-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, IN1hiKx9VHgRyrQApc4l1TgQq0ADCbmhfb9fUwPMdhQzwkpFiV1JOz7qGz3AazXw jCutGZmBvU+lio/nEyUDoQ== 0000837465-96-000001.txt : 19960613 0000837465-96-000001.hdr.sgml : 19960613 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000837465-96-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 19960611 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 19960630 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CALLAWAY GOLF CO /CA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000837465 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [3949] IRS NUMBER: 953797580 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-05719 FILM NUMBER: 96579563 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2285 RUTHERFORD RD CITY: CARLSBAD STATE: CA ZIP: 92008 BUSINESS PHONE: 6199311771 S-8 1 [DESCRIPTION]FORM S-8 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 1996 Registration No. 33-___________ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------------- CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 2285 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, California 92008-8815 (Address of principal executive offices) CALIFORNIA 95-3797580 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) --------------------- 1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN (Full title of the plan) DONALD. H. DYE, ESQ. President and Chief Executive Officer 2285 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, California 92008-8815 (619) 931-1771 (Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Title of Amount Offering Aggregate Amount of Securities to be Price Per Offering Registration to be Registered Registered Share (2) Price (2) Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock 2,000,000 $30.19 $60,380,000 $20,820.69 $.01 par value(1) shares(1) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Each share of Common Stock includes a Right to purchase one one-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share. (2) Estimated solely for purposes of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of Callaway Golf Company as reported on June 5, 1996 on the New York Stock Exchange. ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Callaway Golf Company (the "Company") relating to 2,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable to employees of the Company under the Callaway Golf Company 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS Item 1. Plan Information.* - ---------------------------- Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. - -------------------------------------------------- The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof: (a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995; (b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996; (c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 33-53732), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and (d) The description of the Company's Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 27, 1995, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto that indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Item 4. Description of Securities. - ----------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. - ------------------------------------------------ Not applicable. Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. - --------------------------------------------------- Under Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law (the "CGCL"), the Company is, in certain circumstances, permitted to indemnify its directors and officers against certain expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative or investigative actions or proceedings (other than an action by or in the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that such persons were or are directors or officers of the Company, if such persons acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In addition, the Company is in certain circumstances permitted to indemnify its directors and officers who were or are parties or were threatened to be made parties to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such persons are or were directors or officers of the Company, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with the defense or settlement of the action, if such persons acted in good faith and in a manner they believed to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. As permitted by the CGCL, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company provide that the Company is authorized to provide indemnification of its officers and directors for breach of duty to the Company and its shareholders through Bylaw provisions or through agreements with the directors or officers, or both, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the CGCL, subject to the limits on such excess indemnification set forth in Section 204 of the CGCL. Under Section 204(a)(10) of the CGCL, the personal liability of a director for monetary damages in an action brought by or in the right of the corporation for breach of the director's duty to the corporation may be eliminated, except for the liability of a director resulting from acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable violation of the law, acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith, any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit, acts or omissions showing a reckless disregard for the director's duty, acts or omissions constituting an unexcused pattern of inattention to the director's duty, or the making of an illegal distribution to shareholders or an illegal loan or guaranty. As permitted by the CGCL, the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation provide that the liability of directors for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California law. The Company's Bylaws provide that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Board of Directors of the Company as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or other persons serving the Company subject to limitations imposed by applicable law, from and against any expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Company's Bylaws further provide that the Company shall advance to such persons expenses incurred in defending any proceeding prior to the final disposition thereof to the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by the law. The Company's Bylaws provide that indemnification provided for in the Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled and that the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an agent of the Company against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under such Bylaws. The Company has entered into Indemnification Agreements with its outside directors. These Indemnification Agreements require the Company to indemnify each outside director if he or she is or was a party or other participant in any suit or proceeding individually or in the right of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, by reason of (a) the fact that such outside director is or was a director of the Company or any subsidiary, (b) any action or inaction on the part of such outside director while a director of the Company or any subsidiary, and/or (c) the fact that such outside director is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise. The indemnification extends to all expenses, liabilities, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the outside director in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the outside director acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. The Indemnification Agreements require that, to the extent that the outside director has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, the Company indemnify such outside director against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. The Company must further advance, within 30 days of a written request, all expenses incurred by the outside director in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of any such action or proceeding; provided, however, that the outside director must repay such amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. Under the Indemnification Agreements, the outside directors are permitted to petition the court to seek recovery of amounts due under the Indemnification Agreements and to recover the expenses of seeking such recovery if he or she is successful. The Indemnification Agreements also provide that the Company will indemnify the outside directors to the fullest extent permitted by law. Absent the Indemnification Agreements, indemnification that might be made available to outside directors could be changed by amendments to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. Benefits under the Indemnification Agreements are not available, however, to indemnify an outside director (a) with respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the outside director that are not by way of defense (unless authorized by the Board of Directors); (b) with respect to liability for transactions from which the outside director derived an improper personal benefit; (c) if the outside director is determined to have committed acts of active and deliberate dishonesty; (d) for expenses or liabilities that have been paid to the outside director under an insurance policy maintained by the Company or otherwise by any other means; or (e) for an accounting of profits realized from the purchase and sale of securities within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. - --------------------------------------------- Not applicable. Item 8. Exhibits. - ------------------ Exhibit Number Description -------------- ----------- 4.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-85692) and incorporated herein by this reference) 4.2 Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of the Company, effective February 10, 1995 (filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994, and incorporated herein by this reference) 4.3 Bylaws of the Company, as amended May 10, 1996 4.4 Certificate of Determination of Rights, Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995, and incorporated herein by this reference) 4.5 Rights Agreement by and between the Company and Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, as Rights Agent, dated as of June 21, 1995 (filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1995, and incorporated herein by this reference) 4.6 Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan (filed as the Prospectus in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-77024) and incorporated herein by this reference) 5 Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants 23.2 Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto) 24 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto) Item 9. Undertakings. - ---------------------- (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement; (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by a final adjudication of such issue. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carlsbad, State of California, on June 3, 1996. CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY By: /s/ Donald H. Dye --------------------------------------- Donald H. Dye, Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints DONALD H. DYE, DAVID RANE and STEVEN C. McCRACKEN his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, at any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the date indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/ Ely Callaway Director, Chairman of the June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- Board of Directors Ely Callaway /s/ Donald H. Dye Chief Executive Officer, June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- President, Chief Operating Donald H. Dye Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ David Rane Executive Vice President and June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- Chief Financial Officer David Rane (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Frederick R. Port Director and Executive June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- Vice President, International Frederick R. Port Sales, Licensing and Business Development /s/ Michael Sherwin Director June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- Michael Sherwin /s/ William C. Baker Director June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- William C. Baker /s/ Richard Rosenfield Director June 3, 1996 - ------------------------- Richard Rosenfield INDEX TO EXHIBITS ----------------- Sequentially Numbered Exhibit No. Description Page - ----------- ----------- ---- 4.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of * the Company 4.2 Certificate of Amendment of Articles of * Incorporation of the Company, effective February 10, 1995 4.3 Bylaws of the Company, as amended May 10, 1996 4.4 Certificate of Determination of Rights, * Preferences, Privileges and Restrictions of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock 4.5 Rights Agreement by and between the Company * and Chemical Mellon Shareholder Services, as Rights Agent, dated as of June 21, 1995 4.6 Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan * 5 Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as to legality of the securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP, independent accountants 23.2 Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5 hereto) 24 Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereof) * Incorporated by reference. EX-4.3 2 BYLAWS BYLAWS OF CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICES. The board of directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place within or outside the State of California. If the principal executive office is located outside this State, and the corporation has one or more business offices in this State, the board of directors shall fix and designate a principal business office in the State of California. Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section l. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated by the board of directors. In the absence of any such designation, shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING. (a) The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the board of directors. At each annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted. The date so designated shall be within five (5) months after the end of the fiscal year of the corporation and within fifteen (15) months after the last annual meeting. (Amended June 10, 1995.) (b) At an annual meeting of shareholders, only such business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of a majority of the directors or by any shareholder of the corporation who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2(b). For a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the scheduled annual meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than seventy (70) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the scheduled annual meeting is given or made, notice by the shareholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the scheduled annual meeting was mailed or the day on which such public disclosure was made. A shareholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the shareholder proposing such business and any other shareholders known by such shareholder to be supporting such proposal, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation's stock which are beneficially owned by the shareholder on the date of such shareholder notice and by any other shareholders known by such shareholder to be supporting such proposal on the date of such shareholder notice, and (iv) any financial interest of the shareholder in such proposal. The presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare at the annual meeting whether the shareholder proposal was made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2(b). If the presiding officer determines that a shareholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2(b), he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such proposal shall not be acted upon at the annual meeting. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors and committees of the board of directors, but, in connection with such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and received as herein provided. (Amended June 10, 1995.) (c) to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the board of directors, by any nominating committee or person appointed by the board of directors or by any shareholder of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2(c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the board of directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the scheduled annual meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than seventy (70) days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the scheduled annual meeting is given or made, notice by the shareholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the scheduled annual meeting was mailed or the day on which such public disclosure was made. A shareholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, and (D) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (ii) as to the shareholder giving the notice (A) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the shareholder and (B) the class and number of shares of the corporation's stock which are beneficially owned by the shareholder on the date of such shareholder notice. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as director of the corporation. The presiding officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare at the annual meeting whether the nomination was made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2(c). If the presiding officer determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2(c), he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such defective nomination shall be disregarded. (Amended June 10, 1995.) Section 3. SPECIAL MEETING. (a) A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the board of directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president, or by one or more shareholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at that meeting. (b) For a special meeting of shareholders to be properly called by any person or persons other than the board of directors, the request must be in writing, specifying the date and time of such meeting and the information set forth in Section 3(c) hereof, and must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary of the corporation not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date requested for such meeting. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the board of directors may be held. (Amended April 28, 1994 and June 10, 1995.) (c) Any request for a special meeting submitted pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the special meeting (i) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the special meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the special meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's books, of the shareholder proposing such business and any other shareholders known by such shareholder to be supporting such proposal, (iii) the class and number of shares of the corporation's stock which are beneficially owned by the shareholder on the date of such shareholder request and by any other shareholders known by such shareholder to be supporting such proposal on the date of such shareholder request, and (iv) any financial interest of the shareholder in such proposal. In addition to whatever other limitations are imposed by applicable law, no person may be nominated for election to the board of directors of the corporation by any of the person or persons making a request for a special meeting pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof unless the request sets forth as to each person whom the requesting person or persons propose to nominate for election as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, and (D) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (Amended April 28, 1994 and June 10, 1995.) Section 4. NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS' MEETINGS. All notices of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not less than ten (10) nor more than (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees whom, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for election. If action is proposed to be taken at any meeting for approval of (i) a contract or transaction in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) an amendment of the articles of incorporation, pursuant to Section 902 of that Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of that Code, (iv) a voluntary dissolution of the corporation pursuant to Section 1900 of that Code, or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of that Code, the notice shall also state the general nature of that proposal. Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE: AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address of that shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such address appears on the corporation's books or is given, notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent to that shareholder by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication to the corporation's principal executive office, or if published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where that office is located. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means of written communication. If any notice addressed to a shareholder at the address of that shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the shareholder at that address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if these shall be available to the shareholder on written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any shareholders' meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant secretary, or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, and shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation. Section 6. QUORUM. The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum. Section 7. ADJOURNED MEETING: NOTICE. Any shareholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this Article II. When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at a meeting at which that adjournment is taken, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days from the date for the original meeting, in which case the board of directors shall set a new record date. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 8. VOTING. The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 of this Article II, subject to the provisions of Sections 702 to 704, inclusive, of the Corporations Code of California (relating to voting shares held by a fiduciary, in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership). The shareholders' vote may be by voice vote or by ballot; provided, however, that any election of directors must be by ballot if demanded by any shareholder before the voting has begun. On any matter other than elections of directors, any shareholder may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares which the shareholder is voting affirmative, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder's approval is with respect to all shares that the shareholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on any matter (other than the election of directors) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by California General Corporation Law or by the articles of incorporation. At a shareholders' meeting at which directors are to be elected, no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any one or more candidates a number of votes greater than the number of the shareholders' shares) unless the candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to commencement of the voting and a shareholder has given notice prior to commencement of the voting of the shareholder's intention to cumulate votes. If any shareholder has given such notice, than every shareholder entitled to vote may cumulate votes for candidates in nomination and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which that shareholder's shares are entitled, or distribute the shareholder's votes on the same principle among any or all of the candidates, as the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected. Section 9. WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT SHAREHOLDERS. The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called or noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy and if, either before or after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to a holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of shareholders, except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any of those matters specified in the second paragraph of Section 4 of this Article II, the waiver of notice or consent shall state the general nature of the proposal. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Attendance by a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of notice of that meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in the notice of the meeting if that objection is expressly made at the meeting. (Amended April 28, 1994.) Section 10. SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. In the case of election of directors, such a consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the board of directors that has not been filled by the directors, by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records. Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder's proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary. If the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have not been solicited in writing, and if the unanimous written consent of all such shareholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt notice of the corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting. This notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article II. In the case of approval of (i) contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) indemnification of agents of the corporation, pursuant to Section 317 of that Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of that Code, and (iv) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of that Code, the notice shall be given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of any action authorized by that approval. Section 11. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE, VOTING AND GIVING CONSENTS. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a meeting, 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 any such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days before any such action without a meeting and in this event only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote or to give consents, 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 in the California General Corporation Law. If the board of directors does not so fix a record date: (a) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior action by the board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given, or (ii) when prior action of the board has been taken, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating to that action, or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of such other action, whichever is later. Section 12. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder's attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it, before the vote pursuant to that proxy, by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by a subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of the proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 705(e) and 705(f) of the Corporations Code of California. Section 13. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to act as inspectors of election at the meeting or its adjournment. If no inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint inspectors of the election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one (l) or three (3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails to or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any shareholder or a shareholder's proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy. These inspectors shall: (a) Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies; (b) Receive votes, ballots, or consents; (c) Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; (d) Count and tabulate all votes or consent; (e) Determine when the polls shall close; (f) Determine the result; and (g) Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California General Corporation Law and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors. Section 2. NUMBER AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors shall consist of not less than six (6) nor more than eleven (11) directors, with the exact number within that range to be fixed by resolution of the board of directors from time to time. (Amended September 28, 1984; November 30, 1987; January 6, 1989; April 2, 1990; and April 28, 1994.) Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified. Section 4. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, except that a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote or written consent of the shareholders or by court order may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified. A vacancy or vacancies in the board of directors shall be deemed to exist in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of any director, or if the board of directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony, or if the authorized number of directors is increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the number of directors to be voted for at that meeting. The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors, but any such election by written consent shall require the consent of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the chairman of the board, the president, the secretary, or the board of directors, unless the notice specified a later time for that resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's term of office expires. Section 5. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting. Section 6. ANNUAL MEETING. Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the board of directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, any desired election of officers, and the transaction of other business. Notice of this meeting shall not be required. Section 7. OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS. Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time be fixed by the board of directors. Such regular meetings may be held without notice. Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board or the president or the secretary or any two directors. Notice of the 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 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. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting nor the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 9. QUORUM. A majority of the number of directors authorized shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 11 of this Article III. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California (as to approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect material financial interest), or Section 317 of that Code (as to indemnification of directors). 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 for that meeting. (Amended March 17, 1985; November 30, 1987; January 28, 1989; and April 28, 1994.) Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of the board of directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Notice of a meeting shall also be deemed given to any director who attends the meeting, without protesting before or at its commencement, the lack of notice to that director. Section 11. ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Section 12. NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, in which case notice of the time and place shall be given before the time of the adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in Section 8 of this Article III, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment. Section 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board. Section 14. FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 14 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for those services. ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES Section 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the board. The board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, shall have all the authority of the board, except with respect to: (a) The approval of any action which, under the General Corporation Law of California, also requires shareholders' approval or approval of the outstanding shares; (b) The filling of vacancies on the board of directors or in any committee; (c) The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the board or on any committee; (d) The amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws; (e) The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board of directors which by its express terms is not amendable or repealable; (f) A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board of directors; or (g) The appointment of any other committees of the board of directors or the members of these committees. Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Sections 5 (place of meetings), 7 (regular meetings), 8 (special meetings and notice), 9 (quorum), 10 (waiver of notice), 11 (adjournment), 12 (notice of adjournment), and 13 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of directors or by resolution of the committee; special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors; and notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws. ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a chief executive officer, president, secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person (Amended May 10, 1996). Section 2. ELECTION 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 V, shall be chosen 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 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 as the board of directors may from time to time determine (Amended May 10, 1996). Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors, at any regular or special meeting of the board, 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. 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 AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board shall preside at meetings of the board of directors and shareholders and shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to the chairman by the board of directors or prescribed by the bylaws. In the absence (unavailability) of the chairman of the board, the vice chairman of the board shall act as chairman with all powers attendant thereto (Amended September 28, 1984, April 28, 1994 and May 10, 1996). Section 7. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Unless the board of directors shall otherwise determine, 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 (Amended May 10, 1996). Section 8. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers as may be given by the board of directors to the chief executive officer, and unless the board of directors shall otherwise determine, the president shall be chief operating officer in charge of the day-to-day operations of the corporation as they relate to sales and production of the corporation's products (Amended September 28, 1984 and May 10, 1996). Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS. 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, as otherwise designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president, and when so acting shall have all powers of, and be 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. SECRETARY. The secretary 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 shareholders, 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 shareholders' meetings, and the proceedings. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporation's 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 shareholders and their addresses, the number of 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 shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors required by the bylaws or by law to be given, and shall keep the seal of the corporation if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by the bylaws. Section 11. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer 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 including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director. 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, shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all transactions effected by the chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS (Amended April 28, 1994) Section 1. INDEMNIFICATION. This corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who is or was a director or officer of this corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Board of Directors of this corporation as a director or officer of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, from and against any expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any "proceeding" (as defined in Section 317(a) of the California General Corporation Law) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The corporation shall advance to such persons expenses incurred in defending any proceeding prior to the final disposition thereof to the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law. Section 2. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. This section shall create a right of indemnification for each person referred to in Section 1 of this Article VI, whether or not the proceeding to which the indemnification relates arose in whole or in part prior to adoption of such section and in the event of death such right shall extend to such person's legal representatives. The right of indemnification hereby given shall not be exclusive of any other rights such person may have whether by law or under any agreement, insurance policy, vote of directors or shareholders, or otherwise. Section 3. INSURANCE. The corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by the agent in such capacity or arising out of the agent's status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the agent against such liability. Section 4. INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHER PERSONS. The corporation may indemnify other persons serving the corporation subject to limitations imposed by applicable law. ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS Section 1. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by resolution of the board of directors, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder. A shareholder or shareholders of the corporation shall have the right to inspect the share register as provided in Section 1600 of the Corporations Code of California. Section 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in the State of California, at its principal business office in this State, the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of California and the corporation has no principal business office in this State, the Secretary shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, furnish to that shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date. Section 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE RECORDS. The accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the board of directors and any committee or committees of the board of directors shall be kept at such place or places designated by the board of directors, or, in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form. The minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder's interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of inspection shall extend to the records of such subsidiary corporation of the corporation. Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each of its subsidiary corporations. This inspection by a director may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents. Section 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS. (Deleted April 28, 1994 by amendment.) Section 6. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF GENERAL INFORMATION. The corporation shall, during the period commencing April l and ending on September 30 in each year, file with the Secretary of State of California, on the prescribed form, a statement setting forth the authorized number of directors, the names and complete business or residence addresses of all incumbent directors, the names and complete business or residence addresses of the chief executive officer, secretary, and chief financial officer, the street address of its principal executive office or principal business office in this State, and the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation, together with a designation of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California. ARTICLE VIII GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For purposes of determining the shareholders 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 other lawful action (other than action by shareholders by written consent without a meeting), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action, and in that case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled 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 so fixed, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law. If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the date on which the board adopts the applicable resolution or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later. Section 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors. Section 3. CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS: HOW EXECUTED. The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation and this authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount. Section 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any of these shares are fully paid, and the board of directors may authorize the issuance of certificates or shares as partly paid provided that these certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid for them and the amount paid. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the chairman of the board or vice chairman of the board or the president or vice president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on a certificate shall have ceased to be that officer, transfer agent, or registrar before that certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if that person were an officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this Section 5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any security is lost, stolen, or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a replacement certificate on such terms and conditions as the board may require, including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate. Section 6. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporate and natural person. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS Section 1. AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS. New bylaws may be adopted or these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that if the articles of incorporation of the corporation set forth the number of authorized directors of the corporation, the authorized number of directors may be changed only by an amendment of the articles of incorporation. Section 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the shareholders as provided in Section 1 of this Article IX, bylaws, other than a bylaw or an amendment of a bylaw changing the authorized number of directors, may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the board of directors. EX-5 3 OPINION RE LEGALITY GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP JAMBOREE CENTER 4 PARK PLAZA IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92714-8557 (714) 451-3800 June 6, 1996 Callaway Golf Company 2285 Rutherford Road Carlsbad, CA 92008-8815 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 for 2,000,000 Shares of Common Stock Ladies and Gentlemen: We have acted as your counsel in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 2,000,000 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Callaway Golf Company, a California corporation (the "Company"), to be issued pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). For purposes of rendering this opinion, we have made such legal and factual examinations as we have deemed necessary under the circumstances and, as part of such examination, we have examined, among other things, originals and copies, certified or otherwise, identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate. For the purposes of such examination , we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on original documents and the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to us. On the basis of and in reliance upon the foregoing examination and assumptions, we are of the opinion that assuming the Registration Statement shall have become effective pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of Common Stock being offered under the Plan, when issued in accordance with the Registration Statement and the provisions of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Very truly yours, GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP EX-23.1 4 CONSENT OF ACCOUNTANTS Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 24, 1996, which appears on page 23 of the 1995 Annual Report to Shareholders of Callaway Golf Company, which is incorporated by reference in Callaway Golf Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995. We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial Statement Schedule, which appears on page 15 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. PRICE WATERHOUSE LLP San Diego, California June 6, 1996 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----