-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Cm35ThKJy2ocUYMx7P0SxzZAMIKzFclAGxKmtuLRmiW1ary+GBbcxYYUKJshpfK1 0puEGscs42YCrYDkLtboxg== 0000720851-07-000062.txt : 20071218 0000720851-07-000062.hdr.sgml : 20071218 20071218163922 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000720851-07-000062 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071218 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to the Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071218 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071218 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NESTOR INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000720851 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372] IRS NUMBER: 133163744 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1212 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-12965 FILM NUMBER: 071313556 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 42 ORIENTAL STREET STREET 2: THIRD FLOOR CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 BUSINESS PHONE: 4012745658 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 42 ORIENTAL STREET STREET 2: THIRD FLOOR CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02908 8-K 1 form8k_annualmeeting.htm FORM 8K (ANNUAL MEETING, BYLAWS, CERTIFICATE OF INC.) form8k_annualmeeting.htm


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): December 12, 2007



NESTOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

0-12965
13-3163744
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)


42 Oriental Street; Third Floor, Providence, Rhode Island

(Address of principal executive offices)

(401) 274-5658

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 





ITEM 5.02.
DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 12, 2007, the stockholders of the Company:

 
·
elected nine directors to serve for one, two or three year terms; Class I directors whose term will expire in 2008 are:  David N. Jordan, Nina R. Mitchell and Theodore Petroulas; Class II directors whose term will expire in 2009 are:  George L. Ball, Harold E. Ford and Edward F. Heil; and Class III directors whose term will expire in 2010 are:  Clarence A. Davis, Michael C. James and Daryl Silzer;

Mr. Heil is the only new director to be elected.  Mr. Heil is General Partner in charge of Sudler Real Estate and has held that position since 2003.  Sudler is the largest condominium management company in Chicago with over 18,000 units.   In 2002, Mr. Heil established E. F. Heil, LLC, a quarry and landfill firm and serves as its president.   Mr. Heil is a Board member of American Ecology, a publically-traded nuclear and hazardous waste company and has served in that capacity for more than 10 years. 



ITEM 5.03.
AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLASWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR

At the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on December 12, 2007, the stockholders of the Company:

 
·
approved the amendment of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to divide the Company’s Board of Directors into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, to be known as Class I, Class II and Class III with each class to be elected for three year terms on a staggered basis;

 
·
approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s By-Laws to increase the maximum number of directors of the Company from nine to eleven.


ITEM 5.05.
AMENDMENTS TO THE REGISTRANT’S CODE OF ETHICS OR WAIVER OF A PROVISION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS

On December 12, 2007, the Board of Directors amended the Company's Code of Ethics and Insider Trading Policy to provide that the trading window under the policy ends on the first calendar day of the third month of the fiscal quarter.   Prior to the amendment, the trading window ended at the close of business on the day two weeks before the last day of each fiscal quarter.   A copy of the Company's entire Code of Ethics document is posted on its web site www.nestor.com.

ITEM 8.01.
OTHER EVENTS

Following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the directors of the Company met and made appointments to the Board’s Committees.

Messrs. Ball and Davis were reappointed to the Executive Committee and Mr. James was appointed to the Executive Committee.  Mr. Ball will continue to serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Messrs. James and Petroulas, and Ms. Mitchell were reappointed to the Audit Committee.  Mr. James will continue to serve as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

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Mr. James was reappointed to the Compensation Committee and Messrs. Ford and Ball were appointed to the Compensation Committee.  Mr. James will continue to serve as Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Messrs. Silzer and Jordan were reappointed to the Nominations Committee.  Mr. Silzer will continue to serve as Chairman of the Nominations Committee.

The board further appointed the following individuals be elected to the office or offices following their name to serve subject to the terms of each individual’s employment agreement:
Clarence A. Davis, Chief Executive Officer
Teodor Klowan, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
Tadas A. Eikinas, Chief Operating Officer
Brian R. Haskell, Vice President and General Counsel

The Board re-elected Mr. George L. Ball as Chairman of the Board of the Company.
 
As set forth in Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules promulgated thereunder and an “outside director” for the purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, the board of directors determined that the following individuals qualify as “independent” directors:  George L. Ball, Harold E. Ford,  David N. Jordan, Michael C. James, Nina R. Mitchell, Theodore Petroulas, Daryl Silzer.




ITEM 9.01.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)
Exhibits

Exhibit No.
Exhibit

 
10.1
Amended and Restated Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 12, 2007

 
10.2
Amended and Restated Company’s Bylaws
 
 

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SIGNATURES

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

   
NESTOR, INC.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Brian R. Haskell
   
Brian R. Haskell
   
Vice President and General Counsel
     
     
     
     
Date:    December 18, 2007
   
 

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EX-10.1 2 ex10_1certificateofincorp.htm AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ex10_1certificateofincorp.htm
EXHIBIT 10.1

 
SECOND RESTATED CERTIFICATE
 
OF
 
INCORPORATION
 
OF
 
NESTOR, INC.


 
FIRST:  The name of the corporation is:
 
NESTOR, INC.
 
SECOND: The registered office of the corporation is to be located at 306 South State Street, in the City of Dover, in the County of Kent, in the State of Delaware. The name of its registered agent at that address is the United States Corporation Company.
 
THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
 
Without limiting in any manner the scope and generality of the foregoing, it is hereby provided that the corporation shall have the following purposes, objects and powers:
 
To purchase, manufacture, produce, assemble, receive, lease or in any manner acquire, hold, own, use, operate, install, maintain, service, repair, process, alter, improve, import, export, sell, lease, assign, transfer and generally to trade and deal in and with raw materials, natural or manufactured articles or products, machinery, equipment, devices, systems, parts, supplies, apparatus, goods, wares, merchandise and personal property of every kind, nature or description, tangible or intangible, used or capable of being used for any purpose whatsoever, and to engage and participate in any mercantile, manufacturing or trading business of any kind or character.
 
To improve, manage, develop, sell, assign, transfer, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or turn to account or deal with all or any part of the property of the corporation and from time to time to vary any investment or employment of capital of the corporation.
 
To borrow money, and to make and issue notes, bonds, debentures, obligations and evidences of indebtedness of all kinds, whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, without limit as to amount, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge or otherwise, and generally to make and perform agreements and contacts of every kind and description, including contracts or guaranty and suretyship.




To lend money for its corporate purposes, invest and reinvest its funds, and take, hold and deal with real and personal property as security for the payment of funds so loaned or invested.
 
To the same extent as natural persons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, maintain, work, develop sell, lease, exchange, hire, convey, mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal in lands and leaseholds, and any interest, estate and rights in a real property, and any personal or mixed property, and any franchises, rights, licenses or privileges necessary, convenient or appropriate for any of the purposes herein expressed.
 
To apply for, obtain, register, purchase, lease or otherwise to acquire and to hold, own, use, develop, operate and introduce and to sell, assign, grant licenses or territorial rights in respect to, or otherwise to turn to account or dispose of, any copyrights, trade marks, trade names, brands, labels, patent rights, letters patent of he United States or of any other country or government, inventions, improvements and processes, whether used in connection with or secured under letters patent or otherwise.
 
To participate with others in any corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, or other association of any kind, or in any transaction, undertaking or arrangement which the participating corporation would have power to conduct by itself, whether or not such participation involves sharing or delegation of control with or to others; and to be an incorporator, promoter or manager of other corporations of any type or kind.
 
To pay pensions and establish and carry out pension, profit sharing, stock option, stock purchase, stock bonus, retirement, benefit, incentive and commission plans, trusts and provisions for any or all of its directors, officers and employees, and for any or all of the directors, officers and employees of its subsidiaries; and to provide insurance for its benefit on the life of any of its directors, officers or employees, or on the life of any stockholder for the purpose of acquiring at his death shares of its stock owned by such stockholders.
 
To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise, and to hold for investment or otherwise and to use, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise deal with or dispose of stocks, bonds or any other obligations or securities of any corporation or corporations; to merge or consolidate with any corporation in such manner as may be permitted by law; to aid in any manner any corporation whose stocks, bonds or other obligations are held or in any manner guaranteed by this corporation, or in which this corporation is in any way interested; and to do any other acts or things for the preservation, protection, improvement or enhancement of the value of any such stock, bonds, or other obligations; and while owner of any such stock, bonds or other obligations to exercise all the rights, powers and privileges of ownership thereof, and to exercise any and all voting powers thereon; and to guarantee the payment of dividends upon any stock, the principal or interest or both, of any bonds or other obligations, and the performance of any contracts.
 
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To do all and everything necessary, suitable and proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects or the furtherance of any of the powers hereinbefore set forth, either alone or in association with other corporations, firms or individuals, and to do every other act or acts, thing or things incidental or appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid business or powers or any part or parts thereof, provided the same be not inconsistent with the laws under which this corporation is organized.
 
The business or purpose of the corporation is from time to time to do any one or more of the acts and things hereinabove set forth, and it shall have power to conduct and carry on its said business, or any part thereof, and to have one or more offices, and to exercise any or all of its corporate powers and rights, in the State of Delaware, and in the various other states, territories, colonies and dependencies of the United States, in the District of Colombia, and in all or any foreign countries.
 
The enumeration herein of the objects and purposes of the corporation shall be construed as powers as well as objects and purposes and shall not be deemed to exclude by inference any powers, objects or purposes which the corporation is empowered to exercise, whether expressly by force of the laws of the State of Delaware now or hereafter in effect, or impliedly by the reasonable construction of the said laws..
 
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issues is Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (hereinafter called “Common Stock”) and Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (hereinafter called “Preferred Stock”).  The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in series and shall be so designated as to distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of all other series. All shares of Preferred Stock shall be identical except as expressly determined by the board of directors pursuant to this Article. The board of directors is vested with authority to establish and designate series, to fix the number of shares therein, and before issuance of any shares of a particular series, to fix the variations and the relative rights, preferences and limitations as between series including the dividend rate, whether dividends shall be cumulative and if so from which date or dates, voting rights, liquidation rights, the redemption price or prices, if any, and the terms and conditions of the redemption, any sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of the shares of the series, and the terms and conditions on which the shares are convertible, if they are convertible.
 
Pursuant to the authority conferred by this Article FOURTH, the following series of Preferred Stock has been designated, such series consisting of such number of shares, with such voting powers and with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions therefor as are stated and expressed in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference:
 
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Exhibit A: Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
 
FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
 
(1) The number of directors of the corporation shall be such as from time to time shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in the by-laws. Election of directors need not be by ballot unless the by-laws so provide. Directors shall be elected annually, and except as set forth in this paragraph in connection with the initial classification of directors, shall serve for terms of three years. The directors shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, with the initial term of office of the first class (“Class I”) to expire at the 2008 annual meeting of stockholders, the term of office of the second class (“Class II”) to expire at the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders and the term of office of the third class (“Class III”) to expire at the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders. At each annual meeting of stockholders following such initial classification and election, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a three-year term of office and until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office.
 
(2) The Board of Directors shall have power without the assent or vote of the stockholders to make, alter, change, add to or repeal the by-laws of the corporation; to fix and vary the amount to be reserved for any proper purpose; to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon all or any part of the property of the corporation; to determine the use and disposition of any surplus or net profits; and to fix the times for the declaration and payment of dividends.
 
(3) The directors in their discretion may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the corporation which is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided that a lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall be as valid and as binding upon the corporation and upon all the stockholders as though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the corporation, whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack because of directors' interest, or for any other reason.
 
(4) In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the corporation; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the statutes of Delaware, of this certificate, and to any by-laws from time to time made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no by-laws so made shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such by-law had not been made.
 
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SIXTH: The corporation shall, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto.
 
SEVENTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this corporation, as the case may be, and also on this corporation.
 
EIGHTH: The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers are subject to this reserved power.
 
NINTH: No Director shall be personally liable to the corporation or any stockholder for monetary damage for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for any matter in respect of which such director shall be liable under Section 174 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code (relating to the Delaware General Corporation Law) or any amendments thereto or successor provision thereto or shall be liable by reason that, in addition to any and all other requirements for such liability, he (i) shall have breached his duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) shall not have acted in good faith or, in failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith, (iii) shall have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or, in failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (iv) shall have derived an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Restated Certificate of which only restates and integrates and does not further amend the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation as heretofore amended or supplemented, there being no discrepancies between those provisions and the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and it having been duly adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors in accordance with Section 245 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, has been executed by its duly authorized officer this 12th day of December 2007.
 
 
   
NESTOR, INC.
     
     
     
     
   
/s/ Brian R. Haskell
 
Name:  
Brian R. Haskell
 
Title:  
Vice President and General Counsel

 
 
 

 
EXHIBIT A
 
 
Designation, Rights and Preferences
of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock
$1.00 Par Value of Nestor, Inc.
 
 
The voting powers, preferences and rights of the Series B Preferred Stock of the Corporation ("Series B Convertible Preferred") are as follows:
 
1. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The number of shares constituting the series designated as Series B Convertible Preferred shall be 3,000,000.
 
2. DIVIDENDS. The holders of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, dividends (or other distributions) equal to the amount of dividends (or other distributions) declared and paid on the number of shares or Common Stock, $.01 par value, of the Corporation ("Common Stock") into which such shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred may be converted.

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 3.
CONVERSION RIGHTS.

(a) Subject to adjustment as provided for by this Section 3, each share of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall be convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time and from time to time, into one fully paid and nonassessable share of the Corporation's Common Stock.
 
(b) In order to convert any shares of Series B Convertible Preferred into Common Stock, the holder shall give written notice to the Corporation setting forth the number of shares to be converted and accompanied by a certificate for the Series B Convertible Preferred to be converted (duly endorsed) to the Corporation, whereupon the holder shall be deemed to subscribe for the amount of Common Stock which the holder shall be entitled to receive upon conversion, and the Corporation shall be deemed to accept the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred being surrendered in full payment of the subscription price for the shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon conversion.
 
(c) The Corporation, as soon an practicable, after notice of conversion and surrender of the certificate for the Series B Convertible Preferred being converted, shall deliver to the holder a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which a holder is entitled. Conversion of the shares of Series B Convertible Preferred shall be deemed to have been made as of the date of surrender of the certificate for the Series B Convertible Preferred being converted, and the holder of such shares shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of Common Stock as of that date.

(d)  The conversion provided for by section 3(a) shall be adjusted as follows:
 
(i) If the Corporation shall: (A) declare or pay a dividend or make any other distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Common Stock; (B) subdivide its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares; or (C) combine its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the conversion privilege in effect at the time of the record date of such a dividend, subdivision, or combination shall be adjusted so that the holder of the Series B Convertible Preferred surrendered for conversion after such time shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder would have been entitled to receive had the holder converted such shares of Series B Convertible Preferred immediately prior to the record date for the event giving rise to the adjustment.
 
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(ii) If the Corporation shall consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation or other entity, or sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other entity or person, or effect a capital reorganization or reclassify its shares of Common Stock, then, and in each such case, adequate provision shall be made whereby each holder of the Series B Convertible Preferred then outstanding upon exercise of the conversion privilege shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property which such holder would have been entitled to receive had the holder converted the Series B Convertible Preferred held immediately prior to any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, reorganization or reclassification. In any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such holder of Series B Convertible Preferred to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such conversion privilege; and, as a condition of any such consolidation, merger, or conveyance, any corporation or entity that shall become successor to the Corporation by reason of such consolidation, merger or conveyance shall expressly assume the obligation to deliver, upon the exercise of the conversion privilege, such shares of stock, securities or other property or consideration as the holders of shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions hereof. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive classifications, reclassifications, or other reorganizations and to successive consolidations, mergers, and conveyances of or by any such successor.
 
(iii) If, as a result of any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(d), the holder of Series B Convertible Preferred shall become entitled to receive upon conversion any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than shares of its Common Stock, the number of such other shares receivable upon conversion shall be adjusted from time to time in a manner consistent with the adjustment provided for by this Section 3.
 
(iv) Whenever any adjustment is required in the number of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock into which each share of Series B Convertible Preferred is convertible, the Corporation shall: (A) file with its stock record books a statement describing in reasonable detail the adjustment and the calculation used in determining that adjustment; and (B) deliver a copy of that statement to the holder of record of Series B Convertible Preferred.
 
(e) The Corporation shall take all steps necessary to reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock sufficient for issuance upon conversion of the Series B Convertible Preferred, for issuance upon conversion of any other securities convertible into Common Stock, and for issuance upon exercise of any outstanding rights, warrants or options to purchase Common Stock. All shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred shall be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
 
(f) The Corporation shall pay any taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion.
 
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4. LIQUIDATION RIGHTS. Upon the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holder of shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders, the amount of $1.00 per share, plus an amount equal to all dividends on such shares accrued but unpaid, after the holders of any other stock ranking senior to the Series B Convertible Preferred upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation have received the preferential amount to which they are entitled and before any payment or distribution shall be made on the Common Stock or on any other class of stock ranking junior to the Series B Convertible Preferred upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, or the sale by the Corporation of any part of its assets to any other entity, shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. If the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to the holders of shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts to which such holders are entitled, no distribution shall be made to holders of shares of any other class of stock of the Corporation ranking an a parity with the shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation unless proportionate distributive amounts shall be paid to the holders of the shares of the Series B Convertible Preferred, ratably, in proportion to the full distributable amounts to which holders of all such other parity shares are entitled. After payment in full of the preferential amounts provided for in this Section 4, the holders of the Series B Convertible Preferred as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation. The holders of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall rank on a parity with the holders of the Series A Preferred of the Corporation upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation subject to the provisions of this Section 4 and the Liquidation Rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred.
 
5. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Series B Convertible Preferred shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock into which the Series B Convertible Preferred shall be convertible as provided for by Section 3 hereof on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company and shall be entitled to and receive notice of meetings of stockholders of the Company and of stockholder consents; and the holders of the Series B Convertible Preferred shall have the same voting rights on a share for share basis as the holders of the Common Stock, and the holders of the Common Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company.
 


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EX-10.2 3 ex10_2bylaws.htm AMENDED BYLAWS ex10_2bylaws.htm
EXHIBIT 10.2



AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

NESTOR, INC.



ARTICLE I

OFFICES

      SECTION 1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office shall be established and maintained at the office of the United States Corporation Company, in the City of Dover, in the County of Kent, in the State of Delaware, and said corporation shall be the registered agent of this corporation in charge thereof.

      SECTION 1.2 OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

      SECTION 2.1 ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event the Board of Directors fails to so determine the time, date and place of meeting, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in Delaware on

            If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

      SECTION 2.2 OTHER MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

      SECTION 2.3 VOTING. Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Upon the demand of any stockholder the vote for directors and the vote upon any question before the meeting, shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be elected by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware.

            A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of shares held by each, 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 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

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      SECTION 2.4 QUORUM. Except as otherwise required by Law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding a majority of the stock of the corporation entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

      SECTION 2.5 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the President or Secretary, or by resolution of the directors.

      SECTION 2.6 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. No business other than that stated in the notice shall be transacted at any meeting without the unanimous consent of all the stockholders entitled to vote thereat.

      SECTION 2.7 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.


ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

      SECTION 3.1 NUMBER AND TERM. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but in no event shall be less than three (3) nor more than eleven (11).  The number of directors may be decreased at any time and from time to time by a majority of the directors in office, but only to eliminate vacancies existing by reason of the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the term of one or more directors.  Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve for such term as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

      SECTION 3.2 RESIGNATIONS. Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the President or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

      SECTION 3.3 VACANCIES. Subject to any agreement in writing between the stockholders and the corporation, if the office of any director, member of a committee or other officer becomes vacant for any reason, including without limitation from an increase in the authorized number of directors, the remaining directors in office, though less than a quorum by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until his successor shall be duly chosen.

      SECTION 3.4 REMOVAL. Except as herein provided and subject to any agreement between the stockholders and the corporation, any director or directors may be removed for cause at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose and the vacancies thus created may be filled, at the meeting held for the purpose of removal, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote.

 
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      SECTION 3.5 INCREASE OF NUMBER. The number of directors may be increased by amendment of these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a majority in interest of the stockholders, at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may be chosen at such meeting to hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.

      SECTION 3.6 POWERS. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or by these By-Laws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.

      SECTION 3.7 COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

            Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-Laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution, these By-Laws, or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.

      SECTION 3.8 MEETINGS. The newly elected directors may hold their first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent in writing of all the directors.

            Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the directors.

            Special meetings of the board may be called by the President or by the Secretary on the written request of any two directors on at least two day's notice to each director and shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the directors, or as shall be stated in the call of the meeting.

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

      SECTION 3.9 QUORUM. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned.

      SECTION 3.10 COMPENSATION. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors or as members of committees, but by resolution of the board a fixed fee and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

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      SECTION 3.11 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. 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 prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board, or of such committee as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.



ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

      SECTION 4.1 OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect a Chairman, one or more Vice-Presidents and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as they may deem proper. None of the officers of the corporation need be directors. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same person.

      SECTION 4.2 OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, 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.

      SECTION 4.3 CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one be elected, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and he shall have and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

      SECTION 4.4 VICE CHAIRMAN. The Vice Chairman shall have and perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.

      SECTION 4.5 PRESIDENT. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders if present thereat, and in the absence or non-election of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision, direction and control of the business of the corporation. Except as the Board of Directors shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts in behalf of the corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed the seal shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary, or an Assistant Treasurer.

      SECTION 4.6 VICE-PRESIDENT. Each Vice-President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the directors.

      SECTION 4.7 TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositaries 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, or the President, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall render to the President and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such amount and with such surety as the board shall prescribe.

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      SECTION 4.8 SECRETARY. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the President, or by the directors, or stockholders, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the directors or the President. He shall have the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the directors or the President, and attest the same.

      SECTION 4.9 ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the directors.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

      SECTION 5.1 CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. Certificate of stock, signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if they be elected, President or Vice-President, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall be issued to each stockholder certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any of or all the signatures may be facsimiles.

      SECTION 5.2 LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.

      SECTION 5.3 TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of stock of the corporation shall he transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other person as the directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A full record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer.

      SECTION 5.4 STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

      SECTION 5.5 DIVIDENDS. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation.

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      SECTION 5.6 SEAL. The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the corporation, the year of its creation and the words "CORPORATE SEAL DELAWARE." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

      SECTION 5.7 FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

      SECTION 5.8 CHECKS. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

      SECTION 5.9 NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as if appears on the records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by Statute.

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

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

            These By-Laws may be altered or repealed and By-Laws may be made at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or By-Law or By-Laws to be made be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or any special meeting of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal, or By-Law or By-Laws to be made, be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

            The Corporation shall (a) 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 he 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, and (b) 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 he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or served at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any such action, suit or proceeding, in each case to the fullest extent permissible under subsections (a) through (e) of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the indemnification provisions of any successor statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall in no way be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such person may be entitled, under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

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