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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS OF
MEDICIS PHARMACEUTICAL CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
     Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other proper business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution provide. The Board of Directors may specify by resolution prior to any special meeting of stockholders held within the year that such meeting shall be in lieu of the annual meeting.
     Section 2. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders (i) may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or (ii) shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. Such written request shall specify the time and purpose of the proposed meeting. Such meeting shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as is stated in the call and notice thereof. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
     Section 3. Notice of Meeting. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting of stockholders, stating the place, if any, time and date of the meeting, and the purpose of any special meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at or to notice of such meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 days prior to such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
     Section 4. Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the 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 days, or if after the adjournment a new

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record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
     Section 5. List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten 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 meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list of stockholders must also be open to examination at the meeting as required by applicable law.
     Section 6. Quorum; Required Stockholder Vote. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-Laws, a quorum for the transaction of business at any annual or special meeting of stockholders shall exist when the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares entitled to vote are represented either in person or by proxy at such meeting. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, the stockholders present may continue to do business at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof notwithstanding withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. The holders of a majority in voting power of the shares entitled to vote and represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time.
     (b) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy at every stockholders meeting for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder. All elections and questions presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation and its securities; provided, however, that directors shall be elected in the following manner:
          (i) Each director to be elected by the stockholders of the Corporation shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to such director by the shares represented and entitled to vote therefor at a meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors at which a quorum is present (an “Election Meeting”); provided, however, that if the Board of Directors determines that the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected at such meeting (a “Contested Election”), and the Board of Directors has not rescinded such determination by the record date of the Election Meeting as initially announced, each of the directors to be elected at the Election Meeting shall be elected by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast by the shares represented and entitled to vote at such meeting with respect to the election of such director.
          (ii) For purposes of this Section 6(b), a “majority of the votes cast” means that the number of votes cast “for” a candidate for director exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director (with “abstentions” and “broker non-votes” not counted as a votes cast as either “for” or “against” such director’s election). In an election other than a Contested Election, stockholders will be given the choice to cast votes “for” or “against” the election of directors or to “abstain” from such vote and shall not have the ability to cast any other vote with respect to such election of directors. In a Contested Election, stockholders will be given the choice to cast “for” or “withhold” votes for the

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election of directors and shall not have the ability to cast any other vote with respect to such election of directors. In the event an Election Meeting involves the election of directors by separate votes by class or classes or series, the determination as to whether an election constitutes a Contested Election shall be made on a class by class or series by series basis, as applicable.
     Section 7. Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable it if states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date.
     Section 8. Action by Written Consent.
     (a) 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, (i) shall be signed by holders of record on the record date (established as provided below) 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 (ii) 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 8, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take such action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in this Section 8. Only stockholders of record on the record date shall be entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting.
     (b) 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 of Directors fix a 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 8(b) from any such stockholder, the Board of Directors may adopt a resolution fixing a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to take such action, which date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and 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 of Directors. If no resolution fixing a record date has been adopted by the Board of Directors within such ten (10) day period after the date on which such request is received, (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to such action, when no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a valid signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in the manner described in this Section 8, and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to such action, when prior action

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by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
     (c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 8, a request by a stockholder for the Board of Directors to fix a record date shall set forth:
     (i) As to each Soliciting Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 11(A)(3)(a), except that for purposes of this Section 8 the term “Soliciting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 11(A)(3)(a));
     (ii) As to each Soliciting Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 11(A)(3)(b) below, except that for purposes of this Section 8 the term “Soliciting Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 11(A)(3)(b) and the disclosure in clause (vi) of Section 11(A)(3)(b) shall be made with respect to the action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent); and
     (iii) 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 person or entity (including their names) in connection with the request or such action or actions.
     For purposes of this Section 8, the term “Soliciting Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder making a request for the Board of Directors to fix a record date and proposing the action or actions to be taken by written consent, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf such request is made, and (iii) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
     (d) In connection with an action or actions proposed to be taken by written consent in accordance with this Section 8, 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 8 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).
     (e) In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 8 and applicable law, to the Corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action and/or any related revocation or revocations, the Corporation shall engage independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing promptly a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors have completed their review, determined that the

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requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents delivered to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 8 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the Corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders. Nothing contained in this Section 8(e) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).
     (f) Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no action may be taken by the stockholders by written consent except in accordance with this Section 8. If the Board of Directors shall determine that any request to fix a record date or to take stockholder action by written consent was not properly made in accordance with this Section 8, or the stockholder or stockholders seeking to take such action do not otherwise comply with this Section 8, then the Board of Directors shall not be required to fix a 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 8 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 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”), with respect to such action.
     Section 9. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation 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 of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
     Section 10. Stock Ledger. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by Section 5 of this Article II or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

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     Section 11. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
          (A) Notice of Business to be Brought Before a Meeting.
               (1) 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) brought before the meeting by the Corporation and specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (i) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 11(A) and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) has complied with this Section 11(A) as to such business. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, 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. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders, and the only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Article II, Section 2. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Section 11(B) and this Section 11(A) shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 11(B).
               (2) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 11(A). 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 seventy (70) 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 of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.
               (3) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 11(A), a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
                    (a) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (i) 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 (ii) 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 Persons, 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

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disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);
                    (b) As to each Proposing Person, (i) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to ownership of shares of any class or series of the Corporation, including due to the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions are determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or which derivative, swap or other transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the Corporation (“Synthetic Equity Interests”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without regard to whether (A) the derivative, swap or other transactions convey any voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (B) the derivative, swap or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled through delivery of such shares or (C) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such derivative, swap or other transactions, (ii) any proxy (other than a revocable proxy or consent given 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), agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to vote any shares of any class or series of the Corporation, (iii) any agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares of any class or series of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to the shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in the price or value of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (“Short Interests”), (iv) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (v) any performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or any Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests, if any, and (vi) 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 (i) through (vi) 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 By-Laws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
                    (c) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (i) a reasonably 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, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration, and (iii) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (A) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (B) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder.

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     For purposes of this Section 11(A), the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) 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 (iii) any affiliate or associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of these By-Laws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
               (4) A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual 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 11(A) shall be true and correct as of the record date for 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 the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the 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).
               (5) Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with this Section 11(A). 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 11(A), 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.
               (6) This Section 11(A) is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this Section 11(A) 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 11(A) 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.
               (7) For purposes of these By-Laws, “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.
          (B) Notice of Nominations for Election to the Board of Directors.
               (1) Nominations of any person for election to the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, including by any committee or persons appointed by the Board of Directors, or (b) by a stockholder who (i) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 11(B) and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled

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to vote at the meeting, and (iii) has complied with this Section 11(B) as to such nomination. 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 of Directors at an annual meeting or special meeting.
               (2) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 11(A)) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 11(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 such special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 11(B). 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 11(A)) of the date of such special meeting was first made. In no event shall any adjournment 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.
               (3) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 11(B), 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 11(A)(3)(a), except that for purposes of this Section 11(B) the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 11(A)(3)(a));
               (b) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 11(A)(3)(b), except that for purposes of this Section 11(B) the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 11(A)(3)(b) and the disclosure in clause (vi) of Section 11(A)(3)(b) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting);
               (c) As to each person whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (i) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 11(B) if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (ii) all information relating to such proposed nominee 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 proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), and (iii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, his or her respective affiliates and associates, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation

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S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and
               (d) The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (i) as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines or (ii) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.
     For purposes of this Section 11(B), the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) 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 (iii) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner.
               (4) 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 11(B) shall be true and correct as of the record date for 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 the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the 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).
               (5) Notwithstanding anything in these By-Laws to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with this Section 11(B). The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with this Section 11(B), and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded
               (6) In addition to the requirements of this Section 11(B) 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.
          Section 12. Inspectors of Election. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the

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validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
     Section 1. Power of Directors. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all the powers of the Corporation, subject to any restrictions imposed by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 2. Composition of the Board. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be not more than twelve and not less than three natural persons of the age of 18 or over and shall be divided into three classes in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. The exact number of directors within the specified maximum and minimum range which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, except that no decrease shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the Corporation. At each annual meeting the stockholders shall elect the directors, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
     Section 3. Meetings of the Board; Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may be brought before the meeting shall be held each year immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders and no notice of such annual meeting need be given. The Board of Directors may by resolution provide for the time and place of other regular meetings and no notice of such regular meetings need be given. Special meetings of the Board of Directors (i) may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or by any two directors. Written notice of the time and place of such meetings shall be given to each director by first class mail or express delivery service at least 48 hours before the meeting or by telephone, telecopier or other means of electronic transmission or in person at least 24 hours before the meeting.
     Section 4. Quorum; Vote Requirement. The directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the members of the Board of Directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. When a quorum is present, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater vote is required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
     Section 5. Action of Board without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by

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electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous affirmative vote of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, in accordance with applicable law.
     Section 6. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate such committees as it deems necessary or desirable, each composed of one or more of the directors. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.
     Section 7. Alternate Members. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. 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 the 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.
     Section 8. Procedures. Time, place and notice, if any, of meetings of a committee shall be determined by such committee. At meetings of a committee, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of a committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
     Section 9. Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by the sole remaining director, as the case may be. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next election of the class of directors for which such director has been chosen and the election and qualification of the successor.
     Section 10. Telephone Conference Meetings. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, 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 participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 10 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
     Section 11. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director, payable in cash or securities. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving

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compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
     Section 12. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other Corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because the director’s or officer’s vote is counted for such purpose if (i) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the director’s or officer’s relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
     Section 1. Executive Structure of the Corporation. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers or assistant officers as may be elected by the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold office for the term for which such officer has been elected or appointed or until such officer’s successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified, or until such officer’s earlier resignation, removal from office or death. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware.
     Section 2. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also have the title of Chief Executive Officer, unless the Board shall appoint a separate chief executive officer, and shall give general supervision and direction to the affairs of the Corporation, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall advise and counsel the other officers and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be assigned to or required of the Chairman from time to time by the Board or these Bylaws. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and at all meetings of the stockholders.
     Section 3. President. If a President shall be appointed, the President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and shall be in charge of the day-to-day affairs of the Corporation, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall act in the case of absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
     Section 4. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and shall record all the proceedings of such meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board and shall

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perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Chairman. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing thereof by his or her signature.
     Section 5. Treasurer. Unless the Board by resolution otherwise provides, the Treasurer shall be the chief accounting and financial officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chairman and the Board, at its regular meetings, or when the Board so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
     Section 6. Other Duties and Authority. Each officer, employee and agent of the Corporation shall have such other duties and authority as may be conferred upon such officer, employee or agent by the Board of Directors or delegated to such officer, employee or agent by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President.
     Section 7. Removal of Officers; Vacancies. Any officer may be removed, and such vacancy may be filled, at any time by a majority of the Board of Directors. This provision shall not prevent the making of a contract of employment for a definite term with any officer and shall have no effect upon any cause of action which any officer may have as a result of such officer’s removal in breach of a contract of employment.
     Section 8. Compensation. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.
     Section 9. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any Corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
     Section 1. Stock Certificates. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates unless and to the extent the Board of Directors by resolution provides that any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be in such form as may be approved by the

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Board of Directors, which certificates shall be issued to stockholders of the Corporation in numerical order from the stock book of the Corporation, and each of which shall bear the name of the stockholder, the number of shares represented, and the date of issue; and which shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or any Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. The signatures of the officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
     Section 2. Transfer of Stock. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferred only on the books of the Corporation upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate or certificates representing the shares to be transferred accompanied by an assignment in writing of such shares properly executed by the stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact and with all taxes on the transfer having been paid. The Corporation may refuse any requested transfer until furnished evidence satisfactory to it that such transfer is proper. Upon the surrender of a certificate for transfer of stock, such certificate shall at once be conspicuously marked on its face “Canceled” and filed with the permanent stock records of the Corporation and issuance of new equivalent certificated shares or uncertificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be so obligated unless such transfer was made in compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
     Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate or certificates in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Corporation may, in its discretion and as condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
     Section 4. Registered Stockholder. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Corporation may deem and treat the holder of record of any stock as the absolute owner for all purposes and shall not be required to take any notice of any right or claim of right of any other person.
     Section 5. Record Date.
     (a) For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action (except as provided in Article II, Section 8 of these By-Laws), the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, and which record date: (1) in the case of a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting and (2) except as provided in

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Article II, Section 8 of these By-Laws, in the case of any other action, shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action.
     (b) If no record date is fixed: (1) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held and (2) except as provided in Article II, Section 8 of these By-Laws, the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 1. Depositories. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in such bank, banks or other financial institutions as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate and shall be drawn out an checks, drafts or other orders signed on behalf of the Corporation by such person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
     Section 2. Contracts and Deeds. All contracts, deeds and other instruments shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or by such other officer, officers, agent or agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution provide.
     Section 3. Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be as follows:
     If the seal is affixed to a document, the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall attest the seal. The seal and its attestation may be lithographed or otherwise printed on any document and shall have, to the extent permitted by law, the same force and effect as if it had been affixed and attested manually.
     Section 4. Dividends. Dividends on the capital stock of the Corporation, paid in cash, property or securities of the Corporation and as may be limited by applicable law and applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (if any), may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting.
     Section 5. Reserves. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, determines proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board shall determine to be in the best interest of the Corporation; and the Board may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     Section 6. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
     Section 7. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

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     Section 8. Manner of Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors and stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice to directors may be given by telecopier, telephone or other means of electronic transmission.
     Section 9. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Any waiver of notice, given by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends 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, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in a waiver of notice.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNITY
     Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer or agent of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or (if serving for another Corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director or officer or (if serving for another Corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts to be paid in settlement) incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer, or (if serving for another Corporation at the request of the Corporation) agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in Section 2 hereof with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such persons seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director of officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VII or otherwise.

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     Section 2. Payment of Indemnification. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under Section 1 of this Article VII is not paid in full by the Corporation within 90 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, should be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
     Section 3. Indemnification Not Exclusive. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
     Section 4. Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
     Section 5. Other Sources. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any person covered by this Article VII who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit 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.
     Section 6. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article VII shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person covered by this Article VII in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
     Section 7. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article VII shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than as required by this Article VII when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

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ARTICLE VIII
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES
     In the event that a director or officer of the Corporation, who is also a director or officer of another corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, partnership or other entity which engages in the same or similar activities or lines of businesses as the Corporation or has an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities as the Corporation (a “Competing Corporation”), acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for both the Corporation and the Competing Corporation, such director or officer of the Corporation shall have fully satisfied and fulfilled the fiduciary duty of such director or officer to the Corporation and its stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity and shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that the Competing Corporation pursues or acquires such corporate opportunity for itself or directs such corporate opportunity to another person or does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation, if such director or officer acts in a manner consistent with the following policy:
     (A) A corporate opportunity offered to any person who is an officer of the Corporation, and who is also a director or officer of a Competing Corporation, shall belong to the Corporation.
     (B) A corporate opportunity offered to any person who is a director, but not an officer, of the Corporation, and who is also a director or an officer of a Competing Corporation shall belong to the Corporation unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Competing Corporation, as the case may be, in which event the corporate opportunity shall belong to the Competing Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
     The Board of Directors shall have the power to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws, but any By-Laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws adopted by the stockholders. The stockholders may prescribe that any by-law or By-Laws adopted by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

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