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): February 6, 2015
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-9511 | 94-2490990 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
350 Woodview Avenue, Morgan Hill, California | 95037 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (408) 782-6686
N/A
(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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Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On February 6, 2015, the Board of Directors of The Coast Distribution System, Inc. (the Company) approved an amendment to the Companys Amended and Restated Bylaws, as then in effect. That Bylaw amendment adds a new Section 8 to Article VII which designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) as the sole and exclusive forum for certain legal actions, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum. The foregoing description of the Bylaw amendment is only a summary, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Companys Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.4 to and is incorporated herein by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits. |
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
3.4 | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC. | ||||
Date: February 9, 2015 |
By: | /s/ SANDRA A. KNELL | ||
Sandra A. Knell, | ||||
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
3.4 | Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company. |
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Exhibit 3.4
SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
(Effective as of February 6, 2015)
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.
a Delaware corporation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I OFFICES |
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Section 1 |
Registered Office | 1 | ||||
Section 2 |
Other Offices | 1 | ||||
Section 3 |
Books | 1 | ||||
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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Section 1 |
Place of Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 2 |
Annual Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 3 |
Special Meetings | 1 | ||||
Section 4 |
Notification of Business to be Transacted at Meeting | 1 | ||||
Section 5 |
Notice; Waiver of Notice | 1 | ||||
Section 6 |
Quorum; Adjournment | 2 | ||||
Section 7 |
Voting | 2 | ||||
Section 8 |
Proxies | 2 | ||||
Section 9 |
Stockholder Action by Written Consent without a Meeting | 2 | ||||
Section 10 |
Record Date | 2 | ||||
Section 11 |
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote | 3 | ||||
Section 12 |
Inspectors of Election | 3 | ||||
Section 13 |
Organization | 3 | ||||
Section 14 |
Order of Business | 3 | ||||
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders | 3 | |||||
(B) Special Meeting of Stockholders | 5 | |||||
(C) General | 5 | |||||
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS |
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Section 1 |
Powers | 6 | ||||
Section 2 |
Number and Election of Directors | 6 | ||||
Section 3 |
Classified Board of Directors | 6 | ||||
Section 4 |
Vacancies | 6 | ||||
Section 5 |
Time and Place of Meetings | 6 | ||||
Section 6 |
Annual Meeting | 6 | ||||
Section 7 |
Regular Meetings | 7 | ||||
Section 8 |
Special Meetings | 7 | ||||
Section 9 |
Quorum; Vote Required for Action; Adjournment | 7 | ||||
Section 10 |
Action by Written Consent | 7 | ||||
Section 11 |
Telephone Meetings | 7 | ||||
Section 12 |
Committees | 7 | ||||
Section 13 |
Compensation | 8 | ||||
Section 14 |
Interested Directors | 8 |
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.
a Delaware corporation
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS |
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Section 1 |
Officers | 8 | ||||
Section 2 |
Appointment of Officers | 8 | ||||
Section 3 |
Subordinate Officers | 8 | ||||
Section 4 |
Removal and Resignation of Officers | 9 | ||||
Section 5 |
Vacancies in Offices | 9 | ||||
Section 6 |
Chairman of the Board | 9 | ||||
Section 7 |
Chief Executive Officer | 9 | ||||
Section 8 |
President | 9 | ||||
Section 9 |
Vice President | 9 | ||||
Section 10 |
Chief Financial Officer | 9 | ||||
Section 11 |
Secretary & Assistant Secretaries | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE V STOCK |
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Section 1 |
Certificated Shares | 10 | ||||
Section 2 |
Uncertificated Shares | 10 | ||||
Section 3 |
Stock Records and Record Holders | 10 | ||||
Section 4 |
Transfers of Stock | 11 | ||||
Section 5 |
Lost, Stolen, Destroyed, and Mutilated Certificates | 11 | ||||
Section 6 |
Regulations | 11 | ||||
ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 1 |
Right to Indemnification | 11 | ||||
Section 2 |
Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit | 12 | ||||
Section 3 |
Non-Exclusivity of Rights | 12 | ||||
Section 4 |
Insurance | 12 | ||||
Section 5 |
Indemnification of Employees or Agents of the Corporation | 12 | ||||
Section 6 |
Indemnification Contracts | 13 | ||||
Section 7 |
Effect of Termination of Actions | 13 | ||||
Section 8 |
Effect of Amendment | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 1 |
Dividends | 13 | ||||
Section 2 |
Disbursements | 13 | ||||
Section 3 |
Fiscal Year | 13 | ||||
Section 4 |
Corporate Seal | 13 | ||||
Section 5 |
Voting of Stock Owned by the Corporation | 13 | ||||
Section 6 |
Construction and Definitions | 13 | ||||
Section 7 |
Amendments | 14 | ||||
Section 8 |
Forum for Certain Litigation | 14 |
SECOND AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
THE COAST DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.
a Delaware corporation
Effective as of February 6, 2015
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
Section 3. Books. The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders, for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting, shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the Board of Directors, by the Chairman of the Board, or by the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 4. Notification of Business to be Transacted at Meeting. To be properly brought before a meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 5. Notice; Waiver of Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, such notice shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
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Section 6. Quorum; Adjournment. Except as otherwise required by law, or provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum to conduct that meeting. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the majority of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 7. Voting. Any matter, other than the election of directors, brought before a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereon. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. At all elections of directors of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the next sentence, each holder of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of votes which (except for this provision as to cumulative voting) such holder would be entitled to cast for the election of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and such holder may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for or for any two or more of them as such holder may see fit. No stockholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes unless the name of the candidate for whom such votes would be cast has been placed in nomination prior to the voting, and any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors has given notice at the meeting, prior to the voting, of such stockholders intention to cumulate his votes. Elections of directors need not be by ballot unless the Chairman of the meeting so directs or unless a stockholder demands election by ballot at the meeting and before the voting begins.
Section 8. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by delivering a proxy in accordance with applicable law bearing a later date to the Secretary of the Corporation.
Section 9. No Stockholder Action by Written Consent. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders of the Corporation may not take action by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken only at a duly held annual or special meeting of such holders.
Section 10. 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 entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A
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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. Stockholders on the record date are entitled to notice and to vote or to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided by agreement or by applicable law.
Section 11. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, 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 of the Corporation who is present. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this Section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 12. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors may appoint one or more persons as inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, or if an appointed inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act at a meeting, the Chairman of any meeting of stockholders may, and on the request of any stockholder or his proxy shall, appoint an inspector or inspectors of election at the meeting. The duties of such inspector(s) shall include: determining the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each; the shares represented at the meeting; the existence of a quorum; the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining the result; and such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. In the event of any dispute between or among the inspectors, the determination of the majority of the inspectors shall be binding.
Section 13. Conduct of Meeting. At each meeting of stockholders the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if one shall have been elected, (or in his absence or if one shall not have been elected, the Chief Executive Officer) shall act as Chairman of the meeting. The Secretary (or in his absence or inability to act, the person whom the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint Secretary of the meeting) shall act as Secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. The order and manner of transacting business at all meetings of stockholders shall be determined by the Chairman of the meeting.
Section 14. Order of Business
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made, and any proposal or other business may be brought, at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time the Stockholder Notice called for by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 14 is given, provided that the stockholder (i) will be entitled to vote at that annual meeting and (ii) complies with the advance notice, informational and other procedures set forth hereinafter in this Section 14.
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(2) For director nominations to be made at or any proposal or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 14, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation in compliance with the requirements set forth in this paragraph (A)(2) below (a Stockholder Notice), and such proposal or other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action.
(a) To be timely, a Stockholder Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the Corporations principal executive offices by no later than the close of business on the 120th calendar day in advance of the first (1st) anniversary of the date the Corporations proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting was first released to the Corporations stockholders. If, however, the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than 30 calendar days from the first (1st) anniversary of the date of the prior years annual meeting, or no annual meeting was held in the prior year, then, notwithstanding the first sentence of this subparagraph (a), such written notice must have been given by no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the upcoming annual meeting was first publicly announced by the Corporation or was first sent to the Corporations stockholders, whichever occurred first.
(b) In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a Stockholder Notice as described above.
(c) The Stockholder Notice shall set forth:
(i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to applicable federal securities laws, including, without limitation, Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and Rule 14a-11 thereunder (including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected);
(ii) as to any proposal or other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief description of that proposal or other business, a description of the reasons for bringing that proposal or other business before the annual meeting and a description of any material interest that the stockholder may have in the proposal or other business and, if the proposal or other business is being brought before the meeting on behalf of any beneficial owner of the Corporations shares, any material interest that such beneficial owner may have in such proposal or other business; and
(iii) the name and address of the stockholder giving the notice and of such beneficial owner (if any) on whose behalf any director nomination is proposed to be made at or any proposal or other business is proposed to be brought before the annual meeting, and the class and number of voting shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 14 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation specifying that increase by the 120th day prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the date the Corporations proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting was first released to stockholders, the Stockholders Notice required by this Section 14 also shall be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if that Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the day on which such public announcement was first made by the Corporation.
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(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) The only business that shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders shall be the business set forth in the Corporations notice of that special stockholders meeting.
(2) If the Corporations notice of special stockholders meeting specifies that one or more directors are to be elected at such special meeting, then a stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election to such position(s) on the Board of Directors as are specified in the Corporations notice of that special meeting, if:
(a) such stockholder was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the Stockholder Notice provided for hereinafter in this Subsection 14(B); and
(b) the stockholder has given the same kind of a written notice as is required by Subsection (A)(2) of this Section 14 with respect to annual meetings, accompanied by the information about the stockholders nominee or nominees and about that stockholder and any beneficial owner of shares on whose behalf such nomination or nominations are being made, as set forth in Subparagraphs (a) and (c) of Paragraph (A)(2) above, to the Secretary of the Corporation at the Corporations principal executive offices (i) not earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the date of such special meeting and (ii) not later than the close of business on the earlier of the 60th day prior to the date of such special meeting or the 10th day following the day on which a public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(C) General.
(1) Only those persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in above in this Section 14 shall be eligible to stand for election and to serve as directors. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of any annual or special stockholders meeting shall have the power and authority to determine the procedures of that meeting, including, without limitation, the authority to determine whether the nomination of a director proposed to be made at or any proposal or other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in compliance with the applicable requirements and other procedures set forth above in this Section 14. If the chairman determines that there was a failure to comply with any such requirements or procedures, then, the chairman shall have the power and authority, as well, to declare that such nomination or such proposal or other business, as the case may be, shall be disregarded and that no action shall be taken with respect thereto at such meeting.
(2) For purposes of this Section 14, (a) the terms public announcement and publicly announced shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and (b) any reference to days or a number of days or to a specific day in this Section 14 shall mean calendar days and not business days, unless specifically and expressly provided to the contrary.
(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary that may be contained elsewhere in this Section 14, (a) a stockholder also shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 14, and (b) nothing in this Section 14
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shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock, if any, to elect directors under certain circumstances.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. Except as otherwise required by law or provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Number and Election of Directors. Subject to any limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors either by a resolution of an amendment to this Bylaw duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Until changed in the foregoing manner, the number of directors shall be six (6). Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders to replace directors whose terms then expire, and, subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Article III, each director elected shall hold office for a term of three (3) years or until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time effective upon giving written notice to the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for such resignation to become effective. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor prior to such effective time to take office when such resignation becomes effective. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3. Classified Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The number of directors constituting each Class shall be fixed from time to time by a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Class I directors shall hold office for an initial term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders, Class II directors shall hold office for an initial term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders, and Class III directors shall hold office for a full term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders. At each annual meeting of stockholders held thereafter, directors shall be elected for a full term to succeed the directors of the Class whose terms then expire.
Section 4. Vacancies. Subject to the limitations in the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or otherwise 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. Each director so selected shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of office of the former director which such director replaces and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the authorized number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent directors.
Section 5. Time and Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold its meetings at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, on the same day and at the same place where such annual meeting shall be held. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the event such annual meeting is not so held, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be specified in a notice thereof given as hereinafter provided in Section 8 of this Article III or in a waiver of notice thereof.
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Section 7. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such places within or without the State of Delaware at such date and time as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine and, if so determined by the Board of Directors, notices thereof need not be given.
Section 8. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or by any two (2) directors. Notice of the date, time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at the directors address as it is shown on the records of the Corporation. In case the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. In case the notice is delivered personally or by telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 9. Quorum; Vote Required for Action; Adjournment. Except as otherwise required by law, or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the Board of Directors and the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business, notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum to conduct that meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 10. Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all the 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 of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Section 11. Telephone Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, by conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 11 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 12. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In
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the event of absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the committee member or members 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 the absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided by resolution of the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Corporation, 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 the following matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report to the Board of Directors when required.
Section 13. Compensation. The directors may be paid such compensation for their services as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.
Section 14. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or the committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the stockholders. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Financial Officers and Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article IV.
Section 2. Appointment of Officers. The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 or Section 5 of this Article IV, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
Section 3. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the Chief Executive Officer or President to appoint, such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
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Section 4. Removal and Resignation of Officers. Subject to the rights of an officer under any contract, any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
Section 5. Vacancies in Offices. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments to that office.
Section 6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer is elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He shall, in addition, perform such other functions (if any) as may be prescribed by the Bylaws or the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and the officers of the Corporation. He shall exercise the duties usually vested in the chief executive officer of a corporation and perform such other powers and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the Bylaws. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board and any Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors.
Section 8. President. The President of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, if there be such an officer, have general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and stockholders.
Section 9. Vice President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws, and the President, or the Chairman of the Board.
Section 10. Chief Financial Officer. Unless the Board of Directors specifies otherwise, the Chief Financial Officer shall be the treasurer of the Corporation and shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall make such disbursements of the funds of the Corporation as are authorized and shall render from time to time an account of all of his transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall also have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws.
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Section 11. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary, and any Assistant Secretaries, shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of Directors, committees of Directors, and stockholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice given, the names of those present at Directors meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at stockholders meetings, and a summary of the proceedings.
The Secretary, and any Assistant Secretaries, shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the Corporations transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The Secretary, and any Assistant Secretaries, shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors required by the Bylaws or by law to be given, and he shall keep or cause to be kept the seal of the Corporation if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the Bylaws.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Certificated Shares. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President and (ii) by the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 2. Uncertificated Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation may be evidenced by registration in the owners name in uncertificated form on the books of the Corporation. To the extent required by applicable law, within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares of stock, the Corporation shall send or cause to be sent to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates representing shares of that class or series of stock, or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each registered owner thereof who so requests, the powers, designations, preferences and relative rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any such class or series of stock. Except as otherwise expressly provided by applicable law, the rights and obligations of the owners of uncertificated shares of stock and the rights and obligations of the owners of certificated shares of stock of the same class and series shall be identical. If a holder of uncertificated shares elects to receive a certificate for shares of the Corporations stock, the Corporation (or the transfer agent or registrar, as the case may be) shall (to the extent permitted under applicable law and rules, regulations and listing requirements of any stock exchange or stock market on which the Corporations shares are listed or traded) cease providing annual statements indicating such holders holdings of shares in the Corporation.
Section 3. Stock Records and Record Holders. A record shall be kept of the respective names of the persons, firms or corporations owning shares of the Corporations stock, whether certificated or uncertificated, the number and class or series of shares owned thereby, respectively, and the respective dates thereof, and in case of cancellation, the respective dates of cancellation. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the record holder of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such record holder, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered
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on its books as the record holder of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.
Section 4. Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by such holders attorney-in-fact thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 6 of this Article V, and, in the case of certificated shares of stock, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon, or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions, payment of all taxes thereon and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer if, when the shares, whether certificated or uncertificated, shall be presented to the Corporation for transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do so.
Section 5. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed, and Mutilated Certificates. In any case of loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any certificate of stock, another certificate of stock may be issued in its place, or, at the request of the holder thereof, uncertificated shares of stock may be issued in its place, upon proof of such loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation and upon the giving of a bond of indemnity to the Corporation in such form and in such sum as the Board of Directors may direct; provided, however, that a new certificate, or, upon request, uncertificated shares of stock, may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper to do so.
Section 6. Regulations. The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and, in the case of certificated shares of stock, may require all such certificates to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (hereinafter an indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article VI with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the
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Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an advancement of expenses); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, 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 that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VI or otherwise (hereinafter an undertaking).
Section 2. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this Article VI is not paid in full by the Corporation within forty-five (45) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or 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 indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit 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, the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or to such advancement of expenses under this Article VI or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section 3. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights of indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 4. Insurance. The Corporation may 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 Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 5. Indemnification of Employees or 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 VI with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors or officers of the Corporation.
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Section 6. Indemnification Contracts. The Board of Directors is authorized to enter into a contract with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing for indemnification rights equivalent to or, if the Board of Directors so determines, greater than, those provided for in this Article VI.
Section 7. Effect of Termination of Action. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the person seeking indemnification did not act in good faith and in the best interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had a reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Entry of a judgment by a consent as part of a settlement shall not be deemed a final adjudication of liability for negligence or misconduct in the performance of duty, nor of any other issue or matter.
Section 8. Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article VI by the stockholders or the directors of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Subject to limitations contained in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, securities of the Corporation or other property.
Section 2. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal. The Corporation shall have a corporate seal in such form as shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Voting of Stock Owned by the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors shall have power, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, vote and grant proxies to be used at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation (except this Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold stock.
Section 6. Construction and Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall govern the construction of these Bylaws.
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Section 7. Amendments. Subject to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors amend or repeal these Bylaws, or adopt other Bylaws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted, at any annual meeting of the stockholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for that purpose) by a majority of the combined voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of all classes and series of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as a single class, provided that, in the notice of any such special meeting, notice of such purpose shall be given.
Section 8. Forum for Certain Litigation. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if and only if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to, or seeking to enforce any right or remedy under, any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, or (v) any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce, or determine the validity or scope of any provision or provisions of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), in all cases to the full extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Any person or entity purchasing, otherwise acquiring, or continuing to own any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Bylaw.
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