8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 3, 2018

RLI Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-09463	37-0889946
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

9025 North Lindbergh Drive, Peoria, IL	61615
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (309) 692-1000

Not applicable

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

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

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

Emerging growth company ☐

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

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 4, 2018, RLI Corp. (the “Company”) changed its state of incorporation from the State of Illinois to the State of Delaware (the “Reincorporation”), following board approval of the Reincorporation on January 17, 2018 and stockholder approval of the Reincorporation at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 3, 2018. The Reincorporation was effected on May 4, 2018 by merging RLI Corp., an Illinois corporation (“RLI Illinois”) into RLI Corp., a Delaware corporation which prior to the Reincorporation was a newly formed subsidiary of RLI Illinois (“RLI Delaware”), in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 4, 2018 between RLI Illinois and RLI Delaware (the “Merger Agreement”).

Upon the effectiveness of the Reincorporation:

• the affairs of the Company ceased to be governed by the Illinois Business Corporation Act, the affairs of the Company became subject to Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company’s existing Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and existing By-Laws were replaced by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RLI Delaware attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and the Bylaws of RLI Delaware attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference;

• the separate corporate existence of RLI Illinois ceased and (i) RLI Delaware will continue in existence as the surviving corporation and succeeded to and possesses all rights, privileges, powers and franchises of RLI Illinois, (ii) all of the assets and property of whatever kind and character of RLI Illinois vested in RLI Delaware and (iii) RLI Delaware became liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of RLI Illinois, and any claim or judgment against RLI Illinois may be enforced against RLI Delaware, as the surviving corporation;

• each outstanding share of RLI Illinois common stock, par value $1.00 per share, was automatically converted into one outstanding share of RLI Delaware common stock, par value $0.01 per share and each outstanding option, restricted share unit or other right to acquire shares of RLI Illinois common stock will continue as an outstanding option, restricted share unit or other right to acquire shares of RLI Delaware common stock; and

• each director or officer of RLI Illinois will continue to hold his or her respective office with RLI Delaware until the expiration of their respective terms of office and until their successors have been elected and qualified.

The Reincorporation did not result in any change in the name, business, management, fiscal year, accounting, location of the principal executive offices, assets or liabilities of the Company. RLI Delaware is deemed to be the successor issuer of RLI Illinois under Rule 12g-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the common stock of RLI Delaware shall be deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

The Company’s common stock will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RLI.”

Stockholders are not required to exchange Company shares in connection with the Reincorporation since each outstanding share of RLI Illinois common stock, par value $1.00 per share, was automatically converted into one outstanding share of RLI Delaware common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The form of common stock certificate of RLI Delaware is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.

As of May 4, 2018, the effective date of the Reincorporation, the Company’s authorized capital stock consisted of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01

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per share. As of May 3, 2018, there were 44,291,096 shares of common stock outstanding, and no outstanding shares of preferred stock.

Pursuant to the indenture dated as of October 2, 2013 (the “Indenture”), between RLI Illinois and Deutshce Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, RLI Delaware and the Trustee entered into a supplemental indenture, dated as of May 4, 2018 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), whereby RLI Delaware assumed all of the obligations and the performance of each covenant of RLI Illinois under the Indenture and any securities issued thereunder, and RLI Illinois was discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and any securities issued thereunder.

The foregoing descriptions of the Reincorporation, the Merger Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement and the Supplemental Indenture, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference. A more detailed description of the effects of the Reincorporation and the changes in the rights of stockholders as a result of the Reincorporation can be found in the section of Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders captioned “PROPOSAL TWO - Approval of the Reincorporation of the Company from the State of Illinois to the State of Delaware” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2018, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

See the disclosures set forth under Item 1.01 and Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

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

As disclosed in Item 1.01 above, which disclosure is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03, the Company changed its state of incorporation from the State of Illinois to the State Delaware effective May 4, 2018, pursuant to the Merger Agreement. As of that date, the rights of the Company’s stockholders are governed by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and the Company’s Bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2, which are both incorporated herein by reference. A description of the changes in the rights of stockholders as a result of the change in the state of incorporation and the adoption of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Company’s Bylaws can be found in the section of Company’s definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders captioned “PROPOSAL TWO - Approval of the Reincorporation of the Company from the State of Illinois to the State of Delaware” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2018, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
2.1	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 3, 2018, by and between RLI Corp., a Delaware corporation, and RLI Corp., an Illinois corporation
3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RLI Corp.
3.2	Bylaws of RLI Corp.
4.1	Form of Common Stock Certificate of RLI Corp.
4.2	Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and between RLI Corp. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee

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SIGNATURES

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

Pril
	RLI CORP.
Date: May 7, 2018	By:	/s/ Jeffrey D. Fick
	Jeffrey D. Fick
	Sr. Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

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EX-2.1

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BETWEEN

RLI CORP.

(a Delaware Corporation)

AND

RLI CORP.

(an Illinois Corporation)

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of May 3, 2018 between RLI Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Corp”), and RLI Corp., an Illinois corporation (“RLI”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Merger Corp is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

WHEREAS, RLI is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of RLI and the Board of Directors of Merger Corp deem it advisable and in the best interests of RLI and Merger Corp for RLI to merge with and into Merger Corp on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein (the “Merger”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

MERGER

1.1The Merger.  After satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all conditions to the Merger, and subject to the applicable provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the Illinois Business Corporation Act of 1983, as amended (the “ILBCA”), RLI shall be merged with and into Merger Corp, and Merger Corp shall file a Certificate of Merger (the “DE Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “DE SOS”) in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL, file Articles of Merger (the “IL Certificate” and, together with the DE Certificate, the “Merger Certificates”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois (the “IL SOS”) in accordance with the provisions of the ILBCA and make all other filings or recordings required by Delaware or Illinois law in connection with the Merger. 

1.2Effective Time.  The Merger shall become effective at 3:00 p.m. Central time on May 4, 2018 (the “Effective Time”).  At the Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of RLI shall cease and Merger Corp shall continue its corporate existence under the DGCL as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).

1.3Conditions to the Merger.  The respective obligation of RLI and Merger Corp to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted hereunder) of the following conditions:

(a)This Agreement shall have been adopted by the sole stockholder of Merger Corp in accordance with the requirements of the DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of Merger Corp;

(b)This Agreement shall have been adopted by the shareholders of RLI in accordance with the requirements of the ILBCA, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws of RLI.

1.4Transfer, Conveyance and Assumption.  At the Effective Time, Merger Corp shall continue in existence as the Surviving Corporation and, without further transfer, succeed to and possess all rights, privileges, powers and franchises of RLI, and all of the assets and property of whatever kind and character of RLI shall vest in Merger Corp, as the Surviving Corporation, without further action.  Thereafter, Merger Corp, as the Surviving Corporation, shall be liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of RLI, and any claim or judgment against RLI may be enforced against Merger Corp, as the Surviving Corporation, in accordance with Section 259 of the DGCL and Section 11.50 of the ILBCA.

1.5Certificate of Incorporation; Bylaws.

(a)From and after the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Corp immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.

(b)From and after the Effective Date, the Bylaws of Merger Corp, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

1.6Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.  The directors and officers of Merger Corp immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be, from and after the Effective Time, the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation.

ARTICLE II

CONVERSION OF SHARES

2.1Conversion of Stock.

(a)At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each share of capital stock of Merger Corp (the “Merger Corp Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, it being understood that all such shares are held by RLI, shall be automatically cancelled and cease to exist, and no consideration shall be issued in respect thereof.

(b)At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of RLI (the “RLI Common Stock”) that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (the “Surviving Corporation Common Stock”).   

2.2Stock Certificates.  From and after the Effective Time, the stock certificates, if any, representing shares of RLI Common Stock issued prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger, represent an equal number of shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock and shall be so registered on the books and records of the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agents.  The registered owner of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered as provided under this Section 2.2, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and receive any dividend and any other distributions upon the shares of the Surviving Corporation Common Stock represented by such outstanding certificate as provided above. Upon surrender of any such stock certificate, the Surviving Corporation shall issue a new certificate representing such shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock.

2.3Stock Options, Restricted Stock Units and Other Derivative Securities.At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each (i) option to purchase shares of RLI Common Stock (each, an “Option”), (ii) restricted stock unit that may vest into shares of RLI Common Stock (each, an “RSU”) and (iii) any other derivative security exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for RLI Common Stock that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically converted into one option to purchase, one restricted stock unit which may vest into or such other derivative security exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Option, RSU or other derivative security immediately prior to the Effective Time, an equal number of shares of Surviving Corporation Common Stock.  All terms and conditions of each Option, RSU or other derivative security shall otherwise remain unchanged.

2.4Shares of RLI Dissenting Shareholders.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, holders of RLI Common Stock that have complied with the requirements for perfecting dissenters’ rights under Section 11.70 of the ILBCA (such shares, the “Dissenting Shares”) shall not be converted into Surviving Corporation Common Stock as provided for in Section 2.1(b).  At the Effective Time, all Dissenting Shares shall be cancelled and cease to exist, and the holders thereof shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, other than such rights as may be granted to them under Section 11.70 of the ILBCA.  If any holder of Dissenting Shares shall fail to perfect, or shall otherwise waive, withdraw or lose, its dissenters’ rights under the ILBCA, such that dissenters’ rights can no longer be legally perfected or exercised under the ILBCA with respect to such RLI Common Stock, then such holder’s shares shall no longer be deemed to be Dissenting Shares and shall be treated as if they had been converted automatically at the Effective Time into the right to receive Surviving Corporation Common Stock as provided for in Section 2.1(b).

ARTICLE III

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

At the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation hereby assumes all obligations of RLI under all of RLI’s employee benefit plans or arrangements of any type, including, but not limited to, plans described in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, stock option plans, bonus plans or arrangements, incentive plans or arrangements, deferred compensation agreements or arrangements, executive compensation or supplemental income agreements, employee stock ownership plans, consulting agreements and employment agreements.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

4.1Representations and Warranties of Merger Corp.  Merger Corp hereby represents and warrants that it:

(a)is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted; 

(b)is duly qualified to do business as a foreign person and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary;

(c)is not in violation of any provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or its Bylaws; and

(d)has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, assuming the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of Merger Corp in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Corp and the Bylaws of Merger Corp, to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

4.2Representations and Warranties of RLI.RLI hereby represents and warrants that it:

(a)is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, and has all the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted; 

(b)is duly qualified to do business as a foreign person and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary;

(c)is not in violation of any provisions of its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or its By-laws; and

(d)has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, assuming the adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of RLI in accordance with the ILBCA, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of RLI and the By-laws of RLI, to consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE V

TERMINATION

5.1Termination.  At any time prior to the filing of the Merger Certificates, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned for any reason whatsoever by the Board of Directors of Merger Corp or the Board of Directors of RLI, notwithstanding the adoption of this Agreement by any or all of the sole stockholder of Merger Corp or the shareholders of RLI.

ARTICLE VI

FURTHER ASSURANCES

6.1Further Assurances.  If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any further assignment, conveyance or assurance in law, or any other acts, are necessary or desirable to (i) vest, perfect or confirm in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of RLI acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger, or (ii) otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement, RLI, Merger Corp and each of their respective proper officers shall be deemed to have granted to the Surviving Corporation an irrevocable power of attorney to execute and deliver all such proper deeds, assignments and assurances in law, and to do all other acts necessary or proper, to vest, perfect or confirm title to and possession of such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation and to otherwise carry out the purposes of this Agreement; and the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized, in the name of RLI, Merger Corp or otherwise, to take any and all such action.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

7.1Amendment.  At any time prior to the filing of the Merger Certificates, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented by the Board of Directors of Merger Corp and the Board of Directors of RLI, whether before or after the adoption of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of Merger Corp and/or the shareholders of RLI; provided, however, that after any such adoption, no amendment shall be made that by law requires the further approval by such stockholder of Merger Corp or such shareholders of RLI without such further approval.  This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of Merger Corp and RLI.

7.2No Waivers.  No failure or delay by any party hereto in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

7.3Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries.  Neither this Agreement nor any right, interest or obligation hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  This Agreement is not intended to confer any rights or benefits upon any person other than the parties hereto.

7.4Governing Law.  This Agreement shall in all respects be interpreted by, and construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with and pursuant to, the laws of the State of Delaware.

7.5Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 

7.6Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the documents referred to herein are intended by the parties hereto as a final expression of their agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and are intended as a complete and exclusive statement of the terms and conditions of such agreement, and there are no other agreements or understandings, written or oral, among the parties hereto, relating to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first stated above.

,
RLI Corp., a Delaware Corporation
By:	/s/ Jonathan E. Michael
	Name: Jonathan E. Michael
	Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
RLI Corp., an Illinois Corporation
By:	/s/ Jonathan E. Michael
	Name: Jonathan E. Michael
	Title: President & Chief Executive Officer

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

RLI CORP.

The name of the corporation is RLI Corp. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation was incorporated under the name RLI Corp. by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 20, 2017.  This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, which amends and restates in its entirety the Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation, was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and by the written consent of its stockholders in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.  The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended, integrated and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

FIRST:        The name of the Corporation is RLI Corp.

SECOND:   The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19808, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

THIRD:       The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL, as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented.

FOURTH:   The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.”  The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 105,000,000.  The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 100,000,000, having a par value of $0.01 per share, and the total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the corporation is authorized to issue is 5,000,000, having a par value of $0.01 per share.

FIFTH:       The designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation are as follows:

A. COMMON STOCK.

1. General.  The voting, dividend, liquidation, conversion and stock split rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as may be designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) upon any issuance of the Preferred Stock of any series.

2. Voting.  Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held by such holder.  Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) (the “Bylaws”) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

3. Dividends.  Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to the payment of dividends when and as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law and to receive other distributions from the Corporation.  Any dividends declared by the Board of Directors to the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock shall be paid to the holders thereof prorata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder as of the record date of such dividend.

4. Liquidation.  Subject to the rights of any holders of any shares of Preferred Stock which may from time to time come into existence and be outstanding, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the funds and assets of the Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock prorata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.

B. PREFERRED STOCK

Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by adopting a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof and by filing a certificate of designations relating thereto in accordance with the DGCL, to determine and fix the number of shares of such series and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law.

The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

SIXTH:        The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation, to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as director, is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same may be amended and supplemented.  Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Sixth, or the adoption of any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article Sixth, shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.  If the DGCL is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article Sixth to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.

SEVENTH:   The Corporation shall, through the Bylaws or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented, indemnify, advance expenses and hold harmless any person who was or is a director or officer of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.  The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to advancement of expenses to such other employees or agents of the Corporation or its subsidiaries to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by the DGCL.  Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Seventh shall not adversely affect any rights or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such repeal or modification.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (each a “Proceeding”), initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.

EIGHTH:     From time to time any of the provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered, changed or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article Eighth.

NINTH:     In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make additional Bylaws and may alter, amend or repeal any Bylaw whether adopted by them or otherwise.  The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon its Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on this 3rd day of May, 2018.

/s/ Jonathan E. Michael

Jonathan E. Michael

President & Chief Executive Officer

EX-3.2

Exhibit 3.2

Bylaws of

RLI CORP.

(a Delaware corporation)

Table of Contents

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	Page
Article I - Corporate Offices	4
1.1Registered Office	4
1.2Other Offices	4
Article II - Meetings of Stockholders	4
2.1Place of Meetings	4
2.2Annual Meeting	4
2.3Special Meeting	4
2.4Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought before a Meeting	6
2.5Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors	8
2.6Additional Requirement for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve As a Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors	9
2.7Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings	10
2.8Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice	10
2.9Quorum	10
2.10Adjourned Meeting; Notice	10
2.11Conduct of Business	11
2.12Voting	11
2.13Record Date for Stockholder Meetings and Other Purposes	11
2.14Proxies	11
2.15List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote	12
2.16Shareholder Action by Written Consent without a Meeting	12
2.17Inspectors of Election	13
Article III – Directors	14
3.1Powers	14
3.2Number of Directors	14
3.3Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors	14
3.4Resignation and Vacancies	14
3.5Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone	14
3.6Regular Meetings	14
3.7Special Meetings; Notice	14
3.8Quorum	15
3.9Board Action by Written Consent without a Meeting	15
3.10Fees and Compensation of Directors	15
3.11Dividends	15
Article IV – Committees	15
4.1Committees of Directors	15
4.2Committee Minutes	15
4.3Meetings and Actions of Committees	15
Article V - Officers	16
5.1Officers	16
5.2Appointment of Officers	16
5.3Subordinate Officers	16
5.4Removal and Resignation of Officers	16
5.5Vacancies in Offices	16
5.6Representation of Shares of Other Corporations	16
5.7Authority and Duties of Officers	17
Article VI - Records	17
Article VII - General Matters	17
7.1Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments	17
7.2Construction; Definitions	17
7.3Fiscal Year	17
7.4Seal	17
7.5Stock Certificates	17
7.6Lost Certificates	17
7.7Shares Without Certificates	18
7.8Transfer of Stock	18
7.9Stock Transfer Agreements	18
7.10Registered Stockholders	18
7.11Waiver of Notice	18

Article VIII - Notice by Electronic Transmission	18
8.1Notice by Electronic Transmission	18
8.2Definition of Electronic Transmission	19
Article IX - Indemnification	19
9.1Indemnification of Directors and Officers	19
9.2Indemnification of Others	19
9.3Prepayment of Expenses	19
9.4Determination; Claim	19
9.5Non-Exclusivity of Rights	20
9.6Insurance	20
9.7Other Indemnification	20
9.8Continuation of Indemnification	20
9.9Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation	20
Article X - Amendments	20
Article XI - Forum Selection	20
Article XII – Definitions	21

Bylaws of

RLI Corp.

Article I - Corporate Offices

1.1 Registered Office.

The address of the registered office of RLI Corp. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware, and the name of its registered agent at such address, shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

1.2 Other Offices.

The Corporation may have additional offices at any place or places, within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board”) may from time to time establish or as the business of the Corporation may require.

Article II - Meetings of Stockholders

2.1Place of Meetings.

Meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware, designated by the Board.  The Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).  In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office.

2.2Annual Meeting.

The Board shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting.  At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and other proper business properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 2.4 may be transacted.

2.3Special Meeting.

(i)Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only (a) by the chairman of the Board, (b) by the Board, pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board or (c) by the Secretary of the Corporation, following his or her receipt of one or more written demands to call a special meeting of the stockholders in accordance with, and subject to, this Section 2.3 from stockholders of record as of the record date fixed in accordance with Section 2.3(iv) who hold, in the aggregate, at least 20 percent (20%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation and who otherwise comply with the requirements of this Section 2.3.  The notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the special meeting, and the business to be conducted at the special meeting shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice.  Except in accordance with this Section 2.3, stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders.  Stockholders who nominate persons for election to the Board at a special meeting must also comply with the requirements set forth in Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

(ii)No stockholder may demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to Section 2.3(i) unless a stockholder of record has first submitted a request in writing that the Board fix a record date ( a “Demand Record Date”) for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call such special meeting, which request shall be in proper form and delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

(iii)To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.3, a request by a stockholder for the Board to fix a Demand Record Date shall set forth:

(a)As to each Requesting Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(a), except that for purposes of this Section 2.3 the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(a));

(b)As to each Requesting Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(b), except that for purposes of this Section 2.3 the term “Requesting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(b) and the disclosure in clause (A) of Section 2.4(iii)(c) shall be made with respect to the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting or the proposed election of directors at the special meeting, as the case may be);

(c)As to the purpose or purposes of the special meeting, (A) a reasonably brief description of the purpose or purposes of the special meeting and the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the special meeting and any material interest in such business of each Requesting

Person, and (B) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Requesting Persons or (y) between or among any Requesting Person and any other record or beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (including their names) in connection with the request for the special meeting or the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting;

(d)If directors are proposed to be elected at the special meeting, the Nominee Information for each person whom a Requesting Person expects to nominate for election as a director at the special meeting; and

(e)For purposes of this Section 2.3(iii), the term “Requesting Person” shall mean (a) the stockholder making the request to fix a Demand Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary call a special meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf such request is made and (c) any affiliate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

(iv)Within ten (10) days after receipt of a request to fix a Demand Record Date in proper form and otherwise in compliance with this Section 2.3 from any stockholder of record, the Board may adopt a resolution fixing a Demand Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting, which date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the Demand Record Date is adopted by the Board.  If no resolution fixing a Demand Record Date has been adopted by the Board within the ten (10) day period after the date on which such a request to fix a Demand Record Date was received, the Demand Record Date in respect thereof shall be deemed to be the twentieth (20th) day after the date on which such a request is received.  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.3 to the contrary, no Demand Record Date shall be fixed if the Board determines that the demand or demands that would otherwise be submitted following such Demand Record Date could not comply with the requirements set forth in clauses (b), (d), (e) or (f) of Section 2.3(vi).

(v)Without qualification, a special meeting of the stockholders shall not be called pursuant to Section 2.3(i) unless stockholders of record as of the Demand Record Date who hold, in the aggregate, at least 20 percent (20%) of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the Corporation (the “Requisite Percentage”) timely provide one or more demands to call such special meeting in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.  Only stockholders of record on the Demand Record Date shall be entitled to demand that the Secretary of the Corporation call a special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to Section 2.3(i).  To be timely, a stockholder’s demand to call a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the sixtieth (60th) day following the Demand Record Date.  To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.3, a demand to call a special meeting shall set forth (a) the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting or the proposed election of directors at the special meeting, as the case may be, (b) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), if applicable, and (c) with respect to any stockholder or stockholders submitting a demand to call a special meeting (except for any stockholder that has provided such demand in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation statement filed on Schedule 14A) (a “Solicited Stockholder”) the information required to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.3 of a Requesting Person.  A stockholder may revoke a demand to call a special meeting by written revocation delivered to the Secretary at any time prior to the special meeting.  If any such revocation(s) are received by the Secretary after the Secretary’s receipt of written demands from the holders of the Requisite Percentage of stockholders, and as a result of such revocation(s), there no longer are unrevoked demands from the Requisite Percentage of stockholders to call a special meeting, the Board shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting. 

(vi)The Secretary shall not accept, and shall consider ineffective, a written demand from a stockholder to call a special meeting (a) that does not comply with this Section 2.3, (b) that relates to an item of business to be transacted at such meeting that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (c) that includes an item of business to be transacted at such meeting that did not appear on the written request that resulted in the determination of the Demand Record Date, (d) that relates to an item of business (other than the election of directors) that is identical or substantially similar to an item of business (a “Similar Item”) for which a record date for notice of a stockholder meeting (other than the Demand Record Date) was previously fixed and such demand is delivered between the time beginning on the sixty-first (61st) day after such previous record date and ending on the one-year anniversary of such previous record date, (e) if a Similar Item will be submitted for stockholder approval at any stockholder meeting to be held on or before the ninetieth (90th) day after the Secretary receives such demand, or (f) if a Similar Item has been presented at the most recent annual meeting or at any special meeting held within one year prior to receipt by the Secretary of such demand to call a special meeting.

(vii)After receipt of demands in proper form and in accordance with this Section 2.3 from a stockholder or stockholders holding the Requisite Percentage, the Board shall duly call, and determine the place, date and time of, a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose or purposes and to conduct the business specified in the demands received by the Corporation.  Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, the Board may submit its own proposal or proposals for consideration at such a special meeting.  The record date for notice and voting for such a special meeting shall be fixed in accordance with Section 2.13.  The Board shall provide written notice of such special meeting to the stockholders in accordance with Section 2.7.

(viii)In connection with a special meeting called in accordance with this Section 2.3, the stockholder or stockholders (except for any Solicited Stockholder) who requested that the Board fix a record date for notice and voting for the special meeting in accordance with this Section 2.3 or who delivered a demand to call a special meeting to the Secretary shall further update and supplement the information previously provided to the Corporation in connection with such request or demand, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such request or demand pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the special meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the special meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(ix)Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, the Secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting pursuant to this Section 2.3 except in accordance with this Section 2.3.  If the Board shall determine that any request to fix a record date for notice and voting for the special meeting or demand to call and hold a special meeting was not properly made in accordance with this Section 2.3, or shall determine that the stockholder or stockholders requesting that the Board fix such record date or submitting a demand to call the special meeting have not otherwise complied with this Section 2.3, then the Board shall not be required to fix such record date or to call and hold the special meeting.  In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.3, each Requesting Person shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any request to fix a record date for notice and voting for the special meeting or demand to call a special meeting.

2.4Advance Notice Procedures for Business Brought before a Meeting.

(i)At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (b) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board or the chairperson of the Board or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder present in person who (A) (1) was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (3) has complied with this Section 2.4 in all applicable respects or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”).  The foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders.  For purposes of this Section 2.4, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Corporation, or a qualified representative of such proposing stockholder, appear at such annual meeting.  A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.  Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and this Section 2.4 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

(ii)Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (a) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (b) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.4.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”).  In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

(iii)To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.4, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(a)As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records); and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which

such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);

(b)As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person's business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (D) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (E) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (F) a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal and (G) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (G) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and

(c)As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder(s) or persons(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (c) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.

(iv)For purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (a) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made and (c) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation.

(v)A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of  its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the

case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(vi)Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4.  The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

(vii)This Section 2.4 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement.  In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business.  Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(viii)For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

2.5Advance Notice Procedures for Nominations of Directors.

(i)Nominations of any person for election to the Board at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (a) by or at the direction of the Board, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board or these bylaws or (b) by a stockholder present in person (A) who was a beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) has complied with this Section 2.5 and Section 2.4 as to such notice and nomination. For purposes of this Section 2.5, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the meeting of the Corporation, or a qualified representative of such stockholder, appear at such meeting.  A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.  The foregoing clause (b) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting or special meeting.

(ii)(a) (A) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (1) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.4) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation, (2) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required to be set forth by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and (3) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

(b)Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at a special meeting, the stockholder must (A) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (B) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and (C) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.4) of the date of such special meeting was first made.

(c)In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(iii)To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.5, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

(a)As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(a) of these bylaws) except that for purposes of this Section 2.5, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(a);

(b)As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(b), except that for purposes of this Section 2.5 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(b) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 2.4(iii)(c) shall be made with respect to the nomination of each Person for election as a director at the meeting); and

(c)As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”) and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.6(a). 

(iv)For purposes of this Section 2.5, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (a) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (c) any other participant in such solicitation.

(v)A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(vi)In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.5 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

2.6Additional Requirement for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve As a Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors.

(i)To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Section 2.5 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board or by a stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (a) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and (b) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Corporation) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director that has not been disclosed therein or to the Corporation and (C) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect).

(ii)The Board may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

(iii)A candidate for nomination as a director shall further update and supplement the materials delivered pursuant to this Section 2.6, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (or any other office specified by the Corporation in any public announcement) not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(iv)No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6, as applicable.  The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots case for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.

(v)Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6.

2.7Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings.

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with either Section 2.8 or Section 8.1 of these bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  The notice shall specify the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in Person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

2.8Manner of Giving Notice; Affidavit of Notice.

Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be deemed given:

(i)if mailed, when deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the Corporation’s records; or

(ii)if electronically transmitted as provided in Section 8.1 of these bylaws.

An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or of the transfer agent or any other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by mail or by a form of electronic transmission, as applicable, shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

2.9Quorum.  

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in Person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders.  If, however, a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairperson of the meeting or (ii) a majority in voting power of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in Person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.10 of these bylaws until a quorum is present or represented.

2.10Adjourned Meeting; Notice.

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in Person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.  At any adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting

shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.  If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

2.11Conduct of Business.

The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the Person presiding over the meeting.  The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairperson, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other Persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chairperson of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

2.12Voting.

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws or the DGCL, each stockholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.  Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, at all duly called or convened meetings of stockholders at which a quorum is present for the election of directors, a majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect a director.  Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, each other matter presented to the stockholders at a duly called or convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter.

2.13Record Date for Stockholder Meetings and Other Purposes.

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting.  If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is first given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting; and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment or any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or for the purposes of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.  If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

2.14Proxies.

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another Person or Persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but, no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.  A proxy may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

2.15List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.

The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the Corporation’s principal executive office.  In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation.  If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.  Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.15 or to vote in Person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

2.16Shareholder Action by Written Consent without a Meeting.

(i)Any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, (a) shall be signed by holders of record on the record date established pursuant to Section 2.16(ii) (the “Written Consent Record Date”) of outstanding shares of the Corporation having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and (b) shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in the State of Delaware, at its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the minute books in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  Every written consent shall bear the date of the signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take corporate action unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated valid consent delivered in the manner described in this Section 2.16, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in this Section 2.16.  Only stockholders of record on the Written Consent Record Date shall be entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting.

(ii)Without qualification, any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take any action by written consent shall first request in writing that the Board fix a Written Consent Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to take such action, which request shall be in proper form and delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.  Within ten (10) days after receipt of a request in proper form and otherwise in compliance with this Section 2.16(ii) from any such stockholder, the Board may adopt a resolution fixing a Written Consent Record Date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to take such action, which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board.  If no resolution fixing a record date has been adopted by the Board within such ten (10) day period after the date on which such a request is received, (a) the Written Consent Record Date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to such action, when no prior action of the Board is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which valid signed written consents constituting applicable percentage of the outstanding shares of the Corporation and setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in this Section 2.16, and (b) the Written Consent Record Date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to such action, when prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(iii)To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.16, a request by a stockholder for the Board to fix a Written Consent Record Date shall set forth:

(a)As to each Soliciting Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(a), except that for purposes of this Section 2.16 the term “Soliciting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(a));

(b)As to each Soliciting Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.4(iii)(b), except that for purposes of this Section 2.16 the term “Soliciting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(iii)(b) and the disclosure in clause (A) of Section 2.4(iii)(b) shall be made with respect to the action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent);

(c)As to the action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent, (A) a reasonably brief description of the action or actions, the reasons for taking such action or actions and any material interest in such action or actions of each Soliciting Person, (B) the text of the resolutions or consent proposed to be acted upon by written consent of the stockholders, and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Soliciting Persons and (y) between or among any Soliciting Person and any other record or beneficial owner of capital stock of the Corporation (including their names) in connection with the request or such action or actions;

(d)If directors are proposed to be elected by written consent, the Nominee Information for each person whom a Requesting Person proposes to elect as a director by written consent; and

(e)For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “Soliciting Person” shall mean (a) the stockholder making a request for the Board to fix a record date and proposing the action or actions to be taken by written consent, (b) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf such request is made, and (c) any affiliate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

(iv)In connection with an action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent in accordance with this Section 2.16, the stockholder or stockholders seeking such action or actions shall further update and supplement the information previously provided to the Corporation in connection therewith, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to take such action and as of the date that is five (5) business days prior to the date the consent solicitation is commenced, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to take such action (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than three (3) business days prior to the date that the consent solicitation is commenced (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of five (5) business days prior to the commencement of the consent solicitation).

(v)Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no action may be taken by the stockholders by written consent except in accordance with this Section 2.16.  If the Board shall determine that any request to fix a Written Consent Record Date or to take stockholder action by written consent was not properly made in accordance with this Section 2.16, or the stockholder or stockholders seeking to take such action do not otherwise comply with this Section 2.16, then the Board shall not be required to fix a Written Consent Record Date and any such purported action by written consent shall be null and void to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.  In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.16 with respect to stockholders seeking to take an action by written consent, each Soliciting Person shall comply with all requirements of applicable law, including all requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to such action.

2.17Inspectors of Election.

Before any meeting of stockholders, the Corporation shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment and make a written report thereof.  The Corporation may designate one or more Persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If any Person appointed as inspector or any alternate fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, then the chairperson of the meeting shall appoint a Person to fill that vacancy.

Such inspectors shall:

(i)determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting and the validity of any proxies and ballots;

(ii)count all votes or ballots;

(iii)count and tabulate all votes;

(iv)determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspector(s); and

(v)certify its or their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and its or their count of all votes and ballots.

Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspection with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability.  Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.  The inspectors of election may appoint such Persons to assist them in performing their duties as they determine.

Article III – Directors

3.1Powers.

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board.

3.2Number of Directors.

Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the total number of directors constituting the Board shall be not less than nine (9) nor more than thirteen (13) as determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.  No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

3.3Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors. 

Except as provided in Section 3.4, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class, if any, for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.  The Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe qualifications for directors.

3.4Resignation and Vacancies.

Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation.  The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or upon the happening of an event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt.  When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date or upon the happening of an event to occur on a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies.

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.  Any director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the class, if any, to which the director is appointed and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.  A vacancy in the Board shall be deemed to exist under these bylaws in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

3.5Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone.

The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in Person at the meeting.

3.6Regular Meetings.

Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

3.7Special Meetings; Notice.

Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president or the secretary at the request of a majority of the total number of directors constituting the Board.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:

(i)delivered Personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;

(ii)sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;

(iii)sent by facsimile or electronic mail; or

(iv)sent by other means of electronic transmission,

directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number or electronic mail address, or other address for electronic transmission, as the case may be, as shown on the Corporation’s records. 

If the notice is (i) delivered Personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or electronic mail, or (iii) sent by other means of electronic transmission, it shall be delivered or sent at least two (2) days before the time of the holding of the meeting.  If the notice is sent by U.S. mail, it shall be deposited in the U.S. mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting.  The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.

3.8Quorum.

At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.  If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

3.9Board Action by Written Consent without a Meeting.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, 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 or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

3.10Fees and Compensation of Directors.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

3.11Dividends.

The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock.  Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.

Article IV – Committees

4.1Committees of Directors.

The Board may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist, of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation.  The Board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.  The chairperson of any committee shall be selected from among the members of the committee by the Board. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Corporation.

4.2Committee Minutes.

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

4.3Meetings and Actions of Committees.

Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:

(i)Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);

(ii)Section 3.6 (regular meetings);

(iii)Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);

(iv)Section 3.9 (action without a meeting); and

(v)Section 7.11 (waiver of notice),

with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members.  However:

(i)the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee;

(ii)special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board or the chairperson of the applicable committee; and

(iii)the Board may adopt rules for the governance of any committee to override the provisions that would otherwise apply to the committee pursuant to this Section 4.3, provided that such rules do not violate the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.

Article V – Officers

5.1Officers.

The officers of the Corporation shall include a president and a secretary.  The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a chairperson of the Board, a vice chairperson of the Board, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, a treasurer, one (1) or more vice presidents, one (1) or more assistant vice presidents, one (1) or more assistant treasurers, one (1) or more assistant secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws.  Any number of offices may be held by the same Person.

5.2 Appointment of Officers.

The Board shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws.

5.3Subordinate Officers.

The Board may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require.  Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

5.4Removal 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 or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation.  Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice.  Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.  Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

5.5Vacancies in Offices.

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 5.2.

5.6Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.

The chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president of the Corporation, or any other Person authorized by the Board, the chief executive officer, or the president of Corporation authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this Corporation.  The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such Person directly or by any other Person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such Person having the authority.

5.7Authority and Duties of Officers.

All officers of the Corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Corporation as may be provided herein or designated from time to time by the Board and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.

Article VI – Records

A stock ledger consisting of one or more records in which the names of all of the Corporation’s stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each such stockholder, and all issuances and transfers of stock of the corporation are recorded in accordance with Section 224 of the DGCL shall be administered by or on behalf of the Corporation.  Any records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, or method, or one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time and, with respect to the stock ledger, that the records so kept (i) can be used to prepare the list of stockholders specified in Sections 219 and 220 of the DGCL, (ii) record the information specified in Sections 156, 159, 217(a) and  218 of the DGCL, and (iii) record transfers of stock as governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. 

Article VII - General Matters

7.1Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments.

The Board, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.  Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board 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.

7.2Construction; Definitions.

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws.  Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular.

7.3Fiscal Year.

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be changed by the Board.

7.4Seal.

The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board.  The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

7.5Stock Certificates.

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board by resolution may provide that some or all of the shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated.  Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.  Every holder of stock represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two officers authorized to sign stock certificates representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.  The chairperson or vice chairperson of the Board, the president, vice president, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Corporation shall be specifically authorized to sign stock certificates.  Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

7.6Lost Certificates. 

The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

7.7Shares Without Certificates

The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

7.8Transfer of Stock.

Shares of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these bylaws.  Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate Person or Persons (or by delivery of duly executed instructions with respect to uncertificated shares), with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement or execution, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps.  No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing the names of the Persons from and to whom it was transferred.

7.9Stock Transfer Agreements.

The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes or series of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

7.10Registered Stockholders.

The Corporation:

(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and

(ii)shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

7.11Waiver of Notice.

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the Person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the Person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance of a Person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the Person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.

Article VIII - Notice by Electronic Transmission

8.1Notice by Electronic Transmission.

Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given.  Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation.  Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if:

(i)the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent; and

(ii)such inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other Person responsible for the giving of notice. 

However, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action. Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given: 

(i)if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

(ii)if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;

(iii)if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and

(iv)if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. 

An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

8.2Definition of Electronic Transmission.

An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

Article IX – Indemnification

9.1Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any director or officer of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a Person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any such Proceeding.  Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.4, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such Person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board.

9.2Indemnification of Others.

The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a Person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any such Proceeding.

9.3Prepayment of Expenses.

The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any officer or director of the Corporation, and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Corporation, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article IX or otherwise.

9.4Determination; Claim.

If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such Proceeding) under this Article IX is not paid in full within sixty (60) days, or a claim for advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within thirty (30) days, after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may thereafter (but not before) file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law.  In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

9.5Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

The rights conferred on any Person by this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

9.6Insurance.

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

9.7Other Indemnification.

The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

9.8Continuation of Indemnification.

The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall continue notwithstanding that the Person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such Person.  

9.9Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation.

The provisions of this Article IX shall constitute a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation (whether before or after the adoption of these bylaws), in consideration of such Person’s performance of such services, and pursuant to this Article IX the Corporation intends to be legally bound to each such current or former director or officer of the Corporation.  With respect to current and former directors and officers of the Corporation, the rights conferred under this Article IX are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of theses bylaws.  With respect to any directors or officers of the Corporation who commence service following adoption of these bylaws, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such director or officer commencing service as a director or officer of the Corporation.  Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the Corporation in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article IX shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the chairperson of the Board, a vice chairperson of the Board, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer, a treasurer appointed pursuant to Article V of these bylaws, and to any vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, or other officer of the Corporation appointed by (x) the Board pursuant to Article V of these Bylaws or (y) an officer to whom the Board has delegated the power to appoint officers pursuant to Article V of these bylaws, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such other entity pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.  The fact that any Person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “vice president” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such Person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such Person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article IX.

Article X – Amendments

The Board is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.

Article XI - Forum Selection

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery (the “Chancery Court”) of the State of Delaware (or, in the event that the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, the federal

district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine.  If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a court other than a court located within the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (a) the Personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the preceding sentence and (b) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

Article XII – Definitions

As used in these bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee (or the power to appoint a trustee), Personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Person” means any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

RLI Corp.

Certificate of Bylaws

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the duly elected, qualified, and Corporate Secretary of RLI Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and that the foregoing bylaws were approved on January 17, 2018, effective as of May 4, 2018 by the Corporation’s board of directors.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set her hand this 7th day of May, 2018.

/s/ Jean M. Stephenson

Jean M. Stephenson

Vice President, Corporate Secretary

EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

COMMON COMMON NUMBER CS 8400 SHARES INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE RLI CORP. CUSIP 749607 10 7 THIS CERTIFILES THAT IS THE OWNER OF SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.01 EACH OF RLI Corp., transfer of which is registrable in the records of the Corporation upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed by the appropriate person or persons. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and By Laws of the Corporation, each as from time to time amended, which are hereby made a part hereof and to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. CERTIFICATE OF STOCK Dated VICE PRESIDENT AND CORPORATE SECRETARY PRESIDENT RLI CORP CORPORATE SEAL DELAWARE COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY BY TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE © SECURITY COLUMBIAN UNITED STATES BANKNOTE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

______________________________________________________________________________

RLI CORP., Issuer

To

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, Trustee

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of May 4, 2018

Senior Debt Securities

______________________________________________________________________________

Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 4, 2018 (“Supplemental Indenture”), between RLI CORP., a Delaware corporation (“RLI Delaware”), successor by merger to RLI Corp., an Illinois corporation (“RLI Illinois”), having its principal executive office located at 9025 North Lindbergh Drive, Peoria, Illinois 61615, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (the “Trustee”), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. 

W I T N E S E T H:

WHEREAS, RLI Illinois executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of October 2, 2013 (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as thereafter provided;

WHEREAS, Section 8.1 of the Indenture provides that RLI Illinois may merge into another Person in accordance with such Section, including that the surviving Person shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal, any premium and interest on any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of every obligation in the Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of RLI Illinois to be performed;

WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Indenture provides that RLI Illinois and the Trustee may, without obtaining the consent of any Holders of Securities or Coupons, enter indentures supplemental to the Indenture to evidence the succession of another Person to RLI Illinois, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of RLI Illinois contained in the Indenture and in the Securities;

WHEREAS, on May 4, 2018, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated May 3, 2018, RLI Illinois merged with and into RLI Delaware, with RLI Delaware as the surviving corporation

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and to make this Supplemental Indenture valid and binding have been complied with or have been performed; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, RLI Delaware and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Assumption of Obligations and Performance of Covenants.  RLI Delaware hereby assumes all of the obligations and the performance of each covenant of RLI Illinois under the Indenture and the Securities.

3. Substitution of RLI Delaware; Release and Discharge of RLI Illinois.  RLI Delaware shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, RLI Illinois under the Indenture with the same effect as if RLI Delaware had been named as the Issuer therein, and RLI Illinois shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the Securities.

4. Continuing Effect of Indenture.  As of the date hereof, this Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes.  Except as expressly supplemented hereby, all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture and any Securities outstanding thereunder shall remain in full force and effect.

5. Governing Law.  This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed wholly in said state.

6. Counterparts.  The parties hereto may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.  The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute

effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

7. Effect of Headings.  The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

8. The Trustee.  Each of the rights, privileges and protections of the Trustee set forth in the Indenture is hereby incorporated by reference.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture (including the consequences thereof) or, for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by RLI Delaware.

[Signature pages follow.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

RLI CORP., a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Thomas L. Brown___________

Name: Thomas L. Brown

Title: Sr. VP, Chief Financial Officer

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee

By: /s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld___________

Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld

Title: Vice President

By: /s/ Chris Niesz_________________

Name: Chris Niesz

Title: Vice President