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for service
as committee members.
Section 12. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers,
or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other
organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a
financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the
director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or
committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such
directors or officers vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the
directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or
committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a
quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and
as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the
stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it
is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the
stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or
transaction.
Section 13. Lead Independent Director. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if
the Chairman is not an independent director (as determined by applicable law and the rules and
regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the
Corporation are listed or quoted for trading), one of the independent directors, may be designated
by the Board of Directors as lead independent director to serve until replaced by the Board of
Directors (the Lead Independent Director). The Lead Independent Director will serve as the
liaison between the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the independent directors; preside over
all executive sessions of the independent directors; in the absence of the Chairman, serve as
chairman at the meetings of the Board of Directors; establish the agenda for the executive sessions
of the independent directors; with the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Secretary,
establish the agenda for regular Board meetings; coordinate with the committee chairs regarding
committee agenda and information requirements; preside over any portions of meetings of the Board
of Directors at which (i) the evaluation or compensation of the Chief Executive Officer is
presented or discussed or (ii) the performance of the Board of Directors is presented or discussed;
coordinate the activities of the other independent directors; and perform such other duties as may
be established or delegated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General. 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 Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its
discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director) and one
or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be
stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors,
need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
Section 2. Election. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
shall elect the officers of the Corporation 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
of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officers successor
is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any
officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments
relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the
Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President or any other
officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and
on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote
in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the
Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all
rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the
Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors designates the President
as the Chief Executive Officer, and, except where by law the signature of the President is
required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to
sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized
by the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of
the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may
exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of
Directors.
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Section 5. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if
there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business and
affairs of the Corporation and of its several officers and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The Chief Executive Officer shall
have the power to execute, by and on behalf of the Corporation, all deeds, bonds, mortgages,
contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the
Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and
except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized
by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or
disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Lead Independent Director or if there
be none, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and,
provided the Chief Executive Officer is also a director, at all meetings of the Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive Officer shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other
powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of
Directors.
Section 6. President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board
of Directors, if there be one, and the Chief Executive Officer, have general supervision of the
business and affairs of the Corporation. The President shall have the power to execute all bonds,
mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of
the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and
except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized
by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In general, the President
shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time
to time be assigned to the President by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if there be one, or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Lead Independent Director and the Chief Executive Officer,
the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also
a director, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the event of the inability or refusal of
the Chief Executive Officer to act, the Board of Directors may designate the President to perform
the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and, when so acting, the President shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 7. Vice Presidents. At the request of the Chief Executive Officer or the President or in the Presidents absence or
in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the
Board of Directors), the Vice President, or the Vice Presidents if there are more than one (in the
order designated by the Board of Directors), 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.
Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President from time to time may prescribe. If there
be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, no Chief Executive Officer and no Vice President, the
Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the
President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, 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.
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Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the
stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose;
the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when
required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the
Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant
Secretary, then either the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may
choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the
seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have
authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested
by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any 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 to the affixing by such officers signature. The Secretary shall see that all books,
reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or
filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer 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. The Treasurer 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, the President and the Board of
Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all
transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the
Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such
surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance
of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and for the
restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or
removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in
the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 10. Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from
time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the
Secretary or in the event of the Secretarys inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties
of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Secretary.
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Section 11. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from
time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the
Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties
of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the
restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer
shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of
Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant
Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers,
money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurers possession or under the
Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 12. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such
powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of
Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other
officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Shares of Stock. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate, unless and
until the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopts a resolution permitting shares to be
uncertificated. Notwithstanding the adoption of any such resolution providing for uncertificated
shares, every holder of capital stock of the Corporation theretofore represented by certificates
and, upon request, every holder of uncertificated shares, shall be entitled to have a certificate
for shares of capital stock of the Corporation signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, (a)
the
Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President
or any Executive Vice President, and (b) the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
Section 2. Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer
agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate
shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is
issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such
officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or uncertificated shares be issued in place
of any certificate 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 of
stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate 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 such
owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors 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 on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction
of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
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Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in
these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case
of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by such persons
attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor,
properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; or, in the case of
uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered
holder of the shares or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment
of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares
in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement,
compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the
Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. With respect to certificated shares of
stock, every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked
Cancelled, with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the
Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the
Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.
Section 5. Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise
any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date
shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the
record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on
the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 6. Record Owners. 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 required by law.
Section 7. Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and
registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the
Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws,
to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by
mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such persons 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.
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any
notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under applicable law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission if
consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable
by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed to be
revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive
notices by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (ii) such inability becomes known to
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person
responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, that the inadvertent
failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Notice given by electronic transmission, as described above, shall be deemed given: (i) if by
facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has
consented to receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail
address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an
electronic network, together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon
the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other
form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. Notice to directors or
committee members may be given personally or by telegram, telex, cable or by means of electronic
transmission.
Section 2. Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission
by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person
attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the
transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or
any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be
specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws.
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the DGCL and
the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of
Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written
consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 8 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in
cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock. 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 Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper
as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital
stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences
of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining
any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify
or abolish any such reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or
officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its
organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in
the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe such persons conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner
which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to
believe that such persons conduct was unlawful.
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Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the
Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith
and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the court in which such
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem
proper.
Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of
the present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as
the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee
of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum,
or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal
counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with
respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on
the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director
or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,
such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization
in the specific case.
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Section 4. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed
to have acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to
have had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful, if such persons action
is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on
information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the
course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise
or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an
independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable
care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be
deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to
have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article
VIII, as the case may be.
Section 5. Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article
VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may
apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under
Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be
a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the
circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1
or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the
specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder
shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking
indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for
indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the
filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking
indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.
Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the
Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former
directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions,
if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
Section 7. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation,
these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to
action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in
Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any
person who is not specified in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation
has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.
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Section 8. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
against such
person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as
such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such
person against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
Section 9. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the Corporation shall include, in addition to
the resulting corporation, any 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 or officers, so that any person who is or was a
director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such
constituent corporation serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect
to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The term another enterprise as
used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the
request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article
VIII, references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an
employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include
any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee
benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation as referred to in this Article VIII.
Section 10. Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person.
Section 11. Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings
to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5 of this Article VIII),
the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs,
executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding
(or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized
or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
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Section 12. Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors,
provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of
the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the laws of the State of
Delaware, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal these
By-Laws. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall be
required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal these By-Laws. These By-Laws also may be adopted,
amended, altered or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least eighty percent
(80%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in connection with the election of
directors of the Corporation.
Section 2. Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term entire Board of Directors
means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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Adopted as of: June 10, 2008
Last Amended as of: February [25], 2010
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