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): June 7, 2021

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-04329	34-4297750
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

701 Lima Avenue Findlay, Ohio	45840
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (419) 423-1321

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per share	CTB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Introductory Note.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed in connection with the completion of the previously announced sale of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation (“Cooper Tire” or the “Company”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (“Goodyear”), and Vulcan Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear (“Merger Sub”), on June 7, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Merger Sub merged with and into Cooper Tire, with Cooper Tire surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear (the “Merger”). As a result of the Merger, Cooper Tire, along with its subsidiaries, became subsidiaries of Goodyear.

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

In connection with the completion of the Merger, on the Closing Date, the Company terminated the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 27, 2015 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the foreign subsidiary borrowers party thereto from time to time, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. In connection with the termination, the Company repaid all of the outstanding obligations in respect of principal, interest and fees under the Credit Agreement. Early termination of the Credit Agreement did not require payment of any early termination penalties.

Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On the Closing Date, the parties completed the Merger. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of common stock of Cooper Tire, with par value of $1.00 per share (“Cooper Tire Common Stock”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Cooper Tire Common Stock (x) held in the treasury of Cooper Tire, (y) owned by Goodyear, Merger Sub, Cooper Tire or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries or (z) held by stockholders who have properly exercised their appraisal rights under Delaware law and Cooper Tire stock options, performance share units and restricted share units) was converted into the right to receive (i) $41.75 in cash, without interest, and (ii) 0.907 of a share of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable common stock of Goodyear, without par value (“Goodyear Common Stock”), as well as cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Goodyear Common Stock (collectively, the “Merger Consideration”).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock (“Cooper Tire Stock Option”), whether vested or unvested, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the product of (i) the total number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock subject to such Cooper Tire Stock Option and (ii) the excess, if any, of (A) the sum of (1) $41.75 plus (2) the product obtained by multiplying 0.907 by the Parent Closing Price (defined below) (the sum of (1) and (2), the “Per Share Cash Equivalent”) over (B) the applicable exercise price per share of Cooper Tire Common Stock set forth in such Cooper Tire Stock Option, less any required withholding taxes.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding Cooper Tire performance stock unit that has been notionally earned for measurement periods completed prior to the Effective Time but not yet settled was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, less any required withholding taxes, in respect of the number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock determined based on actual achievement of the applicable performance goals for such measurement periods.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding non-earned Cooper Tire performance stock unit for a measurement period that had begun and was not complete as of the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, less any required withholding taxes, in respect of the number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock determined as if the applicable performance goals had been achieved for such measurement period at the target level of performance, prorated for the number of days between the commencement of the applicable measurement period and the Effective Time as compared to the number of days in the entire measurement period.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding Cooper Tire restricted stock unit was converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, less any required withholding taxes, in respect of the total number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock underlying such stock unit award.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding Cooper Tire performance cash unit that has been notionally earned for measurement periods completed prior to the Effective Time but not yet settled was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, less any required withholding taxes, equal to the product of (i) the number of Cooper Tire performance cash units determined based on actual achievement of the applicable performance goals for such measurement periods and (ii) $1.00.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each outstanding non-earned Cooper Tire performance cash unit for a measurement period that had begun and was not complete as of the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, less any required withholding taxes, equal to the product of (i) the number of Cooper Tire performance cash units determined as if the applicable performance goals had been achieved for such measurement period at the target level of performance, prorated for the number of days between the commencement of the applicable measurement period and the Effective Time as compared to the number of days in the entire measurement period, and (ii) $1.00.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, all account balances, whether or not vested, that provide for the deferral of compensation and represent amounts notionally invested in a number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock or otherwise provide for distributions or benefits that are calculated based on the value of a share of Cooper Tire Common Stock were converted into a right to have allocated to the holder’s account under such deferred compensation plan an amount denominated in cash equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Cooper Tire Common Stock deemed invested under or otherwise referenced by such account as of the Effective Time and (ii) the Per Share Cash Equivalent.

For purposes of converting the Cooper Tire equity awards, the “Parent Closing Price” means the volume weighted average price per share of Goodyear Common Stock for the 10 consecutive trading days ending two trading days prior to the Closing Date as reported by Bloomberg, L.P.

Following the signing of the Merger Agreement, Cooper Tire funded approximately $59 million in cash into a rabbi trust for the benefit of the directors, executive officers and certain other employees of Cooper Tire pursuant to pre-existing contractual commitments. In connection with the Closing, Cooper Tire funded an additional approximately $4.1 million in cash into such rabbi trust for the benefit of such individuals. The funds contributed to the rabbi trust will be used to satisfy such contractual commitments upon or following the Closing Date.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to Cooper Tire’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 24, 2021, 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.

On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) that the Merger had been consummated and requested that the trading of Cooper Tire Common Stock on NYSE be suspended prior to market open on June 7, 2021 and that the listing of Cooper Tire Common Stock on NYSE be withdrawn. In addition, the Company requested that NYSE file with the SEC a notification on Form 25 to report the delisting of Cooper Tire Common Stock from NYSE and to deregister Cooper Tire Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company intends to file with the SEC a Form 15 suspending the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01, Item 5.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

As a result of the consummation of the Merger, as of the Effective Time, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company became a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Goodyear.

The information set forth in the Introductory Note, Item 2.01, Item 3.03 and Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

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

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, each of Steven M. Chapman, Susan F. Davis, Kathryn P. Dickson, John J. Holland, Bradley E. Hughes, Tyrone M. Jordan, Tracey I. Joubert, Gary S. Michel and Brian C. Walker ceased to be directors of the Company.

Additionally, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, Stephen R. McClellan, Darren R. Wells and Christina L. Zamarro, who were the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, became the directors of the Company, as the surviving corporation.

The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

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

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as of the Effective Time, the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as amended as of May 4, 2010) and Bylaws (as amended as of February 21, 2021) were amended and restated in their entirety. Copies of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws are filed as Exhibit 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 22, 2021, by and among Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Vulcan Merger Sub Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Cooper Tire’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2021).
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated as of June 7, 2021.
3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended and restated as of June 7, 2021.
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Date: June 7, 2021	By:	/s/ Jack Jay McCracken
		Jack Jay McCracken
		Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

of

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

1.     Name. The name of the corporation is Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (the “Corporation”).

2.     Address; Registered Office and Agent. The name and address of the Corporation’s registered agent is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19808.

3.     Purpose. The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

4.     Number of Shares. The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, all of which shall be shares of Common Stock without par value.

5.     Election of Directors. Unless and except to the extent that the By-Laws of the Corporation (the “By-Laws”) shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

6.     Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, as amended from time to time, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any amendment or repeal of this Section 6 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment or repeal.

7.    Indemnification.

7.1     Limitation of Director’s Liability. A director’s liability to the Corporation for breach of duty to the Corporation or its shareholders shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law as now in effect or hereafter amended; provided, however, the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the foregoing provision becomes effective; provided further, that any repeal or modification of the foregoing provision which has the effect of increasing the liability of a director to the Corporation or its shareholders shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect the rights and immunities of a director existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

7.2     Indemnification of Corporate Agents. The Corporation may provide indemnification of, and advance related indemnification expenses to, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding,

whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, such person’s testator or intestate is or was a director, officer, employee benefit plan fiduciary, or employee of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation or serves or served at the request of the Corporation or any predecessor of the Corporation as a director, officer, agent, employee benefit plan fiduciary or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise.

7.3     Repeal or Modification. Neither any amendment or repeal of this Section 7, nor the adoption of any provision of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Section 7, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Section 7 in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Section 7, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

8.     Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of By-Laws. In furtherance of and in limitation to the powers conferred by statute, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the By-Laws.

9.     Meetings of Shareholders. Meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws of the Corporation may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.

10.     Certificate Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and add other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by applicable law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon shareholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (as amended) are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BY-LAWS

OF

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

ARTICLE I

Meetings of Shareholders: Shareholders’

Consent in Lieu of Meeting

SECTION 1.01.    Annual Meeting.     The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, date and hour as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof; except that no annual meeting need be held if all actions, including the election of directors, required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) to be taken at a shareholders’ annual meeting are taken by written consent in lieu of meeting pursuant to Section 1.03 of this Article.

SECTION 1.02.    Special Meetings.     A special meeting of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation or a shareholder or shareholders holding of record at least a majority of the shares of common stock, without par value, of the Corporation (“Common Stock”) issued and outstanding, such meeting to be held at such place, date and hour as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof.

SECTION 1.03.    Shareholders’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting.

(a)    Any action required by the laws of the State of Delaware to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, or any

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action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such shareholders, 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 shares 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.

(b)    Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in Section 228 of the DGCL. In the event that the action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by shareholders at a meeting thereof, the certificate filed under such provision shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such provision concerning any vote of shareholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

SECTION 1.04.    Quorum and Adjournment.     Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or by these By- Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, entitled to vote thereat, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of shareholders. If, however, such a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of shareholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) the shareholders present

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at the meeting, although less than a quorum, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented.

SECTION 1.05.     Required Vote.     When a quorum is present at any meeting of shareholders: (a) at all meetings of shareholders for the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect, and (b) for all other elections and questions, the affirmative vote of the majority of the aggregate voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall constitute the act of the shareholders, unless by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control.

SECTION 1.06.     Manner of Voting.     At each meeting of shareholders, each shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed before being voted. Each shareholder shall be entitled to vote each share of stock having voting power registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation on the record date fixed, as provided in Section 6.07 of Article VI hereof, for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting. No election of directors need be by written ballot.

ARTICLE II

Board of Directors

SECTION 2.01.     General Powers.     The management of the affairs of the Corporation shall be vested in 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 law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

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SECTION 2.02.    Number and Term of Office.     The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by a vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. The term “whole Board of Directors” is used herein to refer to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies. Directors need not be shareholders. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

SECTION 2.03.     Resignation, Removal and Vacancies.     Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Any director or the whole Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors or by written consent of the shareholders pursuant to Section 1.03 of Article I hereof.

Vacancies in the Board of Directors 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, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

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If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation shall have no directors in office, then any officer or any shareholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a shareholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a shareholder, may call a special meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws, or may apply to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL.

SECTION 2.04.     Meetings.     (a) Annual Meeting. As soon as practicable after each annual election of directors, the Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business, unless it shall have transacted all such business by written consent pursuant to Section 2.05 of this Article.

(b) Other Meetings. Other meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors or the President shall from time to time determine.

(c) Notice of Meetings. The Secretary of the Corporation shall give notice to each director of each meeting, including the time, place and purpose of such meeting. Notice of each such meeting shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least two days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him or her at such place by telegraph, cable, wireless or other form of recorded communication, or be delivered personally or by telephone not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held, but

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notice need not be given to any director who shall attend such meeting. A written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled thereto, whether before or after the time of the meeting stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

(d) Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, or as shall be designated in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

(e) Quorum and Manner of Acting. One third of the total number of directors then in office (but not less than two) shall be present in person at any meeting of the Board of Directors in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, and the vote of a majority of those directors present at any such meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the passage of any resolution or act of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise expressly required by law or these By-Laws. In the absence of a quorum for any such meeting, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

(f) Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, one of the following shall act as chairperson of the meeting and preside, in the following order of precedence:

(i) the Chairperson of the Board of Directors;

(ii) the President (if the President shall be a member of the Board of Directors at such time); and

(iii) any director chosen by a majority of the directors

present.

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The Secretary of the Corporation or, in the case of his or her absence, any person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, if an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation is present) whom the Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.

SECTION 2.05.     Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting.     Action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes or the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

SECTION 2.06.     Action by Means of Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment.     Any one or more 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 such 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 participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

ARTICLE III

Committees of the Board

SECTION 3.01.     Appointment of Executive Committee.     The Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors designate from its members an Executive Committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall be designated by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified

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member or members at any meeting of the Executive Committee. The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to change the membership of the Executive Committee, to fill all vacancies in it and to discharge it, either with or without cause.

SECTION 3.02.     Procedures of Executive Committee.     The Executive Committee, by a vote of a majority of its members, shall fix by whom its meetings may be called and the manner of calling and holding its meetings, shall determine the number of its members requisite to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and shall prescribe its own rules of procedure, no change in which shall be made except by a majority vote of its members or by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3.03.     Powers of Executive Committee.     During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, unless otherwise determined from time to time by resolution passed by the whole Board of Directors, the Executive Committee shall possess and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation to the extent permitted by the DGCL, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, except that the Executive Committee shall not have power or authority in reference to:

(a) amending the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation;

(b) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation;

(c) recommending to the shareholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets;

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(d)    recommending to the shareholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution;

(e)    submitting to shareholders of the Corporation any action which pursuant to the DGCL requires shareholder approval;

(f)    creating or filling vacancies in the Board of Directors or in any committee or fixing compensation of members of the Board of Directors for serving on the Board of Directors or on any committee;

(g) amending or repealing these By-Laws;

(h) declaring a dividend or authorizing the issuance of stock; or

(i)    amending or repealing any resolution of the Board of Directors which by its terms is not so amendable or repealable.

SECTION 3.04.    Reports of Executive Committee.     The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings, and all action by the Executive Committee shall be reported promptly to the Board of Directors. Such action shall be subject to review by the Board of Directors, provided that no rights of third parties shall be affected by such review.

SECTION 3.05.    Other Committees.     The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, may designate from among its members one or more other committees, each of which shall have such authority of the Board of Directors as may be specified in the resolution of the Board of Directors designating such committee; provided, however, that any such committee so designated shall not have any powers not allowed to the Executive Committee under Section 3.03 of this Article. The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to change the members

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of any such committee, designate alternate members of any such committee and fill vacancies therein; and any such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

SECTION 4.01.    Executive Officers.     The executive officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer and may include a Chairperson of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 4.02.     Authority and Duties.     All officers, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these By-Laws or, to the extent not so provided, by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.03.    Subordinate Officers.     The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer or the President to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these By-Laws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

SECTION 4.04.     Term of Office, Resignation and Removal.     All officers shall be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, shall be elected or appointed from among the members of the Board of Directors.

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Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected or appointed and qualified or his or her earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. The Board of Directors may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation, and such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time when it shall become effective is not specified therein, at the time it is accepted by action of the Board of Directors. Except as aforesaid, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

All officers and agents elected or appointed by the Board of Directors shall be subject to removal at any time by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

SECTION 4.05.     Vacancies.     If an office becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors shall fill such vacancy or as set forth in Section 4.04. Any officer so appointed or elected by the Board of Directors shall serve only until such time as the unexpired term of his or her predecessor shall have expired unless reelected or reappointed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.06.     Chairperson of the Board of Directors.     If there shall be a Chairperson of the Board of Directors, he or she shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders at which he or she is present, and shall give counsel and advice to the Board of Directors and the officers of the Corporation on all subjects touching the welfare of the Corporation and the conduct of its business. He or she shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

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Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors he or she shall be ex officio a member of all committees of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.07.     The President.     The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and, unless the Chairperson of the Board of Directors be present or the Board of Directors has provided otherwise by resolution, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders at which he or she is present except, in the case of a meeting of the Board of Directors, if the President is not a member of the Board of Directors at such time. He or she shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, if any, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, if any, are carried into effect.

SECTION 4.08.     Vice Presidents.     The Vice President of the Corporation, if any, or if there be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board of Directors; shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe.

SECTION 4.09.      The Secretary.     The Secretary of the Corporation shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the

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shareholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision he or she shall perform such duties. He or she shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any duly authorized instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. He or she shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and shareholder records and such other books and records as the Board of Directors may direct and shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.10.     Assistant Secretaries.     The Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, if any, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board of Directors shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary of the Corporation, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Corporation shall prescribe.

SECTION 4.11.     The Treasurer.     The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the corporate funds and other valuable effects, including 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 to 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 President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever

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they may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4.12.     Assistant Treasurers.     The Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, if any, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board of Directors, shall in the absence or disability of the Treasurer perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the Treasurer shall prescribe.

ARTICLE V

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, etc.

SECTION 5.01.     Execution of Documents.     The Board of Directors shall designate the officers, employees and agents of the Corporation who shall have power to execute and deliver deeds, contracts, mortgages, bonds, debentures, checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money and other documents for and in the name of the Corporation, and may authorize such officers, employees and agents to delegate such power (including authority to redelegate) by written instrument to other officers, employees or agents of the Corporation; and, unless so designated or expressly authorized by these By-Laws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount.

SECTION 5.02.     Deposits.     All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation or otherwise as the Board of Directors or Treasurer or any other officer of the Corporation to whom power in this respect shall have been given by the Board of Directors shall select.

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SECTION 5.03.    Proxies in Respect of Stock or Other Securities of Other Corporations.     The Board of Directors shall designate the officers of the Corporation who shall have authority from time to time to appoint an agent or agents of the Corporation to exercise in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the powers and rights which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation, and to vote or consent in respect of such stock or securities; such designated officers may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such powers and rights; and such designated officers may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, such written proxies, powers of attorney or other instruments as they may deem necessary or proper in order that the Corporation may exercise its said powers and rights.

ARTICLE VI

Shares and Their Transfer; Fixing Record Date

SECTION 6.01.    Certificates for Shares.     Every owner of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate certifying the number and class of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation, which shall otherwise be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Certificates of each class shall be issued in consecutive order and shall be numbered in the order of their issue, and shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

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SECTION 6.02.     Record.     A record (herein called the “stock record”) in one or more counterparts shall be kept of the name of the person, firm or corporation owning the shares represented by each certificate for stock of the Corporation issued, the number of shares represented by each such certificate, the date thereof and, in the case of cancelation, the date of cancelation. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name shares of stock stand on the stock record of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation.

SECTION 6.03.     Registration of Stock.     Registration of transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation upon request of the registered holder thereof, or of his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a stock power duly executed.

SECTION 6.04.     Addresses of Shareholders.     Each shareholder shall designate to the Secretary of the Corporation an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to him or her, and, if any shareholder shall fail to designate such address, corporate notices may be served upon him or her by mail directed to him or her at his or her post office address, if any, as the same appears on the share record books of the Corporation or at his or her last known post office address.

SECTION 6.05.     Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates.     The Board of Directors or a committee designated thereby with power so to act may, in its discretion, cause to be issued a new certificate or certificates for stock of the Corporation in place of any certificate issued by it and reported to have been lost, destroyed or mutilated, upon the

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surrender of the mutilated certificates or, in the case of loss or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction, and the Board of Directors or such committee may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or his or her legal representative to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as it may direct to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of any such certificate.

SECTION 6.06.     Regulations.     The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these By-Laws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for stock of the Corporation.

SECTION 6.07.     Fixing Date for Determination of Shareholders of Record.     In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 50 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 50 days prior to any other action. A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the shareholders 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.

ARTICLE VII

Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of December in each year unless changed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

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ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification and Insurance

SECTION 8.01.    Right to Indemnification.     Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, 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 (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted or required by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such laws permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or penalties and amounts 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, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.03 of this Article VIII of these By-Laws with respect to Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the

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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.

SECTION 8.02.     Right to Advancement of Expenses.     The right to indemnification conferred pursuant to this Article VIII shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “Advancement of Expenses”); provided, however, that if the DGCL requires, an Advancement of 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 director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (an “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 to appeal (a “Final Adjudication”) that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.

SECTION 8.03.    Right to Bring Suit.     To the extent indemnification is to be provided pursuant to this Article VIII and if a claim under Section 8.01 or 8.02 of this Article VIII is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole

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or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the person seeking indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a person seeking Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a Final Adjudication that, such person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent counsel or shareholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses is proper in the circumstances because the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent counsel or shareholders) that the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the person seeking indemnification or an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that such person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

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SECTION 8.04.     Non-Exclusivity of Rights.     The right to indemnification and the Advancement of Expenses conferred pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any rights which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, these By-Laws, any agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

SECTION 8.05.     Insurance.     The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any 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.

SECTION 8.06.     Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation.     The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and Advancement of Expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

Waiver of Notice

Whenever any notice is required to be given by these By-Laws or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or the laws of the State of Delaware, the person entitled thereto may, in person or by attorney thereunto authorized, in writing or by telegraph, cable or other form of recorded communication, waive such notice, whether

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before or after the meeting or other matter in respect of which such notice is given, and in such event such notice need not be given to such person and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to such notice.

ARTICLE X

Amendments

These By-Laws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the shareholders entitled to vote. Any By-Law (including these By-Laws) may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. The fact that such power has been granted to the directors shall not divest the shareholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal these By-Laws.

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