EX-3.209 195 dex3209.htm BYLAWS OF W & W LEASING COMPANY, INC Bylaws of W & W Leasing Company, Inc

Exhibit 3.209

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of March 31, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

SECTION 2: ANNUAL MEETINGS. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day of April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES AND CORPORATE SEALS

 

SECTION 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE. In addition to its known place of business, which shall be the office of its statutory agent, the corporation shall maintain a principal office in Maricopa County, Arizona.

 

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also maintain offices at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Arizona, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, and the business of the Corporation may be transacted at such other offices with the same effect as that conducted at the principal office.

 

SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL. A corporate seal shall not be requisite to the validity of any instrument executed by or on behalf of the Corporation, but nevertheless if in any instance a corporate seal be used, the same shall be, at the pleasure of the officer affixing the same, either (a) a circle having on the circumference thereof W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. and in the center “INCORPORATED 1978” or a circle containing the words “CORPORATE SEAL” on the circumference thereof.


 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

SECTION 1: PLACE OF MEETING. Every meeting of the shareholders of W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., an Arizona corporation, (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona or at such other place within or without said State as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2: ANNUAL MEETING. Each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the third Wednesday of May of each year (or, if that day shall be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day) at such hour as may be specified in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3: SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise regulated by statute, may be called by the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning at least ten percent (10%) of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined solely to the objects stated in the call.

 

SECTION 4: NOTICE OF MEETING. Notice of each meeting of the shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be


deposited in the United States mails by regular mail, to or personally served upon, each shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the meeting. If mailed, notice shall be directed to each shareholder at his or her address as it appears on the record books of the Corporation, unless he or she has filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request. Such notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder who attends such meeting in person or by proxy, or who in writing or by telegraph waives notice thereof prior or subsequent to the meeting time and any business may be transacted by the shareholders at any meeting at which every shareholder of voting stock of the Corporation is present, in person or by proxy, even though the meeting is held without notice thereof or of the purpose or purposes thereof, except when such attendance at the meeting is for the express purpose of objecting to the transactions of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

SECTION 5: QUORUM. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence in person or by proxy of a majority in voting interest of the voting stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at each meeting of the shareholders for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, a majority in voting interest of those present in person or by proxy, or in the absence of all the shareholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of such meeting, may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum is present thereat. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such


adjournment shall be taken and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. 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 shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

SECTION 6: VOTING. Each holder of record of shares of the voting stock of the Corporation having voting power shall at each meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one (1) vote for every share of the voting stock of the Corporation standing in his or her name on the books of the Corporation and may vote either in person or by proxy. At all meetings of shareholders, a quorum being present, all matters, except those the manner of deciding upon which is otherwise expressly regulated by law or by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws, shall be decided by the vote of a majority, excluding abstentions, in voting interest of the voting stock cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat. At the direction of the President of the Corporation or upon demand by twenty percent (20%) in voting interest of the voting stock represented and entitled to vote at a meeting, a vote by ballot on any question shall be taken. On a vote by ballot each ballot shall be signed by the shareholder or proxy voting and it shall show the number of shares voted. Except as otherwise required by law or by these Bylaws, all voting may be viva voce.

 

SECTION 7: ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by


the holders of all of the outstanding shares entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter of the action.

 

SECTION 8: LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, 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 shareholder present.

 

SECTION 9: STOCK TRANSFER RESTRICTION. No holder of common stock shall have the right or power to transfer, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the shares of the common stock of the Corporation, and unless such transfer be accomplished by right of inheritance or by operation of law, no transfer, pledge, sale, or other disposition thereof shall be valid and effective until the shares of common stock proposed to be transferred are first offered for sale to the Corporation. If the Corporation elects not to purchase same, then the shares of common stock shall be offered to the other holders of common stock of the Corporation ratably in accordance with any stock redemption agreement then in effect between the Corporation and the shareholders, and if no such plan is in effect, then at the price at which and under the


terms on which such shares are proposed to be sold as evidenced by a bona fide offer purchase. Such offer to the other holders of the common stock of the Corporation shall be made in writing, signed by the shareholder and sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal place of business. Such offer shall remain open for acceptance by the other shareholders of the Corporation for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of mailing such offer.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Directors.

 

SECTION 1: GENERAL POWERS. The Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation and may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things, including adoption of operational rules and regulations and the designation from its number of a Chairman and an Executive Committee, as are not by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the share holders. Directors shall not be entitled to be represented, counted or vote at meetings of the Board by proxy.

 

SECTION 2: NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than required by law and shall be determined by the Board from time to time and in the absence of such determination, shall be in the number as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The term of office of each of the initial directors shall be as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The term of office of each director thereafter shall be from the time of his or her election and qualification until the annual meeting of the shareholders next


succeeding his or her election and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his or her death, or until he or she shall resign, or until he or she shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section q of this Article III. If the Board so designates, the terms of Directors maybe classified and staggered as provided for by law.

 

SECTION 3: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. At each election for directors at which a quorum exists, each voting shareholder or proxy entitled to vote shall have as many votes as equals the number of shares of voting stock owned or represented by him or her, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. Each said shareholder may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two (2) or more of them as he may see fit.

 

SECTION 4: QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING. Except as provided in Section 10 of this Article III, a majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. Any act of a majority, excluding abstentions, of the directors present and voting at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board except as provided in Section 4, Article IV and Article XII of these Bylaws. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. Notices of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment shall be taken and at any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.


SECTION 5: PLACE OF MEETING. The Board may hold its meetings at such place within or without the State of Arizona as the Board from time to time may determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notices thereof. Meetings may be held by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meetings are able to hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

SECTION 6: ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS. An annual meeting of the Board for the election of officers of the Corporation and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held within two (2) weeks following the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times as the Board by resolution may determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day at said place.

 

SECTION 7: SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the President of the Corporation and shall be called by the President of the Corporation at the request in writing of a majority of the whole Board.

 

SECTION 8: NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of each meeting of the Board, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail to, or personally served upon, each director,


addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of business, at least ten (10) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director if such notice is waived in writing or by telegraph by him or her prior or subsequent to the meeting time. Any business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting at which every member of the Board shall be present, even though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purposes thereof.

 

SECTION 9: REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any director may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting interest of the voting stock cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, provided no director shall be removed without cause if the number of shares voted against his or her removal would be great enough to elect him or her as a director if the whole Board were to be elected at the time of any such attempted removal.

 

SECTION 10. VACANCIES. Any vacancy or vacancies in the Board caused by death, resignation, removal, increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, shall be filled for the unexpired term by the majority vote of the total number of remaining directors of the Corporation, even though less than a quorum.

 

SECTION 11. COMPENSATION. Each director, in consideration of his or her serving as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such compensation or fees for attendance at directors’ meetings, or both, as the Board shall from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred by him or her in connection with the performance of his or her duties. Nothing contained in this Section shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation, its affiliates or subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.


SECTION 12. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

SECTION 13. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. There shall be an executive committee consisting of t w o (2) members of the Board of Directors who shall be elected by the whole Board at the first meeting of the Board of Directors following each annual meeting of shareholders. Members of the executive committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and each member of the executive committee may be removed with or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors acting at a meeting or by unanimous written consent. In the event any vacancy occurs in the executive committee, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The executive committee shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, but shall not possess any authority of the Board of Directors prohibited by law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Officers

 

SECTION 1: NUMBER. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a


Treasurer; and there may be, in addition, a Chairman of the Board and such subordinate officers, agents and employees as shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 3 of these Bylaws. One person may hold the office of, and perform the duties of, more than one office except the offices of President and Secretary. The Board may require any such officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

SECTION 2: ELECTION, TERM OF OFFICE, QUALIFICATION. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board at its annual meetings, each thereof to hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his death or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 4 of these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, ETC. The Board may appoint such subordinate officers, agents or employees as the Board may deem necessary or advisable, including one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall hold office for such period, having such authority and perform such duties as provided for in these Bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may delegate to any executive officer or to any committee the power to appoint any such additional officers, agents or employees.

 

SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution duly adopted by a


majority of the whole Board, or by any committee or executive officer upon whom such power of removal has been conferred by the Board.

 

SECTION 5. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office, because of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term at a special or regular meeting of the Board in the manner as otherwise prescribed in Sections 2 and 3 of this Article IV for election or appointment to such office.

 

SECTION 6. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Board of Directors and shall generally oversee and supervise activities which are under the direction of the Board of Directors. He or she shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the Board of Directors. In general, he or she shall perform all duties instant to the office of Chairman of the Board and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 7. THE PRESIDENT. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board. He or she shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the stockholders. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He or she may sign, with the Treasurer or the Secretary, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and he or she may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing, execution or delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these Bylaws to designated officers or


agents of the Corporation or where any thereof shall be required by law or the Board otherwise to be signed, executed and delivered, and he or she may affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument which shall require it. In general, he or she shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board.

 

SECTION 8: VICE PRESIDENT. Each Vice President, including an Executive Vice President, shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the President may from time to time prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. At the request of the President, or in case of his or her absence or inability to act, the Vice President, or, if there shall be more than one Vice President in office, that one of them who shall be designated for the purpose by the President or by the Board, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

SECTION 9: THE TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or other depositaries as may be designated by the Board; he or she shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, making proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Board at the annual, regular and special meetings of the Board or whenever they may require it, a statement all his or


her transactions as Treasurer and an account of financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, he or she shall perform all the duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board. He or she may sign, with the President, certificates of stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 10: THE SECRETARY. The Secretary shall act as secretary of, and cause to be kept, the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; he or she shall cause notice to be given of all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he or she shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been specifically or generally authorized by the Board; he or she shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization as a corporation, and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept or filed; and he or she shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board. He or she may sign, with the President, certificates to stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 11. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers of the Corporation, if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, and none of such officers shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a member of the Board; any officer who shall also be a member of the Board shall be entitled to vote in the determination of the amount of the salary that shall be paid to him or her.


ARTICLE V

 

Resignations

 

Any director or other officer may resign his or her office at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or if no time be specified therein, at the time of the receipt thereof, and the acceptance thereof shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

SECTION 1: EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS. In addition to the provisions of Article IV, Section 7 of these Bylaws, the Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; except as is provided by Article IV, Section 7, of these Bylaws with respect to the powers and authority of the President, and, unless so authorized by the Board or expressly authorized by these Bylaws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power of authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or to any amount.

 

SECTION 2: LOANS. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board. When authorized by the Board so to do, any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the


Corporation from any bank, trust company, or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds, or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 3: CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC. All checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of moneys out of the funds of the Corporation and all notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board.

 

SECTION 4: DEPOSITS. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the Board may select or may be selected by any officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation to whom such power may from time to time be delegated by the Board; and, for the purpose of such deposit, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any other officer or agent or employee of the Corporation to whom such power may be delegated by the Board may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of moneys which are payable to the order of the Corporation.


ARTICLE VII

 

Stock

 

SECTION 1: CERTIFICATES. Certificates of capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board and shall be issued and signed by the President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer and sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile.

 

SECTION 2: TRANSFERS. Transfers of capital stock shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder of the shares in person, or by his or her duly authorized attorney or legal representative, and upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares. The Board may require satisfactory surety before issuing a new certificate to replace a certificate claimed to have been lost or destroyed.

 

SECTION 3: CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. The Board may fix a day not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the day of holding any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation as the day as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined and only such shareholders of record on such day shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting. The books for the transfer of the shares of the Corporation may be closed for the payment of a dividend or dividends or for any other purpose permitted by law during such period, not exceeding forty-five (45) days, as the Board shall determine.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Dividends

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by law, the Board may declare dividends on the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, shall deem proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conducive to the best interests of the Corporation. Such dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Offices and Books

 

SECTION 1: OFFICES. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at such place within the State of Arizona, as the Board may determine. The Board may from time to time and at any time establish other offices of the Corporation or branches of its business at whatever place or places seem to it expedient.

 

SECTION 2: BOOKS. There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or the office of the Corporation’s attorneys at law correct books of all the business and transactions of the Corporation, a copy of these Bylaws and the Stock Book of the Corporation.


ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as determined by the Board.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

These Bylaws, or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be made, at any meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the vote of at least a majority of the whole Board.

 

Adopted the 8th day of February, 1978.

 

/s/

Secretary

 

ATTEST:

 

/s/

President