-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OfUUpzhvr3ju3C2cfSEOHkjP7ORnqyELBwzOeayKzvGIXD7GdCE8fIqQ2Lr2SYvo vX7fp59CwLJeGu0+FjC6SA== 0000950123-09-064571.txt : 20091120 0000950123-09-064571.hdr.sgml : 20091120 20091120100036 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-064571 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091117 ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20091120 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091120 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UROPLASTY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000890846 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 411719250 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32632 FILM NUMBER: 091197454 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5420 FELTL ROAD CITY: MINNETONKA STATE: MN ZIP: 55343 BUSINESS PHONE: (952) 426-6140 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5420 FELTL ROAD CITY: MINNETONKA STATE: MN ZIP: 55343 8-K 1 c54731e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): November 17, 2009
UROPLASTY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
001-32632   41-1719250
(Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
5420 Feltl Road
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343

(Address of principal executive offices)
952-426-6140
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name and Address)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
(a) Our Board of Directors, at their regularly scheduled meeting held on November 17, 2009, approved and adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Amended and Restated ByLaws are designed to eliminate outdated provisions of our previous bylaws, to conform the bylaws to existing law, regulation and listing requirements, and to add provisions requiring advance notice of proposals for matters to be considered at our shareholders’ meetings. In particular, the amendments:
    Eliminate outdated references to office locations and requirements for meetings at specific locations;
 
    Accommodate notice and proxy procedures by electronic communication;
 
    Require, consistent with Minnesota law, that shareholder action be taken by the greater of a majority of the voting power present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or a majority of the voting power of the minimum number of shares entitled to vote which would constitute a quorum;
 
    Eliminate a provision suggesting an order of business at shareholder meetings and replace it with a provision giving the chairperson of the meeting authority to prescribe rules, regulations and acts appropriate for the meeting;
 
    Require that proposals that a shareholder wishes to be considered at an annual meeting be submitted to the Secretary of our Company no later than 90 nor earlier than 120 days before the anniversary of the prior year’s meeting, and that the submission include specific information about the proposal, and the identity and interest of the shareholder;
 
    Require that nominees for director that a shareholder wishes to be considered at an annual meeting be submitted to the Secretary of our Company no later than 90 nor earlier than 120 days before the anniversary of the prior year’s meeting by a shareholder of record, and include the name, age, principal occupation and employment of the nominee, the number of shares of the company owned by the nominee, both the business and residence address of the nominee, any relationship with any person which provide the nominee or any associate the opportunity to profit from an increase in the value of the Company’s shares, and information regarding the relationship between the nominee and the nominating shareholder;
 
    Eliminate a provision suggesting an order of business at director meetings; and
 
    Allow shares of the corporation to be in either certificate or uncertificated form.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
  (d)   Exhibit (filed herewith)
  3.1   Amended and Restated ByLaws

 


 

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, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: November 20, 2009
         
  UROPLASTY, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mahedi A. Jiwani    
    Mahedi A. Jiwani   
    Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer  
 

 

EX-3.1 2 c54731exv3w1.htm EX-3.1 exv3w1
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS OF
UROPLASTY, INC.
ARTICLE ONE
OFFICES
     1.1 Offices. The corporation may have offices at such places within or without the State of Minnesota as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine or the business of the corporation requires.
ARTICLE TWO
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
     2.1 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the shareholders of the corporation entitled to vote shall be held on an annual or other less frequent basis as shall be determined by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer; provided, that if a regular meeting has not been held during the immediately preceding 15 months, a shareholder or shareholders holding 3% or more of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote may demand a regular meeting of shareholders by written notice of demand given to an officer of the corporation. At each regular meeting, the shareholders, voting as provided in the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, shall elect qualified successors for directors who serve for an indefinite term or whose terms have expired or are due to expire within six months after the date of the meeting, and shall transact such other business as shall come be fore the meeting. No meeting shall be considered a regular meeting unless specifically designated as such in the notice of meeting or unless all shareholders entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy and none of them objects to such designation.
     2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders entitled to vote may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, two or more directors, or a shareholder or shareholders holding ten percent (10%) or more of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote.
     2.3 Place of Meetings. Unless otherwise required by the Minnesota Business Corporations Act, meetings of the shareholders shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Minnesota, as is designated by the Board of Directors.
     2.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of shareholders shall be given to each holder of shares entitled to vote at the meeting, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.5 with respect to an adjourned meeting and as otherwise provided by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act or the Articles of the Corporation. Notice shall be given not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting; provided, that notice of a meeting at which there is to be considered a proposal (i) to dispose of all, or substantially all, of the property and assets of the corporation or (ii) to dissolve the corporation shall be given to all

 


 

shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote; and provided further, that notice of a meeting at which there is to be considered a proposal to adopt a plan of merger or exchange shall be given to all shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote, at least fourteen (14) days prior thereto. Notice shall contain the date, time and place of the meeting (or, if determined by the Board of Directors, the means of any remote communication to be used, or permitted to be used, for the meeting). Notice of any special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice, unless all of the shareholders are present in person or by proxy and none of them objects to consideration of a particular item of business. Attendance at a meeting by any shareholder, without objection by him, shall constitute his waiver of notice of the meeting.
     2.5 Quorum and Adjourned Meeting. The holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting of shareholders. If a quorum is present when a duly called or held meeting is convened, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment, even though the withdrawal of a number of shareholders originally present leaves less than the proportion or number otherwise required for a quorum. Whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting, the chairperson of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the time of adjournment of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
     2.6 Voting. At each meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy, including by proxy communicated electronically in the manner contemplated by the Minnesota Business Corporations Act. Each shareholder shall have one (l) vote for each share having voting power standing in such shareholder’s name on the books of the corporation. Except for the election of directors, the shareholders shall take action by the affirmative vote of the holders of the greater of (i) a majority of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote on that item of business or (ii) a majority of the voting power of the minimum number of the shares entitled to vote that would constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the meeting, except to the extent that the Articles of Incorporation or the Minnesota Business Corporation Act may require a larger proportion or number of shares. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote on the election of directors at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
     2.7 Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix, or authorize an officer to fix, a date not more than sixty (60) days before the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and entitled to vote at such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after any record date so fixed.
     2.8 Conduct of Shareholder Meetings. The chairperson of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for conduct of the meeting. To the extent not

 


 

prohibited by law, such rules, regulations or procedures may include, without limitation, establishment of (i) an agenda or order of business for the meeting and the method by which business may be proposed, (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 shareholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized proxies or such other persons as the chairman 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. Any proposed business contained in the notice of a regular meeting is deemed to be on the agenda and no further motions or other actions shall be required to bring such proposed business up for consideration. Unless and to the extent otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, it shall not be necessary to follow Robert’s Rules of Order or any other rules of parliamentary procedure at the meeting of the shareholders. Following completion of the business of the meeting as determined by the chairman of the meeting, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the exclusive authority to adjourn the meeting.
     2.9 Shareholder Proposals. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of shareholders, business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting, (ii) directed to be brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or (iii) proposed at the meeting by a shareholder who (A) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these bylaws, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) gives prior notice of the matter, which must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action, in the manner herein provided. For such business to be considered properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder such shareholder must, in addition to any other applicable requirements, have given timely notice in proper form of such shareholder’s intent to bring such business before such meeting. To be timely, such shareholder’s notice must: (i) in the case of a proposal submitted for inclusion in the corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), meet the deadline for proposals submitted under such rule, and (ii) in the case of all other matters, be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the corporation at the corporation’s principal executive offices not later than the close of business on the 90th day, nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day, prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting. To be in proper form, such notice must be in writing and must (i) set forth the name and record address of the shareholder and of the beneficial owner or other third party, if any, on whose behalf the proposal will be made, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation owned by the shareholder and beneficially owned by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal will be made, (iii) a complete description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, and (iv) any material interest in such business of the shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made. The chairperson of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge any proposed business not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
     2.10 Advance Notice of Director Nominations. To be properly brought before an annual meeting of the shareholders, or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, nominations for the election of a director must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii) made by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (iii) made by any shareholder of the corporation (A)

 


 

who is a shareholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.10 and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.10. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a shareholder, the shareholder must give timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the corporation’s principal executive offices in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 2.9. To be in proper form, a shareholder’s notice must be in writing and set forth: (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person nominated, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (iii) the number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the nominee or his or her associates, (iv) any other direct or indirect positions, agreements or understandings which provide to such nominee or his or her associates the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of the shares of the corporation, and (v) a description of all arrangements, understandings or material relationships between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the shareholder.
ARTICLE THREE
DIRECTORS
     3.1 General Powers. Except as authorized by the shareholders pursuant to a shareholder control agreement or unanimous affirmative vote, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors.
     3.2 Number, Term and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of members of the first Board (if not named in the Articles of Incorporation) shall be determined by the incorporators or shareholders. Thereafter, at each regular meeting of shareholders, the shareholders shall determine the number of directors; provided, that between regular meetings of shareholders the authorized number of directors may be increased or decreased by the shareholders or increased by the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each director shall serve for an indefinite term that expires at the next regular meeting of shareholders, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation, disqualification, or removal as provided by statute.
     3.3 Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, though less than a quorum; provided, that newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors serving at the time of such increase. Persons so elected shall be directors until their successors are elected by the shareholders, who may make such election at the next regular or special meeting of the shareholders.
     3.4 Quorum and Voting. A majority of the directors currently holding office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles

 


 

of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the acts of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the Board of Directors.
     3.5 Board Meetings; Place and Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at any place within or without the State of Minnesota that the Board of Directors may designate. Any director may call a Board meeting by giving forty-eight (48) hours notice to all directors of the date and time of the meeting. The notice need not state the purpose of the meeting, and may be given by mail, telephone, electronic transmission (including facsimile or e-mail to the last known number or address of the director), or in person. If a meeting schedule is adopted by the Board, or if the date and time of a Board meeting has been announced at a previous meeting, no notice is required. Notice of any meeting of the board of directors may be waived by any director either before, at or after such meeting orally or in a writing signed by such director. Attendance by a director at a meeting of the board of directors is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and does not participate thereafter in the meeting.
     3.6 Absent Directors. A director may give advance written consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a Board meeting. If the director is not present at the meeting, consent or opposition to a proposal does not constitute presence for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum, but consent or opposition shall be counted as a vote in favor of or against the proposal and shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting, if the proposal acted on at the meeting is substantially the same or has substantially the same effect as the proposal to which the director has consented or objected.
     3.7 Compensation. The board of directors shall from time to time determine the amount and type of compensation to be paid to directors for their service on the board of directors and its committees.
     3.8 Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board, establish committees having the authority of the Board in the management of the business of the corporation to the extent provided in the resolution. Each such committee shall consist of one or more natural persons (who need not be directors) appointed by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, and shall be subject at all times to the direction and control of the Board. A majority of the members of a committee present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
     3.9 Committee of Disinterested Persons. The Board may establish a committee composed of two or more disinterested directors or other disinterested persons to determine whether it is in the best interests of the corporation to pursue a particular legal right or remedy of the corporation and whether to cause the dismissal or discontinuance of a particular proceeding that seeks to assert a right or remedy on behalf of the corporation. For purposes of this section, a director or other person is disinterested if the director or other person is not the owner of more than one percent of the outstanding shares of, or a present or former officer, employee, or agent of, the corporation or of a related corporation and has not been made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding in question. The committee, once established, is not subject to the direction or

 


 

control of, or termination by, the Board. A vacancy on the committee may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members. The good faith determinations of the committee are binding upon the corporation and its directors, officers and shareholders. The committee terminates when it issues a written report of its determinations to the Board.
ARTICLE FOUR
OFFICERS
     4.1 Number and Designation. The corporation shall have one or more natural persons exercising the functions of the offices of chief executive officer and chief financial officer. The Board of Directors may elect or appoint such other officers or agents as it deems necessary for the operation and management of the corporation including, but not limited to, a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties and responsibilities set forth in these Bylaws unless otherwise determined by the Board. Any of the offices or functions of those offices may be held by the same person.
     4.2 Term of Office and Qualification. Officers shall hold office until their successors are elected or appointed and qualify; provided, however, that any officer may be removed with or without cause by the Board of Directors.
     4.3 Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective when notice is given to the corporation, unless a later date is specified in the notice, and acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
     4.4 Vacancies in Office. If there be a vacancy in any office of the corporation, by reason of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.
     4.5 Chief Executive Officer. Unless provided otherwise by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer (a) shall have general active management of the business of the corporation; (b) shall, when present and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors; (c) shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect; (d) shall sign and deliver in the name of the corporation any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the corporation, except in cases in which the authority to sign and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles, these Bylaws or the Board to some other officer or agent of the corporation; (e) may maintain records of and certify proceedings of the Board and shareholders; and (f) shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board.
     4.6 Chief Financial Officer. Unless provided otherwise by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, the chief financial officer (a) shall keep accurate financial records for the corporation; (b) shall deposit all monies, drafts and checks in the name of and to the credit of the

 


 

corporation in such banks and depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time; (c) shall endorse for deposit all notes, checks and drafts received by the corporation as ordered by the Board, making proper vouchers therefor; (d) shall disburse corporate funds and issue checks and drafts in the name of the corporation, as ordered by the Board; (e) shall render to the chief executive officer and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all of his transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation; and (f) shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer from time to time.
     4.7 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board and shall exercise general supervision and direction over the more significant matters of policy affecting the affairs of the corporation, including particularly its financial and fiscal affairs.
     4.8 President. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer. If an officer other than the President is designated chief executive officer, the President shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board.
     4.9 Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as may be specified in these Bylaws or prescribed by the Board of Directors. In the event of absence or disability of the President, the Board of Directors may designate a Vice President or Vice Presidents to succeed to the power and duties of the President.
     4.10 Secretary. The Secretary shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, be secretary of and attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors, and may record the proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the corporation and, whenever necessary, certify such proceedings. The Secretary shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer from time to time.
     4.11 Treasurer. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the corporation. If an officer other than the Treasurer is designated chief financial officer, the Treasurer shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer from time to time.
     4.12 Delegation. Unless prohibited by a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, an officer elected or appointed by the Board may delegate in writing some or all of the duties and powers of his office to other persons.

 


 

ARTICLE FIVE
INDEMNIFICATION
     5.1 The corporation shall indemnify all officers and directors for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent, as permitted by Minnesota Statutes, Section 302A.521, as now enacted or hereafter amended.
ARTICLE SIX
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
     6.1 Certificate of Stock. The shares of the corporation may be either certificated shares or uncertificated shares or a combination thereof. A resolution approved by a majority of the directors may provide that some or all of any or all classes and series of the shares of the corporation will be uncertificated shares. Every holder of certificated shares of the corporation shall be entitled to a certificate, in such form as the Board of Directors may prescribe, certifying the number of shares of stock of the corporation owned by him. The certificates for such shares shall be numbered (separately for each class) in the order in which they are issued and shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board, be signed by the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, or any other officer of the corporation. If a certificate is signed by a transfer agent or registrar, the signature of any such officer of the corporation may be a facsimile signature. If a person signs or has a facsimile signature placed upon a certificate while an officer, transfer agent or registrar of the corporation, the certificate may be issued by the corporation even if the person has ceased to serve in that capacity before the certificate is issued, with the same effect as if the person had that capacity at the date of its issue. Every certificate surrendered to the corporation or its transfer agent for exchange or transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section .
     6.2 Share Register. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at another place or places within the United States determined by the board of directors: (i) a share register not more than one year old, containing the names and addresses of the shareholders and the number and classes of shares held by each shareholder and (ii) a record of the dates on which certificates or transaction statements representing uncertificated shares were issued
     6.3 Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares on the books of the corporation may be authorized only by the shareholder of record thereof (or his legal representative or duly authorized attorney-in-fact) and in the case of certificated shares, upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates for such shares. The corporation may treat as the exclusive owner of shares of the corporation for all purposes, the person or persons in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation.
     6.4 Lost Certificate. Any shareholder claiming a certificate for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors may require, and shall, if the directors so require, give the corporation a bond of indemnity in form and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of at least double the

 


 

value, as determined by the Board, of the stock represented by such certificate in order to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been destroyed or lost.
ARTICLE SEVEN
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     7.1 Distributions; Acquisitions of Shares. Subject to the provisions of law, the Board of Directors may authorize the acquisition of the corporation’s shares and may authorize distributions whenever and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition and the affairs of the corporation shall render it advisable.
     7.2 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be established by the Board of Directors.
     7.3 Seal. The corporation shall have such corporate seal or no corporate seal as the Board of Directors shall from time to time determine.
     7.4 Securities of Other Corporations.
     (a) Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation (i) to attend and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other companies in which the corporation may hold securities; (ii) to execute any proxy for such meeting on behalf of the corporation; and (iii) to execute a written action in lieu of a meeting of such other company on behalf of this corporation; provided, however, that any vote cast shall be in direct proportion to the way in which each director of the corporation would have voted on the matter in question, if given the opportunity so to vote. At such meeting, by such proxy or by such writing in lieu of meeting, the chief executive officer shall, subject to the provisions of this section, possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities that the corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The Board of Directors may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
     (b) Purchase and Sale of Securities. Upon approval of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation to purchase, sell, transfer or encumber securities of any other company owned by the corporation which represent not more than 10% of the outstanding securities of such issuer, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer or encumbrance. The Board of Directors may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 


 

ARTICLE EIGHT
MEETINGS
     8.1 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or any of the laws of the State of Minnesota, a waiver thereof given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before, at or after the time stated therein and either in writing, orally or by attendance, shall be deemed equivalent to the actual required notice.
     8.2 Conference Meetings and Participation. A conference among directors by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during the conference constitutes a Board meeting, if the same notice is given of the conference as would be required for a meeting, and if the number of directors participating in the conference would be sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting. Participation in a meeting by that means constitutes presence in person at the meeting. A director may participate in a Board meeting not heretofore described in this paragraph, by any means of communication through which the director, other directors so participating, and all directors physically present at the meeting may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Participation in a meeting by that means constitutes presence in person at the meeting. The provisions of this section shall apply to committees and members of committees to the same extent as they apply to the Board and directors.
     8.3 Authorization Without Meeting. Any action of the shareholders, the Board of Directors, or any committee of the corporation which may be taken at a meeting thereof, may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to vote on such action, by all of the directors (unless less than unanimous action is permitted by the Articles of Incorporation), or by all of the members of such committee, as the case may be.
ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENTS OF BYLAWS
     9.1 Amendments. Unless the Articles of Incorporation provide otherwise, these Bylaws may be altered, amended, added to or repealed by the majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors. Such authority in the Board of Directors is subject to the power of the shareholders to change or repeal such Bylaws, and the Board of Directors shall not make or alter any Bylaws fixing a quorum for meetings of shareholders, prescribing procedures for removing directors or filling vacancies on the Board, or fixing the number of directors or their classifications, qualifications or terms of office, but the Board may adopt or amend a Bylaw to increase the number of directors.
     The undersigned, Secretary of Uroplasty, Inc. hereby certifies that the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the corporation on November 17, 2009.

 

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