-----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, HflLlr7kIKJ/prNCuEqWPV85wzktJ1y6nJHKw+uFXCdtnRPKCWPEDHuGUbnMgdMG 8ET8Upryse7rKPX3g/JIbQ== 0001193125-05-240125.txt : 20051209 0001193125-05-240125.hdr.sgml : 20051209 20051209171719 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-05-240125 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 202 FILED AS OF DATE: 20051209 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051209 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060608 IRS NUMBER: 470497359 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-89 FILM NUMBER: 051256406 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO FIRE DEPT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060626 IRS NUMBER: 860273445 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-51 FILM NUMBER: 051256395 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980428 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KEEFE & KEFFE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060628 IRS NUMBER: 130412920 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-85 FILM NUMBER: 051256393 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO MID ATLANTIC INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060632 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-48 FILM NUMBER: 051256390 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LASALLE AMBULANCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060634 IRS NUMBER: 160954422 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-84 FILM NUMBER: 051256388 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF ALABAMA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060635 IRS NUMBER: 860834427 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-18 FILM NUMBER: 051256387 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDI CAB OF GEORGIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060639 IRS NUMBER: 860822551 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-83 FILM NUMBER: 051256384 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF ARKANSAS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060641 IRS NUMBER: 860847331 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-17 FILM NUMBER: 051256382 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF ARLINGTON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060642 IRS NUMBER: 752629709 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-16 FILM NUMBER: 051256399 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RM OF TEXAS GP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060643 IRS NUMBER: 860810815 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-58 FILM NUMBER: 051256381 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RM PARTNERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060645 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-57 FILM NUMBER: 051256341 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RMC CORPORATE CENTER LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060648 IRS NUMBER: 860844546 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-65 FILM NUMBER: 051256339 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF CALIFORNIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060652 IRS NUMBER: 731498164 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-67 FILM NUMBER: 051256336 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 STREET 2: EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060653 IRS NUMBER: 593385348 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-45 FILM NUMBER: 051256335 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000792487 IRS NUMBER: 860084388 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-54 FILM NUMBER: 051256415 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO CORP OF FLORIDA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060691 IRS NUMBER: 860084388 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-53 FILM NUMBER: 051256364 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO CORP OF TENNESSEE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060692 IRS NUMBER: 620719245 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-52 FILM NUMBER: 051256363 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060655 IRS NUMBER: 311442407 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-43 FILM NUMBER: 051256333 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060687 IRS NUMBER: 232906712 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-55 FILM NUMBER: 051256367 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KEEFE & KEFFE AMBULETTE LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060631 IRS NUMBER: 112820129 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-86 FILM NUMBER: 051256391 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EASTERN PARAMEDICS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060617 IRS NUMBER: 161451102 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-88 FILM NUMBER: 051256400 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GOLD CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060620 IRS NUMBER: 341014792 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-87 FILM NUMBER: 051256397 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF OREGON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060605 IRS NUMBER: 860803435 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-28 FILM NUMBER: 051256408 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: METRO CARE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060607 IRS NUMBER: 341643994 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-78 FILM NUMBER: 051256407 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF ROCHESTER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060609 IRS NUMBER: 160980148 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-27 FILM NUMBER: 051256405 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF TEXAS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060627 IRS NUMBER: 752613511 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-21 FILM NUMBER: 051256394 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO PROTECTION SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060633 IRS NUMBER: 860273443 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-20 FILM NUMBER: 051256389 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060636 IRS NUMBER: 860834430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-15 FILM NUMBER: 051256386 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060640 IRS NUMBER: 460284797 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-14 FILM NUMBER: 051256383 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060649 IRS NUMBER: 351181236 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-71 FILM NUMBER: 051256338 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060651 IRS NUMBER: 160769150 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-70 FILM NUMBER: 051256337 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342080 IRS NUMBER: 911176902 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-40 FILM NUMBER: 051256355 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342081 IRS NUMBER: 911989436 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-31 FILM NUMBER: 051256354 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342082 IRS NUMBER: 341778398 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-30 FILM NUMBER: 051256353 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342083 IRS NUMBER: 310999303 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-23 FILM NUMBER: 051256352 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro Mid Atlantic II, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342084 IRS NUMBER: 522062047 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-47 FILM NUMBER: 051256351 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro Mid South, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342085 IRS NUMBER: 860904413 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-46 FILM NUMBER: 051256350 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342086 IRS NUMBER: 860916583 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-44 FILM NUMBER: 051256349 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342087 IRS NUMBER: 470850912 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-68 FILM NUMBER: 051256348 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342089 IRS NUMBER: 860949230 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-49 FILM NUMBER: 051256347 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Southwest Ambulance & Rescue of Arizona, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342090 IRS NUMBER: 860949229 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-12 FILM NUMBER: 051256346 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342091 IRS NUMBER: 510455701 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NM FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-10 FILM NUMBER: 051256345 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342179 IRS NUMBER: 860921282 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-42 FILM NUMBER: 051256344 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342859 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 860084388 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324 FILM NUMBER: 051256342 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001342860 IRS NUMBER: 202401572 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-101 FILM NUMBER: 051256343 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MULTI HEALTH CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000832977 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 592814574 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-72 FILM NUMBER: 051256414 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930416 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL/METRO CORP /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906326 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LOCAL & SUBURBAN TRANSIT & INTERURBAN HWY PASSENGER TRAINS [4100] IRS NUMBER: 860746929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-01 FILM NUMBER: 051256413 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 4806063886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO CORP /DE/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES & SERVICES MEDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060598 IRS NUMBER: 860712218 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-82 FILM NUMBER: 051256412 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060599 IRS NUMBER: 460372542 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SD FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-81 FILM NUMBER: 051256411 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060602 IRS NUMBER: 860834429 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-80 FILM NUMBER: 051256410 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060604 IRS NUMBER: 611028659 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KY FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-79 FILM NUMBER: 051256409 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VALLEY FIRE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060689 IRS NUMBER: 931196188 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-03 FILM NUMBER: 051256366 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: W & W LEASING CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060690 IRS NUMBER: 860201806 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-02 FILM NUMBER: 051256365 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF GEORGIA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060697 IRS NUMBER: 860783075 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-41 FILM NUMBER: 051256362 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF INDIANA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060698 IRS NUMBER: 860834431 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-39 FILM NUMBER: 051256324 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF INDIANA LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060699 IRS NUMBER: 351969954 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-38 FILM NUMBER: 051256323 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF INDIANA II LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060700 IRS NUMBER: 351972413 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-37 FILM NUMBER: 051256322 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF KENTUCKY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060701 IRS NUMBER: 860842598 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-36 FILM NUMBER: 051256321 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF MISSISSIPPI INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060702 IRS NUMBER: 621716929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-35 FILM NUMBER: 051256320 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF NEBRASKA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060703 IRS NUMBER: 470780161 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-34 FILM NUMBER: 051256319 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF NEW YORK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060704 IRS NUMBER: 860750083 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-33 FILM NUMBER: 051256318 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF NORTH FLORIDA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060705 IRS NUMBER: 592798471 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-32 FILM NUMBER: 051256317 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF OHIO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060706 IRS NUMBER: 931150488 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-29 FILM NUMBER: 051256316 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341951 IRS NUMBER: 561160521 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 0428 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-95 FILM NUMBER: 051256361 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Coastal EMS, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341953 IRS NUMBER: 861023789 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-94 FILM NUMBER: 051256360 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341954 IRS NUMBER: 521985117 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-77 FILM NUMBER: 051256359 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RMC Insurance Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341955 IRS NUMBER: 860859260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: C8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-63 FILM NUMBER: 051256358 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RMFD of New Jersey, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341956 IRS NUMBER: 860921281 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-56 FILM NUMBER: 051256357 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341957 IRS NUMBER: 860953385 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-50 FILM NUMBER: 051256356 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-606-3886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9221 EAST VIA DE VENTURA CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85258 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTH MISS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060654 IRS NUMBER: 640634696 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-69 FILM NUMBER: 051256334 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060656 IRS NUMBER: 860702807 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-11 FILM NUMBER: 051256332 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060662 IRS NUMBER: 860203618 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-09 FILM NUMBER: 051256330 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060663 IRS NUMBER: 631159506 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-64 FILM NUMBER: 051256329 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060665 IRS NUMBER: 351431604 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-100 FILM NUMBER: 051256328 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RM MANAGEMENT CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060666 IRS NUMBER: 860273445 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-62 FILM NUMBER: 051256327 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060667 IRS NUMBER: 860767537 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-08 FILM NUMBER: 051256326 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RM OF MISSISSIPPI INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060668 IRS NUMBER: 621716931 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-61 FILM NUMBER: 051256325 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060669 IRS NUMBER: 113224874 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-98 FILM NUMBER: 051256380 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AID AMBULANCE CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060670 IRS NUMBER: 860834432 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR 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VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-97 FILM NUMBER: 051256377 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RM OF TENNESSEE LP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060673 IRS NUMBER: 860810821 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-59 FILM NUMBER: 051256376 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AID CO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060676 IRS NUMBER: 351508091 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC 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FILM NUMBER: 051256373 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DONLOCK LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060680 IRS NUMBER: 232440659 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-91 FILM NUMBER: 051256372 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMS VENTURES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060682 IRS NUMBER: 581923254 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-90 FILM NUMBER: 051256371 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMS VENTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060683 IRS NUMBER: 581971727 STATE OF INCORPORATION: SC FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-93 FILM NUMBER: 051256370 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060685 IRS NUMBER: 161088281 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-04 FILM NUMBER: 051256368 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MO RO KO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060610 IRS NUMBER: 860608231 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-76 FILM NUMBER: 051256404 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF SAN DIEGO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060612 IRS NUMBER: 330754132 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-26 FILM NUMBER: 051256403 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF TENNESSEE LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060622 IRS NUMBER: 621623714 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-22 FILM NUMBER: 051256396 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF TEXAS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060630 IRS NUMBER: 752625686 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-19 FILM NUMBER: 051256392 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SW GENERAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060638 IRS NUMBER: 860434455 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-07 FILM NUMBER: 051256385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060647 IRS NUMBER: 581927289 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-13 FILM NUMBER: 051256340 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060659 IRS NUMBER: 710658629 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-66 FILM NUMBER: 051256331 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MULTI CAB INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060614 IRS NUMBER: 223121021 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-75 FILM NUMBER: 051256402 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060615 IRS NUMBER: 860785691 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-25 FILM NUMBER: 051256401 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MULTI CARE INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060618 IRS NUMBER: 223132434 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NJ FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-74 FILM NUMBER: 051256416 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 EAST INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RURAL METRO OF SOUTH DAKOTA INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060619 IRS NUMBER: 860823323 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-129324-24 FILM NUMBER: 051256398 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 BUSINESS PHONE: 6029943886 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8401 E INDIAN SCHOOL RD CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85251 S-4/A 1 ds4a.htm AMENDMENT NO 1 TO FORM S-4 Amendment No 1 to Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2005

Registration No. 333-129324


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

Amendment No. 1

to

Form S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in their Charters)

 


 

Delaware

Delaware

 

4119

4119

 

86-0084388

20-2401572

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

9221 East Via de Ventura Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(480) 606-3886

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants’ Principal Executive Offices)

 


 

Michael S. Zarriello

Chief Financial Officer

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

9221 East Via de Ventura,

Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(480) 606-3886

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 


 

See attached table for additional Registrants

 


 

Copies to:

Christopher E. Kevane, Esq.

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(480) 606-3221

 

Todd R. Chandler, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

(212) 310-8000

 


 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public:    As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

 

If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

 

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

 


 

The Registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.



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ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS

 

Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.    Indiana    4119    35-1431604   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.    New Jersey    4119    11-3224874   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

American Limousine Service, Inc.    Ohio    4119    31-1208564   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Beacon Transportation, Inc.    New York    4119    16-1024028   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.    Virginia    4119    56-1160521   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Coastal EMS, Inc.    Georgia    4119    86-1023789   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Corning Ambulance Service Inc.    New York    4119    16-1025659   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Donlock, Ltd.    Pennsylvania    4119    23-2440659   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.    Georgia    4119    58-1923254   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.    South Carolina    4119    58-2204174   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.    Nebraska    4119    47-0497359   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Eastern Paramedics, Inc.    Nebraska    4119    16-1451102   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.    Delaware    4119    34-1014792   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.    New York    4119    11-2820129   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Keefe & Keefe, Inc.    New York    4119    13-0412920   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

LaSalle Ambulance Inc.    New York    4119    16-0954422   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0822551   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0712218   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Medical Transportation Services, Inc.    South Dakota    4119    46-0372542   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0834429   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.    Kentucky    4119    61-1028659   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Metro Care Corp.    Ohio    4119    34-1643994   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.    Maryland    4119    52-1985117   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

MO-RO-KO, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0608231   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Multi Cab Inc.    New Jersey    4119    22-3121021   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Multi-Care International, Inc.    New Jersey    4119    22-3132434   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Multi-Health Corp.    Florida    4119    59-2814574   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.    Indiana    4119    35-1181236   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.    New York    4119    16-0769150   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.    Mississippi    4119    64-0634696   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Professional Medical Services, Inc.    Arkansas    4119    71-0658629   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.    Delaware    4119    63-1159506   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.    Arizona    4119    86-0844546   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

RMC Insurance Ltd    Barbados    4119    86-0859260   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M Management Co., Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0273444   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M of Mississippi, Inc.    Delaware    4119    62-1716931   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M of Tennessee G. P., Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0810819   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0810821   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M of Texas, G. P., Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0810815   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

R/M Partners, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0917240   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0921281   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.    Delaware    4119    23-2906712   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Corporation    Arizona    4119    86-0084388   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Corporation    Delaware    4119    86-0746929   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida    Florida    4119    59-0934668   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee    Tennessee    4119    62-0719245   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0273445   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0953385   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0949230   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0917235   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.    Delaware    4119    52-2062047   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.    Delaware    4119    86-0904413   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0834427   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0847331   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.    Delaware    4119    75-2629709   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.    New York    4119    47-0850912   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of California, Inc.    Delaware    4119    73-1498164   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.    Delaware    4119    59-3385348   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0916583   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0783075   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0921282   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0783075   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.    Washington    4119    91-1176902   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0834431   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P.    Delaware    4119    35-1969954   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.    Delaware    4119    35-1972413   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0842598   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.    Delaware    4119    62-1716929   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.    Delaware    4119    47-0780161   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0750083   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.    Florida    4119    59-2798471   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P.    Delaware    4119    91-1989436   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.    Delaware    4119    34-1778398   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.    Delaware    4119    93-1150488   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0803435   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc.    New York    4119    16-0980148   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.    California    4119    33-0754132   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0785691   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0823323   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.    Ohio    4119    31-0999303   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.    Delaware    4119    62-1623714   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.    Delaware    4119    75-2613511   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.    Delaware    4119    75-2625686   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0273443   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0834430   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.    South Dakota    4119    46-0284797   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc.    Georgia    4119    58-1927289   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0949229   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0702807   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.    New Mexico    4119    51-0455701   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0203618   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Southwest General Services, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0767537   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

SW General, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0434455   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.    Delaware    4119    86-0834432   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

The Aid Company, Inc.    Indiana    4119    35-1508091   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

Towns Ambulance Service, Inc.    New York    4119    16-1088281   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886


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Exact Names of Registrants

as Specified in Their

Charters


  

States of Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization


   Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code Nos.


   I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Nos.


  

Address, Including Zip

Code, and Telephone

Number, Including Area

Code, of Registrants’

Principal Executive Offices


Valley Fire Service, Inc.    Delaware    4119    93-1196188   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

W & W Leasing Company, Inc.    Arizona    4119    86-0201806   

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3886

 

The name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service for each of the Additional Registrants is:

 

Christopher E. Kevane, Esq.

c/o Rural/Metro Corporation

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

(480) 606-3221


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

Subject to Completion, Dated December 9, 2005

 

PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

 

Offer to exchange all outstanding

$125,000,000 principal amount of

9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

for

 

$125,000,000 principal amount of

9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

registered under the Securities Act of 1933

 

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC (“Rural/Metro LLC”) and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc. (“Rural/Metro Delaware”, and together with Rural/Metro LLC, the “issuers”) are offering to exchange the issuers’ outstanding notes described above for the new, registered notes described above. In this prospectus the issuers refer to the outstanding notes as the “old notes” and their new notes as the “registered notes,” and refer to the old notes and the registered notes, together, as the “notes.” The form and terms of the registered notes are identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the old notes, except for transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional interest payment provisions relating only to the old notes. The issuers do not intend to apply to have any notes listed on any securities exchange or automated quotation system and there may be no active trading market for them.

 

Material Terms of the Exchange Offer

 

    The exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2006, unless extended. Whether or not the exchange offer is extended, the time at which it ultimately expires is referred to in this prospectus as the time of expiration.

 

    The only conditions to completing the exchange offer are that the exchange offer not violate any applicable law, regulation or interpretation of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission and that no injunction, order or decree of any court or governmental agency that would prohibit, prevent or otherwise materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer shall be in effect.

 

    All old notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.

 

    Tenders of old notes in the exchange offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the time of expiration.

 

    We will not receive any cash proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

None of our affiliates, no broker-dealers that acquired old notes directly from us and no persons engaged in a distribution of registered notes may participate in the exchange offer. Any broker-dealer that acquired old notes as a result of market-making or other trading activities and receives registered notes for its own account in exchange for those old notes must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those registered notes. The letter of transmittal states that, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer for that purpose. We have agreed that, for a period of one year after the time of expiration we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resales by that broker-dealer. See “Plan of Distribution”

 

Consider carefully the “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 of this prospectus.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of this prospectus is                     , 2005


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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or represent anything about us, our financial results or this exchange offer that is not contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. If given or made, any such other information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. We are not making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 


 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

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RISK FACTORS

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

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USE OF PROCEEDS

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CAPITALIZATION

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

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LEGAL MATTERS

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EXPERTS

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

This prospectus is a part of a registration statement on Form S-4 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the Commission or the SEC), but the registration statement includes additional information and also attaches exhibits that are referenced in this prospectus.

 

We also file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at:

 

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Public Reference Room

100 F Street, NE

Room 1580

Washington, D.C. 20549

1-800-SEC-0330

 

Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information on the public reference rooms and their copy charges.

 

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

We are “incorporating by reference” into this prospectus certain information we file with the SEC, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by reference:

 

    our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005, other than Item 8 and exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 thereto;

 

    Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2005;

 

    our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on November 15, 2005, which contains information that supersedes Item 8 of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 and our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2005;

 

    our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 23, 2005;

 

    our Proxy Statement relating to our 2005 annual meeting of stockholders; and

 

    the description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 8, 1993, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all documents we furnish to the SEC to the extent they so specify, from the date of this prospectus until we chose to make this prospectus available, shall also be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and will automatically update information in this prospectus.

 

You may request a copy of these filings at no cost by writing or calling us at the following address or telephone number:

 

Corporate Secretary

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

9221 East Via de Ventura

Scottsdale, Arizona 85258

(480) 606-3886

 

Any statements contained in a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference in this prospectus) modifies or supersedes such statement.

 

You should carefully read this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in their entirety. They contain information that you should consider when making your investment decision.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

The following summary contains information about our business. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the information under “Risk Factors” and our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes incorporated by reference into this prospectus. References to “we,” “us,” and “our, “ refer to Rural/Metro Corporation, Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and its subsidiaries (including Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc). References to “Rural/Metro”, “Rural/Metro LLC” and “Rural/Metro Delaware” are to Rural/Metro Corporation, Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and Rural/Metro Delaware Inc., respectively. References to the “issuers” are to Rural/Metro LLC and Rural/Metro Delaware.

 

Founded in 1948, we are a leading provider of medical transportation services, which consist primarily of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services. We believe we are the only multi-state provider of both medical transportation and fire protection services in the United States. We currently provide services to approximately 365 communities in 22 states, including many of the fastest-growing states in the nation such as Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and New Mexico. As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately 100 exclusive contracts to provide 911 emergency medical transportation services and approximately 650 contracts to provide non-emergency medical transportation services. In addition, we provide non-emergency medical transportation services to a broad customer base, including a significant number of hospitals, nursing homes and specialized healthcare facilities on a non-contractual basis. We provided 1.2 million transports during our fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. Our objective is to provide our customers with high-quality care, efficient and reliable response times and cost-effective services. Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “RURL”.

 

We provide medical transportation services, which consist primarily of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services. We provide these medical transportation services under contracts with governmental entities, hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities and organizations. Approximately half of our medical transports are initiated by 911 calls, with the remainder consisting of a variety of non-emergency medical transports, such as medical transports between hospitals, nursing homes and specialized healthcare facilities. We believe that providing a mix of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services diversifies our revenue base and permits us to utilize our medical transportation vehicles and workforce more efficiently. We derive revenue from our medical transportation services through reimbursements we receive from private insurance companies and government-funded healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and, to a lesser extent, from fees paid to us directly by our individual patients and from government subsidies paid to us under our 911 contracts. During fiscal 2005, 88% of our net revenue was generated from our medical transportation and related services.

 

In addition to medical transportation services, we also provide private fire protection and related services, and offer such services on a subscription-fee basis to residential and commercial property owners in three states and under long-term contracts with fire districts, industrial sites and airports at 16 sites located in 11 states. Our fire protection services consist primarily of fire suppression, fire prevention and first responder medical care which represented 12% of our fiscal 2005 net revenue.

 

We expanded our business significantly from the late 1970s through the late 1990s through acquisitions and internal growth, incurring significant debt in the process. This growth, consisting primarily of mergers and acquisitions in the 1990s, provided us with significant market presence throughout the United States, as well as in parts of Latin America and Canada. To manage this growth and achieve productivity gains, we invested in the development of management and operating systems. We believe that our acquisitions have provided us a strong domestic platform of core operations with a substantial revenue base and a reputation for quality service.

 

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During the last several years, we have implemented a number of operational initiatives designed to improve our financial performance. These initiatives have included discontinuing operations in approximately 35 markets that we determined did not fit with our long-term strategy and consolidating our billing, cash management, payroll, purchasing, account payable and insurance and risk operations and entering several select new markets.

 

Rural/Metro LLC is a Delaware limited liability company and Rural/Metro Delaware is a Delaware corporation. Our principal office is located at 9221 East Via de Ventura, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, and our telephone number is 480-606-3886. Our website address is http://www.ruralmetro.com. No information on, or accessible through, our website is incorporated into this prospectus, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus.

 

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Summary of the Terms of the Exchange Offer

 

On March 4, 2005, the issuers issued $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior subordinated notes due 2015 in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act.” We refer to the issuance of the old notes in this prospectus as the “original issuance.”

 

At the time of the original issuance, the issuers entered into an agreement in which the issuers agreed to register new notes, with substantially the same form and terms of the old notes, and to offer to exchange the registered notes for the old notes. This agreement is referred to in this prospectus as the “registration rights agreement.”

 

Unless you are a broker-dealer and assuming you satisfy the conditions set forth below under “—Resales of the Registered Notes,” we believe that the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer may be resold by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act. You should read the discussions under the headings “The Exchange Offer” and “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes” for further information regarding the registered notes.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

Under the registration rights agreement, the issuers are obligated to offer to exchange the old notes for registered notes with terms identical in all material respects to the old notes. The exchange offer is intended to satisfy that obligation. After the exchange offer is complete, except as set forth in the next paragraph, you will no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to your old notes.

 

 

The registration rights agreement requires the issuers to file a registration statement for a continuous offering in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act for your benefit if you would not receive freely tradeable registered notes in the exchange offer or you are ineligible to participate in the exchange offer and indicate that you wish to have your old notes registered under the Securities Act. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering.”

 

The Exchange Offer

The issuers are offering to exchange $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its 9.875% senior subordinated notes due 2015, which have been registered under the Securities Act, for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of its unregistered 9.875% senior subordinated notes due 2015 that were issued in the original issuance.

 

 

In order to be exchanged, an old note must be validly tendered and accepted. All old notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn before the time of expiration will be accepted and exchanged.

 

 

As of this date, there are $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of old notes outstanding.

 

 

The issuers will issue the registered notes promptly after the time of expiration.

 

Resales of the Registered Notes

Except as described below, we believe that the registered notes to be issued in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration

 

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and (except with respect to broker-dealers) prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act if (but only if) you meet the following conditions:

 

    you are not an “affiliate” of the issuer, as that term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

    if you are a broker-dealer, you acquired the old notes which you seek to exchange for registered notes as a result of market making or other trading activities and not directly from us and you comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

    the registered notes are acquired by you in the ordinary course of your business;

 

    you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in a distribution of the registered notes; and

 

    you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the registered notes.

 

 

Our belief is based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC, as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to us. The staff has not considered the exchange offer in the context of a no-action letter, and we cannot assure you that the staff would make a similar determination with respect to the exchange offer.

 

 

If you do not meet the above conditions, you may not participate in the exchange offer or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any old notes unless (i) they have been registered for resale by you under the Securities Act and you deliver a “resale” prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act, or (ii) you sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the registered notes in accordance with an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

 

Any broker-dealer that receives registered notes for its own account in exchange for old notes where such old notes are acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the registered notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

Time of Expiration

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2006, unless we decide to extend the exchange offer. We do not intend to extend the exchange offer, although we reserve the right to do so. We will not extend the exchange offer past                     , 2006.

 

Conditions to the Exchange Offer

The only conditions to completing the exchange offer are that the exchange offer not violate any applicable law, regulation or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC and that no injunction, order or decree of any court or any governmental agency that would prohibit, prevent or otherwise materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer shall be in effect. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions.”

 

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Procedures for Tendering Old Notes Held in the Form of Book-Entry Interests

The old notes were issued as global notes in fully registered form without interest coupons. Beneficial interests in the old notes held by direct or indirect participants in The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, are shown on, and transfers of those interests are effected only through, records maintained in book-entry form by DTC with respect to its participants.

 

 

If you hold old notes in the form of book-entry interests and you wish to tender your old notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer, you must transmit to the exchange agent on or prior to the time of expiration of the exchange offer either:

 

    a computer-generated message transmitted by means of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system and received by the exchange agent and forming a part of a confirmation of book-entry transfer, in which you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; or

 

    a written or facsimile copy of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by such letter of transmittal, at the address set forth on the cover page of the letter of transmittal.

 

 

The exchange agent must also receive on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer either:

 

    a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of your old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfers described in this prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer—Book-Entry Transfer;” or

 

    the documents necessary for compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

 

 

A letter of transmittal for your notes accompanies this prospectus. By executing the letter of transmittal or delivering a computer-generated message through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system, you will represent to us that, among other things:

 

    you are not an affiliate of the issuer;

 

    you are not a broker-dealer who acquired the old notes that you are sending to the issuer directly from the issuer;

 

    the registered notes to be acquired by you in the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of your business;

 

    you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in a distribution of the registered notes; and

 

    you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the registered notes.

 

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Procedures for Tendering Certificated Old Notes

If you are a holder of book-entry interests in the old notes, you are entitled to receive, in limited circumstances, in exchange for your book-entry interests, certificated notes which are in equal principal amounts at maturity to your book-entry interests. See “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Procedures for Tendering—Certificated Old Notes.” If you acquire certificated old notes prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, you must tender your certificated old notes in accordance with the procedures described in this prospectus under the heading “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Procedures for Tendering—Certificated Old Notes.”

 

Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners

If you are the beneficial owner of old notes and they are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your old notes, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your old notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the old notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering—Procedures Applicable to All Holders.”

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your old notes in the exchange offer and:

 

  (1) they are not immediately available;

 

  (2) time will not permit your old notes or other required documents to reach the exchange agent before the expiration of the exchange offer; or

 

  (3) you cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis,

 

 

you may tender your old notes in accordance with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Acceptance of Old Notes and Delivery of Registered Notes

Except under the circumstances described above under “Conditions to the Exchange Offer,” the issuer will accept for exchange any and all old notes which are properly tendered prior to the time of expiration. The registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer will be delivered promptly following the time of expiration. See “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer.”

 

Withdrawal

You may withdraw the tender of your old notes at any time prior to the time of expiration. We will return to you any old notes not accepted for exchange for any reason without expense to you as promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offer.

 

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Exchange Agent

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offer.

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not participate in the exchange offer for your old notes, upon completion of the exchange offer, the liquidity of the market for your old notes could be adversely affected. See “The Exchange Offer—Consequences of Failure to Exchange.”

 

United States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Exchange Offer

The exchange of old notes for registered notes in the exchange offer will not be a taxable event for United States federal income tax purposes. See “United States Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

 

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Summary of Terms of the Registered Notes

 

The form and terms of the registered notes are the same as the form and terms of the old notes, except that the registered notes will be registered under the Securities Act. As a result, the registered notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not contain the registration rights and liquidated damages provisions contained in the old notes. The registered notes represent the same debt as the old notes. Both the old notes and the registered notes are governed by the same indenture.

 

The summary below describes the principal terms of the registered notes. Some of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the notes.

 

Issuers

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC. The sole purpose of Rural/Metro Delaware is to act as co-issuer of the notes. Rural/Metro Delaware has only nominal assets, does not conduct any independent operations and did not receive any proceeds from the offering of the senior subordinated notes. Accordingly, investors in the senior subordinated notes must rely on the cash flow and assets of Rural/Metro LLC, and its other subsidiaries for payment of the senior subordinated notes.

 

Notes Offered

$125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015.

 

Maturity Date

March 15, 2015.

 

Guarantees

On the issue date, Rural/Metro and each of Rural/Metro LLC’s direct and indirect subsidiaries, other (than Rural/Metro Delaware), that guaranteed its obligations under the senior secured credit facility unconditionally guaranteed the senior subordinated notes on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. From and after the issue date, each domestic restricted subsidiary that Rural/Metro LLC acquires or forms will be required to guarantee the senior subordinated notes on the same basis.

 

Ranking

The senior subordinated notes and the guarantees are the issuers’ and the guarantors’ unsecured senior subordinated obligations and:

 

    rank junior in right of payment to all the issuers’ and the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness (including indebtedness under Rural/Metro LLC’s senior secured credit facility);

 

    is structurally subordinated in right of payment to all the obligations of the issuers’ or guarantors’ future subsidiaries that did not guarantee the senior subordinated notes;

 

    rank equally in right of payment with all the issuers’ and the guarantors’ future unsecured senior subordinated indebtedness; and

 

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    rank senior in right of payment to all the issuers’ and the guarantors’ future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes.

 

Optional Redemption

On or after March 15, 2010, the issuers may redeem the notes, in whole or in part at the redemption prices set forth under “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Prior to March 15, 2010, the issuers may redeem all or part of the senior subordinated notes by paying a “make-whole” premium based on U.S. Treasury rates as specified in this offering memorandum under “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

The issuers may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes on or prior to March 15, 2008 at a redemption price equal to 109.875% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest with the proceeds of certain equity offerings, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. The issuers may make that redemption only if, after the redemption, at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the senior subordinated notes originally issued remain outstanding and the redemption occurs within 60 days of the date of the equity offering closing. See “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Optional Redemption.”

 

Change of Control Offer

Upon the occurrence of a change of control, you will have the right, as holders of the senior subordinated notes, to require the issuers to repurchase some of or all your notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date. See “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Certain Covenants

The indenture governing the senior subordinated notes contains covenants limiting, among other things, the issuers’ ability and the ability of their restricted subsidiaries to:

 

    incur additional debt:

 

    pay dividends on their capital stock or repurchase their capital stock;

 

    make certain investments;

 

    enter into certain types of transactions with affiliates;

 

    limit dividends or other payments by their restricted subsidiaries to us;

 

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    use assets as security in other transactions; and

 

    sell certain assets or merge with or into other companies.

 

 

These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications. See “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes.”

 

Risk Factors

 

Investing in the notes involves substantial risk. See the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus for a description of certain of the risks you should consider before investing in the notes.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Participating in the exchange offer and investing in the registered notes involves a high degree of risk. You should read and consider carefully each of the following factors, as well as the other information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before making a decision on whether to participate in the exchange offer. The risks described below may not be the only ones we face.

 

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

 

Because there is no public market for the registered notes, you may not be able to resell your registered notes.

 

The registered notes will be registered under the Securities Act, but will constitute a new issue of securities with no established trading market, and there is a risk that:

 

    a liquid trading market for the registered notes may not develop;

 

    holders may not be able to sell their registered notes; or

 

    the price at which the holders would be able to sell their registered notes may be lower than anticipated and lower than the principal amount or original purchase price.

 

If a trading market were to develop, the trading price of the registered notes will depend on many factors, including prevailing interest rates and the market for similar debentures.

 

We understand that the initial purchasers of the old notes presently intend to make a market in the registered notes. However, they are not obligated to do so, and any market-making activity with respect to the registered notes may be discontinued at any time without notice. In addition, any market-making activity will be subject to the limits imposed by the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act,” and may be limited during the exchange offer or the pendency of an applicable shelf registration statement. An active trading market may not exist for the registered notes, and any trading market that does develop may not be liquid.

 

In addition, any holder who tenders in the exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the registered notes may be deemed to have received restricted securities, and if so, will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction. For a description of these requirements, see “The Exchange Offer.”

 

Your old notes will not be accepted for exchange if you fail to follow the exchange offer procedures.

 

We will not accept your old notes for exchange if you do not follow the exchange offer procedures. We will issue registered notes as part of this exchange offer only after a timely receipt of your old notes including electronic receipt through DTC, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal or electronic acceptance of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer through DTC, and all other required documents. Therefore, if you wish to tender your old notes please allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery. If we do not receive your old notes, letter of transmittal and other required documents by the time of expiration of the exchange offer, either in physical or electronic form as set forth in this prospectus, we will not accept your old notes for exchange. We are under no duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to the tenders of outstanding old notes for exchange. If there are defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of old notes, either in physical or electronic form as set forth in this prospectus, we will not accept your old notes for exchange.

 

Risks Related to Our Business

 

We may fail to receive reimbursement from third-party payers.

 

We provide our medical transportation services on a fee-for-service basis and collect a substantial portion of our revenue from reimbursements from third-party payers, including government-funded healthcare programs

 

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such as Medicare and Medicaid and private insurance programs. We recognize revenue when we provide medical transportation services; however, the reimbursement process is complex and there can be lengthy delays before we receive payment. In addition, third-party payers may disallow, in whole or in part, requests for reimbursement based on assertions that certain amounts and services are not reimbursable or that additional supporting documentation is necessary. Retroactive adjustments made by third-party payers may change amounts realized from them. We received approximately 90 percent of our medical transportation fee collections from third-party payers during fiscal 2005 and 2004, including approximately 28 percent from Medicare, and approximately 14 percent from Medicaid for both fiscal years. To the extent our claims are not reimbursed or allowed it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

 

We may not be able to successfully collect amounts billed directly to individual patients.

 

We are required to provide emergency medical transportation service regardless of the ability or willingness of the patient to pay. We face the risk of non-payment to the extent that uninsured individuals require emergency medical transportation service in service areas where an adequate subsidy is not provided by the related municipality or governing authority and the risk of increased rates of non-payment should the number of such uninsured individuals using our services increase in our service areas. Our failure to receive payments from a significant number of individual patients could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Claims against us could exceed our insurance coverage; we may not have coverage for certain claims.

 

We are subject to a significant number of accident, injury and patient care incident lawsuits as a result of the nature of our business and day-to-day operations. Some of these lawsuits may involve large claim amounts and substantial defense costs. In order to minimize the risk of our exposure, we maintain insurance coverage for workers’ compensation, general liability, automobile liability and professional liability claims. In certain limited instances we may not have coverage for certain claims. When we do have coverage, the coverage limits of our policies may not be adequate. Liabilities in excess of our insurance coverage could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Claims against us, regardless of their merit or outcome, also may have an adverse effect on our reputation and business.

 

Our claim reserves may prove inadequate.

 

Under our insurance programs, we are responsible for deductibles and self-insurance retentions in varying amounts. We have established reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses under these policies based on our historical experience, industry data, judgments relating to the effect of future economic and social forces on the type of risk involved, circumstances surrounding individual claims and trends that may affect the number and nature of claims. Consequently, loss reserves are inherently uncertain and subject to a number of circumstances difficult to predict. For these reasons, we cannot assure you that our ultimate liability will not materially exceed our reserves at any point. If our reserves prove to be inadequate we will be required to increase our reserves with a corresponding charge to operations in the period in which the deficiency is identified and such charge could be material.

 

We may experience future increases in the cost of our insurance programs that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

An increase in our claim experience may result in increases in our insurance premiums. If we experience increases in our premiums, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Two insurance companies with which we have previously done business are in liquidation proceedings and we may be required to cover a portion of claims covered by these insurers or lose deposits we have with them.

 

Two of our previous workers’ compensation and general liability programs insurers, Reliance Insurance Company (“Reliance”), from whom we purchased coverage for policy years 1992 through 2000, and Legion

 

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Insurance Company (“Legion”), from whom we purchased coverage in 2001 and 2002, are currently in liquidation proceedings in Pennsylvania. In the event that we incur workers’ compensation or general liability claims for the policy years covered by these insurers and they are not covered by the applicable insurer or state guaranty fund, we may be required to fund any losses related to such claims. As of September 30, 2005, we had $1.2 million of cash on deposit with Reliance and $2.2 million of cash on deposit with Mutual Indemnity, a Legion affiliate. The liquidation proceedings may result in the loss of all or part of the collateral and/or funds currently held by these insurers, and may result in restricted access to both insurance and reinsurance proceeds relating to our general liability program. A requirement to fund significant claims or the loss of some or all of the amounts on deposit could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, result of operations and cash flows.

 

Our revenues may decline if Medicare reduces the reimbursements it pays to us or changes its programs.

 

Our revenues may decline if Medicare reduces its reimbursement rates or otherwise changes its current Medicare fee schedule. We received approximately 28 percent of our medical transportation fee collections from Medicare during both fiscal 2005 and 2004. Any reductions in reimbursement rates or other changes to the Medicare fee schedule could result in a reduction in reimbursements we receive for our medical transportation services.

 

Some state and local governments regulate our rate structures and may limit our ability to increase our rates or maintain a satisfactory rate structure.

 

State or local government regulations or administrative policies regulate the rates we can charge in some states for medical transportation services. For example, the State of Arizona establishes the rates we may charge in the various communities we serve in that state. Medical transportation services revenue generated in Arizona accounted for approximately 24 percent and 22 percent of net revenue for fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. In some service areas in other states in which we are the exclusive provider of services, the municipality or fire district sets the rates for emergency medical transportation services pursuant to a master contract and establishes the rates for general medical transportation services that we are permitted to charge. In areas where we are regulated, there is no assurance that we will receive medical transportation service rate increases on a timely basis, or at all.

 

Due to budget deficits in many states, significant decreases in state funding for Medicaid programs have occurred or are proposed. Some states have reduced the scope of Medicaid eligibility and coverage. For example, patients covered by Medicare are required to make a 20% co-payment for medical transports. In most states, Medicaid makes this co-payment on behalf of its insureds (this is called a “cross-over payment”). Indiana recently passed legislation eliminating crossover payments by Medicaid and prohibiting medical transportation providers from collecting the 20% co-payment from patients. Other states have proposed taking similar steps.

 

If we are not able to charge and collect satisfactory rates in one or more of the communities in which we operate it could have a material adverse effect on our revenues, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Our business is subject to laws, rules and regulations that can impose fines, penalties or other liabilities, revoke necessary licenses or otherwise cause material adverse effects.

 

Numerous laws, rules and regulations govern the medical transportation and fire fighting service business covering matters such as licensing, rates, employee certification, environmental matters and radio communications. Certificates of Need that certain states may employ to award market rights to geographic areas may change. Master contracts from governmental authorities are subject to risks of cancellation or unenforceability as a result of budgetary and other factors and may subject us to certain liabilities or restrictions.

 

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adverse effects. Federal and state laws also can require the owner or operator of real property to clean up historic contamination (or pay for that cleanup), without regard to fault.

 

Changes to existing programs also can create unanticipated risks.

 

Certain governmental actions could:

 

    change existing laws, rules or regulations;

 

    adopt new laws, rules or regulations that increase our cost of doing business;

 

    lower reimbursement levels; or

 

    otherwise adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Our business is subject to substantial regulation and, if we fail to comply with all applicable laws and government regulations, we could suffer penalties or be required to make significant changes to our operations.

 

We are subject to extensive regulation at both the federal and state levels. The laws that directly or indirectly affect our ability to operate our business include the following:

 

    federal laws (including the Federal False Claims Act) that prohibit entities and individuals from knowingly or recklessly making claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs, as well as third-party payers, that contain false or fraudulent information;

 

    a provision of the Social Security Act, commonly referred to as the “anti-kickback statute,” that prohibits the knowing and willful offering, payment, solicitation or receipt of any bribe, kickback, rebate or other remuneration in return for the referral or recommendation of patients for items and services covered, in whole or in part, by federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid;

 

    a provision of the Social Security Act that imposes criminal penalties on healthcare providers who fail to disclose or refund known overpayments;

 

    similar state law provisions pertaining to anti-kickback, self-referral and false claims issues which typically are not limited to relationships with federal payers;

 

    provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) that prohibit knowingly and willfully executing a scheme or artifice to defraud any healthcare benefit program or falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any material false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services;

 

    federal laws that impose civil administrative sanctions for, among other violations, inappropriate billing of services to federally funded healthcare programs, and employing individuals who are excluded from participation in federally funded healthcare programs;

 

    reassignment of payment rules that prohibit certain types of billing and collection practices in connection with claims payable by the Medicare and Medicaid programs and some other payers programs and some other payers;

 

    provisions of HIPAA limiting how healthcare providers may use and disclose individually identifiable health information and the security measures taken in connection with that information and related systems, as well as similar state laws; and

 

    federal and state laws governing medical transport services, including the licensing or certification of medical transportation service providers, training and certification of medical personnel, the scope of services that may be provided by medical personnel, staffing requirements, medical control, medical procedures, communications systems, vehicles and equipment.

 

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If our operations are found to be in violation of any of the laws and regulations described above or the other laws and regulations which govern our activities, we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, exclusion from federal healthcare programs, damages, fines and the curtailment of our operations. Any material penalties, individually or in the aggregate, would adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results. The risk of our being found in violation of these laws and regulations is increased by the fact that many of them have not been fully interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts, and their provisions are sometimes open to a variety of interpretations. Any action against us for violation of these laws or regulations, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business.

 

Healthcare laws and regulations may change significantly in the future. We monitor these developments and modify our operations from time to time where we perceive a need to do so in response to the regulatory changes. However, we cannot assure you that any new healthcare laws or regulations will not materially adversely affect our business. We cannot assure you that a review of our business by judicial, law enforcement, or regulatory authorities will not result in a determination that could adversely affect our operations or that healthcare regulation will not change in a way that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

HIPAA regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business either if we fail to comply with the regulations or as a result of the costs associated with compliance.

 

The privacy standards under HIPAA took effect April 14, 2001 and cover all individually identifiable health information used or disclosed by a healthcare provider. HIPAA establishes standards concerning the privacy, security and the electronic transmission of patients’ health information. Under the statute, there are civil penalties of up to $100 per violation (not to exceed $25,000 per calendar year for each type of violation) and criminal penalties for knowing violations of up to $250,000 per violation. The enforcing agency, the Office of Civil Rights (the “OCR”) of the Department of Health and Human Services, has announced a compliance-based and compliance improvement type of enforcement program. We believe there is not sufficient basis to understand OCR’s enforcement posture and the potential for fines which may result from OCR’s finding of a violation of the privacy regulations. The significant costs associated with compliance and the potential penalties as a result of our failure to comply with the rule could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

HIPAA also mandates compliance with the approved HIPAA format when we submit claims electronically. We are filing claims in the approved HIPAA format with all our Medicare plans. In addition, we await announcements from the commercial insurers regarding their compliance with the electronic claims submission requirements.

 

The final security rule, which became effective April 20, 2005, requires healthcare suppliers and other entities to set security standards for health information and to maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of this information. It also requires that we protect health information against unauthorized use or disclosure. We believe we have developed the appropriate policies and procedures to comply with the final security rule. Failure to do so could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

We could experience a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows due to: (i) significant costs associated with continued compliance under HIPAA or related legislative enactments, (ii) potential fines from our noncompliance, (iii) adverse affects on our collection cycle arising from non-compliance or delayed HIPAA compliance by our payers, customers and other constituents or (iv) impacts to the healthcare industry as a whole that may directly or indirectly cause a material adverse affect on our business.

 

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Providers and suppliers in the health care industry, such as us, are the subject of federal and state investigations related to billing and other matters.

 

Both federal and state government agencies have pursued civil and criminal enforcement efforts related to billing and other matters as part of numerous ongoing investigations of healthcare companies and their executives and managers. Although there are a number of civil and criminal statutes that can be applied to healthcare providers, a significant number of these investigations involve the Federal False Claims Act. These investigations can be initiated not only by the government but also by a private party asserting direct knowledge of fraud. These “qui tam” whistleblower lawsuits may be initiated against any person or entity alleging such person or entity has knowingly or recklessly presented, or caused to be presented, a false or fraudulent request for payment from the federal government, or has made a false statement or used a false record to get a claim approved. Penalties for False Claims Act violations include fines ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 for each false claim, plus up to three times the amount of damages sustained by the federal government. A False Claims Act violation may provide the basis for exclusion from the federally-funded healthcare programs. In addition, some states have adopted similar insurance fraud, whistleblower and false claims provisions.

 

From time to time, we receive requests and subpoenas for information from government agencies in connection with their regulatory and investigative authority, and are likely to be subject to such requests and subpoenas for information in the future. We review such requests and subpoenas and attempt to take appropriate action. We are also subject to requests and subpoenas for information in independent investigations. A determination by a regulatory or investigative authority in any of these investigations that we have violated the Federal False Claims Act or another civil or criminal statute could result in significant penalties or exclusion from federally-funded healthcare programs, which could result in a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

We are the subject of certain lawsuits, which if determined adversely to us, could harm our business.

 

We are a party to, or otherwise involved in, lawsuits, claims, proceedings and other legal matters that have arisen in the ordinary course of conducting our business. We cannot predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of any of these lawsuits, claims, proceedings and other legal matters to which we are a party to, or otherwise involved in, due to, among other things, the inherent uncertainties of litigation, government investigations and proceedings and legal matters generally. An unfavorable outcome in any of the lawsuits pending against us, including those described above, could result in substantial potential liabilities and have a material adverse effect on our business, consolidated financial condition and results of operations, our liquidity, our operations, and/or our ability to comply with any debt covenants. Further, these proceedings, and our actions in response to these proceedings, could result in substantial potential liabilities, additional defense and other costs, increase our indemnification obligations, divert management’s attention, and/or adversely affect our ability to execute our business and financial strategies.

 

We are dependent on maintaining our business relationships.

 

We depend to a great extent on contracts with municipalities or fire districts to provide emergency medical transportation services. The services we provide in our ten largest contracts accounted for approximately 35 percent and 36 percent of net revenue for fiscal 2005 and 2004, respectively. Contracts or other agreements with municipalities, counties or fire districts may have certain budgetary approval constraints. Failure to allocate funds for a contract may adversely affect our ability to continue to perform services without suffering significant losses. In addition, most of our contracts are terminable by either party upon agreed notice periods or upon the occurrence of certain events of default. We may not be successful in retaining our existing contracts or in obtaining new contracts for emergency medical transportation or other services. The loss or cancellation of several of these contracts could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Areas in which we provide subscription fire protection services may be converted to tax-supported fire districts or annexed by municipalities.

 

We provide residential and commercial fire protection services on a subscription-fee basis to property owners in unincorporated areas who do not receive services through municipal fire departments, volunteer fire departments, or fire protection districts. If several of the areas in which we provide subscription services were to convert to tax-supported fire districts or be annexed by municipalities, the loss of those arrangements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

We may not accurately assess the costs of or revenues generated by new contracts, which could adversely affect our business, financial conditions, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Our new contracts increasingly involve a competitive bidding process. When we obtain new contracts, we must accurately assess the costs we will incur in providing services, as well as other factors such as expected transport volume, geographical issues affecting response time and the implementation of technology upgrades, in order to realize adequate profit margins or otherwise meet our financial and strategic objectives. Increasing pressures from healthcare payers to restrict or reduce reimbursement rates at a time when the costs of providing medical services continue to increase make assessing the costs associated with the pricing of new contracts, as well as maintenance of existing contracts, more difficult. In addition, integrating new contracts, particularly those in new geographic locations, could prove more costly, and could require more management time, than we anticipate. Our failure to accurately predict costs or to negotiate an adequate profit margin could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. We face risks in attempting to terminate unfavorable contracts prior to their stated termination date because of the possibility of forfeiting performance bonds and the potential material adverse effect on our public relations, business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

We are in a highly competitive industry. If we do not compete effectively, we could lose business or fail to grow.

 

The medical transportation service industry is highly competitive. We compete to provide our emergency medical transportation services with governmental entities, hospitals, local and volunteer private providers and private providers, including national and regional providers such as American Medical Response. In order to compete successfully, we must make continuing investments in our fleet, facilities, and operating systems. We believe that counties, fire districts and municipalities and health-care institutions consider the following factors in awarding a contract:

 

    quality of medical care;

 

    historical response time performance;

 

    customer service;

 

    financial stability;

 

    personnel policies and practices;

 

    managerial strength; and

 

    cost.

 

Some of our current competitors and certain potential competitors may have access to greater capital and other resources than us. Counties, municipalities, fire districts, and healthcare organizations that currently contract for medical transportation services could choose to provide medical transportation services directly in the future. We are experiencing increased competition from fire departments in providing emergency medical transportation service. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully compete to provide our medical transportation services.

 

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Municipal fire departments, tax-supported fire districts and volunteer fire departments represent the principal providers of fire protection services for residential and commercial properties. Private companies represent only a small portion of the total fire protection market and generally provide services where a tax-supported municipality or fire district has decided to contract for these services or has not assumed the financial responsibility for fire protection. In these situations, we provide services for a municipality or fire district on a contract basis or provide fire protection services directly to residences and businesses who subscribe for this service.

 

Private providers, such as Wackenhut Services, Inc., also provide fire protection services to airports and industrial sites. We cannot assure you that:

 

    we will be able to continue to maintain current contracts or subscriptions or to obtain additional fire protection business on a contractual or subscription-fee basis;

 

    fire districts or municipalities will not choose to provide fire protection services directly in the future; or

 

    we will be able to successfully compete with private providers of fire protection services.

 

The departure of our key management could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Our success depends upon our ability to recruit and retain key management personnel. We could experience difficulty in retaining our current key management personnel or in attracting and retaining necessary additional key management personnel. We have entered into employment agreements with some, but not all of our executive officers and certain other key management personnel. Failure to retain or replace our key management may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

We may not be able to successfully recruit and retain healthcare professionals with the qualifications and attributes desired by us and our customers.

 

Our ability to recruit and retain healthcare professionals significantly affects our business. Medical personnel shortages in some of our market areas currently make the recruiting, training and retention of full-time and part-time personnel more difficult and costly. Our internal growth will require the addition of new personnel. Failure to retain or replace our medical personnel or to attract new personnel may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Risks Related to the Notes

 

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and prevent us from fulfilling our obligations under the notes.

 

We currently have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of September 30, 2005, we had $308.2 million in indebtedness outstanding. The senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the notes and the senior subordinated notes permits us, if we meet certain conditions, to incur and to guarantee additional indebtedness.

 

Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences to you. For example, it could:

 

    make it difficult for us to satisfy our financial obligations, including making scheduled principal and interest payments on the notes and our other indebtedness;

 

    require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flows from operations to service payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing funds available for other purposes;

 

    increase our vulnerability to a downturn in general economic conditions or the industry in which we compete;

 

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    limit our ability to borrow additional funds for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate and other purposes;

 

    place us at a competitive disadvantage to our competitors with less debt; and

 

    limit our ability to plan for and react to changes in our business and the medical transportation and fire protection industry.

 

Notwithstanding our significant indebtedness, we may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Our credit agreement provides for revolving loans of up to $20.0 million, none of which was drawn at June 30, 2005. In addition, although the indentures governing the notes and the senior subordinated notes, the senior secured credit facility and or other agreements governing our indebtedness contain restrictions on the incurrence of certain additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions, and the indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. If we incur new indebtedness, the related risks, including those described above, could intensify.

 

In addition, some of our indebtedness exposes us to changes in interest rates. As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately $128.0 million of floating rate indebtedness outstanding. If the applicable interest rate of such indebtedness fluctuated by 1%, our consolidated interest expense would fluctuate by approximately $1.3 million annually. Any increase in borrowings by us under the new senior secured credit facility or otherwise will expose us to additional interest rate risk.

 

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all our indebtedness.

 

Our ability to pay our indebtedness depends on our future operating performance, which will be affected by general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Our business may not generate sufficient cash flows from operations and future financings may not be available to us in amounts sufficient to enable us to pay our indebtedness or fund other liquidity needs, or on terms otherwise acceptable to us. If we are unable to meet our targeted levels of operating cash flows, or in the event of a material unanticipated cash requirement (such as an adverse litigation outcome, reimbursement delays, significantly increased costs of insurance or other matters), we may have to renegotiate the terms of our debt or obtain additional financing, possibly, on less favorable terms than out current debt. If we are not able to renegotiate the terms of our debt or obtain additional financing, we could be forced to sell assets under unfavorable circumstances. The terms of the senior secured credit facility and the indentures governing the notes and the senior subordinated notes limits our ability to sell assets and restrict the use of proceeds from any asset sale.

 

The indentures governing the notes impose restrictions on us and that may adversely affect our ability to operate our business.

 

The indentures governing the notes and the senior subordinated notes contain covenants that restrict, among other things, the ability to:

 

    incur additional debt;

 

    pay dividends on or repurchase capital stock;

 

    make certain investments;

 

    enter into certain types of transactions with affiliates;

 

    use assets as security in other transactions; and

 

    sell certain assets or merge with or into other companies.

 

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certain financial tests, including an interest expense ratio, a total debt leverage ratio, and a fixed charge coverage ratio. Our ability to comply with these covenants may be affected by many events beyond our or our subsidiaries’ control, and our future operating results may not be sufficient to comply with the covenants, or in the event of a default under any of our debt agreements, to remedy such a covenant default.

 

Our or our subsidiaries’ failure to comply with any of our financial or other covenants in the notes or other debt agreements could result in an event of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the senior secured credit facility, the indenture governing the senior subordinated notes, or any other credit facilities or agreements we may enter into, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding to be immediately due and payable, terminate all commitments to extend further credit and foreclose on any collateral granted to secure those obligations. If the lenders under any such credit facilities or other debt agreements accelerate the maturity of any loans or other debt outstanding to us, we may not have sufficient assets to repay amounts outstanding under our credit facilities and our other indebtedness, including the notes.

 

The guarantees of the senior subordinated notes may be subject to judicial scrutiny under applicable fraudulent conveyance laws.

 

The issuance of the guarantees of the senior subordinated notes may be subject to review under applicable fraudulent conveyance or transfer laws in a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving one or more of the guarantors or in a lawsuit brought by or on behalf of the creditors of one or more of the guarantors. Under these laws, if a court were to find that, at the time a guarantor issued its guarantee,

 

    the guarantor issued the guarantee with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its present or future creditors or that it contemplated insolvency with a design to favor one or more creditors to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of others,

 

    the guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for incurring the guarantee and, at the time it issued the guarantee,

 

    the guarantor was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of that issuance,

 

    the guarantor was engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital, or

 

    the guarantor intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay as they matured,

 

then the court could determine not to enforce the guarantee, subordinate the guarantee to other indebtedness of the guarantor or take other action detrimental to the holders of the senior subordinated notes. Among other things, a legal challenge of a guarantee issued by a guarantor on fraudulent conveyance grounds might focus on the benefits, if any, realized by the guarantor as a result of Rural/Metro LLC’s issuance of the senior subordinated notes and its guarantee. Since the issuance of the senior subordinated notes and the guarantees resulted in the refinancing of existing indebtedness and the release of existing guarantees of some of the initial subsidiary guarantors under Rural/Metro LLC’s existing indebtedness, the benefits to each of those initial guarantors of the issuance of the senior subordinated notes and the enforceability of any such guarantor’s guarantee may depend on whether the issuance of that guarantor’s existing guarantee under Rural/Metro LLC’s existing indebtedness was itself a fraudulent conveyance or was otherwise unenforceable. Furthermore, other subsidiary guarantors may not receive any direct benefit from the issuance of the senior subordinated notes. The indenture relating to the senior subordinated notes contains a savings clause, which generally purports to limit the obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all the liabilities of such guarantor, result in such obligations not constituting a fraudulent conveyance. To the extent the guarantee of any guarantor is avoided as a fraudulent conveyance or held unenforceable for any reason, the holders of the senior subordinated notes would cease to have any claim against that guarantor and would be creditors solely of Rural/Metro LLC and any guarantor whose guarantee is not avoided or held to be unenforceable.

 

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The measure of insolvency for purposes of the considerations described above will vary depending on the law applied in any such proceeding. Generally, however, an entity may be considered insolvent if:

 

    the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair market value of all its assets at a fair valuation; or

 

    the present fair market value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature.

 

Based on historical financial information, recent operating history and other information currently available to us, we believe the guarantees issued concurrently with the issuance of the senior subordinated notes were issued and granted for proper purposes and in good faith and that, after giving effect to the issuance of such subsidiary guarantees, each subsidiary guarantor was solvent and will continue to be solvent, will have sufficient capital for carrying on its business and will be able to pay its debts as they become absolute and mature. We cannot provide you with any assurance, however, that a court passing on those issues would reach the same conclusions. Furthermore, we cannot provide you with any assurance that those standards would be satisfied in the case of any existing or future subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC’s that becomes a guarantor after the date the notes are first issued, because a determination as to whether those standards would be satisfied will depend on, among other circumstances, the financial condition of that guarantor at the time of the incurrence of its obligations in respect of its guarantee.

 

We may be unable to purchase the notes upon a change of control.

 

Upon a change of control, as defined in the indenture, you will have the right, as a holder of notes, to require us to repurchase all or a portion of your notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest to the date of repurchase. If a change of control were to occur, the terms of the senior secured credit facility contains, and any additional debt agreements to which we are party at such time may contain, restrictions and provisions limiting Rural/Metro LLC’s ability to purchase your senior subordinated notes. Any failure to make an offer to purchase, or to repay holders tendering notes, upon a change of control will result in an event of default under the notes. We may not have the financial resources to repurchase your notes, particularly if a change of control event triggers a similar repurchase requirement for other indebtedness, or results in the acceleration of other indebtedness. See “Description of the Senior Subordinated Notes—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The statements contained in this prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including without limitation, statements regarding our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These statements may use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “predict,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “if,” “project” and similar expressions as they relate to us or our management. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. As described in this prospectus, such risks, uncertainties and other assumptions include, among others:

 

    our failure to receive reimbursement by third-party payers and payment from individual patients;

 

    material increases in the cost of insurance;

 

    insufficient or no insurance coverage for certain claims;

 

    inadequate claim reserves;

 

    the financial distress of two of our previous insurers;

 

    reductions in the reimbursements we receive from third-party payers;

 

    state and local governmental rate structure regulation;

 

    other governmental regulation, including regulation under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act;

 

    federal and state investigations under civil and criminal statues applicable to the healthcare industry;

 

    the outcome of certain lawsuits and governmental investigations to which we are subject;

 

    our dependence on certain business relationships;

 

    the conversion of areas in which we provide subscription fire protection services to tax-supported fire districts;

 

    the level of competition in our industry;

 

    retaining and attracting key management personnel and healthcare professionals;

 

    our level of indebtedness; and

 

    other risks described in “Risk Factors.”

 

We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this prospectus to conform them to actual results. We do not, nor does any other person, assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of those statements. All the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under the caption “Risk Factors.”

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

 

The following table sets forth the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges of Rural/Metro Corporation and its subsidiaries for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and for each of the five years in the period ended June 30, 2005 and Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and its subsidiaries for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and for the year ended June 30, 2005.

 

    Rural/Metro Corporation

 

Rural/Metro

Operating Company, LLC(b)


 
   

Three Months

Ended

Sept. 30,


  Years Ended June 30,

 

Three Months

Ended

Sept. 30,


  Year Ended June 30,

 
    2005

  2005

  2004

  2003

  2002

  2001

  2005

  2005

 
    (unaudited)                       (unaudited)        

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

  1.88x   1.11x   1.03x       *           *           *       2.35x   3.87x    

 

  (a) For purposes of computing the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of pretax income from continuing operations before minority interests and equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliated companies, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting changes plus fixed charges. Minority interests in majority-owned subsidiaries were not deducted from earnings as all such subsidiaries had fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest (including capitalized interest) on all indebtedness, amortization of debt discount and expense, and that portion of rental expense which we believe to be representative of interest. A statement setting forth the computation of the unaudited consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges is filed as Exhibit 12.1 to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

 

  (b) For the purpose of this calculation, Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., the co-issuer of the Senior Subordinated Notes, is not included since it has no operations.

 

  * Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $8.5 million, $7.6 million and $115.5 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

 

Purpose and Effect

 

The issuers issued the old notes on March 4, 2005, in a private placement to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined under the Securities Act, and to a limited number of persons outside the United States. In connection with this original issuance, the issuer entered into an indenture and a registration rights agreement. The registration rights agreement requires that the issuer file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the registered notes to be issued in the exchange offer and, upon the effectiveness of the registration statement, offer to you the opportunity to exchange your old notes for a like principal amount at maturity of registered notes. Except as set forth below, these registered notes will be issued without a restrictive legend and, we believe, may be reoffered and resold by you without registration under the Securities Act. After we complete the exchange offer, our obligations with respect to the registration of the old notes will terminate, except as provided in the last paragraph of this section. Copies of the indenture relating to the notes and the registration rights agreement have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement on Form S-4 of which this prospectus forms a part.

 

Based on an interpretation by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to us, we believe that the registered notes issued to you in the exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you, without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, unless you are a broker-dealer that receives registered notes in exchange for old notes acquired by you as a result of market-making or other trading activities. This interpretation, however, is based on your representation to us that:

 

    the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of your business;

 

    you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in a distribution of the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

    you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer.

 

If you have any of the disqualifications described above or cannot make any of the representations set forth above, you may not rely on this interpretation by the staff of the SEC referred to above. Under those circumstances, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a sale, transfer or other disposition of any notes unless you are able to utilize an applicable exemption from all those requirements. Each broker-dealer that receives registered notes for its own account in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those registered notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

If you will not receive freely tradeable registered notes in the exchange offer or are not eligible to participate in the exchange offer, you may elect to have your old notes registered in a “shelf” registration statement on an appropriate form pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. If we are obligated to file a shelf registration statement, we will be required to keep the shelf registration statement effective until the earlier of (a) the time when the securities covered by the shelf registration statement may be sold pursuant to Rule 144, (b) two years from the date the securities were originally issued or (c) the date on which all the securities registered under the shelf registration statement are disposed in accordance with the shelf registration statement. Other than as set forth in this paragraph, you will not have the right to require us to register your old notes under the Securities Act. See “—Procedures for Tendering.”

 

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Consequences of Failure to Exchange

 

After we complete the exchange offer, if you have not tendered your old notes, you will not have any further registration rights, except as set forth above. Your old notes may continue to be subject to certain restrictions on transfer. Therefore, the liquidity of the market for your old notes could be adversely affected upon completion of the exchange offer if you do not participate in the exchange offer.

 

Terms of the Exchange Offer

 

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept any and all old notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the time of expiration. we will issue a principal amount at maturity of registered notes in exchange for the principal amount at maturity of old notes accepted in the exchange offer. You may tender some of or all your old notes pursuant to the exchange offer. However, old notes may be tendered only in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount at maturity.

 

The form and terms of the registered notes are substantially the same as the form and terms of the old notes, except that the registered notes to be issued in the exchange offer have been registered under the Securities Act and will not bear legends restricting their transfer. The registered notes will be issued pursuant to, and entitled to the benefits of, the indenture which governs the old notes. The registered notes and old notes will be deemed a single issue of securities under the indenture.

 

As of the date of this prospectus, $125.0 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of old notes was outstanding. This prospectus, together with the letter of transmittal, is being sent to all registered holders and to others believed to have beneficial interests in the old notes. We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered old notes when, as, and if we have given oral or written notice of its acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as our agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the registered notes from the issuer. If we do not accept any tendered old notes because of an invalid tender or the failure of any conditions to the exchange offer to be satisfied, we will return the unaccepted old notes, without expense, to the tendering holder as promptly after the time of expiration. For the conditions of the exchange offer see “—Conditions.”

 

You will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, except as set forth below under “—Transfer Taxes,” transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of your old notes in the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes, in connection with the exchange offer. See “—Fees and Expenses” below.

 

Expiration; Amendments

 

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2006, the twenty-first business day after the offering, unless we determine, in our sole discretion, to extend the exchange offer, in which case it will expire at the later date and time to which it is extended. We do not intend to extend the exchange offer, although we reserve the right to do so. If we do extend the exchange offer, we will give oral or written notice of the extension to the exchange agent and give each registered holder of old notes for which the exchange offer is being made notice by means of a press release or other public announcement of any extension prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the scheduled expiration date of the exchange offer. We will not extend the exchange offer past                     , 2006.

 

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We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion:

 

    to delay accepting any old notes or, if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions” have not been satisfied or waived, to terminate the exchange offer by giving oral or written notice of the delay or termination to the exchange agent; or

 

    to amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner by complying with Rule 14e-1(d) under the Exchange Act of the extent that rule applies.

 

We acknowledge and undertakes to comply with the provisions of Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act, which requires us to return the old notes surrendered for exchange promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the exchange offer. We will notify you promptly of any extension, termination or amendment.

 

Procedures for Tendering

 

Book-Entry Interests

 

The old notes were issued as global notes in fully registered form without interest coupons. Beneficial interests in the global notes, held by direct or indirect participants in DTC, are shown on, and transfers of these interests are effected only through, records maintained in book-entry form by DTC with respect to its participants.

 

If you hold old notes in the form of book-entry interests and you wish to tender your old notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer, you must transmit to the exchange agent on or prior to the time of expiration either:

 

    a computer-generated message transmitted by means of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system and received by the exchange agent and forming a part of a confirmation of book-entry transfer, in which you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; or

 

    a written or facsimile copy of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other documents required by that letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent at the address set forth on the cover page of the letter of transmittal.

 

In addition, in order to deliver old notes held in the form of book-entry interests:

 

    a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of those old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfers described below under “—Book-Entry Transfer” must be received by the exchange agent prior to the time of expiration; or

 

    you must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

 

The method of delivery of old notes and the letter of transmittal and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at your election and risk. Instead of delivery by mail, we recommend that you use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure delivery to the exchange agent before the time of expiration. You should not send the letter of transmittal or old notes to us. You may request your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to effect the above transactions for you.

 

Certificated Old Notes

 

Only registered holders of certificated old notes may tender those notes in the exchange offer. If your old notes are certificated notes and you wish to tender those notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer, you must transmit to the exchange agent on or prior to the time of expiration, a written or facsimile copy of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal, including all other required documents, to the address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent.” In addition, in order to validly tender your certificated old notes:

 

    the certificates representing your old notes must be received by the exchange agent prior to the time of expiration; or

 

    you must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

 

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Procedures Applicable to All Holders

 

If you tender an old note and you do not withdraw the tender prior to the time of expiration, you will have made an agreement with us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.

 

If your old notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your old notes, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your old notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the old notes in your name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time.

 

Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by a financial institution, including most banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses, that is a participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, each an “eligible institution,” unless:

 

    old notes tendered in the exchange offer are tendered either:

 

    by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the holder’s letter of transmittal; or

 

    for the account of an eligible institution; and

 

    the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” on the letter of transmittal has not been completed.

 

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than you, your old notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power and signed by you as your name appears on those old notes.

 

If the letter of transmittal or any old notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, those persons should so indicate when signing. Unless we waive this requirement, in this instance you must submit with the letter of transmittal proper evidence satisfactory to us of its authority to act on your behalf.

 

We will determine, in our sole discretion, all questions regarding the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, acceptance and withdrawal of tendered old notes. This determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all old notes not properly tendered or any old notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular old notes; provided, however, that, in the event we waive any condition of tender for any noteholder, we will waive that condition for all noteholders. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, including the instructions in the letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties.

 

You must cure any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of your old notes within the time period we determine unless we waive that defect or irregularity. Although we intend to notify you of defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of old notes, neither us, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give this notification. Your tender will not be deemed to have been made and your old notes will be returned to you if:

 

    you improperly tender your old notes; or

 

    you have not cured any defects or irregularities in your tender; and

 

    we have not waived those defects, irregularities or improper tender.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, the exchange agent will return your old notes as soon as practicable following the expiration of the exchange offer.

 

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In addition, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to:

 

    purchase or make offers for, or offer registered notes for, any old notes that remain outstanding subsequent to the expiration of the exchange offer;

 

    terminate the exchange offer upon the failure of any condition to the exchange offer to be satisfied; and

 

    to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase notes in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.

 

The terms of any of these purchases or offers could differ from the terms of the exchange offer. By tendering in the exchange offer, you will represent to us that, among other things:

 

    you are not an “affiliate” of the issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act;

 

    if you are a broker-dealer, you acquired the old notes which you seek to exchange for registered notes as a result of market making or other trading activities and not directly from the issuer and you comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

    the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of your business;

 

    you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in a distribution of the registered notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer; and

 

    you do not have an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the registered notes to be acquired by you in the exchange offer.

 

In all cases, issuance of registered notes for old notes that are accepted for exchange in the exchange offer will be made only after timely receipt by the exchange agent of certificates for your old notes or a timely book-entry confirmation of your old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and all other required documents. If any tendered old notes are not accepted for any reason set forth in the terms and conditions of the exchange offer or if old notes are submitted for a greater principal amount than you desire to exchange, the unaccepted or non-exchanged old notes, or old notes in substitution therefor, will be returned without expense to you. In addition, in the case of old notes, tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described below, the non-exchanged old notes will be credited to your account maintained with DTC, as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

 

If you desire to tender your old notes and your old notes are not immediately available or one of the situations described in the immediately preceding paragraph occurs, you may tender if:

 

    you tender through an eligible institution;

 

    on or prior to the time of expiration, the exchange agent receives from an eligible institution, a written or facsimile copy of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form provided by us; and

 

    the certificates for all certificated old notes, in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, are received by the exchange agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery.

 

The notice of guaranteed delivery may be sent by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery. The notice of guaranteed delivery must set forth:

 

    your name and address;

 

    the principal amount at maturity of old notes you are tendering; and

 

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    a statement that your tender is being made by the notice of guaranteed delivery and that you guarantee that within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery, the eligible institution will deliver the following documents to the exchange agent:

 

    the certificates for all certificated old notes being tendered, in proper form for transfer or a book-entry confirmation of tender;

 

    a written or facsimile copy of the letter of transmittal, or a book-entry confirmation instead of the letter of transmittal; and

 

    any other documents required by the letter of transmittal.

 

Book-Entry Transfer

 

The exchange agent will establish accounts with respect to book-entry interests at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer promptly after the date of this prospectus. You must deliver your book-entry interest by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the exchange agent at DTC for the exchange offer. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s systems may make book-entry delivery of book-entry interests by causing DTC to transfer the book-entry interests into the relevant account of the exchange agent at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for transfer.

 

If you are unable to:

 

    deliver a book-entry confirmation of book-entry delivery of your book-entry interests into the relevant account of the exchange agent at DTC; or

 

    deliver all other documents required by the letter of transmittal to the exchange agent prior to the time of expiration;

 

then you must tender your book-entry interests according to the guaranteed delivery procedures discussed above.

 

Withdrawal Rights

 

You may withdraw tenders of your old notes at any time prior to the time of expiration.

 

For your withdrawal to be effective, the exchange agent must receive a written or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal at its address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent” prior to the time of expiration.

 

The notice of withdrawal must:

 

    state your name;

 

    identify the specific old notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number or numbers and the principal amount at maturity of old notes to be withdrawn;

 

    be signed by you in the same manner as you signed the letter of transmittal when you tendered your old notes, including any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient for the exchange agent to register the transfer of the old notes into your name; and

 

    specify the name in which the old notes are to be registered, if different from yours.

 

We will determine all questions regarding the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of withdrawal notices. Our determination will be final and binding on all parties. Any withdrawn tenders of old notes will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer. Any old notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to you without cost as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offer. Properly withdrawn old notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described under “—Procedures for Tendering” above at any time on or prior to the time of expiration.

 

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Conditions

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer and subject to our obligations under the registration rights agreement, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue registered notes in exchange for, any old notes in the exchange offer and may terminate or amend the exchange offer, if at any time before the acceptance of any old notes for exchange in the exchange offer any of the following events occur:

 

    any injunction, order or decree has been issued by any court or any governmental agency that would prohibit, prevent or otherwise materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer; or

 

    the exchange offer violates any applicable law, regulation or interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

 

These conditions are for our sole benefit and we may assert them regardless of the circumstances giving rise to them, subject to applicable law. We also may waive in whole or in part at any time and from time to time any particular condition to the exchange offer in our sole discretion. If we waive a condition, we may be required to extend the expiration of the exchange offer in order to comply with applicable securities laws. Our failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of these rights, and these rights will be deemed ongoing rights which may be asserted at any time and from time to time (in the case of any condition involving governmental approvals necessary for the completion of the exchange offer) and at any time prior to the time of expiration (in the case of all other conditions).

 

In addition, we will not accept for exchange any old notes tendered, and no registered notes will be issued in exchange for any of those old notes, if at the time the old notes are tendered any stop order is threatened by the SEC or in effect with respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

The exchange offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount at maturity of old notes being tendered for exchange.

 

Exchange Agent

 

We have appointed Wells Fargo Bank, National Association., as exchange agent for the exchange offer. Questions, requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of the prospectus, the letter of transmittal and other related documents should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

 

By Hand, Regular, Registered or Certified Mail or Overnight Courier:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

213 Court Street, Suite 703

Middletown, CT 06457

Attention: Joseph P. O’Donnell

 

By Facsimile: (860) 704-6219

 

For more information or confirmation by telephone please call Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, by hand or by overnight delivery service.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

We will not pay brokers, dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. The principal solicitation is being made by mail. Additional solicitations, however, may be made in person or by telephone by our officers and employees.

 

We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with the exchange offer.

 

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Transfer Taxes

 

You will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection with a tender of your old notes for exchange unless you instruct us to register registered notes in the name of, or request that old notes not tendered or not accepted in the exchange offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder, in which event, the registered tendering holder will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax.

 

Accounting Treatment

 

We will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the consummation of the exchange offer. We will amortize the expense of the exchange offer and the unamortized expenses related to the issuance of the old notes over the term of the registered notes under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

 

The exchange offer is intended to satisfy our obligations under the registration rights agreement. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the registered notes.

 

Proceeds from borrowings under our senior secured facility and the proceeds from the March 2005 offerings of the senior subordinated notes and the initial issuance together with cash on hand, were used to finance the tender offer and consent solicitation relating to our then existing senior notes, to redeem our then existing senior notes not acquired in the tender offer, to repay amounts outstanding under our then existing revolving credit facility and to pay certain fees and expenses related to such refinancing transactions.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

The following table sets forth Rural/Metro Corporation’s unaudited capitalization as of September 30, 2005.

 

You should read this table in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2005 and from our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 and our Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on November 15, 2005.

 

     September 30, 2005

 
     (dollars in millions)  

Long Term Debt

        

Revolving credit facility (1)

   $ —    

Senior secured term loan (1)

     128.0  

9.875% senior subordinated notes

     125.0  

12.75% senior discount notes

     53.9  

Other long-term debt

     1.3  
    


Total debt

     308.2  
    


Total stockholders’ deficit

     (94.5 )
    


Total capitalization

   $ 213.7  
    



(1) Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC’s senior secured credit facility consists of a six year $135.0 million term loan B facility, a five year $20.0 million revolving facility (none of which was drawn as of September 30, 2005) and a $35.0 million prefunded letter of credit facility, which under certain circumstances may be increased to $45.0 million. On October 11, 2005, Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC made a $7.0 million unscheduled principal payment on its term loan B which is not reflected in the table above.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

 

Senior Secured Credit Facility

 

Concurrent with the offering of the old notes, we entered into a senior secured credit facility, consisting of a six year $135.0 million Term Loan B facility, a five year $20.0 million revolving credit facility (none of which was drawn at the time of the offering of the old notes) and a six year $35.0 million prefunded letter of credit facility with Citicorp North America, Inc. as administrative agent (the “Agent Bank”), JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as syndication agent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Lead Bookrunners. We used the senior secured credit facility to repay and retire all amounts outstanding under our then existing senior credit facility. As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately $128.0 million outstanding under our senior secured credit facility. The following is a description of the general terms of the credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) governing the senior secured credit facility.

 

Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by Rural/Metro and substantially all of Rural/Metro LLC’s current and future direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) and is secured by a lien on substantially all of the Guarantors’ current and future property, including all equity interests in Rural/Metro LLC and its domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the equity interests in any foreign subsidiaries.

 

The Term Loan B facility and each advance under the revolving credit facility bears interest at variable rates based on LIBOR plus 2.50%, in the case of the Term Loan B facility, and 3.25% in the case of revolving loans. The Term Loan B facility amortizes at a rate of 1% per year with the balance due at maturity. The Credit Agreement allows us to prepay loans at our option at any time without premium or penalty except breakage costs.

 

We are required to pay a fee equal to 0.50% per annum of the undrawn commitments under the revolving facility.

 

We are permitted to seek commitments for an additional $10.0 million of capacity under the prefunded letter of credit facility.

 

The revolving credit facility provides that up to $10.0 million of letters of credit may be issued thereunder. The separate prefunded letter of credit facility (the “L/C Facility”) is available to support and/or replace existing and future bonding and insurance deductible arrangements of Rural/Metro LLC and the other loan parties. On the closing date of the Credit Agreement, each of the lenders under the L/C Facility (the “L/C Lenders”) deposited cash in an amount equal to their commitments under the L/C Facility (the “Credit-Linked Deposits”) in an account held by the Agent Bank under its exclusive dominion and control (the “Credit-Linked Account”). Neither Rural/Metro nor any of its subsidiaries has the right, title or interest in or to the Credit-Linked Account and no L/C Facility lender will have the right to withdraw any funds in the Credit-Linked Account. If the issuing lender under the L/C Facility makes a payment under any letter of credit that is not reimbursed by Rural/Metro LLC within one business day, the Agent Bank will reimburse such lender for such payment with funds from the Credit-Linked Deposits. The Agent Bank invested the Credit-Linked Deposits so that they earn a return (the “Return on Deposits”) per annum equal to (i) LIBOR minus (ii) a fee (which shall initially be 15 basis points and shall thereafter be subject to adjustment by the Agent Bank based on market conditions, herein referred to as the “Cost Amount”). The Agent pays the Return on Deposits to the L/C Lenders monthly in arrears and upon any termination or reduction of the L/C Facility. Rural/Metro LLC paid the L/C Lenders a participation fee equal to 2.50% per annum of the aggregate amount of the L/C Facility plus the Cost Amount.

 

The Credit Agreement requires us and our subsidiaries to meet certain financial tests, including a minimum interest coverage ratio, a maximum total leverage ratio and a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio. The Credit Agreement also contains covenants which among other things limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness, dividends, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, acquisitions, mergers, prepayments of other indebtedness, liens and encumbrances, capital expenditures, business activities limitations on Rural/Metro as a holding company and other matters customarily restricted in such agreements.

 

The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, including payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to certain other indebtedness, certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency, the occurrence of a change in control and judgment defaults.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES

 

We issued the old notes and will issue the registered notes under an indenture (the “Senior Subordinated Indenture”) dated as of March 4, 2005 by and among Rural/Metro Operating Company LLC (“Rural/Metro LLC”) and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc. (“Rural/Metro Delaware” and, together with Rural/Metro LLC, “Opco Issuers”), the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The following summary of the Senior Subordinated Indenture does not include all of the information included in the Senior Subordinated Indenture and may not include all of the information that you would consider important. The old notes and the registered notes will be identical in all material respects, except that the registered notes will have been registered under the Securities Act. Accordingly, unless specified to the contrary, the following description applies to both the old notes and the registered notes. This summary is qualified by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), and to all of the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, including the definitions of terms therein and those terms made a part of the Senior Subordinated Indenture by reference to the TIA as in effect on the date of the Senior Subordinated Indenture. We have filed copies of the Senior Subordinated Indenture and the related registration rights agreement as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The definitions of most of the capitalized terms used in the following summary are set forth below under “—Certain Definitions.” For purposes of this section, references to the “Opco Issuers” include only Rural/Metro LLC and Rural/Metro Delaware and not their Subsidiaries. References to “$” and “dollars” are to United States dollars.

 

The old notes were issued and the registered notes will be issued in fully registered form only, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The Trustee has acted and will continue to act as paying agent and registrar for the notes. The notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the registrar, which initially will be the Trustee’s corporate trust office. We may change any paying agent and registrar without notice to Holders. We will pay principal (and premium, if any) on the notes at the Trustee’s corporate office. Interest may be paid at the Trustee’s corporate trust office, by check mailed to the registered address of the Holders or by wire transfer if instructions therefor are furnished by a Holder. Any old notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the exchange offer, together with the exchange notes issued in connection with the exchange offer, will be treated as a single class of securities under the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Principal, Maturity and Interest

 

$125,000,000 of 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 were issued on the Issue Date in connection with the offering of the old notes (together with the offering of the Discount Notes, the “Offerings”). The notes will mature on March 15, 2015. Additional notes may be issued under the Senior Subordinated Indenture from time to time (the “Additional Notes”), subject to the limitations set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.” Any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Senior Subordinated Indenture will be treated as a single class with the notes issued in the Offerings for all purposes under the Senior Subordinated Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Interest on the notes accrues at the rate of 9.875% per annum and is payable semiannually in arrears in cash on each March 15 and September 15 to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on March 1 and September 1 immediately preceding the applicable interest payment date. Interest on the notes will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid or provided for, from and including the date of issuance. Interest is computed on the basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months.

 

The notes are not entitled to the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund.

 

Subordination

 

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Obligations with respect to the Credit Agreement), whether outstanding on the Issue Date or incurred thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments and distributions made relating to the notes pursuant to the trust described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” and “Satisfaction and Discharge” shall not be so subordinated in right of payment so long as the payments into the trust were made in accordance with the requirements described under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” and “Satisfaction and Discharge” and did not violate the subordination provisions when they were made.

 

The holders of Senior Debt are entitled to receive payment in full in cash or Cash Equivalents of all Obligations due in respect of Senior Debt (including interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy or other like proceeding at the rate specified in the applicable Senior Debt whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) before the Holders of notes will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to any Obligations on, or relating to, the notes (other than Permitted Junior Securities) in the event of any distribution to creditors of the Opco Issuers:

 

(1) in a total or partial liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Opco Issuers;

 

(2) in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Opco Issuers or their property;

 

(3) in an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(4) in any marshalling of the Opco Issuers’ assets and liabilities.

 

The Opco Issuers also may not make any payment or distribution of any kind or character with respect to any Obligations on, or relating to, the notes or acquire any notes for cash or property or otherwise if:

 

(1) a payment default on any Senior Debt occurs and is continuing; or

 

(2) any other default occurs and is continuing on Designated Senior Debt that permits holders of the Designated Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from the Representative of any Designated Senior Debt.

 

Payments on and distributions with respect to any Obligations on, or with respect to, the notes may and shall be resumed:

 

(1) in the case of a payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or waived; and

 

(2) in case of a nonpayment default, the earliest of (x) the date on which all nonpayment defaults are cured or waived (so long as no other event of default exists), (y) 180 days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received and (z) the date on which the Trustee receives notice from the Representative for such Designated Senior Debt rescinding the Payment Blockage Notice, unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated.

 

No new Payment Blockage Notice may be delivered unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice.

 

No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days (it being acknowledged that any subsequent action, or any breach of any financial covenants for a period commencing after the date of delivery of such initial Payment Blockage Notice that in either case would give rise to a default pursuant to any provisions under which a default previously existed or was continuing shall constitute a new default for this purpose).

 

The Opco Issuers must promptly notify holders of Senior Debt if payment of the notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.

 

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As a result of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Opco Issuers, Holders of the notes may recover less ratably than creditors of the Opco Issuers or Guarantors who are holders of Senior Debt. See “Risk Factors—The right to receive payments on the senior subordinated notes and guarantees of those notes is unsecured and subordinated to our senior debt, and this could result in situations where there are not sufficient funds available to make payment on the senior subordinated notes.”

 

As at September 30, 2005, the aggregate amount of Senior Debt outstanding was approximately $128.0 million (including $128.0 million under the Credit Agreement but excluding up to $35.0 million of letters of credit issued or available for issuance under the Credit Agreement).

 

Subordination of Guarantees

 

Each Guarantee is subordinated to Guarantor Senior Debt on the same basis as the notes are subordinated to Senior Debt (including with respect to all Parent’s Obligations under the Discount Notes).

 

Guarantees

 

General

 

The notes were initially jointly and severally guaranteed by Parent and each of Rural/Metro LLC’s present and future Restricted Subsidiaries that guaranteed the obligations of Rural/Metro LLC under the Credit Agreement (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). See “—Certain Covenants—Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.”

 

Each Guarantee of a Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount that would not, after giving effect to all Senior Debt of such Guarantor, render the Guarantors’ obligations subject to the avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law. By virtue of this limitation, a Guarantor’s obligation under its Guarantee could be significantly less than amounts payable with respect to the notes, or a Guarantor may have effectively no obligation under its Guarantee. See “Risk Factors—Risk Relating to the Notes—The subsidiary guarantees of the senior subordinated notes may be subject to judicial scrutiny under applicable fraudulent conveyance laws.”

 

Parent Guarantee

 

The Guarantee by Parent was provided solely for the propose of allowing the Opco Issuers to satisfy their reporting obligations under the Senior Subordinated Indenture governing the notes by furnishing financial information relating to Parent on a consolidated basis instead of the Opco Issuers and is subordinated to Parent’s Obligations under the Discount Notes and Parent’s guarantee of the Credit Agreement, accordingly, you should not assign any value to such Guarantee. The Guarantee by Parent may be released at any time after the Offerings at the option of the Opco Issuers and Parent without the consent of Holders by delivery of notice to the Trustee.

 

Release of Subsidiary Guarantees

 

The Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor will be released:

 

(1) in connection with any sale of other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor to a Person other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, if the sale complies with the provisions set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

 

(2) in connection with the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, to a Person other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, if the sale or disposition complies with the provisions set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

 

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(3) if (A) the Subsidiary Guarantor’s guarantee of the Credit Agreement is released or such release is authorized under the Credit Agreement and the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement has agreed to release such guarantee subject only to, and promptly following, the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee or (B) the Indebtedness that resulted in the creation of such Guarantee is released or discharged (other than by reason of payment under such Guarantee); or

 

(4) if the Opco Issuers designate such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Guarantee pursuant to paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above, and such Subsidiary Guarantor is not released from its guarantee of the Credit Agreement within 20 days after the release of its Guarantee, then such Subsidiary Guarantor shall immediately provide a Guarantee under the Senior Subordinated Indenture until such Subsidiary Guarantor’s guarantee under the Credit Agreement is released.

 

Optional Redemption

 

The notes will be redeemable, at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on and after March 15, 2010 at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof) if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on March 15 of the applicable year set forth below, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption:

 

Year


   Percentage

 

2010

   104.938 %

2011

   103.292 %

2012

   101.646 %

2013 and thereafter

   100.000 %

 

In addition, prior to March 15, 2010, we may redeem the notes at our option, in whole or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

 

As used in the preceding paragraph, “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any note on any applicable redemption date, the excess of:

 

(x) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the redemption price such notes at March 15, 2010 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the notes through March 15, 2010 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over

 

(y) the aggregate principal amount of the notes being redeemed.

 

Treasury Rate” means, as of the redemption date, the yield to maturity of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to such redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to March 15, 2010; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to March 15, 2010 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time, or from time to time, on or prior to March 15, 2008, we may, at our option, use all or any portion of the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (as defined below) to redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes issued at a redemption price equal to 109.875% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after any such redemption. In order to effect the foregoing redemption with the proceeds of any Equity Offering, we shall consummate such redemption not more than 90 days after the consummation of any such Equity Offering.

 

As used in the preceding paragraph, “Equity Offering” means a sale of common equity capital of Rural/Metro LLC or a contribution to the common equity capital of Rural/Metro LLC with the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent offering of a common stock of Parent.

 

Selection and Notice of Redemption

 

In the event that less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any time, selection of the notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the notes are listed or, if the notes are not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate; provided that:

 

    no notes of a principal amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part; and

 

    if a partial redemption is made with the proceeds of an Equity Offering, selection of the notes or portions thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee only on a pro rata basis or on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable (subject to DTC procedures), unless such method is otherwise prohibited.

 

Notices of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of or a satisfaction and discharge of the Senior Subordinated Indenture. If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to such note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new note in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue or portions thereof called for redemption as long as the Opco Issuers have deposited with the paying agent funds in satisfaction of the applicable redemption price pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

 

Change of Control

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Opco Issuers purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”).

 

Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurs, the Opco Issuers must send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). Holders electing to have a note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the note completed, to the paying agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.

 

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On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Opco Issuers will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1) accept for payment all notes or portions of notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all notes or portions of notes properly tendered; and

 

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the notes properly accepted together with an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of notes or portions of notes being purchased by the Opco Issuers.

 

The paying agent will promptly mail to each Holder of notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail to each Holder a new note in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided, however, that each new note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

 

The Credit Agreement restricts us from purchasing any notes and any other senior subordinated or subordinated indebtedness and provides that some change of control events with respect to us will constitute a default thereunder. In addition, any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Senior Debt which any Opco Issuer becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when such Opco Issuer is prohibited from purchasing notes, such Opco Issuer could seek the consent of its senior lenders to the purchase of notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain the prohibition. If such Opco Issuer does not obtain a consent or repay the borrowings, such Opco Issuer will remain prohibited from purchasing notes. In that case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Senior Subordinated Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under the Credit Agreement and other Senior Debt. In these circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Senior Subordinated Indenture would likely restrict payments to the Holders of notes.

 

If a Change of Control Offer is required to be made, there can be no assurance that the Opco Issuers will have available funds sufficient to pay the Change of Control Payment for all the notes that might be delivered by Holders seeking to accept the Change of Control Offer. In addition, a Change of Control under the Senior Subordinated Indenture would also constitute a change of control under the Discount Indenture and requires Parent to purchase any outstanding Discount Notes tendered in connection with the required change of control offer. In the event the Opco Issuers are required to purchase outstanding notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, the Opco Issuers expect that it would seek third party financing to the extent they do not have available funds to meet its purchase obligations. However, there can be no assurance that the Opco Issuers would be able to obtain such financing.

 

The Opco Issuers’ obligation to make a Change of Control Offer will be satisfied if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner and at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Opco Issuers and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.

 

Neither the Board of Directors of the Opco Issuers nor the Trustee may waive the covenant relating to a Holder’s right to require the purchase of notes upon a Change of Control. Restrictions in the Senior Subordinated Indenture described herein on the ability of the Opco Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries to incur additional Indebtedness, to grant Liens on their property, to make Restricted Payments and to make Asset Sales may also make more difficult or discourage a takeover of the Opco Issuers, whether favored or opposed by the management of the Opco Issuers. Consummation of any such transaction in certain circumstances may require the purchase of the notes, and there can be no assurance that the Opco Issuers or the acquiring party will have sufficient financial resources to effect such purchase. Such restrictions and the restrictions on transactions with Affiliates may, in certain circumstances, make more difficult or discourage any leveraged buyout of the Parent or

 

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any of its Subsidiaries by the management of Parent. While such restrictions cover a wide variety of arrangements which have traditionally been used to effect highly leveraged transactions, the Senior Subordinated Indenture may not afford the Holders protection in all circumstances from the adverse aspects of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction.

 

The Opco Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Change of Control” provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, the Opco Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the “Change of Control” provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

Asset Sales

 

Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1) Rural/Metro LLC or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;

 

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Rural/Metro LLC or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

(a) any liabilities (as shown on Rural/Metro LLC’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto), of Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and

 

(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by Rural/Metro LLC or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and

 

(3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Rural/Metro LLC shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 360 days after receipt thereof either to:

 

(A) repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or, in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, to repay Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly permanently reduce commitments with respect thereto,

 

(B) acquire Replacement Assets, or

 

(C) a combination of prepayment and acquisition permitted by the foregoing clauses (3)(A) and (3)(B).

 

On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro LLC or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Opco Issuers to make an offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”) to all Holders and, to the extent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Debt, an offer to

 

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purchase to all holders of such Pari Passu Debt, on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders (and holders of such Pari Passu Debt) on a pro rata basis, that (principal amount of Pari Passu Debt) equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase (and in the case of Pari Passu Debt, the redemption price for such Pari Passu Debt set forth in the related documentation governing such Indebtedness, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase); provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.

 

The Opco Issuers may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time, the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds, Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the Senior Subordinated Indenture. The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $10.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date.

 

In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets,” which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of Rural/Metro LLC or the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant.

 

Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in the Senior Subordinated Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount at maturity in exchange for cash. If any proceeds remain after consummation of the purchase of all properly tendered and not withdrawn notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, Rural/Metro LLC may use such remaining proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Senior Subordinated Indenture. To the extent Holders properly tender notes and holders of Pari Passu Debt properly tender such Indebtedness in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the tendered notes and Pari Passu Debt will be purchased on a pro rata basis based on aggregate amounts of notes and Pari Passu Debt tendered. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.

 

The Opco Issuers will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Asset Sale” provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, the Opco Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the “Asset Sale” provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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addition, any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Senior Debt to which Rural/Metro LLC becomes a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event an Asset Sale occurs at a time when Rural/Metro LLC is prohibited from purchasing notes, Rural/Metro LLC could seek the consent of its senior lenders to the purchase of notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain the prohibition. If Rural/Metro LLC does not obtain a consent or repay the borrowings, we will remain prohibited from purchasing notes. In that case, our failure to purchase tendered notes would constitute an Event of Default under the Senior Subordinated Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under the Credit Agreement and other Senior Debt. In these circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Senior Subordinated Indenture would likely restrict payments to the Holders of the notes.

 

Certain Covenants

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture contains, among others, the following covenants:

 

Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee, acquire, become liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to, or otherwise become responsible for payment of (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and Rural/Metro LLC will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock; provided, however, that Rural/Metro LLC may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Acquired Indebtedness) or issue Preferred Stock if on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness or the issuance of such Preferred Stock, after giving effect to the incurrence or issuance thereof, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Rural/Metro LLC would be at least 2.0 to 1.0.

 

The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance any of the following items of Preferred Stock, as applicable (collectively, “Permitted Indebtedness”):

 

(1) Indebtedness under the notes issued in the Offerings in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125.0 million and Guarantees thereof (and any senior subordinated notes issued in exchange therefore and guarantees thereof);

 

(2) Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC and the Guarantors incurred pursuant to the Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $200.0 million less the amount of any such Indebtedness permanently retired with the Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale applied from and after the Issue Date to reduce the outstanding amounts pursuant to the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”;

 

(3) other Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Offerings, reduced by the amount of any scheduled amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid or permanent reductions thereon (“Existing Indebtedness”);

 

(4) Interest Swap Obligations of (A) the Opco Issuers covering Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or (B) any Restricted Subsidiary covering Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; provided, however, that such Interest Swap Obligations are entered into to protect Rural/Metro LLC and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest rates on Indebtedness incurred in accordance with this covenant; provided further, however, that the notional principal amount of such Interest Swap Obligations does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligations relates;

 

(5) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to Rural/Metro LLC or another Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subject to no Lien held by a Person other than Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if as of any date

 

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any Person other than Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to have incurred Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness;

 

(6) Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC to a Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subject to no Lien; provided that (A) any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC to any Restricted Subsidiary is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to Rural/Metro LLC’s obligations under the Senior Subordinated Indenture and the notes and (B) if as of any date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, Rural/Metro LLC shall be deemed to have incurred Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness;

 

(7) Purchase Money Indebtedness, (B) Capital Lease Obligations, and (C) Indebtedness incurred in connection with an Asset Acquisition (including Acquired Indebtedness), in each case incurred by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $15.0 million;

 

(8) Indebtedness constituting an agreement or commitment to pay a dividend that has been declared or otherwise to make a payment or distribution as described in clause (1) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

(9) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two (2) Business Days after incurrence;

 

(10) Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of performance bonds, notary bonds, bankers’ acceptances, workers’ compensation claims, surety or appeal bonds, payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar obligations, and bank overdrafts (and, in each of the foregoing cases, letters of credit in respect thereof) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(11) Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(12) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(13) customary earn-out and similar obligations incurred in connection with agreements to acquire assets or properties; and

 

(14) additional Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this “Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant:

 

(1) In the event that an item of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (14) of the second paragraph of this covenant, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, Rural/Metro LLC shall, in its sole discretion, classify such item of Indebtedness and may, in its sole discretion, subject to clause (2) below, divide and classify such item of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock into more than one of such categories on the date of its incurrence, or later classify, reclassify or divide all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, in any manner that complies with this covenant;

 

(2) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (2) of the second paragraph of this covenant and Rural/Metro LLC will not be permitted to reclassify any portion of such Indebtedness thereafter; and

 

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on Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock or Preferred Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant.

 

Limitation on Layering. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness that purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) senior in right of payment to the notes or the Guarantee of such Guarantor and subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or of such Guarantor, as the case may be.

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

(a) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution (other than (i) dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC and (ii) in the case of Restricted Subsidiaries, dividends or distributions to Rural/Metro LLC or any other Restricted Subsidiary and pro rata dividends or distributions payable to the other holders of the same class of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary) on or in respect of shares of its Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock;

 

(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC;

 

(c) make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee of the notes; or

 

(d) make any Investment (other than Permitted Investments)

 

(each of the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) being referred to as a “Restricted Payment”), if at the time of such Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto:

 

(1) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(2) Rural/Metro LLC is not able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; or

 

(3) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed Restricted Payment) made after the Issue Date (the amount expended for such purpose, if other than in cash, being the Fair Market Value of such property) shall exceed the sum of:

 

(w) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of Rural/Metro LLC earned during the period beginning on the first day of the first full fiscal quarter following the Issue Date and ending on the last date of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (the “Reference Date”) (treating such period as a single accounting period); plus

 

(x) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds received by Rural/Metro LLC from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC) subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date from the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC’s or as a contribution to the equity capital of Rural/Metro LLC by any holder of Rural/Metro LLC’s Capital Stock; plus

 

(y) without duplication of any amounts included in clause (3)(x) above, 100% of the net proceeds received by Rural/Metro LLC from any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC) subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the Reference Date from the issuance and sale of debt securities or Disqualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC that has been converted into Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC; plus

 

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(z) without duplication, the sum of:

 

(1) the aggregate amount returned in cash on or with respect to Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made subsequent to the Issue Date whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments (to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income);

 

(2) the net cash proceeds received by Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than to a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC) (to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income); and

 

(3) upon Revocation of the status of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of Rural/Metro LLC’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Investment in such Subsidiary;

 

provided, however, that the sum of clauses (1), (2) and (3) above shall not exceed the aggregate amount of all such Investments made subsequent to the Issue Date.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph do not prohibit:

 

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend if the dividend would have been permitted on the date of declaration;

 

(2) the acquisition of any shares of Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC, either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC or (ii) through the application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC) of shares of Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC;

 

(3) the acquisition of any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes either (i) solely in exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC, or (ii) through the application of the net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC) of (a) shares of Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC or (b) Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(4) if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) payments to Parent to permit Parent, and which are used by Parent, to redeem Capital Stock of Parent from employees of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives, upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employees, and (ii) repurchases by Rural/Metro LLC of Capital Stock of Parent from employees of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or their authorized representatives, upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employees, in an aggregate amount for all such redemptions and repurchases pursuant to this clause (4) not to exceed $1.0 million in any calendar year; provided that amounts not utilized in any calendar year may be carried forward to be utilized in a subsequent calendar year;

 

(5) payments by Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Subsidiaries to or on behalf of Parent in an amount sufficient to pay (A) out-of-pocket legal, management, accounting and filing costs of Parent actually incurred by Parent and (B) with respect to each tax year (or portion thereof), federal, state or local income taxes (as the case may be) imposed directly on or allocated to Parent or which are due and payable by Parent part of a consolidated group, to the extent such income taxes are attributable to the income of Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(6) for repurchases of Capital Stock of Patent which are deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of stock options or warrants if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

 

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Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”; provided that all notes tendered by holders of the notes in connection with the related Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

 

(8) the payment of a dividend by Rural/Metro LLC to Parent on the Issue Date in an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the notes and borrowings under the Credit Agreement for the purpose of enabling Parent to fund the tender offer for and redemption of its outstanding 7.875% Senior Notes due 2008 and the other transactions described in this offering memorandum; and

 

(9) other Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (9) not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate from and after the Issue Date.

 

In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent to the Issue Date in accordance with clause (3) of the first paragraph of this covenant, amounts expended pursuant to clauses (1), (2)(ii), (3)(ii)(a), (4) and (7) shall be included in such calculation.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, payments by Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Subsidiaries to or on behalf of Parent in an amount sufficient to pay (A) amounts due under contracts to which Parent is a signatory (including, but not limited to, contracts related to administrative services or functions and insurance policies and related agreements) to the extent such expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Subsidiaries, will not be deemed to be dividends or other distributions and (B) expenses in connection with respect to salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of Parent to the extent that such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of Rural/Metro LLC or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Limitation on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective, any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on or in respect of its Capital Stock;

 

(b) make loans or advances or to pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to Rural/Metro LLC or any other Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(c) transfer any of its property or assets to Rural/Metro LLC or any other Restricted Subsidiary,

 

except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reasons of:

 

(1) the Credit Agreement and any other agreements existing on the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such agreements are in effect on the Issue Date and any amendments, restatements, renewals, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such amendments, restatements, renewals, replacements or refinancings are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than the encumbrances or restrictions contained in such agreements on the Issue Date;

 

(2) the Senior Subordinated Indenture, the notes and the Guarantees or in any indenture relating to Pari Passu Debt entered into after the Issue Date and incurred in compliance with the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture; provided that the encumbrances or restrictions in such agreements are not materially more restrictive than those contained in the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(3) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(5) restrictions on the transfer of certificates of necessity or other similar authorizations required by Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries to provide emergency medical transportation services, to the extent contained in such documents or otherwise required by the granting authority or jurisdiction;

 

(6) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;

 

(7) customary non-assignment provisions of any contract or any lease governing a leasehold interest of any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(8) any instrument governing Acquired Indebtedness, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired;

 

(9) Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (7) of the second paragraph under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” that impose limitations of the nature described in clause (c) of the first paragraph of this covenant;

 

(10) customary restrictions on the transfer of any property or assets arising under a security or other agreement governing a Lien not prohibited under the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(11) any agreement governing Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that the encumbrances or restrictions contained in any such Refinancing Indebtedness are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than the provisions relating to such encumbrances m restrictions contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced; and

 

(12) any restriction existing under any agreement entered into with respect to the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or of assets of a Subsidiary provided that the sale or disposition in governed by the described in the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control” and “Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales”.

 

Limitation on Liens. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not cause or permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit or suffer to exist any Liens securing borrowed money against or upon any property or assets of Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether owned on the Issue Date or acquired after the Issue Date, or any proceeds therefrom, unless:

 

(1) in the case of Liens securing borrowed money that is expressly subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes or a Guarantee, the notes or such Guarantee are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; and

 

(2) in the case of Liens securing borrowed money that is equal or junior in right of payment to the notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, the notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee are equally and ratably secured,

 

except for:

 

(A) Liens existing as of the Issue Date to the extent and in the manner such Liens are in effect on the Issue Date after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of the Offerings;

 

(B) Liens securing the notes and the Guarantees;

 

(C) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to Refinance any Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted under the Senior Subordinated Indenture; provided, however, that such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not securing the Indebtedness so Refinanced; and

 

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Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. Rural/Metro LLC will not, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of (or cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of) all or substantially all of Rural/Metro LLC’s assets (determined on a consolidated basis for Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries) to any Person unless:

 

(1) either

 

(A) Rural/Metro LLC shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or

 

(B) the Person (if other than Rural/Metro LLC) formed by such consolidation or into which Rural/Metro LLC is merged or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made (the “Surviving Entity”):

 

(x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the united States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia; and

 

(y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on all of the notes and the performance of every covenant of the notes, the Senior Subordinated Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement on the part of Rural/Metro LLC to be performed or observed;

 

(2) except in the case of a consolidation or merger of Rural/Metro LLC with or into, or a disposition to, a Restricted Subsidiary, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(B)(y) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), Rural/Metro LLC or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;

 

(3) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (1)(B)(y) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of the transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(4) Rural/Metro LLC or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with the applicable provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Senior Subordinated Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

For purposes of the foregoing the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Rural/Metro LLC, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Rural/Metro LLC.

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that upon any consolidation, combination or merger or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Rural/Metro LLC in accordance with the foregoing in which Rural/Metro LLC is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which Rural/Metro LLC is merged or to which such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Rural/Metro LLC under the Senior Subordinated Indenture and the notes with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named as such.

 

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No Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor whose Guarantee is to be released in accordance with the terms of the Subsidiary Guarantee and the Senior Subordinated Indenture) will, and Rural/Metro LLC will not cause or permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into any Person other than Rural/Metro LLC or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:

 

(1) the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Subsidiary Guarantor) is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

(2) such entity assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor under the Senior Subordinated Indenture, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(4) except in the case of a consolidation or merger of a Subsidiary Guarantor with another Subsidiary Guarantor, immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the use of any net proceeds therefrom on a pro forma basis, Rural/Metro LLC could satisfy the provisions of clause (2) of the first paragraph of this covenant; and

 

(5) Rural/Metro LLC shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with the applicable provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Senior Subordinated Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any of its Affiliates (each an “Affiliate Transaction”), other than:

 

(x) Affiliate Transactions permitted under paragraph (b) below; or

 

(y) Affiliate Transactions on terms that are not less favorable than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate of Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

All Affiliate Transactions (and each series of related Affiliate Transactions which are related, similar or part of a common plan) involving aggregate payments or other property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $1.0 million shall be approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Parent, such approval to be evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such disinterested members of the Board of Directors have determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions. If Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary enters into an Affiliate Transaction (or series of related Affiliate Transactions which are related, similar or part of a common plan) that involves an aggregate Fair Market Value of more than $10.0 million or as to which there are no disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Parent shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such transaction or series of related transactions Rural/Metro LLC or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from an Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Trustee.

 

(b) The restrictions set forth in clause (a) shall not apply to:

 

(1) fees and compensation paid to, and benefits (including stock options and awards) and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Parent, Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary as determined in good faith by Parent’s or Rural/Metro LLC’s Board of Directors or senior management:

 

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(2) transactions exclusively between or among Parent, Rural/Metro LLC and any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(3) transactions between or among Parent, Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary and Permitted Joint Ventures, to the extent such transactions are on terms that are not less favorable to Parent, Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time on an arm’s length basis from a person that is not an Affiliate of Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary’s;

 

(4) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date and disclosed in this offering memorandum or any amendment or replacement agreement thereto or any transaction contemplated thereby (including pursuant to any amendment thereto) so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date; and

 

(5) Restricted Payments or Permitted Investments permitted by the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees. Rural/Metro LLC will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or any Indebtedness of a Guarantor unless (i) such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Registration Default Damages (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), if any) on the notes on a senior subordinated basis and all other obligations under the Senior Subordinated Indenture except that (A) if the notes or, if the issuer of the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is a Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment to such Indebtedness, the Subsidiary Guarantee to be issued shall be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, is subordinated to such Indebtedness under this Senior Subordinated Indenture and (B) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, any Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Subsidiary Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be; (ii) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against Rural/ Metro LLC or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and (iii) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (A) such Subsidiary Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized and (B) such Subsidiary Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and general principles of equity; provided that this paragraph shall not be applicable to any Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary (x) that (A) existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (y) that guarantees the payment of obligations of Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement or (z) that is a Foreign Subsidiary and only guarantees Indebtedness of another Foreign Subsidiary.

 

The obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent its Subsidiary Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

 

Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Rural/Metro LLC may designate any Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC (other than a Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC which owns Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” under the Senior Subordinated Indenture (a “Designation”) only if:

 

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(2) Rural/Metro LLC would be permitted under the Senior Subordinated Indenture to make a Restricted Payment pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” at the time of Designation (assuming the effectiveness of such Designation) in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of Rural/Metro LLC’s and the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Investment in such Subsidiary on such date.

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture further provides that Rural/Metro LLC shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, at any time:

 

(x) provide direct or indirect credit support for or a guarantee of any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any undertaking agreement or instrument evidencing such Indebtedness);

 

(y) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness of any unrestricted Subsidiary; or

 

(z) be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness which provides that the holder thereof may (upon notice, lapse of time or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its final scheduled maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Indebtedness of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any right to take enforcement action against such Unrestricted Subsidiary),

 

except, in the case of clause (x) or (y), to the extent permitted under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or the definition of Permitted Investments.

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture further provides that Rural/Metro LLC may revoke any Designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (“Revocation”), whereupon such Subsidiary shall then constitute a Restricted Subsidiary, if:

 

(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time and after giving effect to such Revocation;

 

(2) immediately after giving effect to such Revocation, Rural/Metro LLC would be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and

 

(3) all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such Revocation would, if incurred at such time, have been permitted to be incurred for all purposes of the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

All Designations and Revocations must be evidenced by a Board Resolution of Rural/Metro LLC delivered to the Trustee, together with an officers’ certificate certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions.

 

Conduct of Business. Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not engage in any businesses which are not the same, similar or reasonably related or ancillary to the businesses in which Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the Issue Date, including but not limited to any other emergency services businesses (a “Permitted Business”).

 

Existence of Rural/Metro Delaware. So long as the notes remain outstanding, Rural/Metro LLC will maintain Rural/Metro Delaware as a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is organized as a corporation under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that will serve as a co-issuer of the notes unless Rural/Metro LLC itself becomes a corporation under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia. Rural/Metro Delaware shall not engage in any business or activity, other than acting as a co-issuer of the notes, providing a guarantee of the Credit Agreement, acting as a co-issuer or guarantor of any other Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC to the extent such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture and other activities reasonably ancillary

 

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thereto and shall not merge, consolidate with or into any other person other than Rural/Metro LLC with Rural/Metro Delaware being the surviving entity.

 

Payments for Consent. Rural/Metro LLC will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any holder of notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the applicable Senior Subordinated Indenture or the notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all holders of notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

Reports to Holders. The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, so long as any notes are outstanding, Rural/Metro LLC will furnish to the Holders:

 

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Rural/Metro LLC were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that describes the financial condition and results of operations of Rural/Metro LLC and their consolidated Subsidiaries (showing in reasonable detail, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, the financial condition and results of operations of Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Rural/Metro LLC, if any) and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by Rural/Metro LLC’s certified independent accounts, in each case within the time periods in which such report would be required to be filed as specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations; and

 

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if Rural/Metro LLC were required to file such reports, in each case within the time periods in which such report would be required to be filed as specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations.

 

In addition, following the consummation of the exchange offer, whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the Commission, Rural/Metro LLC will file a copy of all such information and reports with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. So long as the Parent’s Guarantee remains in effect (there being no obligation of Parent to keep such Guarantee effective) and complies with the requirements of Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission (or any successor provision), the reports and information required to be filed with the Commission and furnished to the Trustee and holders, of the Senior Subordinated Notes pursuant to this covenant may, at the option of Rural/Metro LLC, be filed by and be those of Parent rather than Rural/Metro LLC.

 

In addition, Rural/Metro LLC has agreed that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, it will furnish to the Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

Events of Default

 

The following events are defined in the Senior Subordinated Indenture as “Events of Default”:

 

(1) the failure to pay interest on any notes when the same becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture);

 

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pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or a Net Proceeds Offer) (whether or not such payment is prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture);

 

(3) a default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in the Senior Subordinated Indenture which default continues for a period of 60 days after the Opco Issuers receive written notice specifying the default from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% of the outstanding principal amount of the notes (except that a default with respect to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets” will constitute an Event of Default with such notice requirement but without such passage of time requirement);

 

(4) a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or of any Restricted Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary), whether such Indebtedness now exists or is created after the Issue Date, which default (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal at final maturity of such Indebtedness after any applicable grace period (and any extensions thereof) provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “payment default”) or (B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been such a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $5.0 million;

 

(5) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $5.0 million (net of amounts covered by insurance) shall have been rendered against the Opco Issuers or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments remain undischarged, unpaid, unstayed or unsatisfied for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and nonappealable;

 

(6) certain events of bankruptcy affecting the Opco Issuers or any of their Significant Subsidiaries; or

 

(7) any Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC ceases to be in full force and effect or any Guarantee of such a Significant Subsidiary is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or any Guarantee of such a Significant Subsidiary is found to be invalid or any Guarantor which is such a Significant Subsidiary denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture).

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) above with respect to any Opco Issuer) shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding notes may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on all the notes to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Opco Issuers (and if given by the Holders, the Trustee) specifying the respective Events of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration.” Upon such notice of acceleration, the aggregate principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding notes shall become due and payable (a) if there is no Indebtedness outstanding under any Senior Debt at such time, immediately and (b) if otherwise, upon the earlier of (x) the final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace period or extensions thereof) or an acceleration of any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement prior to the express final stated maturity thereof and (y) five (5) business days after the Representative under such Credit Agreement receives the notice of acceleration, but, in the case of this clause (b) only, if such Event of Default is then continuing. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) above occurs and is continuing with respect to any Opco Issuer, then all unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the outstanding notes shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

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Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the notes, have been cured or waived.

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that, at any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the notes as described in the preceding paragraph, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may rescind and cancel such declaration and its consequences:

 

(1) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree;

 

(2) if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration;

 

(3) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, if interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid;

 

(4) if the Opco Issuers have paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances; and

 

(5) in the event of the cure or waiver of an Event of Default of the type described in clause (6) of the description above of Events of Default, the Trustee shall have received an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel that such Event of Default has been cured or waived.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may waive any existing Default or Event of Default under the Senior Subordinated Indenture, and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any notes.

 

Holders of the notes may not enforce the Senior Subordinated Indenture or the notes except as provided in the Senior Subordinated Indenture and under the TIA. Subject to the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights, or powers under the Senior Subordinated Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to all provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture and applicable law, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power confined on the Trustee.

 

Under the Senior Subordinated Indenture, the Opco Issuers are required to provide an officers’ certificate to the Trustee promptly upon the Opco Issuers obtaining knowledge of any Default or Event of Default (provided that the Opco Issuers shall provide such certification at least annually whether or not they know of any Default or Event of Default) that has occurred and, if applicable, describe such Default or Event of Default and the status thereof.

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Opco Issuers or any direct or indirect parent entity (other than Parent in respect of its guarantee of the notes), as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Opco Issuers under the notes, the Senior Subordinated Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of notes by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

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Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

 

The Opco Issuers may, at its option and at any time, elect to have its obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding notes (“Legal Defeasance”). Such Legal Defeasance means that the Opco Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding notes, except for:

 

(1) the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes when such payments are due;

 

(2) the Opco Issuers’ obligations with respect to the notes concerning issuing temporary notes, registration of notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payments;

 

(3) the rights, powers, trust, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Opco Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

In addition, the Opco Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have its obligations released with respect to certain covenants, including all those set forth under “—Certain Covenants,” that are described in the Senior Subordinated Indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission or failure to comply, with such obligations shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including nonpayment, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization and insolvency events) described under “—Events of Default” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes. The Opco Issuers may exercise their Legal Defeasance option regardless of whether they previously exercised Covenant Defeasance.

 

In order to exercise Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

 

(1) The Opco Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the Opco Issuers, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes on the stated date of payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

 

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Opco Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Opco Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Opco Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the deposit described in clause (1) above and ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowing);

 

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to which the Opco Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Opco Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries is bound (other than any such breach or violation or default resulting solely from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien on such deposit in favor of the Trustee and/or the Holders);

 

(6) the Opco Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Opco Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Opco Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Opco Issuers or others;

 

(7) the Opco Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and

 

(8) certain other customary conditions precedent are satisfied.

 

If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the notes when due, then the Opco Issuers’ obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors under the Senior Subordinated Indenture will be revived and no such defeasance will be deemed to have occurred.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the notes, as expressly provided for in the Senior Subordinated Indenture) as to all outstanding notes when:

 

(1) either (a) all the notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed notes which have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Opco Issuers and thereafter repaid to the Opco Issuers or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or within one year will become due and payable, whether at maturity or as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption, and the Opco Issuers have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount in cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. government obligations, or combination thereof, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Opco Issuers directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

(2) the Opco Issuers and/or the Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under the Senior Subordinated Indenture; and

 

(3) the Opco Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating that all conditions precedent under the Senior Subordinated Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Senior Subordinated Indenture have been complied with.

 

Modification of the Senior Subordinated Indenture

 

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principal amount of the then outstanding notes issued under the Senior Subordinated Indenture, except that, without the consent of each Holder affected thereby, no amendment may:

 

(1) reduce the amount of notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

 

(2) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any notes;

 

(3) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any notes or change the date on which any notes may be subject to redemption or repurchase, or reduce the redemption or repurchase price therefor;

 

(4) make any notes payable in money other than that stated in the notes;

 

(5) make any change in provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture protecting the right of each Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such notes on or after the stated due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment, or permitting Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes to waive Defaults or Events of Default;

 

(6) amend, change or modify in any material respect the obligation of the Opco Issuers to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer after the occurrence of a Change of Control or make and consummate a Net Proceeds Offer with respect to any Asset Sale that has been consummated or, after such Change of Control has occurred or such Asset Sale has been consummated, modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;

 

(7) modify or change any provision of the Senior Subordinated Indenture or related definitions affecting the subordination of the notes or any Guarantee in a manner which adversely affects the Holders; or

 

(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Senior Subordinated Indenture otherwise than in accordance with the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

No amendment of, or supplement or waiver to, the Senior Subordinated Indenture shall adversely affect the rights of any holder of Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under the subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture, without the consent of such holder or, in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt, the consent of the Representative of such holder or the requisite holders of such Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt.

 

Governing Law

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that it and the notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

 

The Trustee

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture provides that, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the Senior Subordinated Indenture. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it by the Senior Subordinated Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

The Senior Subordinated Indenture and the provisions of the TIA contain certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become a creditor of the Opco Issuers, to obtain payments of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. Subject to the TIA, the Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; provided that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest as described in the TIA, it must eliminate such conflict or resign.

 

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Certain Definitions

 

Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the Senior Subordinated Indenture. Reference is made to the Senior Subordinated Indenture for the full definition of all such terms, as well as any other terms used herein to which no definition is provided.

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or at the time it merges or consolidates with Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or Indebtedness assumed by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case whether or not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition, merger or consolidation.

 

Additional Notes” has the meaning set forth under “—Principal, Maturity and Interest.”

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

 

The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing.

 

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.”

 

Asset Acquisition” means (1) an Investment by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (2) the acquisition by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) which assets are used or useful in a Permitted Business, other than in the ordinary course of business.

 

Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer (other than the granting of a Lien in accordance with the Senior Subordinated Indenture) for value by Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary or (b) any other property or assets of Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that Asset Sales shall not include:

 

(1) a transaction or series of related transactions for which Rural/Metro LLC or the Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration or which has a Fair Market Value of less than $2.0 million;

 

(2) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Rural/Metro LLC as permitted by the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Merger. Consolidation and Sale of Assets” or any transaction that constitutes a Change of Control;

 

(3) any Restricted Payment made in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or a Permitted Investment;

 

(4) the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary made in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries”;

 

(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(6) the sale of obsolete or worn out equipment or any other property (including inventory or equipment) that, in the reasonable judgment of Rural/Metro LLC, is obsolete or worn out and is no longer useful in the conduct of the business of Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(7) Permitted Liens; or

 

(8) the sale of inventory and products in the ordinary course of business.

 

Attributable Indebtedness” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the greater of

 

(1) the fair value of the property subject to such arrangement; and

 

(2) the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

 

Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duty authorized committee thereof.

 

Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

 

Capital Stock” means

 

(1) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) representing interests in corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person and

 

(2) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership or other equity interests of such Person.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(2) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“S&P”) or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”);

 

(3) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s;

 

(4) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or

 

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the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of a foreign bank having at the date of acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250.0 million;

 

(5) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above; and

 

(6) investments in money market funds which invest substantially all their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (5) above.

 

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(1) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause that person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing 35% or more of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Parent;

 

(2) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Parent (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Parent was approved by a vote of the majority of the directors of Parent then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent;

 

(3) all or substantially all of the assets of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are sold or otherwise transferred to any Person other than a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or (b) Parent consolidates or merges with or into another Person or any Person consolidates or merges with or into Parent, in either case under this clause (3), in one transaction or a series of related transactions in which immediately after the consummation thereof Persons owning Voting Stock representing in the aggregate a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent immediately prior to such consummation do not own Voting Stock representing a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent or the surviving or transferee Person;

 

(4) Parent or Rural/Metro LLC shall adopt a plan of liquidation or dissolution or any such plan shall be approved by the stockholders of Parent or Rural/Metro LLC; or

 

(5) Parent shall cease to directly or indirectly own 100% of the Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC.

 

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Change of Control Payment” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Change of Control.”

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, or if at any time after the execution of the Senior Subordinated Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the applicable duties now assigned to it, then the body or bodies performing such duties at such time.

 

Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether

 

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outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

 

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to the Opco Issuers, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of:

 

(1) Consolidated Net Income; and

 

(2) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby and with respect to the portion of Consolidated Net Income attributable to any Restricted Subsidiary only to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise at the date of determination:

 

(A) all income taxes paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period:

 

(B) Consolidated Interest Expense, and

 

(C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges,

 

less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than (i) accruals of revenue in the ordinary course of business and (ii) reversals of prior accruals or reserves for non-cash items) for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis for Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to Rural/Metro LLC, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of Rural/Metro LLC during the four full fiscal quarters (the “Four Quarter Period”) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for which financial statements are available (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of Rural/Metro LLC for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to:

 

(1) the incurrence or repayment of any Indebtedness or issuance or redemption of Preferred Stock of Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or issuance or redemption of Preferred Stock (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior, to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment or issuance or redemption, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; and

 

(2) any asset sales or other dispositions or Asset Acquisitions (including, without limitation, any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation as a result of Rural/Metro LLC or one of the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Person who becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the Asset Acquisition) incurring, assuming or otherwise being liable for Acquired Indebtedness and also including any Consolidated EBITDA (including any pro forma expense and cost reductions calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act or certified as expected to occur within six months after such transaction in a Rural/Metro LLC Board Resolution) attributable to the assets which are the subject of the Asset Acquisition or asset sale or other disposition during the Four Quarter Period) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date as if such asset sale or other disposition or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.

 

If Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a third Person, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if

 

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Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to Rural/Metro LLC for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus

 

(2) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock) paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state, foreign and local income tax rate of Rural/Metro LLC, expressed as a decimal.

 

Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges”:

 

(1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date;

 

(2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a Eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and

 

(3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum in effect on the Transaction Date resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements on such date.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to Rural/Metro LLC for any period, the sum of, without duplication:

 

(1) the aggregate of the interest expense of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation or duplication,

 

(A) any amortization of debt discount and amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs (other than the write-off of deferred financing charges as a result of the Refinancing and the amortization of deferred financing charges arising from the Refinancing),

 

(B) the net payments and receipts under Interest Swap Obligations,

 

(C) all capitalized interest,

 

(D) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings,

 

(E) all other non-cash interest expense, and

 

(F) all interest payable with respect to discontinued operations;

 

(2) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to Rural/Metro LLC, for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom:

 

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(1) net gains and losses from asset sales;

 

(2) extraordinary or non-recurring gains, losses and charges (determined on an after-tax basis);

 

(3) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted by a contract, operation of law or otherwise;

 

(4) the net income or loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary, except, in the case of net income, to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to Rural/Metro LLC or to a Restricted Subsidiary by such Person or, in the case of a loss, to the extent such loss is required to be funded in cash;

 

(5) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Issue Date;

 

(6) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued);

 

(7) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects according to GAAP;

 

(8) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Interest Swap Obligations;

 

(9) in the case of a successor to Rural/Metro LLC by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of Rural/Metro LLC’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets;

 

(10) cumulative effect of any change in accounting principle, and

 

(11) any non-cash compensation arising from the award or exercise of stock options, stock awards or restricted stock of Rural/Metro LLC or Parent.

 

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to Rural/Metro LLC, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or charges of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of Rural/Metro LLC for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period)

 

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.”

 

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of the Issue Date, among Rural/Metro, Rural/Metro LLC, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA, as syndication agent, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any notes, guarantees, collateral and security documents, Interest Swap Obligations and other instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith), in each case as such agreements may be amended (including any amendment and restatement thereof), supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement extending the maturity of, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted by the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) or adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

 

Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or other investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans or letters of credit, in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restated, substituted or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.

 

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Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice of both would be, an Event of Default.

 

Designated Senior Debt” means (1) Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and (2) any other Indebtedness constituting Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt which, at the time of determination, has an aggregate principal amount, or commitments, of at least $25.0 million and is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt as “Designated Senior Debt” by Rural/Metro LLC; provided that the Discount Notes shall in no event be Designated Senior Debt.

 

Designation” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.”

 

Discount Notes” means the $93.5 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the 12.75% Senior Discount Notes due 2016 of Parent issued under the Discount Indenture.

 

Discount Indenture” means the Senior Discount Notes Indenture, to be dated March 4, 2005 by and among Parent and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock” means that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is mandatorily exchangeable for Indebtedness, or is redeemable or exchangeable for Indebtedness, at the sole option of the holder thereof on or prior to 91 days after the final maturity date of the notes.

 

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Equity Offering” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Optional Redemption.”

 

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth under “—Events of Default.”

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro LLC acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro LLC.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof and any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Four Quarter Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, which are in effect on the Issue Date.

 

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Guarantee” means a guarantee of the notes by a Guarantor.

 

Guarantor” means (1) Parent, for so long as its Guarantee is in effect, (2) each Restricted Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC that guaranteed the Credit Agreement as of the Issue Date; and (3) each of Rural/Metro LLC’s Restricted Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental Senior Subordinated Indenture in which such Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Guarantor Senior Debt” means, with respect to any Guarantor: the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of, or guaranteed by, a Guarantor, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Guarantor Senior Debt” shall also include the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest ace wing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of (including guarantees of the foregoing obligations):

 

(x) all monetary obligations of every nature of such Guarantor under, or with respect to, the Credit Agreement, including without limitation, obligations to pay principal, premium and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and indemnities (and guarantees thereof); and

 

(y) all Interest Swap Obligations (and guarantees thereof);

 

in each case whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Guarantor Senior Debt” shall not include:

 

(1) any Indebtedness of such Guarantor to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(2) Indebtedness to, or guaranteed on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, amounts owed for compensation) other than Indebtedness to a direct or indirect shareholder as a lender under the Credit Agreement;

 

(3) Indebtedness to trade creditors and other amounts incurred in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services;

 

(4) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(5) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Guarantor;

 

(6) that portion of any Indebtedness incurred in violation of the Senior Subordinated Indenture provisions set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness” (but, as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause (6) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their representative shall have received an officers’ certificate of the Opco Issuers to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or, in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate such provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture);

 

(7) Indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to Rural/Metro LLC; and

 

(8) any Indebtedness which is, by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such Guarantor.

 

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Holder” means any registered holder, from time to time, of any notes.

 

incur” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence on Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”

 

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

 

(2) all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments;

 

(3) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person;

 

(4) all indebtedness of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations and all indebtedness under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted);

 

(5) all indebtedness for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction:

 

(6) guarantees and other contingent obligations in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above and clause (8) below;

 

(7) all indebtedness of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (6) which are secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such indebtedness being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or asset or the amount of the indebtedness so secured;

 

(8) all indebtedness under Interest Swap Obligations of such Person; and

 

(9) all Disqualified Capital Stock of such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued and unpaid dividends, if any.

 

For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, letters of credit issued pursuant to the dedicated letter of credit facility contained in the Credit Agreement shall constitute “Indebtedness” under this definition only as and when they are required, in accordance with GAAP, to be accounted for as indebtedness on the face of Rural/Metro LLC’s balance sheet.

 

Independent Financial Advisor” means a firm

 

(1) which does not, and whose directors, officers and employees and Affiliates do not, have a direct or indirect material financial interest in or control relationship with Rural/Metro LLC; and

 

(2) which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro LLC, is otherwise independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.

 

Initial Purchasers” means, collectively, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, Rural/Metro LLC or any

 

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Restricted Subsidiary is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

 

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, guarantee) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any Person. “Investment” shall exclude extensions of trade credit by Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business. If Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary (the “Referent Subsidiary”) such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Referent Subsidiary shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary, Rural/Metro LLC shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock of the Referent Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.

 

Issue Date” means March 4, 2005, the date of initial issuance of the notes.

 

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning set forth under “—Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.”

 

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest).

 

Moody’s” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

 

Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest), received by Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of:

 

(1) reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions and relocation expenses);

 

(2) taxes paid or payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements;

 

(3) repayments of Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted by the Senior Subordinated Indenture on the property or assets subject to such Asset Sale that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale;

 

(4) appropriate amounts to be determined by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale;

 

(5) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Sale in escrow, whether as a reserve for adjustment of the purchase price, for satisfaction of indemnities in respect of such Asset Sale or otherwise in connection with that Asset Sale; provided, however, that upon the termination of that escrow, Net Cash Proceeds will be increased by any portion of funds in the escrow that are released to Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(6) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders or joint venture partners in Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Net Proceeds Offer” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

 

Net Proceeds Offer Amount” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

 

Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

 

Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date” has the meaning set forth under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales.”

 

Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interests, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Offerings” has the meaning set forth under “—Principal, Maturity and Interest.”

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Rural/Metro LLC or the Trustee.

 

Parent” means Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the Issuer of the Discount Notes.

 

Pari Passu Debt” means any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or a Guarantor that ranks pari passu in right of payment with the notes or the Guarantees, as applicable.

 

Payment Blockage Notice” has the meaning set forth under “—Subordination.”

 

payment default” has the meaning set forth under “—Events of Default.”

 

Permitted Business” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Conduct of Business.”

 

Permitted Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.”

 

Permitted Investments” means:

 

(1) Investment by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person that is or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary or that will merge or consolidate into Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2) Investments in Rural/Metro LLC by any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any Indebtedness evidencing such Investment is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to Rural/Metro LLC’s obligations under the notes and the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(3) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $10.0 million and (y) 5% of Rural/Metro LLC’s Total Assets;

 

(4) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(5) loans and advances to employees and officers of Rural/Metro LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of an aggregate of $1.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(6) Interest Swap Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of Rural/Metro LLC’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s businesses and otherwise in compliance with the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

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(7) Investments represented by accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;

 

(8) Investments existing on the Issue Date;

 

(9) Investments in the notes and otherwise permitted under the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(10) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers;

 

(11) Investments made by Rural/Metro LLC or the Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with the covenant described under “—Repurchase at the Option of Holders—Asset Sales” or upon a disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(12) guarantees otherwise permitted under the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(13) Investments acquired in exchange for the Qualified Capital Stock of Rural/Metro LLC or Capital Stock of Parent; and

 

(14) additional Investments not to exceed $10.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

Permitted Joint Venture” means any joint venture or other business enterprise entered into between Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary and a county, city, municipality, fire district, other governmental entity (or agency thereof) or health services provider for the purpose of engaging in a Permitted Business and approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of Parent.

 

Permitted Junior Securities” means:

 

(9) Capital Stock in Rural/Metro LLC or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or

 

(10) debt securities issued pursuant to a confirmed plan of reorganization that are subordinated to (a) all Senior Debt and Guarantor Senior Debt and (b) any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the notes and the Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Debt and Guarantor Senior Debt under the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Permitted Liens” means the following types of Liens:

 

(1) Liens securing Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt;

 

(2) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims either (A) not delinquent or (B) contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each case, as to which Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books such reserves as may be required pursuant to GAAP;

 

(3) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen, repairmen and other Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith, if such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made in respect thereof;

 

(4) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, including any Lien securing letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in connection therewith, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);

 

(5) judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment

 

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shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

(6) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances in respect of real property not impairing in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(7) any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or asset which is not leased property subject to such Capitalized Lease Obligation;

 

(8) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(9) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to commercial letters of credit or letters of credit permitted under clause (9) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

 

(10) Liens encumbering deposits made to secure obligations arising from statutory, regulatory, contractual or warranty requirements of Rural/Metro LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries, including rights of offset and set-off;

 

(11) Liens securing Interest Swap Obligations to the extent such Interest Swap Obligations are otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(12) Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (6) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided, however, that in the case of Purchase Money Indebtedness (a) the Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of such property or assets and shall not be secured by any property or assets of Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the property and assets so acquired or constructed and (b) the Lien securing such Indebtedness shall be created within 180 days of such acquisition or construction or, in the case of a refinancing of any Purchase Money Indebtedness, within 180 days of such refinancing;

 

(13) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness (and any Indebtedness which Refinances such Acquired Indebtedness) incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided that

 

(A) such Liens secured the Acquired Indebtedness at the time of and prior to the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary and were not granted in connection with, or in anticipation of, the incurrence of such Acquired Indebtedness by Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(B) such Liens do not extend to or cover any property or assets of Rural/Metro LLC or of any of the Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets that secured the Acquired Indebtedness prior to the time such Indebtedness became Acquired Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(14) Liens constituting licenses not otherwise prohibited under the terms of the Senior Subordinated Indenture;

 

(15) Liens securing Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement;

 

(16) Liens arising under the Senior Subordinated Indenture in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders;

 

(17) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

 

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(18) Liens in favor of Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(19) additional Liens not to exceed $2.0 million at any one time outstanding.

 

Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation. unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

 

Purchase Money Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the normal course of business for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property or equipment.

 

Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Reference Date” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

 

Referent Subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Investment.

 

Refinance” means in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defense or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness (x) entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” or (y) incurred pursuant to clause (1) or (3) of the second paragraph of such covenant, in each case that does not:

 

(1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (except to the extent of the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and the amount of reasonable fees and expenses incurred by Rural/Metro LLC in connection with such Refinancing); or

 

(2) create Indebtedness with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that (x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of Rural/Metro LLC, (y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (z) if such Indebtedness being refinanced is Senior Debt, clauses 2(A) and 2(B) hereof shall not apply.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated the Issue Date among the Opco Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers or any similar agreement entered into from time to time relating to any Additional Notes.

 

Replacement Assets” means tangible or intangible assets and property (including improvements thereto) that will be used in a Permitted Business (including, without limitation, the Capital Stock of a Person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary from any Person other than Rural/Metro LLC or an Affiliate of Rural/Metro LLC).

 

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representative, then the Representative for such Designated Senior Debt shall at all times constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Designated Senior Debt.

 

Restricted Payment” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Rural/Metro LLC that has not been designated by the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro LLC, by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee, as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.”

 

Revocation” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.”

 

S&P” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

 

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to Rural/Metro LLC or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by Rural/Metro LLC or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by Rural/Metro LLC or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of such property.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Senior Debt” means the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the notes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall also include the principal of, premium, if any, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition of bankruptcy at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable law) on, and all other amounts owing in respect of (including guarantees of the foregoing obligations):

 

(1) all monetary obligations of every nature of Rural/Metro LLC under, or with respect to, the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, obligations to pay principal, premium and interest, reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, fees, expenses and indemnities (and guarantees thereof); and

 

(2) all Interest Swap Obligations (and guarantees thereof);

 

in each case whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Senior Debt” shall not include:

 

(3) any Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC to Parent of any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(4) Indebtedness to, or guaranteed on behalf of, any shareholder, director, officer or employee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, amounts owed for compensation) other than Indebtedness to a direct or indirect shareholder as a lender under the Credit Agreement;

 

(5) Indebtedness to trade creditors and other amounts incurred (but not under the Credit Agreement) in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services;

 

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(6) Indebtedness represented by Disqualified Capital Stock;

 

(7) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by Rural/Metro LLC;

 

(8) that portion of any Indebtedness incurred in violation of the provisions of the covenant set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” (but, as to any such obligation, no such violation shall be deemed to exist for purposes of this clause (6) if the holder(s) of such obligation or their representative shall have received an officers’ certificate of Rural/Metro LLC to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or, in the case of revolving credit indebtedness, that the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate such provisions of the Senior Subordinated Indenture);

 

(9) Indebtedness which, when incurred and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to Rural/Metro LLC; and

 

(10) any Indebtedness which is, by its express terms, subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Rural/Metro LLC.

 

Senior Subordinated Notes” means the 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 issued by the Opco Issuers pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Indenture.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means (1) any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary that, when aggregated with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Significant Subsidiaries and as to which any event described in clause (6) or (7) under “—Events of Default” has occurred and is continuing, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (1) of this definition.

 

Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means

 

(1) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or

 

(2) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Surviving Entity” has the meaning set forth under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets.”

 

Transaction Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

 

Total Assets” means the total consolidated assets of Rural/Metro LLC and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of Rural/Metro LLC.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means

 

(1) any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries”; and

 

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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Voting Stock” with respect to any Person, means securities of any class of Capital Stock of such Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other relevant equity interest has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (A) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (B) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (I) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (II) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

 

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of Rural/Metro LLC means any Restricted Subsidiary of which all the outstanding Voting Stock are owned by Rural/Metro LLC or any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

 

The discussion is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the Code, and the U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, and rulings and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect on the date of this prospectus, any of which may be repealed or subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect.

 

Consequences of Tendering Old Notes

 

The exchange of your old notes for registered notes in the exchange offer will have no U.S. federal income tax consequences to you. For example, there would be no change in your tax basis and your holding period would carry over to the registered notes. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of holding and disposing of your registered notes would be the same as those applicable to your old notes.

 

THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF THE MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXCHANGE OF OLD NOTES FOR REGISTERED NOTES IS NOT TAX ADVICE. ACCORDINGLY, EACH INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT RELATING TO THE EXCHANGE, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL OR FOREIGN TAX LAWS, AND OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGES IN APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

Each broker-dealer that receives registered notes in the exchange offer for its own account must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resales of such registered notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealers in connection with resales of registered notes received in the exchange offer, where the notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, starting on the expiration date and ending on the close of business one year after the expiration of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with such a resale. In addition, until                     , 2006, all dealers effecting transactions in the registered notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

 

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of registered notes by broker-dealers. Notes received by broker-dealers in the exchange offer for their own account this registered offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the registered notes or a combination of those methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from such a broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any of the registered notes. Any broker-dealer that resells registered notes that were received by it in the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the registered notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on such a resale of the registered notes and any commissions or concessions received by those persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

For a period of one year after the expiration of the exchange offer, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests these documents in the Letter of Transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the old notes), other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers, and will indemnify holders of the old notes (including any broker-dealers), against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

 

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has passed upon the validity of the registered notes and related guarantees on our behalf.

 

EXPERTS

 

The financial statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Rural/Metro Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed November 15, 2005 and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to Rural/Metro Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report (which contains an explanatory paragraph relating to Rural/Metro Corporation’s restatement of its consolidated financial information in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements and an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations. This prospectus is an offer to exchange only the notes offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdiction where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date. Until                     , 2006, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments of subscriptions.

 


 

 

 



 

LOGO

 

$125,000,000

 

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.

 

Offer to Exchange all Outstanding

$125,000,000 principal amount of 9.875%

Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

 

for

 

$125,000,000 principal amount of 9.875%

Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015

registered under the

Securities Act of 1933

 

 



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PART II

 

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits indemnification of officers, directors and other corporate agents under specific circumstances and subject to specific limitations. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act provides that subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as set forth in its limited liability company agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Rural/Metro LLC’s limited liability company agreement and Rural/Metro Delaware’s certificate of incorporation and its bylaws provide that each company shall indemnify its directors, members, managers and officers (as applicable) to the full extent permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as applicable), including in circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. The laws of the states or other jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and/or the provisions of the articles or certificates of incorporation or organization (or equivalent) and the by laws of substantially all the guarantors included in this Registration Statement provide indemnification provisions similar to those described above.

 

We have entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and executive officers that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to directors and executive officers by Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as well as certain additional procedural protections. The indemnity agreements provide that directors or managers will be indemnified to the fullest extent not prohibited by law against all expenses (including attorney’s fees) and settlement amounts paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding as directors or executive officers of the issuers, including any action on account of their services as executive officers or directors of any other company or enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the request of the issuers, and including any action by or in the right of the issuers. In addition, the indemnity agreements provide for reimbursement of expenses incurred in conjunction with being a witness in any proceeding to which the indemnitee is not a party. We must pay in advance of a final disposition of a proceeding or claim the expenses incurred by the indemnitee no later than 10 days after receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay the amount of the expenses to the extent that it is ultimately determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by us. The indemnity agreements also provide the indemnitee with remedies in the event that we do not fulfill its obligations under the indemnity agreements.

 

Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our certificate of incorporation provides for that limitation of liability.

 

Policies of insurance are maintained by the issuers under which their directors, managers and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of the policies, against specific expenses in connection with the defense of, and specific liabilities which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been directors or officers.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  2    Plan and Agreement of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of April 26, 1993. (1)
  3.1    Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC.*
  3.2    Certificate of Formation of Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC.*
  3.3    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.*
  3.4    Bylaws of Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.*
  3.5    Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 18, 1995; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 23, 1995; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of Series B Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 26, 2002; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of Series C Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 26, 2003; as amended by that Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 15, 2004. (14)
  3.6    Rights Agreement, dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and American Securities Transfer, Inc., the Rights Agent. (4)
  3.7    Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 30, 2002 to the Rights Agreement dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and American Securities Transfer, Inc., the Rights Agent. (11)
  3.8    Amendment No. 2, dated as of September 26, 2003 to the Rights Agreement dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (successor to American Securities Transfer, Inc.), the Rights Agent. (12)
  3.9    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation. (1)
  3.10    Certificate of Incorporation of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.**
  3.11    Bylaws of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.**
  3.12    Certificate of Incorporation of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.**
  3.13    Bylaws of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.**
  3.14    Certificate of Incorporation of American Limousine Service, Inc.**
  3.15    Bylaws of American Limousine Service, Inc.**
  3.16    Certificate of Incorporation of Beacon Transportation, Inc.**
  3.17    Bylaws of Beacon Transportation, Inc.**
  3.21    Articles of Incorporation of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.22    Bylaws of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.23    Articles of Incorporation of Coastal EMS, Inc.**
  3.24    Bylaws of Coastal EMS, Inc.**
  3.25    Certificate of Incorporation of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.26    Bylaws of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.27    Certificate of Incorporation of Donlock, Ltd.**

 

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Description of Exhibit


  3.28    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Donlock, Ltd.**
  3.29    Certificate of Incorporation of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.**
  3.30    Bylaws of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.**
  3.31    Articles of Incorporation of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.32    Bylaws of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.33    Articles of Incorporation of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.34    Bylaws of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.35    Certificate of Incorporation of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.**
  3.36    Bylaws of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.**
  3.37    Articles of Incorporation of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.38    Bylaws of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.39    Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.**
  3.40    Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.**
  3.41    Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.**
  3.42    Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.**
  3.43    Certificate of Incorporation of LaSalle Ambulance Inc.**
  3.44    Bylaws of LaSalle Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.45    Certificate of Incorporation of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.46    Bylaws of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.47    Articles of Incorporation of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.**
  3.48    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.**
  3.49    Articles of Incorporation of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.**
  3.50    Bylaws of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.**
  3.51    Certificate of Incorporation of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.52    Bylaws of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.53    Articles of Incorporation of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.54    Bylaws of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.55    Articles of Incorporation of Metro Care Corp.**
  3.56    Code of Regulations of Metro Care Corp**
  3.57    Articles of Incorporation of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.**
  3.58    Restated Bylaws of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.**
  3.59    Articles of Incorporation of MO-RO-KO, Inc.**
  3.60    Amended & Restated Bylaws of MO-RO-KO, Inc.**
  3.61    Certificate of Incorporation of Multi Cab Inc.**

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.62    Bylaws of Multi Cab, Inc.**
  3.63    Certificate of Incorporation of Multi-Care International, Inc.**
  3.64    Bylaws of Multi-Care International, Inc.**
  3.65    Reserved.
  3.66    Reserved.
  3.67    Articles of Incorporation of Multi-Health Corp.**
  3.68    Bylaws of Multi-Health Corp.**
  3.69    Certificate of Incorporation of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.70    Bylaws of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.71    Certificate of Incorporation National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.**
  3.72    Bylaws of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.**
  3.73    Articles of Incorporation of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.74    Bylaws of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.75    Articles of Incorporation of Professional Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.76    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Professional Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.77    Certificate of Incorporation of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.**
  3.78    Bylaws of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.**
  3.79    Certificate of Formation of RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.**
  3.80    Limited Liability Company Agreement of RMC Corporate Center, LLC.**
  3.81    Articles of Incorporation of RMC Insurance Ltd.**
  3.82    General Bylaws of RMC Insurance Ltd**
  3.83    Amended & Restated Articles of Incorporation of R/M Management Co., Inc.**
  3.84    Bylaws of R/M Management Co., Inc.**
  3.85    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.86    Bylaws of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.87    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee G. P., Inc.**
  3.88    Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee G. P., Inc.**
  3.89    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.**
  3.90    Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.**
  3.91    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Texas, G. P., Inc.**
  3.92    Bylaws of R/M of Texas, G. P., Inc.**
  3.93    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M Partners, Inc.**
  3.94    Bylaws of R/M Partners, Inc.**
  3.95    Certificate of Incorporation of RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.**

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.96    Bylaws of RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.**
  3.97    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.**
  3.98    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.**
  3.99    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation.**
  3.100    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation.**
  3.101    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida.**
  3.102    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida.**
  3.103    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee.**
  3.104    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee.**
  3.105    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.**
  3.106    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.**
  3.107    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.**
  3.108    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.**
  3.109    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.**
  3.110    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.**
  3.112    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.**
  3.113    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.**
  3.114    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.**
  3.115    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.**
  3.116    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.**
  3.117    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.**
  3.118    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.**
  3.119    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.**
  3.120    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.**
  3.121    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.**
  3.122    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.**
  3.123    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.**
  3.124    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.**
  3.125    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.**
  3.126    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.**
  3.127    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.**
  3.128    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.**
  3.129    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.**
  3.130    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.**

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.131    Bylaws of Central Colorado, Inc.**
  3.132    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.**
  3.133    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.**
  3.134    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.**
  3.135    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.**
  3.136    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.137    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.138    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.**
  3.139    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.**
  3.140    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.**
  3.141    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.**
  3.142    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P.**
  3.143    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, LP.**
  3.144    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.**
  3.145    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.**
  3.146    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.**
  3.147    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.**
  3.148    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.149    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.150    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.**
  3.151    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.**
  3.152    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.**
  3.153    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.**
  3.154    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.**
  3.155    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.**
  3.156    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P.**
  3.157    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, LP.**
  3.158    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.159    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.160    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.**
  3.161    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.**
  3.162    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.**
  3.163    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.**
  3.164    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc.**

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.165    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc.**
  3.166    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.**
  3.167    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.**
  3.168    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.169    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.170    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.**
  3.171    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.**
  3.172    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.173    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.174    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.**
  3.175    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.**
  3.176    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.**
  3.177    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.**
  3.178    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.**
  3.179    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.**
  3.180    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc.**
  3.181    By- Laws of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc.**
  3.182    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.**
  3.183    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.**
  3.184    Articles of Incorporation of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.185    Bylaws of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.186    Articles of Incorporation of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.187    Bylaws of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.188    Articles of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc.**
  3.189    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc.**
  3.190    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.**
  3.191    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.**
  3.192    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.**
  3.193    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.**
  3.194    Articles of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc.**
  3.195    Amended & Restated Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc.**
  3.196    Articles of Incorporation of Southwest General Services, Inc.**
  3.197    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Southwest General Services, Inc.**
  3.198    Certificate of Incorporation of SW General, Inc.**

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.199    First Amended & Restated Bylaws of SW General, Inc.**
  3.200    Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.**
  3.201    Bylaws of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.**
  3.202    Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Company, Inc.**
  3.203    Bylaws of The Aid Company, Inc.**
  3.204    Certificate of Incorporation of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.205    Bylaws of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.206    Certificate of Incorporation of Valley Fire Service, Inc.**
  3.207    Bylaws of Valley Fire Service, Inc.**
  3.208    Articles of Incorporation of W & W Leasing Company, Inc.**
  3.209    Bylaws of W & W Leasing Company, Inc.**
  4.1    Specimen Certificate representing shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share. (1)
  4.2    Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2005 between Rural/Metro Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (15)
  4.3    Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., as issuers, the Registrant as a guarantor, the other guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (15)
  4.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2002 by and among Rural/Metro Corporation, Special Value Bond Fund II, LLC, GE Capital CFE, Inc., Continental Casualty Company, Cerberus Partners, L.P., Pamco Cayman Ltd., and Pam Capital Funding LP. (10)
  4.6    Amendment, dated as of September 26, 2003 to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 30, 2002, by and among Rural/Metro Corporation, Tennenbaum & Co., LLC, General Electric Capital Corporation, Highland Crusader Offshore Partners, L.P., Cerberus Partners, L.P., and Pam Capital Funding LP. (12)
  4.7    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Corporation and the initial purchasers parties thereto. (15)
  4.8    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC, Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., the Registrant as a guarantor, the other guarantors named therein and the initial purchasers parties thereto. (15)
  5.1    Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as to the legality of the securities.**
10.1    1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant, adopted August 10, 1989, as amended. (1) +
10.2    Third Amendment to the 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant, dated February 4, 1994. (2) +
10.3    Fourth Amendment to 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan, dated August 25, 1994. (3) +
10.4    Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant. (1) +
10.5    Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan of Registrant, amended through October 15, 1998. (6) +

 

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Description of Exhibit


10.6    Forms of Stock Option Agreements pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan of Registrant. (6)
10.7    2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, adopted August 11, 2000. (7)
10.8    Forms of Conditional Stock Grant and Repurchase Agreements by and between Registrant and each of its executive officers and directors, dated May 14, 1993, November 1, 1994, and December 1, 1997. (1)
10.9    Form of Change of Control Agreement by and between the Registrant and the following executive officers: (i) Jack E. Brucker, dated April 25, 2002 and (ii) Michael S. Zariello, effective June 2, 2004. (11) +
10.10    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Jack E. Brucker, effective January 1, 2005. (14) +
10.11    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Michael S. Zarriello, effective June 2, 2004. (13) +
10.12    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Kristine B. Ponczak, effective March 21, 2005. (16) +
10.13    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Barry D. Landon, effective March 21, 2005. (10) +
10.14    Form of Indemnity Agreement by and between Registrant and each of its officers and directors, dated in April, May, August and November 1993, as of October 13, 1994, and as of September 25, 1998. (1) +
10.15    Amended and Restated Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust of the Registrant, effective July 1, 1997. (6) +
10.16    Retirement Savings Value Plan 401(k) of Registrant, as amended, dated July 1, 1990. (1) +
10.17    Master Lease Agreement by and between Plazamerica, Inc. and the Registrant, dated January 30, 1990. (1)
10.18    Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through November 20, 1997. (8) +
10.19    Loan and Security Agreement by and among the CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. and the Registrant, together with its subsidiaries, dated December 28, 1994, and related Promissory Note and Guaranty Agreement. (3)
10.20    Form of Loan and Security Agreement by and among Registrant and CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. first dated February 25, 1998 and related form of Guaranty and Schedule of Indebtedness and Collateral. (5)
10.21    Credit Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005, among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC, as borrower; the lenders party thereto; Citibank, N.A., as LC facility issuing bank; Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent for the lenders; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as syndication agent; and Citigroup Global Markets inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint lead bookrunners. (15)
10.22    Stock Purchase Agreement for the sale of Argentine and related Latin American subsidiaries, effective as of September 27, 2002. (9)
10.23    Stock Purchase Agreement for the sale of our Bolivian subsidiaries, effective as of September 27, 2002. (9)

 

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Description of Exhibit


12.1    Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.*
21    Subsidiaries of Registrant. (17)
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.**
23.2    Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).**
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages).*
25.1    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.*
99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
99.3    Form of Letter to Brokers.*
99.4    Form of Letter to Clients.*

* Previously filed.

 

** Filed herewith.

 

+ Management contracts or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant (Registration No. 33-63448) filed May 27, 1993 and declared effective July 15, 1993.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant (Registration No. 33-76458) filed March 15, 1994 and declared effective May 5, 1994.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed with the Commission on or about May 12, 1995.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on or about August 28, 1995.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed with the Commission on or about September 29, 1998.

 

(6) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed with the Commission on or about November 10, 1998.

 

(7) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on October 31, 2000.

 

(8) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on May 22, 2001.

 

(9) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 15, 2002.

 

(10) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 16, 2002.

 

(11) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on February 14, 2003.

 

(12) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 3, 2003.

 

(13) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2004 filed with the Commission on September 28, 2004.

 

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(14) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on February 14, 2005.

 

(15) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K/A Current Report filed with the Commission on March 11, 2005.

 

(16) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on March 25, 2005.

 

(17) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2005 filed with the Commission on September 28, 2005.

 

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Item 22. Undertakings

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the provisions described under Item 20 or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

 

(1) to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

 

(2) to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

(3) that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(4) to deliver or cause to be delivered with the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on December 9, 2005.

 

RURAL/METRO OPERATING COMPANY, LLC

RURAL/METRO (DELAWARE) INC.

By:

 

/s/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


   

Jack E. Brucker

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


Jack E. Brucker

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  December 9, 2005

/s/    MICHAEL S. ZARRIELLO        


Michael S. Zarriello

  

Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  December 9, 2005

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on December 9, 2005.

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


    Jack E. Brucker
    President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


*


Cor J. Clement

  

Chairman of the Board of Directors

  December 9, 2005

*


Louis G. Jekel

  

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

  December 9, 2005

/S/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


Jack E. Brucker

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  December 9, 2005

/S/    MICHAEL S. ZARRIELLO        


Michael S. Zarriello

  

Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  December 9, 2005

*


Mary Anne Carpenter

  

Director

  December 9, 2005

*


Henry G. Walker

  

Director

  December 9, 2005

*


Robert E. Wilson

  

Director

  December 9, 2005

*


Conrad A. Conrad

  

Director

  December 9, 2005

 

*By:

 

/s/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


    Jack E. Brucker
    Attorney-in-fact

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrants have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Scottsdale, State of Arizona, on December 9, 2005.

 

AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC,

AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.,

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.,

BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

COASTAL EMS, INC.,

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

DONLOCK, LTD.,

E.M.S. VENTURES, INC.,

EMS VENTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.,

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC.,

GOLD CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.,

KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD.,

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.,

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.,

MEDI-CAB OF GEORGIA, INC.,

MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.,

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.,

MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.,

MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

METRO CARE CORP.,

MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

MO-RO-KO, INC.,

MULTI CAB INC.,

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

MULTI-HEALTH CORP.,

MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.,

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.,

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.,

RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES, INC.,

RMC INSURANCE LTD.,

RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC.,

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.,

R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.,

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.,

R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC.,

R/M OF TEXAS, G.P., INC.,

R/M PARTNERS, INC.,

 

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RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.,

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION (an Arizona Corporation),

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF FLORIDA,

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE,

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.,

RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.,

RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC.,

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC, INC.,

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC.

RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF ARLINGTON, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF BREWERTON, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF CALIFORNIA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF GREATER SEATTLE, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF NORTHERN OHIO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF ROCHESTER, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTHERN OHIO, INC.,

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC.,

RURAL/METRO PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.,

RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.,

SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.,

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC.,

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.,

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF NEW MEXICO, INC.,

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON, INC.,

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.,

SW GENERAL, INC.,

 

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THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.,

THE AID COMPANY, INC.,

TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

VALLEY FIRE SERVICE, INC.,

W&W LEASING COMPANY, INC.,

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.,

An Arizona Limited Liability Company

By:

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION,

An Arizona Corporation, Its Member

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

RURAL/METRO OF NORTH TEXAS, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

RURAL/METRO OF TENNESSEE, L.P.,

A Delaware Limited Partnership

By:

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.,

A Delaware Corporation, Its General Partner

By:

 

/s/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


    Jack E. Bruckner
    President & Chief Executive Officer

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/S/    JACK E. BRUCKER        


Jack E. Brucker

  

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)

  December 9, 2005

/S/    MICHAEL S. ZARRIELLO        


Michael S. Zarriello

  

Senior Vice President, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

  December 9, 2005

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  2    Plan and Agreement of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of April 26, 1993. (1)
  3.1    Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC.*
  3.2    Certificate of Formation of Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC.*
  3.3    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.*
  3.4    Bylaws of Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.*
  3.5    Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on January 18, 1995; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on August 23, 1995; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of Series B Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 26, 2002; as amended by the Certificate of Designation, Preferences, and Rights of Series C Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on September 26, 2003; as amended by that Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on June 15, 2004. (14)
  3.6    Rights Agreement, dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and American Securities Transfer, Inc., the Rights Agent. (4)
  3.7    Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 30, 2002 to the Rights Agreement dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and American Securities Transfer, Inc., the Rights Agent. (11)
  3.8    Amendment No. 2, dated as of September 26, 2003 to the Rights Agreement dated as of August 23, 1995 between Rural/Metro Corporation and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (successor to American Securities Transfer, Inc.), the Rights Agent. (12)
  3.9    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation. (1)
  3.10    Certificate of Incorporation of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.**
  3.11    Bylaws of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.**
  3.12    Certificate of Incorporation of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.**
  3.13    Bylaws of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.**
  3.14    Certificate of Incorporation of American Limousine Service, Inc.**
  3.15    Bylaws of American Limousine Service, Inc.**
  3.16    Certificate of Incorporation of Beacon Transportation, Inc.**
  3.17    Bylaws of Beacon Transportation, Inc.**
  3.21    Certificate of Incorporation of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.22    Bylaws of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.23    Certificate of Coastal EMS, Inc.**
  3.24    Bylaws of Coastal EMS, Inc.**
  3.25    Certificate of Incorporation of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.26    Bylaws of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.27    Certificate of Incorporation of Donlock, Ltd.**
  3.28    Bylaws of Donlock, Ltd.**


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Description of Exhibit


  3.29    Certificate of Incorporation of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.**
  3.30    Bylaws of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.**
  3.31    Certificate of Incorporation of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.32    Bylaws of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.33    Articles of Incorporation of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.34    Bylaws of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.35    Certificate of Incorporation of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.**
  3.36    Bylaws of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.**
  3.37    Certificate of Incorporation of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.38    Bylaws of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.39    Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.**
  3.40    Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.**
  3.41    Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.**
  3.42    Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.**
  3.43    Certificate of Incorporation of LaSalle Ambulance Inc.**
  3.44    Bylaws of LaSalle Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.45    Certificate of Incorporation of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.46    Bylaws of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.47    Certificate of Incorporation of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.**
  3.48    Bylaws of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.**
  3.49    Articles of Incorporation of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.**
  3.50    Bylaws of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.**
  3.51    Certificate of Incorporation of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.52    Bylaws of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.53    Certificate of Incorporation of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.54    Bylaws of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.55    Certificate of Incorporation of Metro Care Corp.**
  3.56    Bylaws of Metro Care Corp**
  3.57    Certificate of Incorporation of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.**
  3.58    Bylaws of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.**
  3.59    Restated Articles of Incorporation of MO-RO-KO, Inc.**
  3.60    Bylaws of MO-RO-KO, Inc.**
  3.61    Certificate of Incorporation of Multi Cab Inc.**
  3.62    Bylaws of Multi Cab, Inc.**
  3.63    Certificate of Incorporation of Multi-Care International, Inc.**


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Description of Exhibit


  3.64    Bylaws of Multi-Care International, Inc.**
  3.65    Reserved.
  3.66    Reserved.
  3.67    Amended and Restated Articles of Multi-Health Corp.**
  3.68    Bylaws of Multi-Health Corp.**
  3.69    Certificate of Incorporation of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.70    Bylaws of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.71    Restated Certificate of Incorporation National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.**
  3.72    Bylaws of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.**
  3.73    Certificate of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.74    Bylaws of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.**
  3.75    Articles of Incorporation of Professional Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.76    Bylaws of Professional Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.77    Certificate of Incorporation of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.**
  3.78    Bylaws of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.**
  3.79    Limited Liability Company Agreement of RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.**
  3.80    Limited Liability Company Agreement of RMC Corporate Center, LLC.**
  3.81    Certificate of Incorporation of RMC Insurance Ltd.**
  3.82    Bylaws of RMC Insurance Ltd.**
  3.83    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M Management Co., Inc.**
  3.84    Bylaws of R/M Management Co., Inc.**
  3.85    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.86    Bylaws of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.87    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee G. P., Inc.**
  3.88    Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee G. P., Inc.**
  3.89    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.**
  3.90    Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.**
  3.91    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Texas, G. P., Inc.**
  3.92    Bylaws of R/M of Texas, G. P., Inc.**
  3.93    Certificate of Incorporation of R/M Partners, Inc.**
  3.94    Bylaws of R/M Partners, Inc.**
  3.95    Certificate of Incorporation of RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.**
  3.96    Bylaws of RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.**
  3.97    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.**
  3.98    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.**


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Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


  3.99    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation.**
  3.100    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation.**
  3.101    Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida.**
  3.102    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida.**
  3.103    Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee.**
  3.104    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee.**
  3.105    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.**
  3.106    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.**
  3.107    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.**
  3.108    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.**
  3.109    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.**
  3.110    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.**
  3.112    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.**
  3.113    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.**
  3.114    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.**
  3.115    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.**
  3.116    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.**
  3.117    Partnership Agreement of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.**
  3.118    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.**
  3.119    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.**
  3.120    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.**
  3.121    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.**
  3.122    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.**
  3.123    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.**
  3.124    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.**
  3.125    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.**
  3.126    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.**
  3.127    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.**
  3.128    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.**
  3.129    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.**
  3.130    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.**
  3.131    Bylaws of Central Colorado, Inc.**
  3.132    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.**
  3.133    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.**
  3.134    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.**


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Description of Exhibit


  3.135    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.**
  3.136    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.137    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.**
  3.138    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.**
  3.139    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.**
  3.140    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.**
  3.141    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.**
  3.142    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P.**
  3.143    Partnership Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, LP.**
  3.144    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.**
  3.145    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.**
  3.146    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.**
  3.147    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.**
  3.148    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.149    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.**
  3.150    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.**
  3.151    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.**
  3.152    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.**
  3.153    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.**
  3.154    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.**
  3.155    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.**
  3.156    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P.**
  3.157    Partnership Agreement of Rural/Metro of Texas, LP.**
  3.158    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.159    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.160    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.**
  3.161    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.**
  3.162    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.**
  3.163    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.**
  3.164    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc.**
  3.165    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc.**
  3.166    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.**
  3.167    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.**
  3.168    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.**
  3.169    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.**


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Description of Exhibit


  3.170    Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.**
  3.171    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.**
  3.172    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.173    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.**
  3.174    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.**
  3.175    Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.**
  3.176    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.**
  3.177    Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.**
  3.178    Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.**
  3.179    Partnership Agreement of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.**
  3.180    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc.**
  3.181    By- Laws of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc.**
  3.182    Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.**
  3.183    Bylaws of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.**
  3.184    Certificate of Incorporation of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.185    Bylaws of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.**
  3.186    Certificate of Incorporation of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.187    Bylaws of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc.**
  3.188    Articles of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc.**
  3.189    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc.**
  3.190    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.**
  3.191    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.**
  3.192    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.**
  3.193    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.**
  3.194    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc.**
  3.195    Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc.**
  3.196    Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest General Services, Inc.**
  3.197    Bylaws of Southwest General Services, Inc.**
  3.198    Certificate of Incorporation of SW General, Inc.**
  3.199    Bylaws of SW General, Inc.**
  3.200    Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.**
  3.201    Bylaws of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.**
  3.202    Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Company, Inc.**
  3.203    Bylaws of The Aid Company, Inc.**
  3.204    Certificate of Incorporation of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc.**


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Description of Exhibit


  3.205    Bylaws of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc.**
  3.206    Certificate of Incorporation of Valley Fire Service, Inc.**
  3.207    Bylaws of Valley Fire Service, Inc.**
  3.208    Certificate of Incorporation of W & W Leasing Company, Inc.**
  3.209    Bylaws of W & W Leasing Company, Inc.**
  4.1    Specimen Certificate representing shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share. (1)
  4.2    Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2005 between Rural/Metro Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as trustee. (15)
  4.3    Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., as issuers, the Registrant as a guarantor, the other guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (15)
  4.5    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2002 by and among Rural/Metro Corporation, Special Value Bond Fund II, LLC, GE Capital CFE, Inc., Continental Casualty Company, Cerberus Partners, L.P., Pamco Cayman Ltd., and Pam Capital Funding LP. (10)
  4.6    Amendment, dated as of September 26, 2003 to the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 30, 2002, by and among Rural/Metro Corporation, Tennenbaum & Co., LLC, General Electric Capital Corporation, Highland Crusader Offshore Partners, L.P., Cerberus Partners, L.P., and Pam Capital Funding LP. (12)
  4.7    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Corporation and the initial purchasers parties thereto. (15)
  4.8    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005 among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC, Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., the Registrant as a guarantor, the other guarantors named therein and the initial purchasers parties thereto. (15)
  5.1    Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as to the legality of the securities.**
10.1    1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant, adopted August 10, 1989, as amended. (1) +
10.2    Third Amendment to the 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant, dated February 4, 1994. (2) +
10.3    Fourth Amendment to 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan, dated August 25, 1994. (3) +
10.4    Form of Stock Option Agreement pursuant to 1989 Employee Stock Option Plan of Registrant. (1) +
10.5    Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan of Registrant, amended through October 15, 1998. (6) +
10.6    Forms of Stock Option Agreements pursuant to the Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Option Plan of Registrant. (6)
10.7    2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, adopted August 11, 2000. (7)
10.8    Forms of Conditional Stock Grant and Repurchase Agreements by and between Registrant and each of its executive officers and directors, dated May 14, 1993, November 1, 1994, and December 1, 1997. (1)
10.9    Form of Change of Control Agreement by and between the Registrant and the following executive officers: (i) Jack E. Brucker, dated April 25, 2002 and (ii) Michael S. Zariello, effective June 2, 2004. (11) +


Table of Contents
Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


10.10    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Jack E. Brucker, effective January 1, 2005. (14) +
10.11    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Michael S. Zarriello, effective June 2, 2004. (13) +
10.12    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Kristine B. Ponczak, effective March 21, 2005. (16) +
10.13    Employment Agreement by and between the Registrant and Barry D. Landon, effective March 21, 2005. (10) +
10.14    Form of Indemnity Agreement by and between Registrant and each of its officers and directors, dated in April, May, August and November 1993, as of October 13, 1994, and as of September 25, 1998. (1) +
10.15    Amended and Restated Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust of the Registrant, effective July 1, 1997. (6) +
10.16    Retirement Savings Value Plan 401(k) of Registrant, as amended, dated July 1, 1990. (1) +
10.17    Master Lease Agreement by and between Plazamerica, Inc. and the Registrant, dated January 30, 1990. (1)
10.18    Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through November 20, 1997. (8) +
10.19    Loan and Security Agreement by and among the CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. and the Registrant, together with its subsidiaries, dated December 28, 1994, and related Promissory Note and Guaranty Agreement. (3)
10.20    Form of Loan and Security Agreement by and among Registrant and CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc. first dated February 25, 1998 and related form of Guaranty and Schedule of Indebtedness and Collateral. (5)
10.21    Credit Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2005, among Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC, as borrower; the lenders party thereto; Citibank, N.A., as LC facility issuing bank; Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent for the lenders; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as syndication agent; and Citigroup Global Markets inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint lead bookrunners. (15)
10.22    Stock Purchase Agreement for the sale of Argentine and related Latin American subsidiaries, effective as of September 27, 2002. (9)
10.23    Stock Purchase Agreement for the sale of our Bolivian subsidiaries, effective as of September 27, 2002. (9)
12.1    Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.*
21    Subsidiaries of Registrant. (17)
23.1    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.**
23.2    Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).**
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages).*
25.1    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.*
99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
99.3    Form of Letters to Brokers.*


Table of Contents
Exhibit No.

  

Description of Exhibit


99.4    Form of Letter to Clients.*

* Previously filed.

 

** Filed herewith.

 

+ Management contracts or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant (Registration No. 33-63448) filed May 27, 1993 and declared effective July 15, 1993.

 

(2) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of the Registrant (Registration No. 33-76458) filed March 15, 1994 and declared effective May 5, 1994.

 

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed with the Commission on or about May 12, 1995.

 

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on or about August 28, 1995.

 

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K filed with the Commission on or about September 29, 1998.

 

(6) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q Quarterly Report filed with the Commission on or about November 10, 1998.

 

(7) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on October 31, 2000.

 

(8) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Commission on May 22, 2001.

 

(9) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 15, 2002.

 

(10) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 16, 2002.

 

(11) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on February 14, 2003.

 

(12) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on October 3, 2003.

 

(13) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2004 filed with the Commission on September 28, 2004.

 

(14) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on February 14, 2005.

 

(15) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K/A Current Report filed with the Commission on March 11, 2005.

 

(16) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K Current Report filed with the Commission on March 25, 2005.

 

(17) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 10-K Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2005 filed with the Commission on September 28, 2005.
EX-3.10 2 dex310.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc

Exhibit 3.10

 

NOTE: This form may now also be used for incorporating pursuant to the Medical Professional Corporation Act, the Dental Professional Corporation Act, and the Professional Corporation Act of 1965, as well as the General Corporation Act. If the corporation is to be formed pursuant to the authority of one of these statutes other than the General Corporation Act, so indicate in the preamble below by striking the references to the three inappropriate status. Professional Accounting Corporations are considered to be formed pursuant to the authority of the Indiana General Corporation Act, but subject to the provisions of IC 23-1-13.5, and appropriate statutory reference should be made in the preamble or Article II below.   

Corporate Form No. 101 (Jan. 1977) — Page One

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

Larry A. Conrad, Secretary of State of Indiana

 

Use White Paper — Size 8 1/2 x 11 — For Inserts

 

Filing Requirements — Present 2 originally signed and fully executed copies to Secretary of State, Room 155, State House, Indianapolis 46204

 

Recording Requirements — Recording of Articles of Incorporation in the Office of the County Recorder is no longer required by the Indiana General Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

VIGO COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INCORPORATED

 

The undersigned incorporator or incorporators, desiring to form a corporation (hereinafter referred to as the (“Corporation”) pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana General Corporation Act (Medical Professional Corporation Act/Dental Professional Corporation Act/Professional Corporation Act of 1965), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), execute the following Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the Corporation is Vigo County Ambulance Service Incorporated

 

ARTICLE II

Purposes

 

The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are:

 

(a) to buy, own and operate ambulances and other emergency medical vehicles;


(b) To own, hold, buy, sell and otherwise acquire and dispose of real property and personal property, tangible and intangible, of any and every kind and character;

 

(c) For the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be formed under the Indiana General Corporation Act, as amended;

 

(d) To act at all times and in all places as agent and as financial, commercial, general or special representative for any corporation, association, individual, syndicate or partnership, whether domestic or foreign, governmental, municipal, public or private;

 

(e) To enter into, make, perform and carry out, or cancel or rescind, contracts for any lawful purpose, pertaining to business with any other corporation, and any association, partnership or individual, whether domestic or foreign, governmental, municipal, public or private;

 

(f) To borrow money, either alone or in conjunction with others, and to issue bonds, promissory notes, drafts, letters of credit and other evidences of indebtedness, either alone or in conjunction with others;

 

(g) To purchase, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock or any security, or other obligation of its own, in manner and extent which now is, or may hereafter be, permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana; provided, however, that this corporation shall not use its funds or other assets for the purchase of its own shares of stock when such use would impair its capital, and, provided, further, the shares of its own capital stock belonging to the corporation shall not be voted, directly or indirectly;

 

(h) The foregoing clauses shall be construed as powers as well as privileges, and the matters expressed in each clause, unless otherwise expressly provided, shall be in no wise limited by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any other clause, but shall be regarded as independent powers and purposes, and the enumeration of specific powers and purposes shall not be construed to limit or restrict, in any manner, the general powers of the corporation. The corporation shall be authorized to exercise and enjoy all other powers, rights and privileges conferred under the “Indiana General Corporation Act”, as amended, and all powers, rights and privileges conferred by other laws of the State of Indiana from time to time, as may be confirmed by all acts heretofore and hereinafter amendatory of or supplemental to the said Act or the said laws. The enumeration of certain powers as herein set out is not intended as exclusive or as a waiver of any of the rights, powers or privileges granted or conferred by the said Act or said laws now or hereinafter enforced; provided, however, that the corporation shall not in any state or country carry out any business or exercise any power that the corporation organized under the laws of such state or country cannot legally carry on or exercise.


          Corporate Form No. 101 — Page Two
          Prescribed by Larry A. Conrad, Secretary of State
          (Jan. 1977)

 

ARTICLE III

Period of Existence

 

The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual

 

ARTICLE IV

Resident Agent and Principal Office

 

Section 1. Resident Agent. The name and address of the Corporation’s Resident Agent for service of process is:

 

James A. Newton       708 Ohio Street
(Name)       (Number and Street or Building)
Terre Haute   Indiana   47807
(City)   (State)   (Zip Code)

 

Section 2. Principal Office. The post office address of the principal office of the Corporation is

 

16 South 9th Street,   Terre Haute,   Indiana   47807
(Number and Street or Building)   (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)

 

ARTICLE V

Authorized Shares

 

Section 1. Number of Shares:

 

The total number of shares which the Corporation is to have authority to issue is 1000

 

A. The number of authorized shares which the corporation designates as having par value is - - - with a par value of $        .

 

B. The number of authorized shares which the corporation designates as without par value is 1000.

 

Section 2. Terms of Shares (if any):

 

All shares of the corporation shall be common capital stock. Each shareholder shall have the right at every shareholders’ meeting to one vote for each share of such stock standing in the name of the shareholder on the books of the corporation.


          Corporate Form No. 101 — Page Three
          Prescribed by Larry A. Conrad, Secretary of State
         

(Jan. 1977)

 

ARTICLE VI

Requirements Prior To Doing Business

 

The Corporation will not commence business until consideration of the value of at least $1,000 (one thousand dollars) has been received for the issuance of shares.

 

ARTICLE VII

Director(s)

 

Section 1. Number of Directors: The initial Board of Directors is composed of Six (6) member(s). The number of directors may be from time to time fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation at any number. In the absence of a By-Law fixing the number of directors, the number shall be six (6).

 

Section 2. Names and Post Office Addresses of the Director(s): The name(s) and post office address(es)of the initial Board of Director(s) of the Corporation is (are):

 

Name


  

Number and Street or
Building


  

City


  

State


   Zip Code

James M. Helton    R. R. 24, Box 389    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
James F. Bell    1130 Springhill Road    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
Joseph E. Kenworthy    4120 South 8th Street    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
Guy Greenlee, Sr.    4421 South 9th Street    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
Guy Greenlee, Jr.    4421 South 9th Street    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
Gregory A. Yoho    4535 Maplewood Drive    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802

 

Section 3. Qualifications of Directors (if any):

 

(a) Each director of the corporation shall be a citizen of the United States of America.

 

(b) A director of the corporation need not be a shareholder of the corporation.


          Corporate Form No. 101 — Page Four
          Prescribed by Larry A. Conrad, Secretary of State
         

(Jan. 1977)

 

ARTICLE VIII

Incorporator (s)

 

The name(s) and post office address(es) of the incorporator(s) of the Corporation is (are):

 

Name


  

Number and Street or
Building


   City

   State

   Zip Code

James M. Helton    R. R. 24, Box 389    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802
James F. Bell    1130 Springhill Road    Terre Haute,    Indiana    47802

 

ARTICLE IX

Provisions for Regulation of Business

and Conduct of Affairs of Corporation

(“Powers” of the Corporation, its directors or shareholders)

 

(a) Meetings of the shareholders of the corporation may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Indiana, upon such notice as may be provided by law. Notice of a shareholders’ meeting may be waived in writing by a shareholder.

 

(b) A director of the corporation may be removed by a vote of a majority of the directors of the corporation.


          Corporate Form No. 101 — Page Five
          Prescribed by Larry A. Conrad, Secretary of State
          (Jan. 1977)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all of the incorporator(s) designated in Article VIII, execute(s) these Articles of Incorporation and certify to the truth of the facts herein stated, this 6th day of June, 1978.

 

/s/

     

/s/

(Written Signature)       (Written Signature)

James M. Helton

     

James F. Bell

(Printed Signature)       (Printed Signature)
           
        (Written Signature)
           
        (Printed Signature)

 

STATE OF INDIANA

  }     
       ss:

COUNTY OF VIGO

      

 

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public duly commissioned to take acknowledgements and administer oaths in the State of Indiana, certify that James M. Helton and James F. Bell, being all of the incorporator(s) referred to in Article VIII of the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, personally appeared before me; acknowledged the execution thereof; and swore to the truth of the facts therein stated.

 

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 6th day of June 1978.

 

 
(Written Signature)

Debra S. Maddock

(Printed Signature)

 

My Commission Expires: Notary Public Notary Public

June 11, 1980

My County of Residence is: Vigo

 

This instrument was prepared by Michael R. Ireland, Attorney at Law,

 

(Name)

 

710 Ohio Street   Terre Haute   Indiana   47807

(Number and Street or Building)

  (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)


NOTE: This form may now also be used for amending pursuant to the Medical Professional Corporation Act, the Dental Professional Corporation Act, and the Professional Corporation Act of 1965, as well as the General Corporation Act. If the corporation was formed pursuant to the authority of one of these statutes other than the General Corporation Act, so indicate in the preamble below by striking the references to the three inappropriate statutes. Professional Accounting Corporations are considered to be formed pursuant to the authority of the Indiana General Corporation Act, but subject to the provisions of IC 23-1-13.5, and appropriate statutory reference should be made in the preamble or Article I below.   

State Form 38333

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

AID AMBULANCE OF VIGO COUNTY, INC.

 

The undersigned officers of Aid Ambulance of Vigo County, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) existing pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana General Corporation Act (Medical Professional Corporation Act/Dental Professional Corporation Act/ Professional Corporation Act of 1965), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating amendment of certain provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, certify the following facts:

 

ARTICLE I

Text of the Amendment

 

The exact text of Article(s) Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Amendments”), now is as follows:

 

Change the name to:

 

AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC.


Corporate Form No. 102 (Oct. 1979) —Page Two

 

ARTICLE II

Manner of Adoption and Vote

 

Section 1. Action by Directors (select appropriate paragraph).

 

(b) By written consent executed on December 1, 1984, signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, a resolution was adopted proposing to the Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments, that the provisions and terms of Articles of its Articles of Incorporation be amended so as to read as set forth in the Amendments, and a meeting of such shareholders was called to be held December 1, 1984, to adopt or reject the Amendments, unless the same were so approved prior to such date by unanimous written consent.

 

Section 2. Action by Shareholders (select appropriate paragraph).

 

(a) The Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments, at a meeting thereof, duly called, constituted and held on December l, 1984 , at which a quorum of such shareholders was present, adopted the Amendments.

 

The holders of the following classes of shares were entitled to vote as a class in respect of the Amendments:

 

(1) Common

 

(2)

 

(3)


Corporate Form No. 102 (Oct. 1979) — Page Three

 

The number of shares entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments, the number of shares voted in favor of the adoption of the Amendments, and the number of shares voted against such adoption are as follows:

 

     Total

   Shares Entitled to Vote as a Class
(as listed immediately above)


 
          (1 )   (2 )   (3 )

Shares entitled to vote:

   5    5              

Shares voted in favor:

   5    5              

Shares voted against:

                       

 

Section 3. Compliance with Legal Requirements.

 

The manner of the adoption of the Amendments, and the vote by which they were adopted, constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

Statement of Changes Made With Respect to Any Increase

In The Number of Shares Heretofore Authorized

 

Aggregate Number of Shares Previously Authorized

   N/A

Increase (indicate “0” or “N/A” if no increase)

   N/A

Aggregate Number of Shares To Be Authorized After Effect of This Amendment

    


Corporate Form No. 102 (Oct. 1979) — Page Four

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers execute these Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, and certify to the truth of the facts herein stated, this 1st day of December, 1984.

 

         
(Written Signature)       (Written Signature)
Jack Henry Herider       Stanley Guilkey
(Printed Signature)       (Printed Signature)

President

     

Secretary

 

STATE OF INDIANA    }     
        SS:
COUNTY OF Marion        

 

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public duly commissioned to take acknowledgements and administer oaths in the State of Indiana, certify that Jack Henry Herider, the President, and Stanley Guilkey, the Secretary of the Corporation, the officers executing the foregoing Articles of Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, personally appeared before me, acknowledged the execution thereof, and swore or attested to the truth of the facts therein stated.

 

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 1st day of December, 1984.

 

(Written Signature)
Sarah F. Harkness
(Printed Signature)

 

 

        NOTARY PUBLIC

My Commission Expires:

     

My County of Residence is:

4/23/88       Hamilton
This instrument was prepared by Stephen W. Sutherlin, Attorney at Law,
(Name)     

 

2835 One American Square    Indianapolis    Indiana    46282

(Number and Street or Building)

   (City)    (State)    (Zip Code)


NOTE: This form may now also be used for amending pursuant to the Medical Professional Corporation Act, the Dental Professional Corporation Act, and the Professional Corporation Act of 1965, as well as the General Corporation Act. If the corporation was formed pursuant to the authority of one of these statutes other than the General Corporation Act, so indicate in the preamble below by striking the references to the three inappropriate statutes. Professional Accounting Corporations are considered to be formed pursuant to the authority of the Indiana General Corporation Act, but subject to the provisions of IC 23-1-13.5, and appropriate statutory reference should be made in the preamble or Article I below.   

State Form 38333

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

VIGO COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE INCORPORATED

 

The undersigned officers of VIGO COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) existing pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana General Corporation Act (Medical Professional Corporation Act/Dental Professional Corporation Act/ Professional Corporation Act of 1965), as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating amendment of certain provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, certify the following facts:

 

ARTICLE I

Text of the Amendment

 

The exact text of Article(s) I, Name of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Amendments”), now is as follows:

 

The name of the Corporation is Aid Ambulance of Vigo County, Inc.


Corporate Form No. 102 (Oct. 1979) —Page Two

 

ARTICLE II

Manner of Adoption and Vote

 

Section 1. Action by Directors (select appropriate paragraph).

 

(a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation, at a meeting thereof, duly called, constituted and held on July 26, 1984, at which a quorum of such Board of Directors was present, duly adopted a resolution proposing to the Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments that the provisions and terms of Article(s) of its Articles of Incorporation be amended so as to read as set forth in the Amendments; and called a meeting of such shareholders, to be held July 26, 1984, to adopt or reject the Amendments, unless the same were so approved prior to such date by unanimous written consent.

 

Section 2. Action by Shareholders (select appropriate paragraph).

 

(a) The Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments, at a meeting thereof, duly called, constituted and held on July 26, 1984, at which a quorum of such shareholders was present, adopted the Amendments.

 

The holders of the following classes of shares were entitled to vote as a class in respect of the Amendments:

 

(1) Common Stock

 

(2)

 

(3)


Corporate Form No. 102 (Oct. 1979) — Page Three

 

The number of shares entitled to vote in respect of the Amendments, the number of shares voted in favor of the adoption of the Amendments, and the number of shares voted against such adoption are as follows:

 

     Total

   Shares Entitled to Vote as a Class
(as listed immediately above)


 
          (1 )   (2 )   (3 )

Shares entitled to vote:

   5    5              

Shares voted in favor:

   5    5              

Shares voted against:

                       

 

Section 3. Compliance with Legal Requirements.

 

The manner of the adoption of the Amendments, and the vote by which they were adopted, constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

Statement of Changes Made With Respect to Any Increase

In The Number of Shares Heretofore Authorized

 

Aggregate Number of Shares Previously Authorized

   n/a

Increase (indicate “0” or “N/A” if no increase)

   n/a

Aggregate Number of Shares To Be Authorized After Effect of This Amendment

   n/a
EX-3.11 3 dex311.htm BYLAWS OF AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC. Bylaws of Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.

Exhibit 3.11

 

BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

Section 1 — Name.

 

The name of the corporation shall be Vigo County Ambulance Service Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the “corporation”).

 

Section 2 — Seal.

 

The corporation shall have a corporate seal which shall be as follows: A circular disc, on the outer margin of which shall appear the corporate name and State of Incorporation, with the words “Corporate Seal” through the center, so mounted that it may be used to impress these words in raised letters upon paper. The seal shall be in charge of the Secretary.

 

Section 3 — Fiscal Year.

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin at the beginning of the first day of January and end at the close of the last day of December next succeeding.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 1 — Consideration for Shares.

 

The Board of Directors shall cause the corporation to issue the capital stock of the corporation for such consideration as has been fixed by such board in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 2 — Payment of Shares.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the consideration for the issuance of shares of the capital stock of the corporation may be paid, in whole or in part, in money, in other property, tangible or intangible, or in labor actually performed for, or services actually rendered to, the corporation; provided, however, that the part of the surplus of a corporation which is transferred to capital upon the issuance of shares as a share dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for the issuance of such shares. When payment of the consideration for which a share was authorized to be issued shall have been received by the corporation, or when surplus shall have been transferred to capital upon the issuance of a share dividend, such share shall be declared and taken to be


fully paid and not liable to any further call or assessment, and the holder thereof shall not be liable for any further payments thereon. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the board of directors as to the value of such property, labor or services received as consideration, or the value placed by the board of directors upon the corporate assets in the event of a share dividend shall be conclusive. Promissory notes or future services shall not be accepted in payment or part payment of any of the capital stock of the corporation.

 

Section 3 — Certificates for Shares.

 

The corporation shall issue to each shareholder a certificate signed by the president or a vice-president, and the secretary of the corporation certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Where such certificate is also signed by a transfer agent or registrar, the signatures of the president, vice-president or secretary may be facsimiles. The certificate shall state the name of the registered holder, the number of shares represented thereby, the par value of each share or a statement that such shares have no par value, and whether such shares have been fully paid up, the certificate shall be legibly stamped to indicate the per centum which has been paid up, and as further payments are made thereon the certificate shall be stamped accordingly.

 

If the corporation issues more than one class, every certificate issued shall state the kind and class of shares represented thereby, and the relative rights, interests, preferences and restrictions of such class, or a summary thereof.

 

Section 4 — Form of Certificates.

 

The stock certificates to represent the shares of the capital stock of this corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Indiana, as may be adopted by the board of directors.

 

Section 5 — Transfer of Stock.

 

Title to a certificate and to the shares represented thereby can be transferred only:

 

(1) By delivery of the certificate endorsed either in blank or to a specified person by the person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares represented thereby; or

 

(2) By delivery of the certificate and a separate document containing a written assignment of the certificate or a power of attorney to sell, assign, or transfer the same or the shares represented thereby, signed by the person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares represented thereby. Such assignment or power of attorney may be either in blank or to a specified person.


Section 6 — Closing of Transfer Books.

 

The transfer books shall be closed for a period of ten days prior to the date set for any meeting of shareholders, and during such period no new certificate of stock shall be issued by this corporation and no change or transfer shall be made upon the records thereof.

 

ARTICLE III

 

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1 — Place of Meetings.

 

All meetings of shareholders shall be held within this state and at the principal office of the corporation, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 2 — Annual Meeting.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the 5th day in June of each year, if such day is not a legal holiday, and if a holiday, then on the first following day that is not a legal holiday. If for any reason the annual meeting of the shareholders shall not be held at the time and place herein provided, the same may be held at any time thereafter, but not later than five months after the close of each fiscal year of the corporation.

 

Section 3 — Special Meetings.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the president, by the board of directors, or by shareholders holding not less than one-fourth of all the shares of capital stock outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote on the business proposed to be transacted thereat.

 

Section 4 — Notice of Meetings.

 

A written or printed notice, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in case of a special meeting the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered or mailed by the secretary or by the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each holder of the capital stock of the corporation at the time entitled to vote, at such address as appears upon the records of the corporation, at least ten days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any such meeting may be waived in writing by any shareholder if the waiver sets forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the time and place thereof. Attendance at any meeting, in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting.


Section 5 — Voting at Meetings.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall have the right at every shareholders’ meeting of the corporation to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the corporation.

 

No share shall be voted at any meeting:

 

(1) Upon which an installment is due and unpaid; or

 

(2) Which shall have been transferred on the books of the corporation within ten days next preceding the date of the meeting; or

 

(3) Which belongs to the corporation that issued the share.

 

Section 6 — Proxies.

 

A shareholder may vote, either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein.

 

Section 7 — Quorum.

 

Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, at any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the shares of the capital stock outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.

 

Section 8 — Organization.

 

The president and in his absence, the vice-president, and in their absence any shareholder chosen by the shareholders present, shall call meetings of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of such meetings, and the secretary of the company shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the secretary the presiding officer may appoint a shareholder to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1 — Board of Directors.

 

The board of directors shall consist of five (5) members, who shall be elected annually by a majority of the shares represented at the annual meeting of the shareholders. Such directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the


shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders unless the Articles of Incorporation so require.

 

Section 2 — Duties.

 

The corporate power of this corporation shall be vested in the board of directors, who shall have the management and control of the business of the corporation. They shall employ such agents and servants as they may deem advisable, and fix the rate of compensation of all agents, employees and officers.

 

Section 3 — Resignation.

 

A director may resign at any time by filing his written resignation with the secretary.

 

Section 4 — Removal.

 

At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, directors may be removed in the manner provided in this section, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. Any or all of the members of the board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote, at an election of directors.

 

Section 5 — Vacancies.

 

In case of any vacancy in the board of directors through death, resignation, removal or other cause, the remaining directors by the affirmative vote of a majority thereof may elect a successor to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting and until his successor is elected and qualified. If the vote of the remaining members of the board shall result in a tie, the vacancy shall be filled by shareholders at the annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose. Shareholders shall be notified of the name, address, principal occupation and other pertinent information about any director elected by the board of directors to fill any vacancy.

 

Section 6 — Annual Meetings.

 

The board of directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place where such meeting of the shareholders has been held, for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and consideration of any other business that may be brought before the meeting. No notice shall be necessary for the holding of this annual meeting. If such meeting is not held as above provided, the election of officers may be had at any subsequent meeting of the board specifically called in the manner provided in Section 7 following.


Section 7 — Other Meetings.

 

Other meetings of the board of directors may be held upon the call of the president, or of two or more members of the board of directors, at any place within or without the State of Indiana, upon forty-eight hours’ notice, specifying the time, place and general purposes of the meeting, given to each director, either personally, by mailing, or by telegram. At any meeting at which all directors are present, notice of the time, place and purpose thereof shall be deemed waived; and similar notice may likewise be waived by absent directors, either by written instrument or by telegram.

 

Section 8 — Quorum.

 

At any meeting of the board of directors, the presence of a majority of the members of the board elected and qualified shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except the filling of vacancies in the board of directors.

 

Section 9 — Organization.

 

The president and in his absence the vice-president and in their absence any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the board of directors to order, and shall act as chairman of such meetings. The secretary of the company shall act as secretary of the board of directors, but in the absence of the secretary the presiding officer may appoint any director to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 10 — Order of Business.

 

The order of business at all meetings of the board of directors shall be as follows:

 

  (1) Roll call,

 

  (2) Reading of the Minutes of the preceding meeting and action thereon,

 

  (3) Reports of officers,

 

  (4) Reports of committees,

 

  (5) Unfinished business,

 

  (6) Miscellaneous business,

 

  (7) New business.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

 

Section 1 — Officers.

 

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that the duties of the president and secretary shall not be performed by the same person. The board of directors by resolution may create and define the duties of


other offices in the corporation and shall elect or appoint persons to fill all such offices. Election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 2 — Vacancies.

 

Whenever any vacancies shall occur in any office by death, resignation, increase in the number of offices of the corporation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board of directors, and the officer so elected shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified.

 

Section 3 — President.

 

The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and directors, discharge all the duties which devolve upon a presiding officer, and perform such other duties as this code of by-laws provides, or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

The president shall have full authority to execute proxies in behalf of the corporation, to vote stock owned by it in any other corporation, and to execute, with the secretary, powers of attorney appointing other corporations, partnerships, or individuals the agent of the corporation, all subject to the provisions of The Indiana General Corporation Act of 1929, as amended; the Articles of Incorporation and this code of by-laws.

 

Section 4 — Vice-President.

 

The vice-president shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president during the absence or disability of the president, and perform such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

Section 5 — Secretary.

 

The secretary shall have the custody and care of the corporate seal, records, minutes and stock books of the corporation. He shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors, and shall keep, or cause to be kept in a book provided for the purpose, a true and complete record of the proceedings of such meetings, and shall perform a like duty for all standing committees appointed by the board of directors, when required. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the corporation, shall file and take charge of all papers and documents belonging to the corporation and shall perform such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

Section 6 — Treasurer.

 

The treasurer shall keep correct and complete records of account, showing accurately at all times, the financial condition of the corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all moneys, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the corporation. He shall immediately deposit all funds


of the corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depositary to be designated by the board of directors, and shall keep such bank account in the name of the corporation. He shall furnish at meetings of the board of directors, or whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe. The treasurer may be required to furnish bond in such amount as shall be determined by the board of directors.

 

Section 7 — Delegation of Authority.

 

In case of the absence of any officer of the corporation, or for any other reason that the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board of directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire board of directors concurs therein.

 

Section 8 — Execution of Documents.

 

Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, all contracts, leases, commercial paper and other instruments in writing and legal documents, shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. All bonds, deeds and mortgages shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. All certificates of stock shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary.

 

All checks, drafts, notes and orders for the payment of money shall be signed by those officers or employees of the corporation as the directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 9 — Loans to Officers.

 

No loan of money or property or any advance on account of services to be performed in the future shall be made to any officer or director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CORPORATE BOOKS

 

Section 1 — Place of Keeping, In General.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Indiana, by the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation or by these by-laws, the books and records of the corporation may be kept at such place or places, within or without the State of Indiana, as the board of directors may from time to time by resolution determine.

 

Section 2 — Stock Register or Transfer Book.

 

The original or duplicate stock register or transfer book shall contain a complete and accurate shareholders list, alphabetically arranged, giving the names and addresses of


all shareholders, the number and classes of shares held by each, and shall be kept at the principal office of the corporation in the State of Indiana.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1 — Amendments

 

By-Laws may be adopted, amended or repealed at any meeting of the board of directors by the vote of a majority thereof, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide for the adoption, amendment or repeal by the shareholders, in which event, action thereon may be taken at any meeting of the shareholders by the vote of a majority of the voting shares outstanding.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of October 12, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article I, Section 3, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on June 30, or such other date as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 1, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Indiana, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article IV, Section 1, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than nine (9), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director shall serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

EX-3.12 4 dex312.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.

Exhibit 3.12

 

FILED

MAR 22 1994

LONNA R. HOOKS

Secretary of State

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

 

To: The Secretary of State
  State of New Jersey

 

The undersigned, of the age of eighteen years or over, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of Title 14A, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes, does hereby execute the following Certificate of Incorporation:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

 

SECOND: The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: To do any lawful act or thing for which corporations may be organized pursuant to the provisions of Title 14A, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

THIRD: The Aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is:

 

1,000 shares without nominal or par value

 

FOURTH: The address of the corporation’s initial registered office and the name of the corporation’s initial registered agent therein are:

 

Kathleen M. Morley         11 Mistletoe Road, Matawan, NJ 07747


FIFTH: The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors shall be one and the names and addresses of the directors are as follows:

 

Kathleen M. Morley         11 Mistletoe Road, Matawan, NJ 07747

 

SIXTH: No director or officer of the corporation shall be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the corporation or its shareholders, except for liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit.

 

SEVENTH: The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Christine Suarez-Loures         253B State Highway 79, Morganville, NJ 07751

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, the incorporator of the above-named corporation, has hereunto signed this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Dated: March 21, 1994       /s/ Christine Suarez-Loures
        Christine Suarez-Loures
EX-3.13 5 dex313.htm BYLAWS OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC. Bylaws of Ambulance Transport Systems, Inc.

Exhibit 3.13

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

 

Adopted March 23, 1994

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1. Registered Office and Agent. — The registered office of the Corporation in the State of New Jersey is at 168 Main Street, South Amboy, NJ 08879 14A: 4-1

 

The registered agent of the Corporation at such office is Christine Suarez-Loures.

 

2. Principal Place of Business. — The principal place of business of the Corporation is 168 Main Street, South Amboy, NY 08879

 

3. Other Places of Business. — Branch or subordinate places of business or offices may be established at any time by the Board at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.


ARTICLE II

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

14A:5-2

  

1. Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held upon not less than ten

14A:5-4(1)

  

nor more than sixty days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting at        o’clock        m. on the day of the month of        of each year at

14A:5-1

  

or at such other time and place as shall be specified in the notice of meeting, in order to elect directors and transact such other business as shall come before the meeting. If that date is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day.

14A:5-3

  

2. Special Meetings. — A special meeting of shareholders may be called for any purpose by the president or the Board. A special meeting shall be held upon not less than ten nor more than sixty days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting.

14A:5-6(1)

  

3. Action Without Meeting. — The shareholders may act without a meeting by written consent in accordance with N.J.S.A. 14A:5-6. Such consents may be executed together, or in counterparts, and shall be filed in the Minute Book. Special rules apply to the annual election of directors, mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of shares or the sales of assets.

14A:5-9(1)

  

4. Quorum. — The presence at a meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of shares entitled to cast        of the        votes shall constitute a quorum.


ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

14A:6-2

  

1. Number and Term of Office. — The Board shall consist of no more than        and no less than        members. The precise number shall be set by the directors or by the

14A:6-3

   shareholders at each annual meeting before the election of directors. Each director shall be elected by the shareholders at each annual meeting and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until that director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.

14A:6-10(2)

  

2. Regular Meetings. — A regular meeting of the Board shall be held without notice immediately following and at the same place as the annual shareholders’ meeting for the purposes of electing officers and conducting such other business as may come before the meeting. The Board, by resolution, may provide for additional regular meetings which may be held without notice, except to members not present at the time of the adoption of the resolution.

14A:6-10(2)

  

3. Special Meeting. — A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time by the president or by directors for any purpose. Such meetings shall be held upon days notice if given orally, (either by telephone or in person,) or by telegraph, or by days        notice if given by depositing the notice in the United States mails, postage prepaid. Such notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting.

14A:6-7.1(5)

  

4. Action Without Meeting. — The Board may act without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, each member of the Board shall consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed in the minute book.

14A:6-7.1(3)

  

5. Quorum. —            of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.


14A:6-5

  

6. Vacancies in Board of Directors. — Any vacancy in the Board may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director.

14A:6-6

  

7. Removal of Directors. — Any director may be removed for cause, or without cause unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, by a majority vote of shareholders.

14A:6-10(3)

  

8. Presence at Meetings. — Where appropriate communication facilities are reasonably available, any or all directors shall have the right to participate in all or any part of a meeting of the board or a committee of the board by means of conference telephone or any means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.


ARTICLE IV

 

WAIVERS OF NOTICE

 

14A:5-5(1)

   Any notice required by these by-laws, by 14A:6-10(2) the certificate of incorporation, or by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act may be waived in writing by any person entitled to notice. The waiver or waivers may be executed either before or after the event with respect to which notice is waived. Each director or shareholder attending a meeting without protesting, prior to its conclusion, the lack of proper notice shall be deemed conclusively to have waived notice of the meeting.


ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

14A:6-15(1)

  

1. Election. — At its regular meeting following the annual meeting of shareholders, the Board shall elect a president, a treasurer, a secretary, and it may elect such other officers, including one or more vice presidents, 14A:6-15(2) as it shall deem necessary. One person may hold two or more offices.

14A:6-15(4)

  

2. Duties and Authority of President. — The president shall be chief executive officer of the Corporation. Subject only to the authority of the Board, he shall have general charge and supervision over, and responsibility for, the business and affairs of the Corporation. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, all other officers shall be subject to the authority and supervision of the President. The president may enter into and execute in the name of the Corporation contracts or other instruments in the regular course of business or contracts or other instruments not in the regular course of business which are authorized, either generally or specifically, by the Board. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation.

14A:6-15(4)

  

3. Duties and Authority of Vice President. The vice president shall perform such duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated to him by the president or by the Board. In the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice president shall perform the duties and be vested with the authority of the president.

14A:6-15(4)

  

4. Duties and Authority of Treasurer. — The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept regular books of account for the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to that office or as shall be assigned by the president or the Board.

14A:6-15(4)

  

5. Duties and Authority of Secretary. — The secretary shall cause notices of all meetings to be served as prescribed in these bylaws and shall keep


     or cause to be kept the minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and the Board. The secretary shall have charge of the seal of the Corporation.
     The secretary shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to that office or as are assigned by the president or the Board.

14A:6-16

  

6.      Removal and Resignation of Officers; Filling of Vacancies.

    

A.     Any officer elected by the board may be removed by the board with or without cause. An officer elected by the shareholders may be removed, with or without cause, only by vote of the shareholders but his authority to act as an officer may be suspended by the board for cause. The removal of an officer shall be without prejudice to his contract rights, if any. Election of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

    

B.     An officer may resign by written notice to the corporation. The resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the corporation or at such subsequent time as shall be specified in the notice of resignation.

    

C.     Any vacancy occurring among the officers, however caused, shall be filled by the board.


ARTICLE VI

 

AMENDMENTS TO AND EFFECT OF BY-LAWS;

FISCAL YEAR

 

    

1. Force and Effect of By-Laws. — These bylaws are subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act and the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time. If any provision in these by-laws is inconsistent with a provision in the Act or the certificate of incorporation, the provision of that Act or the certificate of incorporation shall govern.

    

2. Wherever in these by-laws references are made to more than one incorporator, director, or shareholder, they shall, if this is a sole incorporator, director, shareholder corporation, be construed to mean the solitary person; and all provisions dealing with the quantum of majorities or quorums shall be deemed to mean the action by the one person constituting the corporation.

14A:2-9(1)

  

3. Amendments to By-laws. — These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the shareholders or the board. Any by-law adopted, amended, or repealed by the shareholders may be amended or repealed by the Board, unless the resolution of the shareholders adopting such by-law expressly reserves to the shareholders the right to amend or repeal it.

    

4. Fiscal Year. — The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of            of each year.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


Exhibit A

 

1. Article I, OFFICES, of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1. Registered Office and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of New Jersey both a known place of business that may be the address of its registered agent, and a registered agent.

 

2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of New Jersey. “

 

2. The Sections entitled “Annual Meeting” and “Quorum” in Article II, SHAREHOLDERS, of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“SHAREHOLDERS

 

1. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held upon not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting. The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of New Jersey. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

4. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or the New Jersey Business Corporation Act, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.”

 

3. The Section entitled “Number and Term of Office” in Article III, BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

1. Number and Term of Office. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of


the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of New Jersey or shareholders of the Corporation. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.”

 

4. The Section entitled “Quorum” in Article III, BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“5. Quorum and Voting. A quorum of the board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.”

 

5. The Section entitled “Fiscal Year” in Article VI, AMENDMENTS TO AND EFFECT OF BY-LAWS; FISCAL YEAR, of the By-laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors.”


Exhibit 3.13

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, NC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of February 25, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 1 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day of April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

RESOLVED, that Article IV, Section 1 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The number of members of the Board of Directors may be set by resolution of the Board of Directors and shall not be less than three (3), except that where are shares of the Corporation are owned of record by one (1) or two (2) shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three (3) but not less than the number of shareholders.


CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

OF

 

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

Section 1. Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at such place in Franklin County, Ohio as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the State of Ohio, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE II. SEAL

 

The Board of Directors may, but it need not, provide a suitable seal containing the name of the Corporation. If found advisable by the Board of Directors duplicate seals may be provided and kept for the use of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held on the first Monday in October in each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next day not a legal holiday, for the election of directors and the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting. There may also be considered and acted upon at an annual meeting any matter which could properly be considered and acted upon at a special meeting, in which case and for which purpose the annual meeting shall also be considered as, and shall be, a special meeting. When the annual meeting is not held or directors are not elected thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting.


Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the holder or holders of twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding common stock of the Corporation, or by the directors by action at a meeting, or by a majority of the directors acting without a meeting, or by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Place of Meetings. Any meeting of the shareholders may be held either at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the State of Ohio as may be designated in the notice of said meeting.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Unless waived, a written notice of each annual or special meeting stating the day, hour and place and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be served upon or mailed to each shareholder of record entitled to vote upon any question to be considered thereat or entitled to notice, not more than sixty (60) days nor less than seven (7) days before any such meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to a shareholder at his address as the same appears upon the records of the Corporation and notice shall be considered to have been given on the day the same is mailed.

 

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. Any shareholder, either before or after any meeting, may waive in writing any notice required to be given by law or under these regulations; and whenever all of the shareholders entitled to vote shall meet in person or by proxy and consent to holding a meeting, it shall be valid for all purposes without call or notice, and at such meeting any action may be taken.

 

Section 6. Quorum and Voting. At any meeting of shareholders, the presence at the meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares shall be required to constitute a quorum. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, the shareholders may proceed to transact all business and consider all questions properly before such meeting.


All questions and business which shall come before such meeting shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the share of such class represented thereat and entitled to vote.

 

At any meeting, whether a quorum is present or not, the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat by shareholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time and place to place without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place fixed for holding such adjourned meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might be transacted at the meeting as originally notified or held.

 

At all meetings of shareholders, every shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote on each question for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation on the date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting either in person or by proxy.

 

Section 7. Proxies. Any shareholder of record who is entitled to attend a shareholders’ meeting or to vote thereat or to execute consents, waivers or releases shall be entitled to be represented at such meeting or to vote thereat and to execute consents, waivers and releases as the case may be, and appointed by a writing signed by such shareholders which need not to be sealed, witnessed or acknowledged. Every proxy must be executed in a writing as provided by law, by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless the shareholder executing it shall have specified therein the date on which it is to expire or the length of time it is to continue in force.


Section 8. Financial Reports. At the annual meeting, or the meeting held in lieu thereof, the officers of the Corporation shall lay before the shareholders a financial statement as required by law.

 

Section 9. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be authorized or taken without a meeting in a writing or writings signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting for such purpose, which writing or writings shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV. DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The number of directors shall be three (3), except that where all shares of the Corporation are owned of record by one or two shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders.

 

Section 2. Election of Directors. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, or if not so elected, at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

 

At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be directors.

 

Section 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the date fixed by these Regulations for the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. In the case of vacancies in the directors, such vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors, until an election to fill such vacancies is had. Shareholders entitled to elect directors shall have the right to fill any vacancy


in the Board of Directors, whether the same has been temporarily filled by the remaining directors or not, at any meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and any director elected at any such meeting of shareholders shall serve until the date fixed by these Regulations for the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.

 

Section 5. General Powers of Directors. Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by or implied in Section 5 of this Article, the Board of Directors shall have power:

 

(a) To fix, define and limit the powers and duties of all officers, and to fix the compensation of all directors and officers.

 

(b) To appoint and at their discretion, with or without cause, to remove or suspend all subordinate officers, assistants, managers, agents and employees as the directors may from time to time consider advisable, and to determine the duties and fix the compensation of all subordinate officers, assistants, managers, agents and employees.

 

(c) To require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to furnish a bond for faithful performance of his powers and duties in such amount and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may approve.

 

(d) To designate a depository or depositories of the funds of the Corporation and the officer or officers or other persons who shall be authorized to sign notes, checks, drafts, contracts, deeds, mortgages and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 6. Meetings of Directors. Regular meetings of the directors shall be held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders and at such other times and places as may be fixed by the directors, and such meetings may be held without further notice.


Special meetings of the directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary of the Corporation, or by any two directors. Notice of the time and place of a special meeting shall be served upon or telephoned to each director at least twenty-four (24) hours, or mailed, telegraphed, or cabled to each director at least forty-eight (48) hours, prior to the time of the meeting.

 

Any action which, by virtue of any provision of the laws of the state of incorporation, the articles, or these regulations, may be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing signed by all of the directors.

 

Section 7. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the whole authorized number of directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business other than filling a vacancy in the Board. At any meeting at which a quorum is present all questions and business which shall come before the meeting shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the directors, except as otherwise provided in these Regulations. At any meeting, whether a quorum is present or not, a majority of those present may adjourn from time to time and from place to place without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might be transacted at the meeting as originally notified or held.

 

Section 8. Removal of Directors. Any director may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the shareholders of record of the company entitled to vote, taken at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. The vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by the shareholders at such meeting.


ARTICLE V. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall consist of a president, a vice-president, and a secretary and a treasurer and such additional vice presidents or assistant secretaries, treasurers and other officers as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, elect. Any two offices, except those of president and a vice president, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity.

 

Section 2. Term of Office. Each officer elected by the Board of Directors shall hold office for a term of one (1) year and until his successor is elected, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution for terms of office other than those specified herein.

 

Section 3. Duties of Officers. Subject to such limitations as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, the officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such additional powers and duties as may be conferred upon them, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and all other officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. If the office of any officer or agent becomes vacant for any reason whatsoever, the directors then in office, by majority vote, may elect a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

 

ARTICLE VI. SHARE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

 

Section 1. Form and Execution. The interest of each shareholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates for shares of stock in such form as required by law and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. These


certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president, and by the secretary or the treasurer or an assistant secretary or an assistant treasurer. Such certificates shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation, if any, and such seal may be simulated and merely a printed or engraved facsimile. In case any officer who shall have signed any such certificate shall cease to be such officer of the Corporation for any reason whatsoever before such certificate shall have been issued, such certificate may, but need not, be issued and delivered with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares of stock, with an assignment and power of transfer duly endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signatures as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require; and further, the transfer of such shares shall be subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, if any.

 

Section 3. Closing of Transfer Books. In lieu of prohibiting the transfer of shares of stock, the Board of Directors may fix a day and hour (“record date”) for determination of the shareholders entitled to: (1) receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, (2) receive payment of any dividend or distribution, (3) receive or exercise rights of purchase of or subscription for, or exchange or conversion of, shares or other securities, subject to contract rights with respect thereto, or (4) participate in the execution of written consents, waivers or releases. Such record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any meeting of the shareholders or the date of the events described in (2) through (4), above, as the case may be. All persons who were holders of record of voting shares of stock on such record date and no


others shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or to participate in the events described in (2) through (4), above, as the case may be.

 

Section 4. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by the General Corporation Law of Ohio.

 

Section 5. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation may be issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed; and may, in its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his legal representative to give bond, with such surety as it shall consider sufficient, to the Corporation or its agents to indemnify them against any and all loss or claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate in place of one so lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

Section 1. Inspection of Books. The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may by statute be specifically required to be open to inspection), or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the shareholders, and the shareholders’ rights in this respect are and shall be restricted and limited accordingly.

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of September in each year, unless otherwise provided from time to time by the Board of Directors.


Section 3. Amendments. These Regulations may be amended or added to, or repealed and superseded by new Regulations, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders in the notice (or waivers of notice) of which the intention to consider such amendment, addition, or repeal is stated, by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power on such proposal.

 

Section 4. Voting Upon Shares Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chairman in person or by proxy or proxies appointed by him shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to vote, act and consent with respect to any shares issued by other corporations which the Corporation may own.

 

Section 5. Articles to Govern. If any provision of these Regulations shall be inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, the Articles of Incorporation shall govern.

EX-3.14 6 dex314.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of American Limousine Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.14

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.

 

The undersigned, who is a citizen of the United States, desiring to form a corporation for profit, in accordance with Chapter 1701, Ohio Revised Code, does hereby state the following:

 

FIRST:   The name of the said corporation shall be AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.
SECOND:   The place in Ohio where its principal office is to be located is Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio.
THIRD:  

The purposes for which the said corporation is organized shall be:

 

Generally, consistent with the provisions of §1741.04(A)(3) of the Ohio Revised Code, to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed under Chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised Code.

FOURTH:   The corporation by action of its Board of Directors may, at any time and from time to time, purchase or redeem shares of any class issued by it, to the extent of its surplus, to the extent permitted by law.
FIFTH:   The number of shares of stock which the said corporation is authorized to have outstanding is One Hundred (100) shares all of which shall be common shares without par value.
SIXTH:   The amount of stated capital with which the corporation shall begin business is not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
SEVENTH:   The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to fix and determine, and to vary, the amount of working capital of the corporation to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of the surplus, however created or arising, shall be used or disposed of, or declared in dividends, or paid to shareholders, and without action by the shareholders, to use and apply such surplus, or any part thereof, or such part of the stated capital of the corporation as is permitted under the provisions of §1701.35 of the Ohio Revised Code, or any statute of like tenor or effect which is hereinafter enacted, at any time or from time to time, in the purchase or acquisition of shares of any class, voting-trust certificates for shares, bonds, debentures, notes, script, warrants, obligations, evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, or other securities of the corporation, to such extent or amount and in such manner and upon such terms as the Board of Directors shall deem expedient.


EIGHTH:   Every statute of the State of Ohio hereafter enacted, whereby the rights or privileges of shareholders of a corporation organized under the General Corporation law of said state are increased, diminished, or in any way affected, or whereby effect is given to any action authorized, ratified, or approved by less than all the shareholders of any such corporation, shall apply to the corporation and shall be binding upon every shareholder thereof to the same extent as if such statute had been in force at the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation.
NINTH:   A director or officer of the corporation shall not be disqualified by his office from dealing or contracting with the corporation as a vendor, purchaser, employee, agent, or otherwise. No transaction or contract or act of the corporation shall be void or voidable or in any way affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any director or officer, or any firm of which any director or officer is a shareholder, director, or trustee, or any trust of which any director or officer is a trustee or beneficiary, is in any way interested in such transaction or contract or act. No director or officer shall be accountable or responsible to the corporation for or in respect to any transaction or contract or act of the corporation or for any gains or profits directly or indirectly realized by him by reason of the fact that he or any firm of which he is a member or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, director, or trustee, or any trust of which he is a trustee or beneficiary, is interested in said transaction, contract or act; provided the fact that such director or officer of such firm or such corporation or such trust is so interested shall have been disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or such members thereof as shall be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall authorize or take action in respect to any such contract or transaction or act, and may vote thereat to authorize, ratify, or approve any such contract or transaction or act with like force and effect as if he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, director, or trustee, or any trust of which he is a trustee or beneficiary, were not interested in such transaction or contract or act. Without limiting or qualifying the foregoing, if in any judicial or other inquiry, suit, cause or proceeding, the question of whether a director or officer of the corporation has acted in good faith is material, then notwithstanding any statute or rule of law or of equity to the contrary (if any there be), his good faith shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary by clear and convincing evidence.
TENTH:   Every person who is a director, officer, or employee of the corporation or a former director, officer or employee of the corporation, or a person who is serving or has served at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, or employee of another corporation is hereby indemnified against expenses, judgments, decrees, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement in connection with the defense of any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding, criminal or civil, to which he is or may be made a party by reason of being or having been such director, officer, or employee, provided he is determined by the directors of the corporation acting at a meeting at which a quorum consisting of directors who are not parties to or threatened with any such action, suit or proceeding is present (a) not to have been negligent or guilty of misconduct in the performance of his duty


    to the corporation of which he is such director, officer or employee; (b) to have acted in good faith in what he reasonably believed to be the best interest of such corporation; and (c) in any matter the subject of a criminal action, suit or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, no director who is a party to or threatened with any such action, suit or proceeding shall be qualified to vote on such matter. Alternately, such determinations may be made (a) by a court of competent jurisdiction, (b) by the shareholders of the corporation at a meeting held for such purpose by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of voting power of the corporation on such proposal or (c) adopted by the shareholders of the corporation without a meeting by the written consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds of the voting power on such proposal.
    Such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such director, officer or employee may be entitled including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any insurance purchased by the corporation.
ELEVENTH:   Notwithstanding any provision of any statute of the State of Ohio, now or hereafter in force, requiring for any purpose the vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds or any other proportion of the voting power of the corporation or of any class or classes of shares thereof, any action, unless otherwise expressly required by statute, may be taken by the vote of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation or of such class or classes.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of May, 1987.

 

 

Michael R. Becker

EX-3.15 7 dex315.htm BYLAWS OF AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of American Limousine Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.15

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of February 25, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 1 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day of April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

RESOLVED, that Article IV, Section 1 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The number of members of the Board of Directors may be set by resolution of the Board of Directors and shall not be less than three (3), except that where are shares of the Corporation are owned of record by one (1) or two (2) shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three (3) but not less than the number of shareholders.


CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

OF

 

AMERICAN LIMOUSINE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

Section 1. Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation shall be at such place in Franklin County, Ohio as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, within or without the State of Ohio, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE II. SEAL

 

The Board of Directors may, but it need not, provide a suitable seal containing the name of the Corporation. If found advisable by the Board of Directors duplicate seals may be provided and kept for the use of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held                                           on the first Monday in October in each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next day not a legal holiday, for the election of directors and the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting. There may also be considered and acted upon at an annual meeting any matter which could properly be considered and acted upon at a special meeting, in which case and for which purpose the annual meeting shall also be considered as, and shall be, a special meeting. When the annual meeting is not held or directors are not elected thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the holder or holders of twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding common stock of the


Corporation or by the directors by action at a meeting, or by a majority of the directors acting without a meeting, or by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Place of Meetings. Any meeting of the shareholders may be held either at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the State of Ohio as may be designated in the notice of said meeting.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Unless waived, a written notice of each annual or special meeting stating the day, hour and place and the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be served upon or mailed to each shareholder of record entitled to vote upon any question to be considered thereat or entitled to notice, not more than sixty (60) days nor less than seven (7) days before any such meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to a shareholder at his address as the same appears upon the records of the Corporation and notice shall be considered to have been given on the day the same is mailed.

 

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. Any shareholder, either before or after any meeting, may waive in writing any notice required to be given by law or under these regulations; and whenever all of the shareholders entitled to vote shall meet in person or by proxy and consent to holding a meeting, shall be valid for all purposes without call or notice, and at such meeting any action may be taken.

 

Section 6. Quorum and Voting. At any meeting of shareholders, the presence at the meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares shall be required to constitute a quorum. At any meeting at which a quorum is present, the shareholders may proceed to transact all business and consider all questions properly before such meeting. All questions and business which shall come before such meeting shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the share of such class represented thereat and entitled to vote.


At any meeting, whether a quorum is present or not, the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat by shareholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time and place to place without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place fixed for holding such adjourned meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might be transacted at the meeting as originally notified or held.

 

At all meetings of shareholders, every shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat shall have one vote on each question for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation on the date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting either in person or by proxy.

 

Section 7. Proxies. Any shareholder of record who is entitled to attend a shareholders’ meeting or to vote thereat or to execute consents, waivers or releases shall be entitled to be represented at such meeting or to vote thereat and to execute consents, waivers and releases as the case may be, and appointed by a writing signed by such shareholders which need not to be sealed, witnessed or acknowledged. Every proxy must be executed in a writing as provided by law, by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless the shareholder executing it shall have specified therein the date on which it is to expire or the length of time it is to continue in force.

 

Section 8. Financial Reports. At the annual meeting, or the meeting held in lieu thereof, the officers of the Corporation shall lay before the shareholders a financial statement as required by law.


Section 9. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be authorized or taken without a meeting in a writing or writings signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting for such purpose, which writing or writings shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV. DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The number of directors shall be three (3), except that where all shares of the Corporation are owned of record by one or two shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders.

 

Section 2. Election of Directors. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, or if not so elected, at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

 

At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be directors.

 

Section 3. Term of Office. Each director shall hold office until the date fixed by these Regulations for the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. In the case of vacancies in the directors, such vacancies may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors, until an election to fill such vacancies is had. Shareholders entitled to elect directors shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the Board of Directors, whether the same has been temporarily filled by the remaining directors or not, at any meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and any director elected at any such meeting of shareholders shall serve until the date fixed by these


Regulations for the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office, or death.

 

Section 5. General Powers of Directors. Without prejudice to the general powers conferred by or implied in Section 5 of this Article, the Board of Directors shall have power:

 

(a) To fix, define and limit the powers and duties of all officers, and to fix the compensation of all directors and officers.

 

(b) To appoint and at their discretion, with or without cause, to remove or suspend all subordinate officers, assistants, managers, agents and employees as the directors may from time to time consider advisable, and to determine the duties and fix the compensation of all subordinate officers, assistants, managers, agents and employees.

 

(c) To require any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation to furnish a bond for faithful performance of his powers and duties in such amount and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may approve.

 

(d) To designate a depository or depositories of the funds of the Corporation and the officer or officers or other persons who shall be authorized to sign notes, checks, drafts, contracts, deeds, mortgages and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 6. Meetings of Directors. Regular meetings of the directors shall be held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders and at such other times and places as may be fixed by the directors, and such meetings may be held without further notice.

 

Special meetings of the directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary of the Corporation, or by any two directors. Notice of the time and place of a special meeting shall be served upon or telephoned to each director at least


twenty-four (24) hours, or mailed, telegraphed, or cabled to each director at least forty-eight (48) hours, prior to the time of the meeting.

 

Any action which, by virtue of any provision of the laws of the state of incorporation, the articles, or these regulations, may be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing signed by all of the directors.

 

Section 7. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the whole authorized number of directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business other than filling a vacancy in the Board. At any meeting at which a quorum is present all questions and business which shall come before the meeting shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the directors, except as otherwise provided in these Regulations. At any meeting, whether a quorum is present or not, a majority of those present may adjourn from time to time and from place to place without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might be transacted at the meeting as originally notified or held.

 

Section 8. Removal of Directors. Any director may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting power of the shareholders of record of the company entitled to vote, taken at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. The vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by the shareholders at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE V. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and shall consist of a president, a vice-president, and a secretary and a treasurer and such additional vice presidents or assistant secretaries, treasurers and other officers


as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, elect. Any two offices, except those of president and a vice president, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity.

 

Section 2. Term of Office. Each officer elected by the Board of Directors shall hold office for a term of one (1) year and until his successor is elected, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution for terms of office other than those specified herein.

 

Section 3. Duties of Officers. Subject to such limitations as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe, the officers of the Corporation shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such additional powers and duties as may be conferred upon them, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and all other officers of the Corporation shall be responsible to the President.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. If the office of any officer or agent becomes vacant for any reason whatsoever, the directors then in office, by majority vote, may elect a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

 

ARTICLE VI. SHARE CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

 

Section 1. Form and Execution. The interest of each shareholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates for shares of stock in such form as required by law and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. These certificates shall be signed by the president or a vice president, and by the secretary or the treasurer or an assistant secretary or an assistant treasurer. Such certificates shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation, if any, and such seal may be simulated and merely a printed or


engraved facsimile. In case any officer who shall have signed any such certificate shall cease to be such officer of the Corporation for any reason whatsoever before such certificate shall have been issued, such certificate may, but need not, be issued and delivered with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares of stock, with an assignment and power of transfer duly endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signatures as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require; and further, the transfer of such shares shall be subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, if any.

 

Section 3. Closing of Transfer Books. In lieu of prohibiting the transfer of shares of stock, the Board of Directors may fix a day and hour (“record date”) for determination of the shareholders entitled to: (1) receive notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, (2) receive payment of any dividend or distribution, (3) receive or exercise rights of purchase of or subscription for, or exchange or conversion of, shares or other securities, subject to contract rights with respect thereto, or (4) participate in the execution of written consents, waivers or releases. Such record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any meeting of the shareholders or the date of the events described in (2) through (4), above, as the case may be. All persons who were holders of record of voting shares of stock on such record date and no others shall be entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or to participate in the events described in (2) through (4), above, as the case may be.


Section 4. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by the General Corporation Law of Ohio.

 

Section 5. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate for shares of stock of the Corporation may be issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed; and may, in its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his legal representative to give bond, with such surety as it shall consider sufficient, to the Corporation or its agents to indemnify them against any and all loss or claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate in place of one so lost, stolen, or destroyed.

 

ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1. Inspection of Books. The Board of Directors shall determine from time to time whether and, if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may by statute be specifically required to be open to inspection), or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the shareholders, and the shareholders’ rights in this respect are and shall be restricted and limited accordingly.

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of September in each year, unless otherwise provided from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Amendments. These Regulations may be amended or added to, or repealed and superseded by new Regulations, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders in


the notice (or waivers of notice) of which the intention to consider such amendment, addition, or repeal is stated, by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power on such proposal.

 

Section 4. Voting Upon Shares Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chairman in person or by proxy or proxies appointed by him shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to vote, act and consent with respect to any shares issued by other corporations which the Corporation may own.

 

Section 5. Articles to Govern. If any provision of these Regulations shall be inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, the Articles of Incorporation shall govern.

EX-3.16 8 dex316.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Beacon Transportation, Inc.

Exhibit 3.16

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

 

BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

 

(1) The name of the proposed corporation is:

 

BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

(2) The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed, are as follows, to wit:

 

To buy, lease, sell, and otherwise deal in motor vehicles for use as ambulances, and for other services in connection with ambulance-type services, and to operate and conduct a general ambulance service business for the transportation of persons to and from homes and other places to and from hospitals; to purchase and otherwise acquire garages for the storage of the ambulances and other vehicles used in connection with the ambulance business; to maintain a staff of competent drivers and mechanics; to conduct an ambulance service business in conformity with existing laws and municipal rules and regulations or such as may hereafter be enacted.

 

To sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease, or otherwise alienate or dispose of, and to mortgage or otherwise encumber the lands, buildings, real and personal property of the Corporation wherever situated, and any and all legal and equitable interests therein.

 

To purchase, sell, lease, manufacture, deal in and deal with every kind of goods, wares and merchandise.

 

To own and conduct a general taxicab, automobile, and motor truck transportation business, and to conduct a general garage business. To buy, own, sell, lease, hire or otherwise deal in and with taxicabs, automobiles, motor trucks, and vehicles, and supplies, parts,


accessories, and garage equipment, for use in connection therewith; to transport passengers, baggage, and freight for hire, and to rent or lease taxicabs, automobiles, motor trucks, and vehicles and space therein.

 

To build, rebuild, assemble, and repair taxicabs, automobiles, motor trucks and vehicles of every character.

 

To acquire such property, real and personal, as may be necessary to the conduct of such business.

 

The powers, rights and privileges provided in this Certificate of Incorporation are not to be deemed to be in limitation of similar, other, or additional powers, rights and privileges granted or permitted to a corporation by the Business Corporation Law, it being intended that this corporation shall have the right to engage in such similar activities as like corporations may lawfully engage in under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as now in effect, or as hereafter promulgated.

 

To do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment, attainment or furtherance of, to do every other act or thing incidental to, appurtenant to, growing out of or connected with, the purposes, objects or powers set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, whether alone or in association with others; to possess all the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of New York upon a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York and, in general, to carry on any of the activities and to do any of the things herein set forth to the same extent and as fully as a natural person or partnership might or could do; provided, that nothing herein set forth shall be construed as authorizing the Corporation to possess any purpose, object, or power, or to do any act or thing forbidden by law to a Corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York.


(3) The office of the corporation is to be located in the City of Rochester County of Monroe State of New York.

 

(4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is Twenty Thousand (20,000) shares, each of which is to have a par value of One Dollar ($1.00).

 

(5) The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the corporation Served upon him is:

 

c/o   

Harris, Beach & Wilcox

    

2 State Street

    

Rochester, New York 14614

 

The undersigned incorporator is of the age of twenty-one years or over.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been subscribed this 11th day of February, 1974 by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.

 

/s/ Linda S. Lange

Linda S. Lange

170 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210

EX-3.17 9 dex317.htm BYLAWS OF BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC. Bylaws of Beacon Transportation, Inc.

Exhibit 3.17

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of April 1, 1995:

 

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

 

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


BY-LAWS

 

-of-

 

BEACON TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1. Principal Office

 

The principal office of the Corporation shall be in the city, incorporated village or town and the county within the State of New York as is designated in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 2. Additional Offices

 

The Corporation may also have offices and places of business at such other places, within or without the State of New York, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Time and Place

 

Meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be held at such time and place within or without the State of New York as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each year on the anniversary of the date of filing of the Certificate of Incorporation, and the shareholders shall then elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 3. Notice of Annual Meeting

 

Written notice of the place, date and hour of the annual meeting of shareholders shall be given personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting.


Section 4. Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the written request of shareholders holding at least twenty percent (20%) in amount of shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

 

Section 5. Notice of Special Meeting

 

Written notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and by or at whose direction it is being issued, shall be given personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum

 

Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be necessary to and shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that when a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or series, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or series issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 7. Voting

 

(a) At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Each shareholder shall have one (1) vote for each share of stock having voting power which is registered in his name on the books of the Corporation. Except where another date shall have been fixed as a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to vote, no share of stock shall be voted at any election of Directors which shall have been transferred on the books of the Corporation within twenty (20) days next preceding such election of Directors.

 

Section 7. Voting (continued)

 

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, all elections of Directors shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast, and all other matters shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast.


Section 8. Proxies

 

A proxy, to be valid, shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy is permitted by law.

 

Section 9. Written Consents

 

Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Board of Directors

 

Subject to any provision in the Certificate of Incorporation, the business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, each of whom shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

 

Section 2. Number; Tenure

 

The number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders, but shall in no event be less than three (3), except that where all the shares of the Corporation are owned beneficially and of record by less than three (3) shareholders, the number of Directors may be less than three (3) but not less than the number of shareholders. The Board of Directors shall initially be composed of two (2) Director(s).

 

Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article III. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, each Director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.

 

Section 3. Resignation; Removal

 

Any Director may resign at any time. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote of all Directors then in office, remove a Director for cause. Subject to applicable provisions of law, any or all of the Directors may be removed with or without cause by vote of the shareholders.

 

Section 4. Vacancies

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, if’ any vacancies occur in the Board of Directors by reason of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any Director with cause, or if any new directorships are created, all of the


Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, may, by majority vote, choose it successor or successors, or fill the newly created directorships, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced; provided, however, that if in the event of any such vacancy, the Directors remaining in office shall be unable, by majority vote, to fill such vacancy within thirty (30) days of the occurrence thereof, the President or the Secretary may call a special meeting of the shareholders at which such vacancy shall be filled. In the event of any vacancy created by removal from office of any Director without cause, such special meeting of the shareholders shall be so called within thirty (30) days of the occurrence thereof, at which meeting such vacancy may be filled.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

 

Section 1. Place

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of New York as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Regular Meetings

 

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

 

Section 3. Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President on two (2) days’ notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman, President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of one (1) Director.

 

Section 4. Quorum; Voting

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the Directors present at the time of the vote if a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any such adjournment shall be given to any Directors who were not present and, unless announced at the meeting, to the other Directors.

 

Section 5. Compensation

 

Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed fee and expenses of attendance, if any, may be


allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE V

 

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Form; Delivery

 

Notices to Directors and shareholders shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by mail or telegram. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when deposited in the post office or a letter box, in a post-paid sealed wrapper, and addressed to Directors or shareholders at their addresses appearing on the records of the Corporation.

 

Section 2. Waiver

 

Whenever a notice is required to be given by any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. In addition, any shareholder attending a meeting of shareholders in person or by proxy without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice thereof to him, and any Director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors without protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement, such lack of notice shall be conclusively deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Officers

 

The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers including a Chairman of the hoard as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary; provided, however, that if all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation is owned by one (1) person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

 

Section 2. Authority and Duties

 

All officers, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these By-Laws, or, to the extent not so provided, by the Board of Directors.


Section 3. Term of Office; Removal

 

All officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors and each shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders, and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.

 

Section 4. Compensation

 

The compensation of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the compensation of agents shall either be so fixed or shall be fixed by officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

Section 5. Vacancies

 

If an office becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors shall the vacancy. Any officer so appointed or elected by the Board of Directors shall serve only until the unexpired term of his predecessor shall have expired unless re-elected by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6. The President

 

The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be no Chairman, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Directors; he shall be ex-officio a member of all standing committees, shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

 

Section 7. The Vice-President

 

The Vice-President or, if there be more than one, the Vice-Presidents, in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe.

 

Section 8. The Secretary

 

The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall act. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and shareholder records and such other books and records as the Board may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the Secretary.


Section 9. The Assistant Secretary

 

During the absence or disability of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the one so designated by the Secretary or by the Board of Directors, shall have all the powers and functions of the Secretary.

 

Section 10. The Treasurer

 

The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the corporate funds, and other valuable effects, including securities, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation is such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and Directors, at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

Section 11. The Assistant Treasurer

 

During the absence or disability of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or if there be more than one, the one so designated by the Treasurer or by the Board of Directors, shall have all the powers and functions of the Treasurer.

 

Section 12. Bonds

 

In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer or agent of the Corporation shall give the Corporation a bond for such term, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of’ all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or ender his control belonging to the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

Section 1. Form; Signature

 

The certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be numbered consecutively and entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall exhibit the registered holder’s name and the number and class of shares, and shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and shall bear the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof.

 

Section 2. Lost Certificates

 

The Board of Directors may direct a new share certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to


have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, 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 or destroyed.

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfer

 

Upon surrender to the Corporation or any transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or such transfer agent to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

 

Section 4. Registered Shareholders

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends or other distributions, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 5. Record Date

 

For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shares or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action affecting the interests of shareholders, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date. Such date shall not be more than fifty (50) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor more than fifty (50) days prior to any other action.

 

In each such case, except as otherwise provided by law, only such persons as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to express such consent or dissent, or to receive payment of such dividend, or such allotment of rights, or otherwise to be recognized as shareholders for the related purpose, notwithstanding any registration of transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any such record date so fixed.


ARTICLE VIII

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. Fiscal Year

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Dividends

 

Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the law.

 

Section 3. 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 Directors from time to time, at their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining ally property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interest of the, Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

Section 4. Checks

 

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.

 

Section 5. Seat

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal New York.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. Adoption; Amendment; Repeat

 

By-Laws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any Directors. By-Laws of the Corporation may also be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, but any By-Law adopted by the Board of Directors, may be amended or repeated by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon as herein provided.


Section 2. Amendments Affecting Election of Directors; Notice

 

If any By-Law regulating an impending election of Directors is adopted, amended or repeated by the Board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors the By-Law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.

EX-3.21 10 dex321.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.21

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

CHOICE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

We hereby associate to form a stock company pursuant to the provisions of Chapter I of Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended, and to that end set forth the following:

 

A. NAME

 

The name of the corporation is:

 

CHOICE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

B. PURPOSE

 

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are:

 

To operate a business of transporting persons who are sick, injured, wounded, or otherwise incapacitated or helpless, in medical vehicles; and any other services necessary or incidental thereto.

 

In addition, the corporation shall have the power to carry on business of any character whatsoever which is not prohibited by law or required to be stated in the act.

 

C. STOCK

 

The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue and the par value per share are as follows:

 

CLASS AND SERIES


   NUMBER OF SHARES

   PAR VALUE PER SHARE

Common

   100    $10.00

 

D. REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT

 

The Post office address of the initial registered office is 203 Yoakum Parkway, Suite 514, Alexandria, Virginia 22304, which is located in the City of Alexandria, Virginia. The name of


the initial registered agent is Walter LeRoy Tuthill, who is a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia and an officer of the corporation, whose business address is the same as the post office address of the initial registered office.

 

E. DIRECTORS

 

The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is two, and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors are:

 

Walter LeRoy Tuthill    203 Yoakum Parkway
     Suite 514
     Alexandria, Virginia 22304
Joyce C. Tuthill    205 Yoakum Parkway
     Suite 421
     Alexandria, Virginia 22304

 

DATED this 20 day of April, 1981

 

 

WALTER LEROY TUTHILL

 

JOYCE C. TUTHILL


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

OF

CHOICE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

I, Ronald F. Ducheney, the sole stockholder and the sole director, and sole officer of Choice Ambulance Service, Inc. prepare and file these articles of amendment pursuant to section 13.1-58 of the Code of Virginia (1950) as amended. And to that end set forth the following:

 

1. The name of the corporation is Choice Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

2. Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is to change the name of the corporation to Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

3. On June 2, 1985 the board of directors approved the amendment and found that it was in the best interests of the corporation.

 

4. One Hundred (100) shares constituting all of the corporation’s common stock having been issued, a special meeting of the stockholders was held on June 2, 1985 following waiver of notice of the special meeting of the stockholders where the sole shareholder holding all the shares of the stock was present at said meeting and voted 100 shares in favor and no shares opposed to the amendment changing the name of the corporation.

 

5. Number of shares outstanding of the corporation is 100 shares of common stock there being no other class of shares.

 

Dated this 2nd day of June, 1985

 

  

Ronald F. Ducheney

Chairman of the Board and President/Secretary


COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

 

RICHMOND, June 26, 1985

 

The accompanying articles having been delivered to the State Corporation Commission on behalf of

 

CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (formerly CHOICE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.)

 

and the Commission having found that the articles comply with the requirements of law and that all required fees have been paid, it is

 

ORDERED that this CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

 

be issued, and that this order, together with the articles, be admitted to record in this office of the Commission; and that the corporation have the authority conferred on it by law in accordance with the articles, subject to the conditions and restrictions imposed by law.

 

Upon the completion of such recordation, this order and the articles shall be forwarded for recordation in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Fairfax County.

 

STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

By

  /s/ Thomas P. Harwood, Jr.
    Commissioner
EX-3.22 11 dex322.htm BYLAWS OF CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.22

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

BYLAWS

OF

CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Shareholders of the Corporation as of October 1, 1999.

 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority contained in Article IX of the Bylaws of the Corporation, Article III, Section 2. of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“2. NUMBER, TENURE and QUALIFICATIONS.

 

The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than five (5), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Virginia or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.”


FIRST AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS

OF

CHOICE AMERICAN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC

 

ARTICLE III—BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the By-Laws of Choice American Ambulance Service, Inc. (the “Corporation”) are hereby amended as follows:

 

Paragraph “2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS.” is hereby deleted and in its place and stead is inserted the following:

 

“2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS”.

 

The number of directors of the corporation shall be three (3). Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.”

 

In all other respects, the By-Laws are unchanged.

 

Certified to be true and correct this 19th day of January, 1997.

 

 

MARK L. JOSEPH


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

CHOICE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I – OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of Virginia shall be located in the City of Alexandria. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of incorporation as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may from time to time require.

 

ARTICLE II – STOCKHOLDERS

 

1. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the 29th day of April in each year, beginning with the year 1982 at the hour of 9:00 o’clock A.M., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day.

 

2. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the president or by the directors, and shall be called by the president at the request of the holders of not less than fifty per cent of all the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

3. PLACE OF MEETING.

 

The directors may designate any place, either within or without the State unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the directors. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the state unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place for holding such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation.

 

4. NOTICE OF MEETING.

 

Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than five (5) nor more than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or


by mail, by or at the direction of the president, or the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

5. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING OF RECORD DATE.

 

For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose, the directors of the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, 10 days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than thirty (30) days and, in case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of stockholders. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

6. VOTING LISTS.

 

The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the principal office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any stockholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at the meeting of stockholders.

 

7. QUORUM.

 

At any meeting of stockholders fifty-one percent of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a


meeting of stockholders. If less than said number of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

8. PROXIES.

 

At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting.

 

9. VOTING.

 

Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms and provisions of the certificate of incorporation and these by-laws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholders. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of this State.

 

10. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

 

The order of business at all meetings of the stockholders, shall be as follows:

 

  1. Roll Call.

 

  2. Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice.

 

  3. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting.

 

  4. Reports of Officers.

 

  5. Reports of Committees.

 

  6. Election of Directors.

 

  7. Unfinished Business.

 

  8. New Business.


11. INFORMAL ACTION BY STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE III – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

1. GENERAL POWERS.

 

The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors. The directors shall in all cases act as a board, and they may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the corporation, as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with these by-laws and the laws of this State.

 

2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS.

 

The number of directors of the corporation shall be one. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

3. REGULAR MEETINGS.

 

A regular meeting of the directors, shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. The directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

4. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the directors may fix the place for holding any special meeting of the directors called by them.

 

5. NOTICE.

 

Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least five days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally, or by telegram or mailed to each director at his business address. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.


6. QUORUM.

 

At any meeting of the directors a majority of the elected Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if less than said number is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

7. MANNER OF ACTING.

 

The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the directors.

 

8. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES.

 

Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the board for any reason except the removal of directors without cause may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum exists. Vacancies occurring by reason of the removal of directors without cause shall be filled by vote of the stockholders. A director elected to fill a vacancy caused by resignation, death or removal shall be elected to hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

 

9. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of the stockholders or by action of the board. Directors may be removed without cause only by vote of the stockholders.

 

10. RESIGNATION.

 

A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board, the president or the secretary of the corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the board or such officer, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

11. COMPENSATION.

 

No compensation shall be paid to directors, as such, for their services, but by resolution of the board a fixed sum and expenses for actual attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board may be authorized. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

12. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT.

 

A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately


after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

13. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

 

The board, by resolution, may designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees, each consisting of three or more directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

 

ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS

 

1. NUMBER.

 

The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the directors.

 

2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE.

 

The officers of the corporation to be elected by the directors shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the directors held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

3. REMOVAL.

 

Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the directors may be removed by the directors whenever in their judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

4. VACANCIES.

 

A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

5. PRESIDENT.

 

The president shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the directors. He may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the directors have authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the directors or by these by-laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be


required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the directors from time to time.

 

6. VICE-PRESIDENT.

 

In the absence of the president or in event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the vice-president shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. The vice-president shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the directors.

 

7. SECRETARY.

 

The secretary shall keep the minutes of the stockholders’ and of the directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose, see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required, be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder, have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation and in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the directors.

 

8. TREASURER.

 

If required by the directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the directors shall determine. He shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with these by-laws and in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the directors.

 

9. SALARIES.

 

The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V – CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

1. CONTRACTS.

 

The directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


2. LOANS.

 

No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

3. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.

 

All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the directors.

 

4. DEPOSITS.

 

All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI – CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES.

 

Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president and by the secretary or by such other officers authorized by law and by the directors. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the stockholders, the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the directors may prescribe.

 

2. TRANSFERS OF SHARES.

 

(a) Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate; every such transfer shall be entered on the transfer book of the corporation which shall be kept at its principal office.

 

(b) The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share as the holder in fact thereof, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by the laws of this state.


ARTICLE VII – FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the 29th day of April in each year.

 

ARTICLE VIII – DIVIDENDS

 

The directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law.

 

ARTICLE IX – SEAL

 

The directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the state of incorporation, year of incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal”.

 

ARTICLE X – WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these by-laws or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI – AMENDMENTS

 

These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by a vote of the stockholders representing a majority of all the shares issued and outstanding, at any annual stockholders’ meeting or at any special stockholders’ meeting when the proposed amendment has been set out in the notice of such meeting.

EX-3.23 12 dex323.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF COASTAL EMS, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Coastal EMS, Inc.

Exhibit 3.23

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

COASTAL EMS, INC.

 

A Georgia Business Corporation

 

I.

 

The name of the Corporation is: COASTAL EMS, INC.

 

II.

 

The Corporation is organized pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

 

III.

 

The Corporation has perpetual duration.

 

IV.

 

The Corporation is a Corporation for profit and is organized for the following purposes: To engage in the business of providing emergency and non-emergency ambulance services — and to do or engage in any other business or activity that the Board of Directors may from time to time decide upon.

 

V.

 

The Corporation has authority to issue not more than 10,000 shares of common stock that together have unlimited voting rights and that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the Corporation upon dissolution.


VI.

 

The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is located at 3105 Norwich Street, Glynn County, Brunswick, Georgia, 31520, and its registered agent at such address is MICKEY REEVES.

 

VII.

 

The initial Board of Directors shall be constituted of two members whose name and street address is as follows:

 

Mickey Reeves

113 Grand Oaks Lane

St. Simons Island, GA 31522

  

Sue Reeves

113 Grand Oaks Lane

St. Simons Island, GA 31522

 

VIII.

 

The name and street address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Alan David Tucker, Esq.

9 St. Andrews Court, Suite 201

Post Office Box 1332

Brunswick, GA. 31521-1332

    

 

IX.

 

The mailing address of the initial principal office of the Corporation is as follows:

 

3105 Norwich Street

Glynn County

Brunswick, GA 31520

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator executes these Articles of Incorporation by and through his attorney at law.

 

 
ALAN DAVID TUCKER, ESQ.
Incorporator
EX-3.24 13 dex324.htm BYLAWS OF COASTAL EMS, INC. Bylaws of Coastal EMS, Inc.

Exhibit 3.24

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

“COASTAL EMS, INC.”

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

1.1 Share certificates shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued. They shall be signed by the President and Secretary and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto. Share certificates shall be kept in a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom. The name of the person owning the shares, the number of shares, and the date of issue shall be entered on the stub of each certificate. Share certificates exchanged or returned shall be cancelled by the Secretary and placed in their original place in the stock book.

 

1.2 Transfers of shares shall be made on the stock books of the corporation by the holder in person or by power of attorney, on surrender of the old certificate for such shares, duly assigned.

 

1.3 The holders of the common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in their name.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

SHAREHOLDER’S MEETING

 

2.1 The annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation shall be on the 1st day of January of each year, or, if said day be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding day not a holiday.


2.2 Annual or special meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of Georgia at such place and time as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or as may be specified in the notice of said meetings.

 

2.3 Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the President or any holder or holders of as much as one-third of the outstanding capital stock of the corporation upon not less than ten nor more than fifty days’ notice, either mailed to the last known address or personally given to each shareholder. Notice of a special meeting may be waived by instrument in writing executed before or after the meeting. Attendance at such meeting in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice hereof.

 

2.4 Notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

2.5 At all meetings of shareholders a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and no resolution or business shall be transacted without the favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. A lesser number may adjourn from day to day, and shall announce the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned if they do so adjourn the meeting.

 

2.6 Any action to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the corporation, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Subject to these By-laws, or any lawful agreement between the shareholders, the full and entire management of the affairs and business of the corporation shall

 

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be vested in the Board of Directors, which shall have and may exercise all of the powers that may be exercised or performed by the corporation.

 

3.2 The Board of Directors shall consist of one member who shall be elected at an annual meeting of the shareholders and serve for a term of one year and until his/her successor is elected. A majority of said Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions adopted and all business transacted by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting.

 

3.3 The Directors may fill the place of any Director which may become vacant prior to the expiration of his term, such appointment by the Directors to continue until the expiration of the term of the Director whose place has become vacant.

 

3.4 The Directors shall meet annually, without notice, at the same place as and following the annual meeting of the shareholders. Special meetings of the Directors may be called at any time by the President or by any two Directors, on two days’ notice, which notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting. Notice of any such meeting may be waived by instrument in writing executed before or after the meeting. Attendance in person at such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof.

 

3.5 Any action to be taken at a meeting of the Directors, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors.

 

3.6 Any Director may be removed from office, with or without cause, upon the majority vote of the shareholders, at a meeting with respect to which notice of such purpose is given.

 

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ARTICLE FOUR

 

OFFICERS

 

4.1 The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have general and active management of the corporation. He shall be responsible for the administration of the corporation, including general supervision of the policies of the corporation, general and active management of the financial affairs of the corporation, and shall execute bonds, mortgages or other contracts under the seal of the corporation.

 

4.2 The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and directors and have charge of the minute books, stock books and seal of the corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may from time to time be delegated to him by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

4.3 The Treasurer shall be charged with the management of the financial affairs of the corporation and shall have the power to recommend action concerning the corporation’s affairs to the President.

 

4.4 Assistants to the Secretary and the Treasurer may be appointed by the President and shall have such duties as shall be delegated to them by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

4.5 The corporation may have one or more Vice Presidents, elected by the Board of Directors, who shall perform such duties as may be delegated to them by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

4.6 Any payments made to an officer of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, or rent, or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service shall be reimbursed by such officer to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be

 

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the duty of the Directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

SEAL

 

5.1 The seal of the corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. In the event it is inconvenient to use such a seal at any time, the signature of the company followed by the word “Seal” enclosed in parentheses or scroll, shall be deemed the seal of the corporation. The seal shall be in the custody of the Secretary and affixed by him or by his assistants on the certificates of stock and other appropriate papers.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

OFFICES

 

6.1 The address of the registered office of the corporation is 3105 Norwich Street, Brunswick, Georgia, 31520, the registered agent at this address is Mickey Reeves.

 

6.2 The corporation may have other offices at such place or places (within or without the State of Georgia) as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or the business of the corporation may require or make desirable.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

AMENDMENT

 

These By-Laws may be amended by majority vote of the Board of Directors of the corporation or by majority vote of the shareholders, provided, that the shareholders may provide by resolution that any By-Law provision repealed, amended, adopted or altered by them may not be repealed, amended, adopted or altered by the Board of Directors.

 

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The foregoing By-Laws adopted by the initial Board of Directors as the By-Laws of “COASTAL EMS, INC.” on the 9th day of August, 1996.

 

 

MICKEY REEVES,                             DIRECTOR

 

SUE REEVES,                                     DIRECTOR

 

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AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

COASTAL EMS, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of November 3, 1998:

 

1. Section 2.1 of Article Two of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“2.1 The annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation shall be on the 1st day of April of each year, or, if said day be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding day not a holiday.”

 

2. Section 3.2 of Article Three of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“3.2 The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors, who shall be elected at an annual meeting of the shareholders and serve for a term of one year and until his/her successor is elected. A majority of said Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions adopted and business transacted by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting.”

 

3. Section 4.4 of Article Four of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in it entirety to read as follows:

 

“4.4 Assistants to the Secretary and the Treasurer may be elected by the Board of Directors and shall have such duties as shall be delegated to them by the President or the Board of Directors.”

 

4. Article Eight of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby added to read as follows:

 

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“ARTICLE EIGHT

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

8.1 The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

8.2 The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Georgia Business Corporation Code, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director of the Corporation. This indemnification with respect to directors shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Georgia Business Corporation Code. In addition, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, indemnify , and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Georgia Business Corporation Code, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, except where indemnification is mandatory pursuant to the Georgia Business Corporation Code, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent required by the Georgia Business Corporation Code.”

 

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EX-3.25 14 dex325.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.25

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

of

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 402 OF

THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW.

 

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the Business Corporation Law of New York State certifies:

 

1. The name of the corporation is Corning Ambulance Service Inc.

 

2. The purpose of the corporation is to engage in the business of conducting an ambulance service; to purchase, sell and deal in all products, materials, supplies and equipment necessary to and incidental to the operation of said business; to acquire real estate and in general for this purpose to carry on any other similar business or related activity in connection with the foregoing and to do any or all of the things hereinbefore set forth to the same extent as an individual may do.

 

3. The principal office of the corporation is to be located at 17 E. Pulteney St., City of Corning, County of Steuben and State of New York.

 

4. The class of shares is one only and is common stock. The issuable shares are 200 in number, of no par value, and are all common shares without limitation.

 

5. The Secretary of State of New York State is hereby designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served, and shall mail a copy of any process or action to Corning Ambulance Service Inc., 17 E. Pulteney St., City of Corning, County of Steuben, State of New York.

 

6. The name and address of the sole incorporator and subscriber to this Certificate of Incorporation is:

 

James L. Burke 315 Lake Street, Elmira, New York


IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have made and subscribed this certificate this 26th day of January, 1972.

 

 

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF CHEMUNG

 

On this 26th day of January, 1972, before me, the subscriber, personally appeared James L. Burke, to me personally known and known to me to be the same person described in and who executed the foregoing Certificate of Incorporation and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

 

 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE

 

OF

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

UNDER SECTION 805-A OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

 

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, James H. Bolin and Steven M. Lee being respectively the President and Secretary of CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC. hereby certify:

 

1. The name of the corporation is CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation was filed by the Department of State on May 26, 1972.

 

3. The following was authorized by the Board of Directors:

 

To change the post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the corporation which may be served on him from the Corporation, Corning Ambulance Service Inc., 17 E. Pulteney St., Corning, NY 14830 to c/o C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

 

To designate C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 1633 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 as its registered agent in New York upon whom all process against the corporation may be served.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this certificate on the 21 day of August, 1995 and we affirm the statements contained therein as true under penalties of perjury.

 

 

James H. Bolin, President

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

 

TO

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

UNDER SECTION 805 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

 

The undersigned, being the President of Corning Ambulance Service Inc., does hereby certify and set forth:

 

1. The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed by the Department of State on the 26th day of May, 1972.

 

3. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in the following respect:

 

The text of Paragraph 2 which sets forth the purpose of the corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

2. The purpose for which the Corporation is formed is to engage in any lawful act or activities for which corporations may be organized under the Business Corporation Law and is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency, or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

 

4. This amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was authorized by unanimous written consent of the directors of the Corporation on June 23, 1995 pursuant to Section 708 of the New York Business Corporation Law and the unanimous written consent of the shareholders of the Corporation on June 23, 1995 pursuant to Section 615 of the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and signed this certificate this 23rd day of June, 1995.

 

           
Alan D. Lewis Sr.       Pamela A. Lewis
President       Secretary

 

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* * * * * * * * * * * *

 

Verification of Signer of Certificate of Amendment

to Certificate of Incorporation

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

   )
     )    SS:

COUNTY OF ONONDAGA

   )

 

Alan D. Lewis Sr., being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the person who signed the foregoing Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation; that he signed the same in the capacity set opposite or beneath his signature thereon; that he has read the foregoing Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and knows the contents thereof and that the statements contained therein are true to his own knowledge.

 

 
Alan D. Lewis Sr.

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me on June 26, 1995.

  
Notary Public

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

(Under Section 8.5 of the Business Corporation Law)

 

After filing, please return to:    

 

Richard F. Taylor, Jr., Esq.

   

Walton Crossing I, Suite 225

   

231 Walton Street

   

Syracuse, New York 13202

 

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EX-3.26 15 dex326.htm BYLAWS OF CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of Corning Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.26

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of May 28, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Secretary is directed to insert the amendment to the bylaws in the Corporation’s minute book.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

  “1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.”

 

2. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

  “2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.”

 

3. A new Article III, Section 15 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is added to read as follows:

 

  “15. ACTION OF DIRECTORS IN LIEU OF 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.”

 

4. Article IX of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IX - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of July in each year.”

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of August 3, 1995:

 

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

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that the entire duplicate page B of the Bylaws of the Corporation attached hereto as Exhibit A (containing language in Article II, Section 7, which states “A Quorum shall consist of all Stockholders of the Corporation.”) be, and it hereby is deleted in its entirety.

 

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

 

The annual accounting period of the Corporation may be established by the board of directors as they deem appropriate.

 

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BY- LAWS

 

of

 

CORNING AMBULANCE SERVICE INC.

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation shall be in the CITY of CORNING County of STEUBEN              State of New York. The corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the State of New York as the board may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II - SHAREHOLDERS

 

1. PLACE OF MEETINGS.

 

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such place within or without the State of New York as the board shall authorize.

 

2. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held during the              month of July each year.

 

                     the shareholders shall elect a board and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

 

3. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the board or by the president and shall be called by the president or the secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board or at the request in writing by shareholders owning a majority in amount of the shares issued and outstanding. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

4. FIXING RECORD DATE.

 

For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the board shall fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than fifty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than fifty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed it shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of law.

 

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5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Written notice of each meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, the place, date and hour of the meeting and unless it is the annual meeting, shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. Notice shall be given either personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting. If action is proposed to be taken that might entitle shareholders to payment for their shares, the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, the notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the secretary a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, then directed to him at such other address.

 

6. WAIVERS.

 

Notice of meeting need not be given to any shareholder who signs a waiver of notice, in person or by proxy, whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting, shall constitute a waiver of notice by him.

 

7. QUORUM OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders for the transaction of any business, provided that when a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or classes, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business.

 

When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders.

 

The shareholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum.

 

8. PROXIES.

 

Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.

 

Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

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9. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.

 

Every shareholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting of shareholders to one vote for every share standing in his name on the record of shareholders, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation.

 

10. VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Except as otherwise required by statute or by the certificate of incorporation;

 

(a) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election;

 

(b) all other corporate action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast.

 

11. WRITTEN CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Any action that may be taken by vote may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon or signed by such lesser number of holders as may be provided for in the certificate of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

 

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

Subject to any provision in the certificate of incorporation the business of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors, each of whom shall be at least 18 years of age and must be shareholders.

 

2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

 

The number of directors shall be two

 

When all of the shares are owned by less than three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders.

 

3. ELECTION AND TERM OF DIRECTORS.

 

At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he is elected and until his successor has been elected and qualified, or until his prior resignation or removal.

 

4. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES.

 

Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the board for any reason except the removal of directors without cause may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a

 

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quorum exists, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. Vacancies occurring by reason of the removal of directors without cause shall be filled by vote of the shareholders unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. A director elected to fill a vacancy caused by resignation, death or removal shall be elected to hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

 

5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of the shareholders or by action of the board. Directors may be removed without cause only by vote of the shareholders.

 

6. RESIGNATION.

 

A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board, the president or the secretary of the corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the board or such officer, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

7. QUORUM OF DIRECTORS.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, a majority of the entire board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or of any specified item of business.

 

8. ACTION OF THE BOARD.

 

Unless otherwise required by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at the time of the vote, if a quorum is present at such time, shall be the act of the board. Each director present shall have one vote regardless of the number of shares, if any, which he may hold.

 

9. PLACE AND TIME OF BOARD MEETINGS.

 

The board may hold its meetings at the office of the corporation or at such other places, either within or without the State of New York, as it may from time to time determine.

 

10. REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING.

 

A regular annual meeting of the board shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.

 

11. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, ADJOURNMENT.

 

(a) Regular meetings of the board may be held without notice at such time and place as it shall from time to time determine. Special meetings of the board shall be held upon notice to the directors and may be called by the president upon three days notice to each director either personally or by mail or by wire; special meetings shall be called by the president

 

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or by the secretary in a like manner on written request of two directors. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him.

 

(b) A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of the adjournment shall be given all directors who were absent at the time of the adjournment and, unless such time and place are announced at the meeting, to the other directors.

 

12. CHAIRMAN.

 

At all meetings of the board the president, or in his absence, a chairman chosen by the board shall preside.

 

13. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

 

The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, may designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees, each consisting of three or more directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

 

14. COMPENSATION.

 

No compensation shall be paid to directors, as such, for their services, but by resolution of the board a fixed sum and expenses for actual attendance, at each regular or special meeting of the board may be authorized. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

 

1. OFFICES, ELECTION, TERM.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, the board may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as it may determine, who shall have such duties, powers and functions as hereinafter provided.

 

(b) All officers shall be elected or appointed to hold office until the meeting of the board following the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

(c) Each officer shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.

 

2. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION, SALARY, ETC.

 

(a) Any officer elected or appointed by the board may be removed by the board with or without cause.

 

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(b) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of an officer, the board in its discretion may elect or appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term.

 

(c) Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. When all of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation is owned by one person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

 

(d) The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by the board.

 

(e) The directors may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

3. PRESIDENT.

 

The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the board; he shall have the management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried into effect.

 

4. VICE-PRESIDENTS.

 

During the absence or disability of the president, the vice-president, or if there are more than one, the executive vice-president, shall have all the powers and functions of the president. Each vice-president shall perform such other duties as the board shall prescribe.

 

5. SECRETARY.

 

The secretary shall:

 

(a) attend all meetings of the board and of the shareholders;

 

(b) record all votes and minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose;

 

(c) give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of shareholders and of special meetings of the board;

 

(d) keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and affix it to any instrument when authorized by the board;

 

(e) when required, prepare or cause to be prepared and available at each meeting of shareholders a certified list in alphabetical order of the names of shareholders entitled to vote thereat, indicating the number of shares of each respective class held by each;

 

(f) keep all the documents and records of the corporation as required by law or otherwise in a proper and safe manner.

 

(g) perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.

 

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6. ASSISTANT-SECRETARIES.

 

During the absence or disability of the secretary, the assistant-secretary, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have all the powers and functions of the secretary.

 

7. TREASURER.

 

The treasurer shall:

 

(a) have the custody of the corporate funds and securities;

 

(b) keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in the corporate books;

 

(c) deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board;

 

(d) disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered or authorized by the board and preserve proper vouchers for such disbursements;

 

(e) render to the president and board at the regular meetings of the board, or whenever they require it, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation;

 

(f) render a full financial report at the annual meeting of the shareholders if so requested;

 

(g) be furnished by all corporate officers and agents at his request, with such reports and statements as he may require as to all financial transactions of the corporation;

 

(h) perform such other duties as are given to him by these by-laws or as from time to time are assigned to him by the board or the president.

 

8. ASSISTANT-TREASURER.

 

During the absence or disability of the treasurer, the assistant-treasurer, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have all the powers and functions of the treasurer.

 

9. SURETIES AND BONDS.

 

In case the board shall so require, any officer or agent of the corporation shall execute to the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the board may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation and including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the corporation which may come into his hands.

 

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ARTICLE V - CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

1. CERTIFICATES.

 

They shall be numbered and entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number of shares and shall be signed by the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or the secretary and shall bear the corporate seal.

 

2. LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES.

 

The board may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties 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 or destroyed.

 

3. TRANSFERS OF SHARES.

 

(a) Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate; every such transfer shall be entered on the transfer book of the corporation which shall be kept at its principal office. No transfer shall be made within ten days next preceding the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

(b) The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by the laws of New York.

 

4. CLOSING TRANSFER BOOKS.

 

The board shall have the power to close the share transfer books of the corporation for a period of not more than ten days during the thirty day period immediately preceding (1) any shareholders’ meeting, or (2) any date upon which shareholders shall be called upon to or have a right to take action without a meeting, or (3) any date fixed for the payment of a dividend or any other form of distribution, and only those shareholders of record at the time the transfer books are closed, shall be recognized as such for the purpose of (1) receiving notice of or voting at such meeting, or (2) allowing them to take appropriate action, or (3) entitling them to receive any dividend or other form of distribution.

 

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ARTICLE VI - DIVIDENDS

 

Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and to applicable law, dividends on the outstanding shares of the corporation may be declared in such amounts and at such time or times as the board may determine. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the board from time to time in its absolute discretion deems proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the board shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the board may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE SEAL

 

The seal of the corporation shall be circular in form and bear the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, New York.” The seal may be used by causing it to be impressed directly on the instrument or writing to be sealed, or upon adhesive substance affixed thereto. The seal on the certificates for shares or on any corporate obligation for the payment of money may be a facsimile, engraved or printed.

 

ARTICLE VIII - EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS

 

All corporate instruments and documents shall be signed or countersigned, executed, verified or acknowledged by such officer or officers or other person or persons as the board may from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE IX - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of January in each year.

 

ARTICLE X - REFERENCES TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

Reference to the certificate of incorporation in these by-laws shall include all amendments thereto or changes thereof unless specifically excepted.

 

ARTICLE XI - BY-LAW CHANGES

 

AMENDMENT, REPEAL, ADOPTION, ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation the by-laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any directors. By-laws may also be amended, repealed or adopted by the board but any by-law adopted by the board may be amended by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon as hereinabove provided.

 

(b) If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.

 

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EX-3.27 16 dex327.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF DONLOCK, LTD. Certificate of Incorporation of Donlock, Ltd.

Exhibit 3.27

 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

Department of State

 

Certificate of Incorporation

 

Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth

 

To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:

 

Whereas, Under the provisions of the Laws of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized and required to issue a “Certificate of Incorporation” evidencing the incorporation of an entity.

 

Whereas, The stipulations and conditions of the Law have been fully complied with by

 

DONLOCK, LTD.

 

Therefore, Know Ye, That subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and under the authority of the Laws thereof, I do by these presents, which I have caused to be sealed with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, declare and certify the creation, erection and incorporation of the above in deed and in law by the name chosen hereinbefore specified.

 

Such corporation shall have and enjoy and shall be subject to all the powers, duties, requirements, and restrictions, specified and enjoined in and by the applicable laws of this Commonwealth.

 

Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, and the City of Harrisburg, this 10th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-three and of the Commonwealth the two hundred eighth.

 

/s/ William R. Davis

Secretary of the Commonwealth

 

FRANK J. BOLOCK JR. ESQ

SCRANTON ELECTRIC BLDG

SUITE 415

SCRANTON, PA 18503

EX-3.28 17 dex328.htm FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS OF DONLOCK, LTD. First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Donlock, Ltd.

Exhibit 3.28

 

FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED

BY LAWS

OF

DONLOCK, LTD.

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

 

The registered office shall be at 302 South Main, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II - SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Pennsylvania.”

 

ARTICLE III - SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

 

1. PLACE OF MEETING.

 

All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the office of the corporation or such other place or places, either within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as may from time to time be selected.

 

2. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the 1st day of April in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:00 a.m. when they shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting shall not be called and held within six months after the designated time, any shareholder may call such meeting.

 

3. QUORUM.

 

A Shareholders’ meeting duly called shall not be organized for the transaction of business unless a quorum is present. The presence, in person or by proxy, of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on the particular matter shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Adjournment or adjournments of any annual or special meeting may be taken, but any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall be adjourned only from day to day, or for such longer periods not exceeding fifteen days each, as may be directed by shareholders who are present in person or by proxy and who are entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all such shareholders would be entitled to cast at an election of directors until such directors have been elected. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended, those present may,


except as otherwise provided by statute, adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine, but in the case of any meeting called for the election of directors, those who attend the second of such adjourned meetings, although less than a quorum, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors.

 

4. VOTING.

 

At each meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact, and filed with the secretary of the corporation. No unrevoked proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein, but in no event shall a proxy, unless coupled with an interest, be voted on after three years from the date of its execution. Elections for directors shall be by cumulative voting. Upon demand made by a shareholder at any election for directors before the voting begins, the election shall be by ballot. No share shall be voted at any meeting upon which any installment is due and unpaid. The original share transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this Commonwealth, shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the person named therein to vote thereon.

 

5. NOTICE OF MEETING.

 

Written notice of the annual meeting shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, at such address as appears on the books of the corporation, at least 10 days prior to the meeting.

 

6. JUDGES OF ELECTION.

 

In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election be not so appointed, the chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his proxy shall, make such appointment at the meeting. The number of judges shall be one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present and entitled to vote shall determine whether one or three judges are to be appointed. On request of the Chairman of the meeting, or of any shareholder or his proxy, the judge(s) shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No person who is a candidate for office shall act as a judge.

 

7. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than one-fifth of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting to be held not less than ten nor more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so.

 

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Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all shareholders entitled to vote consent thereto.

 

Written notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the time, place and object thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat at least five days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case.

 

8. VOTING LIST.

 

The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer book shall make, at least five days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation, and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours, and shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting, and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this Commonwealth, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share transfer book, or to vote, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of shareholders.

 

ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS

 

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

The business of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, consisting of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) in number, who shall be natural persons of full age and need not be resident(s) of this Commonwealth or shareholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the shareholders, at the annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of at least one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

 

2. POWERS.

 

In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the board may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

3. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.

 

The meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such place within this Commonwealth, or elsewhere, as a majority of the directors may from time to time appoint, or as may be designated in the notice calling the meeting.

 

Each newly elected Board of Directors may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the shareholders at the meeting at which such directors are elected and no notice shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, or

 

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they may meet at such place and time as may be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

 

Regular meetings of the board shall be held without notice at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the board.

 

4. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President on five days’ notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in a like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

 

5. QUORUM.

 

A majority of the directors in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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.

 

6. VACANCIES.

 

Vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board though less than a quorum, and each person so elected shall be a director until his successor is elected by the shareholders, who may make such election at the next annual meeting of the shareholders or at any special meeting duly called for the purpose and held prior thereto.

 

7. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.

 

Directors as such shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

 

1. OFFICERS, ELECTIONS, TERM, ETC.

 

The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose vice presidents and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their officer for such terms and shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as from time to time shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary. It shall not be necessary for the officers to be directors.

 

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The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in their judgment, the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.

 

2. PRESIDENT.

 

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific power, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be ex-officio a member of all committees, and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation.

 

3. VICE PRESIDENTS.

 

Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president. The vice presidents, in the order designated by the board of directors, shall perform the duties of the president in the president’s absence or disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, those individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

4. SECRETARY.

 

The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the shareholders and act as clerk thereof, record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it.

 

5. TREASURER.

 

The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board,

 

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taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

6. VACANCIES.

 

If the office of any officer or agent, one or more, becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors may choose a successor or successors, who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

 

ARTICLE VI - ACTION BY CONSENT

 

Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or at a meeting of the directors or members of the executive committee, may be taken without a meeting, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose, or by all of the directors or the members of the executive committee, as the case may be, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS

 

1. RECORDS REQUIRED.

 

There shall be kept at the registered office of the corporation an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the directors, and the original or a copy of its Bylaws, including all amendments or alterations thereof to date, certified by the Secretary of the corporation. An original or duplicate share transfer book shall also be kept at the registered office, or at the office of a transfer agent or registrar within this Commonwealth, giving the names of the shareholders in alphabetical order, and showing their respective addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

2. INSPECTION.

 

Every shareholder shall have a right to examine, in person or by his agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times for any reasonable purpose, the share transfer book, books or records of account, and records of the proceedings of the shareholders and directors, and make extracts therefrom.

 

ARTICLE VIII - SHARES

 

1. CERTIFICATES.

 

The share certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share transfer books of the corporation, as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or any vice president and by the secretary or any assistant secretary.

 

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2. TRANSFER OF SHARES.

 

Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made inconsistent with the provisions of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code approved the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred fifty-three (Act No. 1), and its amendments and supplements.

 

3. CLOSING SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING RECORD DATE.

 

The Board of Directors may fix a time, not more than fifty days prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date fixed for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution or to receive any such allotment or rights, or to exercise the rights in respect to any change, conversion, or exchange of shares. In such cases, only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment or rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid. The Board of Directors may close the books of the corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of such period, and in such case written or printed notice thereof shall be mailed at least ten days before the closing thereof to each shareholder of record at the address appearing on the records of the corporation or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. While the share transfer books of the corporation are closed, no transfer of shares shall be made thereon. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at a shareholders’ meeting, transferees of shares which are transferred on the books of the corporation within ten days next preceding the date of such meeting shall not be entitled to notice of and vote at such meeting.

 

4. LOST CERTIFICATES.

 

Any person claiming the loss, destruction or mutilation of a share certificate may have a new certificate issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

ARTICLE IX - CORPORATE FINANCE

 

1. DIVIDENDS.

 

Subject to the provisions of the statutes and the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation from time to time and to such extent as it deems advisable.

 

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2. RESERVES.

 

Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

3. FISCAL YEAR.

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the 1st day of July in each year.

 

ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

1. NOTICES.

 

Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted.

 

Any shareholder or director may waive in writing and at any time, any notice required to be given under the Bylaws. Attendance of a person, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the express purpose of such attendance is to object to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

2. CHECKS.

 

All checks, demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS

 

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares issues and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders, if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of the meeting. To the extent permitted by law, these Bylaws may also be altered, amended and repealed by the affirmative vote of the board of directors of the corporation without a vote of the shareholders of the corporation.

 

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I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amended and Restated Bylaws were duly adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation as of the 6th day of January, 1997.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

 

The registered office shall be at Pennsylvania. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II - SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Pennsylvania.”

 

ARTICLE III - SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

 

1. PLACE OF MEETING.

 

All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the office of the corporation at or such other place or places, either within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as may from time to time be selected.

 

2. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders, shall be held on the                                          in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at                      o’ clock M. when they shall elect a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting shall not be called and held within six months after the designated time, any shareholder may call such meeting.

 

3. QUORUM.

 

A Shareholder’s meeting duly called shall not be organized for the transaction of business unless a quorum is present. The presence in person or by proxy, of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast on the particular matter shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Adjournment or adjournments of any annual or special meeting may be taken, but any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall be adjourned only from day to day, or for such longer periods not exceeding fifteen days each, as may be directed by shareholders who are present in person or by proxy and who are entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all such shareholders would be entitled to cast at an election of directors until such directors have been elected. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended, those present may, except as otherwise provided by statue, adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine, but in the case of any meeting called for the election of directors, those who attend

 

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the second of such adjourned meetings, although less than a quorum, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors.

 

4. VOTING.

 

At each meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney In fact, and filed with the secretary of the corporation. No unrevoked proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein, but in no event shall a proxy, unless coupled with an interest, be voted on after three years from the date of its execution. Elections for directors shall be by cumulative voting. Upon demand made by a shareholder at any election for directors before the voting begins, the election shall be by ballot. No share shall be voted at any meeting upon which any installment is due and unpaid. The original share transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this Commonwealth shall be prima facie evidence of the right of the person named therein to vote thereon.

 

5. NOTICE OF MEETING.

 

Written notice of the annual meeting shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, at such address as appears on the books of the corporation, at least 10 days prior to the meeting.

 

6. JUDGES OF ELECTION.

 

In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors, may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election be not so appointed, the chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or his proxy shall make such appointment at the meeting. The number of judges shall be one or three. If appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares present and entitled to vote shall determine whether one or three judges are to be appointed. On request of the Chairman of the meeting, or of any shareholder or his proxy, the judge(s) shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No person who is a candidate for office shall act as a judge.

 

7. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than one-fifth of the votes which all shareholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting to be held not less than ten nor more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof the person or persons calling the meeting may do so.

 

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Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all shareholders entitled to vote consent thereto.

 

Written notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the time, place and object thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat at least five days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statue in a particular case.

 

8. VOTING LIST.

 

The officer or agent having charge of the share transfer book shall make, at least five days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. The list shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation, and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours, and shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting, and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this Commonwealth, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share transfer book, or to vote, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of shareholders.

 

ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS

 

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

The business of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, in number, who shall be natural persons of full age and need not be resident(s) of this Commonwealth or shareholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the shareholders, at the annual meeting of shareholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of at least one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

 

2. POWERS.

 

In addition to the powers and authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon them, the board may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statue or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

3. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD.

 

The meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such place within this Commonwealth, or elsewhere, as a majority of the directors may from time to time appoint, or as may be designated in the notice calling the meeting.

 

Each newly elected Board of Directors may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the shareholders at the meeting at which such directors are elected and no notice shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, or they may meet at such place and time as may be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

 

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Regular meetings of the board shall be held without notice at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the board.

 

4. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President on five days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in a like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

 

5. QUORUM.

 

A majority of the directors in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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.

 

6. VACANCIES.

 

Vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board though less than a quorum, and each person so elected shall be a director until his successor is elected by the shareholders, who may make such election at the next annual meeting of the shareholders or at any special meeting duly called for the purpose and held prior thereto.

 

7. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.

 

Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

 

1. OFFICERS, ELECTIONS, TERM, ETC.

 

The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Vice President and such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as from time to time shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary. It shall not be necessary for the officers to be directors.

 

The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

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The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in their judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby.

 

2. PRESIDENT.

 

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific power, except such as may be by statue exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be ex-officio a member of all committees, and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation.

 

3 SECRETARY.

 

The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the shareholders and act as clerk thereof, record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it.

 

4. TREASURER.

 

The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He 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 President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

5. VACANCIES.

 

if the office of any officer or agent, one or more, becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors may choose a successor or successors, who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.

 

ARTICLE VI - ACTION BY CONSENT

 

Any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or at a meeting of the directors or members of the executive committee, may be taken without a meeting, if a

 

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consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose, or by all of the directors or the members of the executive committee, as the case may be, and shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS

 

1. RECORDS REQUIRED.

 

There shall be kept at the registered office of the corporation an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the directors, and the original or a copy of its By-Laws, including all amendments or alterations thereof to date, certified by the Secretary of the corporation. An original or duplicate share transfer book shall also be kept at the registered office, or at the office of a transfer agent or registrar within this Commonwealth, giving the names of the shareholders in alphabetical order, and showing their respective addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the shares, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

2. INSPECTION.

 

Every shareholder shall have a right to examine, in person or by his agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times for any reasonable purpose, the share transfer book, books or records of account, and records of the proceedings of the shareholders and directors, and make extracts therefrom.

 

ARTICLE VIII - SHARES

 

1. CERTIFICATES.

 

The share certificate of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share transfer books of the corporation, as they are issued. They shall be signed by the                                                               and                                                               and shall bear the corporate seal.

 

2. TRANSFERS OF SHARES.

 

Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made inconsistent with the provisions of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code approved the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred fifty-three (Act No. 1), and its amendments and supplements.

 

3. CLOSING SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING RECORD DATE.

 

The Board of Directors may fix a time, not more than fifty days prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date fixed for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change or conversion or exchange of shares will be made or go into effect, as a record date for the determination of the

 

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shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution or to receive any such allotment or rights, or to exercise the rights in respect to any change, conversion, or exchange of shares. In such cases, only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, or to receive payment of such dividend, or to receive such allotment or rights, or to exercise such rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after any record date fixed as aforesaid. The Board of Directors may close the books of the corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of such period, and in such case written or printed notice thereof shall be mailed at least ten days before the closing thereof to each shareholder of record at the address appearing on the records of the corporation or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. While the share transfer books of the corporation are closed, no transfer of shares shall be made thereon. If no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at, a shareholders’ meeting, transferees of shares which are transferred on the books of the corporation within ten days next preceding the date of such meeting shall not be entitled to notice of and vote at such meeting.

 

4. LOST CERTIFICATES.

 

Any person claiming the loss, destruction or mutilation of a share certificate may have a new certificate issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

ARTICLE IX - CORPORATE FINANCE

 

1. DIVIDENDS.

 

Subject to the provisions of the statutes and the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation from time to time and to such extent as it deems advisable.

 

2. RESERVES.

 

Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

3. ANNUAL STATEMENT.

 

The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant.

 

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4. FISCAL YEAR.

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the                      day of                     in each year.

 

ARTICLE X - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

1. NOTICES.

 

Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted.

 

Any shareholder or director may waive in writing and at any time, any notice required to be given under the By-Laws. Attendance of a person, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the express purpose of such attendance is to object to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

2. CHECKS.

 

All checks, demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat at any regular or special                      meeting of the shareholders, if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

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EX-3.29 18 dex329.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF E.M.S. VENTURES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.

Exhibit 3.29

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

E.M.S. VENTURES, INC.

 

I.

 

The name of the Corporation is:

 

E.M.S. VENTURES, INC.

 

II.

 

The Corporation is organized under the Georgia Business corporation code.

 

III.

 

The Corporation shall have perpetual duration.

 

IV.

 

The purpose of the Corporation is pecuniary gain and profit to its shareholders, and the general nature of the business or businesses to be transacted shall be to own, operate, acquire, construct and manage properties and businesses involved with the delivery of emergency medical and other health related services and to otherwise provide for the usual and necessary services for itself and others in connection therewith and to engage in any other lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Georgia Business Corporation Code.

 

To such extent as a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Georgia may now or hereafter lawfully do, to do, either as principal or agent, and either


alone or in connection with other corporations, firms, or individuals, all and everything necessary, suitable, convenient or proper for, or in connection with or incidental to, the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, or designed, directly or indirectly, to promote the interest of the Corporation, and in general to do any and all things and execute any and all powers, rights and privileges, which a corporation may now or hereafter be organized to do or to exercise under: the laws of the State of Georgia or under any act amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

The foregoing provisions shall be construed both as purposes and powers of the corporation and the enumeration of these specific purposes and powers shall not be held to exclude, by inference, any powers, objects; or purposes which the Corporation is empowered to exercise, whether expressly by the laws of the State of Georgia now or hereafter in effect or impliedly by the reasonable construction of said laws.

V.

 

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is One Million (1,000,000) shares of capital stock with One Dollar ($1.00) par value.

VI.

 

The Corporation shall be entitled to purchase its own shares of common Stock out of its unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus available therefor.

VII.

 

The Corporation shall be entitled to distribute a portion of its assets to its shareholders out of capital surplus available therefor.


VIII.

 

The address of the Corporation’s initial principal office will be 208 West Academy Street, N.W., Suite A, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia 30501. The address of the Corporation’s initial registered office will be 208 West Academy Street, N.W., Suite A, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia 30501, and the name of the initial registered agent at such address is Derek Fowkes.

 

IX.

 

The following two (2) persons with their addresses set opposite their names shall constitute the initial Directors of the Corporation:

 

Derek Fowkes   

512 East Lake Drive

Gainesville, Georgia 30506

Barbara Gallagher   

512 East Lake Drive

Gainesville, Georgia 30506

 

X.

 

The Directors of the Corporation shall have no personal liability to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty of care or other duty as a Director to the extent permitted by Georgia Law.

 

XI.

 

The incorporator hereof Derek Fowkes whose address is 512 East Lake Drive, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia 30506.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the incorporator has caused these Articles of Incorporation to be executed this 22nd day of January, 1991.

 

WHELCHEL, DUNLAP & GIGNILLIAT

By:

   
   

John A. Gram

   

Attorneys for Incorporator

EX-3.30 19 dex330.htm BYLAWS OF E.M.S. VENTURES, INC. Bylaws of E.M.S. Ventures, Inc.

Exhibit 3.30

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

E.M.S. VENTURES, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of January 19, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article Three, Section 3.1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that the first sentence of Article Four, Section 4.2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

4.2 The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than nine (9), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders and each director shall serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

E.M.S. VENTURES, INC.

 

ARTICLE ONE

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 The address of the registered office of the corporation is 208 West Academy Street, N.W., Suite A, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia 30501, and the name of the registered agent at this address is Derek Fowkes.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

2.1 Certificates of stock shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued. They shall be signed by the President and Secretary and the seal of the corporation shall be affixed thereto. Stock certificates shall be bound in a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom. On the stub of each certificate shall be entered the name of the person owning the shares, the number of shares and the date of issue. Certificates of stock exchanged or returned shall be cancelled by the Secretary and placed in their original place in the stock book.

 

2.2 Transfers of stock shall be made on the stock books of the Corporation by the holder in person or by power of attorney, or surrender of the old certificate for such shares, duly assigned.

 

2.3 The holders of the common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock standing in their name.


ARTICLE THREE

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

3.1 The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be on the first Monday in                      of each year within or without the State of Georgia at such place as may from time to time to fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

3.2 At all meetings of shareholders, the holders of common stock shall be entitled to cast their one vote for each share of common stock, either in person or by written proxy.

 

3.3 Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the President or any holder or holders of as much as one-third of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation upon not less than ten nor more than fifty days’ notice, either mailed to the last known address or personally given to each shareholder. Notice of a special meeting may be waived by instrument in writing. Attendance at such meetings in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof.

 

3.4 Notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

3.5 At all meetings of shareholders a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and no resolution or business shall be transacted without the favorable vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. A lesser number may adjourn from day to day.

 

3.6 Any action to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


ARTICLE FOUR

 

DIRECTORS

 

4.1 Subject to these by-laws, or any lawful agreement between the shareholders, the full and entire management of the affairs and business of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which shall have and may exercise all of the powers that may be exercised or performed by the corporation.

 

4.2 The Board of Directors shall consist of a number not less than the number of shareholders of the Corporation, if said number of shareholders is three (3) or less, nor more than nine (9) members, who shall be elected at an annual meeting of the shareholder and serve for a term of one (1) year and until their successors are elected; provided, however, that if at least a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation having the power to vote for the election of Directors is owned of record by one shareholder, the Board of Directors may consist of only one Director. A majority of said Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions adopted and all business transacted by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting.

 

4.3 The Directors may fill the place of any Director which may become vacant prior to the expiration of his term, such appointments by the Directors to continue until the expiration of the term of the Director whose place has become vacant.

 

4.4 The Directors shall meet annually following the annual meeting of the shareholders. Special meetings of the Directors may be called at any time by the President or by any two Directors, on two days’ notice. Notice of any such meeting may be waived by instrument in writing. Attendance in person at such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof. The signature of any Director approving the minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors entered thereon shall be effective to the same extent as if such Director had been present at such meeting. Any meeting of the Board of Directors may be held within or without


the State of Georgia at such place as may be determined by the person or persons calling the meeting.

 

4.5 Any action to be taken at a meeting of the Directors, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 The officers of the corporation shall consist of a President, such number of Vice Presidents as deemed necessary by the Board of Directors, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The same person may hold two or more offices except for the offices of President and Secretary. The officers shall be elected by the Directors and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

 

5.2 The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general and active management of the operation of the Corporation. He shall be responsible for the administration of the Corporation, including general supervision of the policies of the Corporation, general and active management of the financial affairs of the corporation, and shall execute bonds, mortgages, or other contracts under the seal of the corporation. He shall only borrow money on behalf of the Corporation pursuant to specific authority from the Board of Directors. The President shall have the authority to institute or defend legal proceedings when the Directors are deadlocked.

 

5.3 During the absence and inability of the President to render and perform his duties or exercise his powers, as set forth in these by-laws or in the acts under which this Corporation is organized, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Executive Vice President; and when so acting, he shall have all the responsibilities hereby given to or imposed


upon such President. Should the President, and the Executive Vice President both be absent or unable to perform the duties or exercise the powers of the office, then the Second Vice President and in the order of their office the other Vice Presidents shall perform such duties and exercise such powers.

 

5.4 The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and Directors and have charge of the minute books, stock books, and seal of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may from time to time be delegated to him by the President of the Board of Directors.

 

5.5 The Treasurer shall be charged with the management of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall have the power to recommend action concerning the Corporation’s affairs to the President.

 

5.6 Assistants to the Secretary and Treasurer may be appointed by and shall have such duties as shall be delegated to them by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

5.7 The officers of the Corporation shall receive such salary or compensation as may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. However, any salary or compensation, or any part thereof, paid to an officer by the Board of Directors which is found to be excessive and which is disallowed as a corporate deduction from income taxes by the Corporation by the Internal Revenue Service or any other federal or state agency, shall be repaid to the Corporation by the officer so affected.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

SEAL

 

6.1 The seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. In the event it is inconvenient to use such a seal at any time, the signature of the company followed by the word “Seal” enclosed in parentheses or scroll, shall


be deemed the seal of the Corporation. The seal shall be in the custody of the Secretary and affixed by him on the certificates of stock and such other papers as may be directed by law, by these by-laws or by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1 The shareholders of the Corporation may enter into certain agreements in respect to the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation and in respect to granting options to each other in relation to a proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of any outstanding share by any stockholder or in the event of the death of any shareholder. The manner in form as well as all relevant terms, conditions and details thereof shall be determined by the shareholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that no such regulatory or restrictive provision shall affect the right of the third parties without actual notice thereof unless such provision shall be plainly indicated upon the certificate evidencing the ownership of said stock. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only in accordance with the terms of these agreements, should they be entered into; provided, however, that the terms of such agreements may be waived by a written waiver entered into by the Corporation and all of the shareholders. The Corporation shall also be authorized to ratify and affirm any such agreement made prior to incorporation by and between any of the incorporators.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

8.1 These by-laws may be amended at any meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Corporation.

EX-3.31 20 dex331.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMS VENTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. Articles of Incorporation of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.

Exhibit 3.31

 

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SECRETARY OF STATE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

1. The name of the proposed corporation is Central of Aiken EMS, Inc.

 

2. The initial registered office of the corporation is 111 Park Avenue, SW

                                                                                              Street & Number

 

Aiken   Aiken   29801
City   County   Zip Code

 

and the initial registered agent at such address is William H. Tucker

 

3. The corporation is authorized to issue shares of stock as follows: Complete a or b, whichever is applicable:

 

  a. x If the corporation is authorized to issue a single class of shares, the total number of shares authorized is 100,000:

 

  b. ¨ The corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of shares:

 

Class of Shares   Authorized No. of Each Class
______________________________   ______________________________
______________________________   ______________________________
______________________________   ______________________________

 

The relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the shares of each class, and of each series within a class, are as follows:

 

N/A

 

4. The existence of the corporation shall begin when these articles are filed with the Secretary of State unless a delayed date is indicated (See §33-1-230(b)): N/A

 

5. The optional provisions which the corporation elects to include in the articles of incorporation are as follows (See §33-2—102 and the applicable comments thereto; and 35-2-105 and 35-2-221 of the 1976 South Carolina Code):

 

N/A

 

Date

  JAN 07 1992
CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY

AS TAKEN FROM AND COMPARED WITH THE

ORIGINAL ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE.

 
SECRETARY OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA


STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

1. The name of the proposed corporation is Central of Aiken EMS, Inc.

 

2. The initial registered office of the corporation is 111 Park Avenue, SW

                                                                                              Street & Number

 

Aiken   Aiken   29801
City   County   Zip Code

 

and the initial registered agent at such address is William H. Tucker

 

3. The corporation is authorized to issue shares of stock as follows: Complete a or b, whichever is applicable:

 

  a. x If the corporation is authorized to issue a single class of shares, the total number of shares authorized is 100,000:

 

  b. ¨ The corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of shares:

 

Class of Shares   Authorized No. of Each Class
______________________________   ______________________________
______________________________   ______________________________
______________________________   ______________________________

 

The relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the shares of each class, and of each series within a class, are as follows:

 

N/A

 

4. The existence of the corporation shall begin when these articles are filed with the Secretary of State unless a delayed date is indicated (See §33-1-230(b)): N/A

 

5. The optional provisions which the corporation elects to include in the articles of incorporation are as follows (See §33-2—102 and the applicable comments thereto; and 35-2-105 and 35-2-221 of the 1976 South Carolina Code):

 

N/A

 

Date

  JAN 07 1992
CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY

AS TAKEN FROM AND COMPARED WITH THE

ORIGINAL ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE.

 
SECRETARY OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

 

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The name and address of each incorporator is as follows (only one is required);

 

Name


 

Address


 

Signature


Derek Fowkes   P.O. Box 3126   /s/ Derek Fowkes
    Gainesville, GA 30501    

 

I, William H. Tucker, an attorney licensed to practice in the State of South Carolina, certify that the corporation, to whose articles of incorporation this certificate is attached, has complied with the requirements Chapter 2, Title 33 of the 1976 South Carolina Code relating to the articles of incorporation.

 

Date January 2, 1992

     

/s/

        (Signature)
         William H. Tucker
        (Type or Print Name)
    

Address

  P.O. Box 517
        Aiken, SC 29802

 

FILING INSTRUCTIONS

 

Two copies of this form, the original and either a duplicate original or a conformed copy must be filed.

 

If the space in this form is insufficient, please attach additional sheets containing a reference to the appropriate paragraph in this form.

 

Schedule of fees - payable at time of filing this document

 

Fee for filing Application - payable to Secretary of State

   $ 10.00

Filing Tax - Payable to Secretary of State

     100.00

Minimum License Fee - payable to SC Tax Commission

     25.00

 

THIS FORM MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE FIRST REPORT OF CORPORATIONS (See §12-19-20), AND A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $25.00 PAYABLE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA TAX COMMISSION.

 

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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

Pursuant §Section 3-10-106 of the 1976 South Carolina Code, as amended, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:

 

1. The name of the corporation is Central of Aiken EMS, Inc.

 

2. On January 9, 1994 , the corporation adopted the following Amendment(s) of its Articles of Incorporation:

 

(Type or attach the complete text of Each Amendment)

 

See EXHIBIT A attached.

 

3. The manner, if not set forth in the amendment, in which any exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares provided for in the Amendment shall be effected, is as follows: (if not applicable, insert “not applicable” or “NA”).

 

N/A

 

4. Complete either a or b, whichever is applicable.

 

  a. x Amendment(s) adopted by shareholder action. At the date of adoption of the amendment, the number of outstanding shares of each voting group entitled to vote separately on the Amendment, and the vote of such shares was:

 

Voting
Group


  

Number of
Outstanding

Shares


   Number of
Votes Entitled
to be Cast


   Number of Votes
Represented at
the meeting


   Number of Undisputed*
Shares Voted
For


   Against

EMS

   500    500    500    500    0

Ventures, Inc.

                        

 

Date

 

JAN 21 1994

CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY

AS TAKEN FROM AND COMPARED WITH THE

ORIGINAL ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE.

 

SECRETARY OF STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

 

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* NOTE:

   Pursuant to Section 33-10-106(6)(1), the corporation can alternatively state the total number of undisputed shares cast for the amendment by each voting group together with a statement that the number of cast for the amendment by each voting group was sufficient for approval by that voting group.

 

  b. ¨ The Amendment(s) was duly adopted by the incorporators or board of directors without shareholder approval pursuant to §33-6-102(d), 33-10-102 and 33-10-105 of the 1976 South Carolina Code as amended, and shareholder action was not required.

 

5. Unless a delayed date is specified, the effective date of these Articles of Amendment shall be the date of acceptance for filing by the Secretary of State (See §33-1-230(b)):                             

 

Date   January 19, 1994      

Central of Aiken EMS, Inc.

            (Name of Corporation)
            By:  

/s/

                (Signature)
                John J. Scroggin, Asst. Secretary
                (Type or Print Name and Office)

 

FILING INSTRUCTIONS

 

1. Two copies of this form, the original and either a duplicate original or a conformed copy, must be filed.

 

2. If the space in this form in insufficient, please attach additional sheets containing a reference to the appropriate paragraph in this form.

 

3. Filing fees and taxes payable to the Secretary of State at time of filing application.

 

Filing Fee

   $ 10.00

Filing tax

     100.00

Total

   $ 110.00

 

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“EXHIBIT A”

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF CENTRAL OF AIKEN EMS, INC.

 

1. Effective the date hereof, Article 1. of the Articles of Incorporation of Central of Aiken EMS, Inc. is amended to read as follows:

 

“The name of the corporation is EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.”

 

2. Effective the date hereof, the Articles of Incorporation of Central Aiken EMS, Inc. shall be amended to include the articles set forth below, to be designated Articles 8. and 9. respectively, as follows:

 

  “8. Each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, and each person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation who at the request of the corporation is serving or has served as an officer, director, partner, joint venturer or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be indemnified by the Corporation against those expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement which are allowed to be paid or reimbursed by the Corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina and which are actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding, pending or threatened, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such person may be involved by reason of his being or having been a director or officer of this Corporation or of such other enterprises. Such indemnification shall be made only in accordance with the laws of the State of South Carolina and subject to the conditions prescribed therein. In any instance where the laws of the State of South Carolina permit indemnification to be provided to persons who are or have been an officer or director of the Corporation or who are or have been an officer, director, partner, joint venturer or trustee of any such other enterprise only on a determination that certain specified standards of conduct have been met, upon application for indemnification by any such person the Corporation shall promptly cause such determination to be made:

 

  (a) by the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

 

  (b) if a quorum cannot be obtained by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the board of directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

 

  (c) by special legal counsel selected by the board of directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in (a) or (b), or if a quorum of the board of directors cannot be obtained under (a), and a committee cannot be designated under (b), selected by majority vote of the full board of directors (in which selection directors who are parties may participate); or

 

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  (d) by the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding may not be voted on the determination.

 

As a condition to any such right of indemnification, the Corporation may require that it be permitted to participate in the defense of any such action or proceeding through legal counsel designated by the Corporation and at the expense of the Corporation.

 

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such persons whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such officers and directors against any liability under the laws of the State of South Carolina. If any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification, other than by court order, action by shareholders or by an insurance carrier, the Corporation shall provide notice of such payment to the shareholders in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the State of South Carolina.

 

9. No director shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or to its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of duty of care or other duty as a director, by reason of any act or omission occurring subsequent to the date when this provision becomes effective, except that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for:

 

  (a) any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the Corporation;

 

  (b) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

  (c) any liabilities of a director imposed by the 1976 South Carolina Code, as amended; or

 

  (d) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.”

 

3. All other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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EX-3.32 21 dex332.htm BYLAWS OF EMS VENTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. Bylaws of EMS Ventures of South Carolina, Inc.

Exhibit 3.32

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

BYLAWS

OF EMS VENTURES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

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


CENTRAL OF AIKEN EMS, INC.

CORPORATE BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

The Corporation shall at all times maintain a registered office in the State of South Carolina and a registered agent at that address but may have other offices located within or without the State of South Carolina as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDER’S MEETINGS

 

2.1 Annual Meeting. A meeting of shareholders of the Corporation shall be held annually, within five (5) months of the end of each fiscal year of the Corporation. The annual meeting shall be held at such time and place and on such date as the directors shall determine from time to time and as shall be specified in the notice of the meeting.

 

2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the President or any holder or holders of at least twenty-five percent of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation. Special meetings shall be held at such a time and place and on such date as shall be specified in the notice of the meeting.

 

2.3 Place. Annual or special meetings of shareholders may be held within or without the State of South Carolina.

 

2.4 Notice. Notice of annual or special shareholders’ meetings stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given in writing not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either mailed to the last known address of such shareholder as shown in the stock records of the Corporation or personally given to the shareholder. Notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice of any meeting at which amendments to or restatements of the Articles of Incorporation, merger or consolidation of the Corporation, or the disposition of corporate assets requiring shareholder approval are to be considered shall state such purpose, and shall further comply with all requirements of law. Notice of a meeting may be waived by an instrument in writing executed before or after the meeting. The waiver need not specify the purpose of the meeting or the business transacted, unless one of the purposes of the meeting concerns a plan of merger or consolidation, in which event the waiver shall comply with the further requirements of law concerning such waivers. Attendance at such meeting in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof unless the shareholder shall provide written notice to the Corporation prior to the taking of any action by the shareholders at such meeting that his attendance is not to be deemed a waiver of the requirement that such notice be given or of the adequacy of any notice that may have been given to such shareholder.

 

2.5 Quorum. At all meetings of shareholders a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and no resolution or

 

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business shall be transacted without the favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote. A lesser number may adjourn from day to day, and shall announce the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned.

 

2.6 Proxies; Required Vote. At every meeting of the shareholders, including meetings of shareholders for the election of directors, any shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted after eleven months from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period. Each shareholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the Corporation. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these bylaws.

 

2.7 Presiding Officer and Secretary. At every meeting of shareholders the Chairman of the Board, or in his absence or if there be none, the Vice Chairman of the Board, or in his absence or if there be none, the President, or in his absence a Vice President, or, if none be present, the appointee of the meeting, shall preside. The Secretary, or in his absence an Assistant Secretary, or if none be present, the appointee of the presiding officer of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

2.8 Shareholder List. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation shall produce for inspection of any shareholder at, and continuously during, every meeting of the shareholders, a complete alphabetical list of shareholders arranged by voting group (and within each voting group by class or series of shares) showing the address and share holdings of each shareholder. If the record of shareholders readily shows such information, it may be produced in lieu of such a list.

 

2.9 Action in Lieu of Meeting. Any action to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation, or any action that may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof and any further requirements of law pertaining to such consents have been complied with.

 

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Management. Subject to these bylaws, or any lawful agreement between the shareholders, the full and entire management of the affairs and business of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which shall have and may exercise all of the powers that may be exercised or performed by the Corporation.

 

3.2 Number of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of at least one (1) and not more than ten (10) members, as may be decided from time to time by the Shareholders.

 

3.3 Vacancies. The directors may fill the place of any director which may become vacant prior to the expiration of his term, by vote of a majority of the remaining

 

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directors, though less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director, as the case may be, such appointment by the directors to continue until the expiration of the term of the director whose place has become vacant and until a successor is elected.

 

3.4 Election of Directors. Directors shall be elected annually, at the annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting of shareholders or by written consent of the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon in lieu of a meeting. The directors shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are elected. If the annual election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause such election to be held as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

3.5 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time either orally at any meeting of the Board of Directors or by so advising the Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President, or by giving written notice to the Corporation. A director who resigns may postpone the effectiveness of his resignation to a future date or upon the occurrence of a future event specified in a written tender of resignation. If no time of effectiveness is specified therein, a resignation shall be effective upon tender. A vacancy shall be deemed to exist at the time a resignation is tendered, and the Board of Directors or the shareholders may, then or thereafter, elect or appoint a successor to take office when the resignation by its terms becomes effective.

 

3.6 Compensation. Directors may be allowed such compensation for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors and of any special or standing committees thereof as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

 

4.1 Executive Committee.

 

(a) The Board of Directors may by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board designate an Executive Committee of one or more directors. Each member of the Executive Committee shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of shareholders next following his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal, or until he shall cease to be a director.

 

(b) During the intervals between the meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee may exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Executive Committee shall not have the power to amend or repeal any resolution of the Board of Directors that by its terms shall not be subject to amendment or repeal by the Executive Committee, and the Executive Committee shall not have the authority of the Board of Directors in reference to:

 

(1) approving or proposing to shareholders action required to be approved by shareholders;

 

(2) filling vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

 

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(3) amending the Articles of Incorporation;

 

(4) adopting, amending or repealing bylaws; or (5) approving a plan of merger or share exchange not requiring shareholder approval.

 

(c) The Executive Committee shall meet from time to time on call of the Chairman of the Board or the President or of any two or more members of the Executive Committee. Meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at such place or places, within or without the State of South Carolina, as the Executive Committee shall determine or as may be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of such meetings. The Executive Committee may fix its own rules of procedures, including provision for notice of its meetings. It shall keep a record of its proceedings and shall report these proceedings to the Board of Directors at the meeting thereof held next after they have been taken, and all such proceedings shall be subject to revision or alteration by the Board of Directors except to the extent that action shall have been taken pursuant to or in reliance upon such proceedings prior to any such revision or alteration.

 

(d) The Executive Committee shall act by majority vote of its members; provided, that contracts or transactions of and by the Corporation in which officers or directors of the Corporation are interested shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested members of the Executive Committee, at a meeting of the Executive Committee at which the material facts as to the interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the members of the Executive Committee prior to the vote.

 

(e) Members of the Executive Committee may participate in committee proceedings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the proceedings can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such proceedings.

 

(f) The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted in accordance with paragraph (a) of this section, may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee who may act in the place and stead of any absent member or members at any meeting of said committee.

 

4.2 Other Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may designate one or more additional committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation, which shall have such name or names and shall have and may exercise such powers of the Board of Directors, except the powers denied to the Executive Committee, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Such committees shall provide for their own rules of procedure, subject to the same restrictions thereon as provided above for the Executive Committee.

 

4.3 Removal. The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to remove any member of any committee, with or without cause, and to fill vacancies in and to dissolve any such committee.

 

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ARTICLE V

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

5.1 Time and Place. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place either within or without the State of South Carolina. Each newly elected Board of Directors shall meet immediately following the close of the annual meeting of shareholders and at the place thereof, or such newly elected Board of Directors may hold such meeting at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors. In any such case no notice of such meeting to the newly elected directors shall be necessary in order legally to constitute the meeting. If the Board of Directors is elected by written consent of shareholders without a meeting, then the newly elected Board shall meet as soon as is reasonably practicable after such consent is duly filed with the Corporation, at the call of the Chairman of the Board, if any, or of the President or of at least one-third of the directors then in office, at such time and place as shall be specified by written notice thereof given to each director either by personal delivery or by mail, telegram, or cablegram at least two days before the meeting.

 

5.2 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place, within or without the State of South Carolina, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

5.3 Special Meetings; Notice. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on not less than one day’s notice by telephone, mail, telegram, cablegram or personal delivery to each director and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any two or more directors. Any such special meeting shall be held at such time and place, within or without the State of South Carolina, as shall be stated in the notice of meeting. No notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need state the purposes thereof.

 

5.4 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting may be waived by an instrument in writing executed before or after the meeting. Attendance in person at any such meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice thereof.

 

5.5 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of one-third of the authorized number of directors, but not less than two directors, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Directors may participate in any meeting by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by means of such communications equipment shall constitute the presence in person at such meeting. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws. In the absence of a quorum a majority of the directors present at any meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present. Notice of any adjourned meeting need only be given by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.

 

5.6 Action in Lieu of 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

 

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meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is delivered to the Corporation for filing with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or of such committee and any further requirements of law pertaining to such consents have been complied with.

 

5.7 Interested Directors and Officers. An interested director or officer is one who is a party to a contract or transaction with the Corporation or who is an officer or director of, or has a financial interest in, another corporation, partnership, association or other entity which is a party to a contract or transaction with the Corporation. Contracts and transactions between the Corporation and one or more interested directors or officers shall not be void or voidable solely because of the involvement or vote of such interested persons as long as:

 

(i) the contract or transaction is approved in good faith by the Board of Directors or appropriate committee by the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors be less than a quorum, at a meeting of the Board or committee at which the material facts as to the interest of the interested person or persons and the contract or transaction are disclosed or known to the Board or committee prior to the vote; or

 

(ii) the contract or transaction is approved in good faith by the shareholders after the material facts as to the interest of the interested person or persons and the contract or transaction have been disclosed to them; 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, committee, or shareholders. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board or committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES

 

6.1 General Provisions. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and may include a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, one or more Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of the shareholders in each year or shall be appointed as provided in these bylaws. The Board of Directors may elect other officers, agents and employees, who shall have such authority and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. All officers shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of the shareholders after their election or appointment and until their successors shall have been elected or appointed and shall have qualified. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Any officer, agent or employee of the Corporation may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause. Such removal without cause shall be without prejudice to such person’s contract rights, if any, but the election or appointment of any person as an officer, agent or employee of the Corporation shall not of itself create contract rights. The

 

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compensation of officers, agents and employees elected by the Board of Directors shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, but this power may be delegated to any officer, agent or employee as to persons under his direction or control. The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

6.2 Powers and Duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board and the President. The powers and duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board and the President, subject to the supervision and control of the Board of Directors, shall be those usually appertaining to their respective offices and whatever other powers and duties are prescribed by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors.

 

(a) The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and at all meetings of the shareholders.

 

(b) The Vice Chairman of the Board shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman, perform the duties of the chairman.

 

(c) The President shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. He shall have general charge of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall keep the Board of Directors fully advised. He shall employ and discharge employees and agents of the Corporation, except such as shall be elected by the Board of Directors, and he may delegate these powers. He shall have such powers and perform such duties as generally pertain to the office of the President, as well as such further powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The President may vote the shares or other securities of any other domestic or foreign corporation of any type or kind which may at any time be owned by the Corporation, may execute any shareholders’ or other consents in respect thereof and may in his discretion delegate such powers by executing proxies, or otherwise, on behalf of the Corporation. The Board of Directors, by resolution from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

 

6.3 Powers and Duties of Vice Presidents. Each Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board of Directors or the President may prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these bylaws. In the absence or inability to act of the President, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, the Executive Vice President, or if there be none, the Senior Vice President who has served in that capacity for the longest time and who shall be present and able to act, or if there be none, the Vice President who has served in that capacity for the longest time and who shall be present and able to act, shall perform all duties and may exercise any of the powers of the President. The performance of any such duty by an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President or a Vice President shall be conclusive evidence of his power to act.

 

6.4 Powers and Duties of the Secretary. The Secretary shall have charge of the minutes of all proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors and shall keep the minutes of all their meetings at which he is present. Except as otherwise provided by these bylaws he shall attend to the giving of all notices to shareholders and directors. He shall have charge of the seal of the Corporation, shall attend to its use on all documents the execution of

 

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which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized and shall attest the same by his signature whenever required. He shall have charge of the record of shareholders of the Corporation, of all written requests by shareholders that notices be mailed to them at an address other than their addresses on the record of shareholders, and of such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors, he shall have all such powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of corporate secretary or as may be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

6.5 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge of all funds and securities of the Corporation, shall endorse the same for deposit or collection when necessary and deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or depositories as the Board of Directors may authorize. He may endorse all commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on behalf of the Corporation and may sign all receipts and all commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on behalf of the Corporation and may sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the Corporation. He shall have all such powers and duties as generally are incident to the position of corporate treasurer or as may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

6.6 Delegation of Duties. In case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors (or in the case of Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers only, the President) may confer for the time being the powers and duties, or any of them, of such officer upon any other officer (provided that the powers and duties of the President may not be conferred upon the Secretary, and vice versa), or elect or appoint any new officer to fill a vacancy created by death, resignation, retirement or termination of any officer. In such latter event such new officer shall serve until the next annual election of officers.

 

ARTICLE VII

CAPITAL STOCK

 

7.1 Certificates. The interest of each shareholder shall be evidenced by a certificate or certificates representing shares of the Corporation which shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt and shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate representing shares shall set forth upon the face thereof the following:

 

  (a) the name of this Corporation;

 

  (b) that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of South Carolina;

 

  (c) the name or names of the person or persons to whom the certificate is issued;

 

  (d) the number and class of shares, and the designation of the series, if any, which the certificate represents;

 

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  (e) if any shares represented by the certificate are non-voting shares, a statement or notation to that effect; and, if the shares represented by the certificate are subordinate to shares of any other class or series with respect to dividends or amounts payable on liquidation, shall further set forth on either the face or back of the certificate a clear and concise statement to that effect.

 

Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. If a certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar, other than the Corporation itself or an employee of the Corporation, the signature of any such officer of the Corporation may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signatures shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers.

 

7.2 Shareholder List. The Corporation shall keep or cause to be kept a record of the shareholders of the Corporation which readily shows, in alphabetical order or by alphabetical index, by voting group and, within each voting group, by classes or series of stock, if any, the names of the shareholders entitled to vote, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. Said record shall be presented and kept open at all meetings of the shareholders.

 

7.3 Transfers of Shares. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate, or by power of attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon surrender of the certificate thereof, or in the case of a certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7.7 of these bylaws.

 

7.4 Record Dates.

 

(a) For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed seventy days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting.

 

(b) In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date to be not more than seventy days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten

 

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days, prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken.

 

7.5 Registered Owner. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock of the Corporation as the person entitled to vote such share, to receive any dividend or other distribution with respect to such share, and for all other purposes and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

7.6 Transfer Agent and Registrars. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may require each stock certificate to bear the signature or signatures of a transfer agent or a registrar or both.

 

7.7 Lost Certificates. Any person claiming a certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of the fact in such manner as the Board of Directors may require and shall, if the directors so require, give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in form and amount and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors, whereupon an appropriate new certificate may be issued in lieu of the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

7.8 Fractional Shares or Scrip. The Corporation may, when and if authorized so to do by its Board of Directors, issue certificates for fractional shares or scrip in order to effect share transfers, share distributions or reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or reorganizations. Holders of fractional shares shall be entitled, in proportion to their fractional holdings, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in any of the assets of the Corporation in the event of liquidation. Holders of scrip shall not, unless expressly authorized by the Board of Directors, be entitled to exercise any rights of a shareholder of the Corporation, including voting rights, dividend rights or the right to participate in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in the event of liquidation. In lieu of issuing fractional shares or scrip, the Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractional interests as determined by the Board of Directors; and the Board of Directors may adopt resolutions regarding rights with respect to fractional shares or scrip as it may deem appropriate, including without limitation the right for persons entitled to receive fractional shares to sell such fractional shares or purchase such additional fractional shares as may be needed to acquire one full share, or sell such fractional shares or scrip for the account of such persons.

 

ARTICLE VIII

BOOKS AND RECORDS; SEAL; ANNUAL STATEMENTS;

EXPENSES

 

8.1 Inspection of Books and Records. Any person who is the holder of record of, or authorized in writing by the holders of record of, more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of any class or series of the Corporations, upon written demand stating the purpose thereof, shall have the right to inspect in person or by agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times, excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the Board of Directors, records of any action of a committee thereof while acting in place of the Board of Directors on

 

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behalf of the Corporation, minutes of any meeting of shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, accounting records of the Corporation, and the record of shareholders and to make copies therefrom.

 

A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in the immediately preceding paragraph only if:

 

(1) his demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose that is reasonably relevant to his legitimate interest as a shareholder;

 

(2) he describes with reasonable particularity his purpose and the records he desires to inspect;

 

(3) the records are directly connected with his purpose; and

 

(4) the records are to be used only for the stated purpose.

 

If the Secretary or a majority of the Board of Directors or members of the Executive Committee of the Corporation find the request proper, the Secretary shall promptly notify the shareholder of the time and place at which the inspection may be conducted.

 

If said request is found by the Secretary, the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee not to be proper, the Secretary shall promptly notify the requesting shareholder on or prior to the date on which the shareholder requested to conduct the inspection. The Secretary shall specify in said notice the basis for the rejection of the shareholder’s request.

 

The Secretary, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee shall at all times be entitled to rely on the corporate records in making any determination hereunder.

 

8.2 Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. In the event it is inconvenient to use such a seal at any time, the signature of the Corporation followed by the word “Seal” enclosed in parentheses or scroll shall be deemed the seal of the Corporation.

 

8.3 Annual Statements. Not later than four months after the close of each fiscal year, and in any case prior to the next annual meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare:

 

(a) A balance sheet showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the Corporation as of the close of its fiscal year;

 

(b) A profit and loss statement showing the results of its operations during its fiscal year. Upon written request, the Corporation promptly shall mail to any shareholder of record a copy of the most recent such balance sheet and profit and loss statement; and

 

(c) Such other documents and reports as may be required by law.

 

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8.4 Expenses. Expenses incurred by any person who was or is a party or who is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of Directors generally or as to a specific case or as to a specific person or persons (designated by name, title or class of persons) upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized under the applicable provisions of the South Carolina Code and upon compliance with any further requirements of law pertaining to such advances.

 

8.5 Non-exclusivity. The indemnification provided by Section 8.4 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, in respect of indemnification or otherwise, to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw or resolution approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon taken at a meeting the notice of which specified that such bylaw or resolution would be placed before the shareholders, both as to action by a director, officer, employee or agent in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office or position, provided such indemnification does not exceed the powers of indemnity permitted to corporations under the provisions of the South Carolina Business Corporation Code, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

ARTICLE IX

NOTICES; WAIVERS OF NOTICE

 

9.1 Notices. Except as otherwise specifically provided in these bylaws, whenever under the provisions of these bylaws notice is required to be given to any shareholder, director or officer, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given by personal notice or by cable, telegraph, or facsimile transmission, or by mail by depositing the same in the post office or letter box in a postage-paid sealed wrapper, addressed to such shareholder, officer or director at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus sent or mailed.

 

9.2 Waivers of Notice. Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, when any notice whatever is required to be given by law, by the Articles of Incorporation or by these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. In the case of a shareholder, such waiver of notice may be signed by the shareholder’s attorney or proxy duly appointed in writing.

 

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ARTICLE X

EMERGENCY POWERS

 

10.1 Bylaws. The Board of Directors may adopt emergency bylaws, subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders, which shall, notwithstanding any provision of law, the Articles of Incorporation or these bylaws, be operative during any emergency in the conduct of the business of the Corporation resulting from any catastrophic event including, without limitation, an attack on the United States or on a locality in which the Corporation conducts its business or customarily holds meeting of its Board of Directors or its shareholders, or during any nuclear or atomic disaster, or during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors or a standing committee thereof cannot readily be convened for action. The emergency bylaws may make any provision that may be practical and necessary for the circumstances of the emergency.

 

10.2 Lines of Succession. The Board of Directors, either before or during any such emergency, may provide, and from time to time modify, lines of succession in the event that during such an emergency any or all officers or agents of the Corporation shall for any reason be rendered unavailable or otherwise incapable of discharging their duties.

 

10.3 Head Office. The Board of Directors, either before or during any such emergency, may effective in the emergency, change the head office or designate several alternative head offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers to do so.

 

10.4 Period of Effectiveness. To the extent not inconsistent with any emergency bylaws so adopted, these bylaws shall remain in effect during any such emergency and upon its termination the emergency bylaws shall cease to be operative.

 

10.5 Notices. Unless otherwise provided in emergency bylaws, notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors during any such emergency may be given only to such of the directors as it may be practical to reach at the time, and by such means as may be practical at the time, including publication, radio or television.

 

10.6 Officers as Directors Pro Tempore. To the extent required to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors during any such emergency, the officers of the Corporation who are present shall, unless otherwise provided in emergency bylaws, be deemed, in order of rank and within the same rank in order of seniority, directors for such meeting.

 

10.7 Liability of Officers, Directors and Agents. No officer, director, agent or employee acting in accordance with any emergency bylaws shall be liable except for willful misconduct. No officer, director, agent or employee shall be liable for any action taken by him in good faith in such an emergency in furtherance of the ordinary business affairs of the Corporation even though not authorized by the bylaws then in effect.

 

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ARTICLE XI

CHECKS, NOTES, DRAFTS, ETC.

 

Checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, bills of exchange and other orders or obligations for the payment of money shall be signed by such officer or officers or person or persons as the Board of Directors by resolution shall from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

 

The bylaws of the Corporation may be altered or amended and new bylaws may be adopted by the shareholders at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that if such action is to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, notice of the general nature of the proposed change in the bylaws shall be given in the notice of meeting. The shareholders may provide by resolution that any bylaw provision repealed, amended, adopted, or altered by them may not be repealed, amended, adopted or altered by the Board of Directors. Action by the shareholders with respect to bylaws shall be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of all shares entitled to elect directors, and action by the Board of Directors with respect to bylaws shall be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of all directors then holding office.

 

ARTICLE XIII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

13.1. Basis for Indemnification.

 

(a) Under the circumstances prescribed in Section 2, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suite, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, office, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

(b) Under the circumstances prescribed in Section 2, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation

 

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to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorney’s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deem proper.

 

13.2. Right to Indemnification. To the extent that a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. Except as provided in the preceding sentence and except as may be ordered by a court, any indemnification under Section 1 shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1. Such a determination shall be made.

 

(1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or

 

(2) by independent legal counsel employed by the Corporation, in a written opinion, if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, or (3) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

13.3. Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors generally or as to a specific case or as to a specific person or persons (designated by name, title or class of persons), upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article XIII.

 

13.4. Non-exclusivity. The provisions for indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article XIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights, in respect of indemnification or otherwise, to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, either specifically or in general terms, resolution, or approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon taken at a meeting the notice of which specified that such bylaw, resolution or agreement would be placed

 

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before the shareholders, both as to action by a director, officer, employee or agent in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office or position, except that no such other rights, in respect to indemnification or otherwise, may be provided or granted with respect to the liability of any director, officer, employee or agent for:

 

(a) any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the Corporation;

 

(b) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

(c) liabilities of a director imposed by Section 14-2-154 of the South Carolina Code; or

 

(d) any transaction from which the director, officer, employee, or agent derived an improper personal benefit.

 

13.5. Insurance.

 

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

 

(b) If any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification, otherwise than by court order or action by the shareholders or by an insurance carrier pursuant to insurance maintained by the Corporation, the Corporation shall, not later than the next annual meeting of shareholders unless such meeting is held within 3 months from the date of such payment, and, in any event, within 15 months from the date of such payment, send by first class mail (or if the Corporation shall have at the time more than 500 shareholders entitled to vote, by such other means as may be authorized by the South Carolina Business Corporation Code for notices of meetings of shareholders) to its shareholders of record at the time entitled to vote for the election of directors a statement specifying the persons paid, the amounts paid, and the nature and status at the time of such payment of the litigation or threatened litigation.

 

13.6. Right to Participate in Defense. As a condition to any such right of indemnification, or to receive advancement of expenses, the Corporation may require that it be permitted to participate in the defense of any such action or proceeding through legal counsel designated by the Corporation and at the expense of the Corporation.

 

13.7. Continuation of Right of Indemnification. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided in this Article XIII shall continue notwithstanding that a person who would otherwise have been entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses hereunder shall have ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.

 

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EX-3.33 22 dex333.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.33

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. – LINCOLN

 

The undersigned natural persons of legal age, acting as incorporators under the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I. NAME

 

The name of the corporation is Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. – Lincoln.

 

ARTICLE II. DURATION

 

The corporation’s duration is perpetual.

 

ARTICLE III. PURPOSES

 

This corporation is organized to engage in the rendering of ambulance, delivery, limousine, and paramedic-related medical services, and to do everything necessary, proper, advisable and convenient for the accomplishment of the above purposes, and to transact any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to time.

 

ARTICLE IV. POWERS

 

The corporation shall have and may exercise all powers and rights (1) conferred upon corporations by the Nebraska Business Corporation Act as amended from time to time, (2) not otherwise denied corporations by the laws of the State of Nebraska, and (3) necessary, suitable, proper, convenient, or expedient to attainment of the purposes set forth in Article III.

 

ARTICLE V. AUTHORIZED SHARES

 

The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 10,000 all common stock, having a par value of $1.00 each.

 

ARTICLE VI. PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

No holder of any of the shares now or hereafter issued by the corporation shall be entitled as a matter of right to subscribe for or purchase any part of the unissued shares of the corporation of any class whatsoever or to subscribe for or purchase any additional shares, whether common, preferred or any other class, to be issued by reason of any increase in the authorized capital of the corporation, or to subscribe or purchase any bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities, convertible into shares of the corporation.


ARTICLE VII. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

The by-laws or an agreement signed by the corporation and all shareholders of the corporation may contain provisions restricting the transfer of stock of the corporation. No shareholder shall sell, assign, transfer, dispose of, or encumber any shares of stock in violation of any condition stated in the by-laws or any such agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII. BY-LAWS

 

The shareholders shall adopt by-laws for the management of the corporation, which by-laws may be amended as provided therein.

 

ARTICLE IX. REGISTERED AGENT

 

The street address of the initial registered office of the corporation is 830 “L” Street, P.O. Box 83112, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, 68508, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Marty J. Miller.

 

ARTICLE X. INCORPORATORS

 

The names and addresses of the incorporators are:

 

Name


  

Address


Marty J. Miller   

930 Twin Ridge Road

Lincoln, Nebraska 68510

Michael G. Dodge   

6610 Woodthrush Lane

Lincoln, Nebraska 68516

Russell J. Bayer   

8520 Navajo Trail

Lincoln, Nebraska 68520

 

Dated this 18th day of December, 1986.

 

           
Marty J. Miller, Incorporator       Michael G. Dodge, Incorporator
           
Russell J. Bayer, Incorporator        

 

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Secretary of State

Corporate Division

State of Nebraska

State Capitol

Lincoln, Nebraska 68508

 

CONSENT TO USE OF CORPORATE NAME

 

The undersigned, Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., a Nebraska corporation, does hereby authorize and consent to the use of the name, “Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. – Lincoln”, as the name of a Nebraska business corporation pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §21-2007(3)(a).

 

Dated this 18th day of December, 1986.

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

(Formerly Eastern Nebraska

Ambulance Service, Inc.)

By:   

   
    Marty J. Miller, President

 

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EX-3.34 23 dex334.htm BYLAWS OF EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.34

 

RESOLUTION APPROVING AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS

 

BE IT RESOLVED that the amended By-Laws of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. — Lincoln, as adopted by the Directors on November 16, 1987 are hereby amended as follows:

 

  1. Amend the first paragraph of Article III BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification. to read as follows:

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification. The number of directors of the corporation shall be seven, six of whom shall be voting members designated as follows:

 

Number of
Directors


  

Directors

Designated By


      3    Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.
      1    HealthLincoln Services, Inc.
      1    Health Care Management, Inc.
      1    Bryan Enterprises, Inc.

 

  2. Amend Article III BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Section 7. Manner of Acting. to read as follows:

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting in which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors on all matters except the following:

 

  (a) A super majority (5/7ths or 4/6ths) is required to alter the Management Services Agreement entered into by Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. — Lincoln and Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

  (b) The unanimous decision of all Directors entitled to vote shall be required to cancel, amend, alter or change in any manner the Service Agreement dated July 1, 1988; the Alternative Quality Assessment Agreement dated July 1, 1988; the Shareholder Buy-Sell Agreement dated November 16, 1987, as amended July 1, 1988; the By-Laws, or to alter the composition or voting requirements of the Board of Directors.

 

  (c)

The unanimous decision of all Directors entitled to vote shall be required for EASI to terminate its existing User Agreement (“Participation


 

Agreement”) with LMEF and for EASI not to enter into the new Participation Agreement with LMEF.

 

  (d) Any action which by law requires action by more than a majority of Directors.

 

  3. Amend Article XI, AMENDMENTS, to read as follows:

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the unanimous decision of the Board of Directors as herein described, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

 

I, the undersigned duly elected and acting Secretary of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. — Lincoln (the “Company”) do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a Special Meeting of Directors of the Company on August 17, 1988 by a vote of 7 to 0.

 

 

Russell J. Bayer, Secretary

 

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AMENDED BY-LAWS OF

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. – LINCOLN

 

ARTICLE I.

 

OFFICES

 

(a) The principal office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska shall be located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Nebraska, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

(b) The registered office of the corporation may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Nebraska, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Monday in the month of January, at the hour of 2:00 p.m., and at such place as shall, from time to time, be designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Nebraska, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the shareholders or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

Section 2. Special Meeting. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the shareholders of not less than one-tenth of all of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nebraska, as the place of meeting for any annual or special stockholders’ meeting. If no designation is made or if a special meeting shall be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be

 

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delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, addressed to the shareholder at his office as it appears in the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon paid.

 

Section 5. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or if notice is waived, the date on which the meeting is held, or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which quorum shall be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7. Proxies. At all meetings of the shareholders a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 8. Voting of Shares. Except where cumulative voting may be provided for, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 9. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders.

 

(a) Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors of such corporation may determine.

 

(b) A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until there has been a default under the terms of the pledge agreement and his or her shares have been transferred pursuant to the pledge agreement into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

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Section 10. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

Section 11. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers

 

The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors. In addition to those powers imposed by state law, the Board shall have the following powers:

 

  1) to review and evaluate corporate mission, goals, and objectives;

 

  2) to review, accept or deny management recommendations;

 

  3) to approve an annual budget;

 

  4) to set standards of patient care;

 

  5) to approve expenditures which individually exceed $10,000;

 

  6) to approve loans in excess of $25,000.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification. The number of directors of the corporation shall be seven, six of whom shall be voting members initially designated as follows:

 

Number of
Directors


  

Directors

Selected by


      3    Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc.
      3    Health Care Management, Inc. and Health Lincoln Services, Inc.

 

The seventh Director shall be unanimously selected by the other six. The seventh Director shall serve as Chairman of the Board, shall preside at Board meetings and shall be a non-voting member except in case of ties.

 

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The Board, by unanimous vote, may designate other members of the Board who shall be ex officio and non-voting members.

 

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-Law immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide for the time and place, either within or without the State of Nebraska, for the holding of additional regular meetings, without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the directors may be called at the request of the President or any five (5) directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings may fix the place either within or without Nebraska, as the place for holding any special meeting.

 

Section 5. Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two (2) days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered at the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a director attends for the express purpose to object to the transaction of the business because the meeting is not lawfully called. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than a majority is present, at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a Board of Directors. However, a super-majority (5/7 or 4/6) is required to alter the Management Services Agreement entered into by Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. - Lincoln and Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., to alter the By-Laws, or to alter the composition of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum thereof. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any director elected by reason of an increase in number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders.

 

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Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, directors may be paid their expense of attendance at each meeting. The Board may vote to compensate the seventh Director. No other Director shall be otherwise compensated for their duties as Directors.

 

Section 10. Presumption of Assent. A director present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless the Director’s dissent shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting or unless the Director shall file his or her written dissent to such action with the person acting of the Secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after such adjournment. A Director who votes in favor of corporate action shall have no right to dissent thereto.

 

Section 11. Interests of Directors in Transactions. No contract or other transaction between the corporation and one or more of the Directors, or between the corporation and any corporation, firm, or association in which one or more of its Directors are Directors or financially interested, shall be either void or voidable by reason of the fact that such Director or Directors are present at the meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, which authorizes or approves such contract or transaction, or that his, her or their votes are counted for such purposes, if (1) the fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the Board of Directors or committee which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote or votes of such interested Director; or (2) the fact of such common relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by a majority vote or written consent; or (3) the contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the corporation. Such common or interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting.

 

Section 12. Committees. The Board of Directors by resolution may designate from its members an executive committee and one or more other committees each of which, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all the authority of the Board of Directors, but no such committee shall have the authority of the Board of Directors in reference to altering the Management Services Agreement entered into by Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. - Lincoln and Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., altering these By-laws, altering the composition of the Board of Directors, amending the Articles of Incorporation, adopting a plan of merger or consolidation, recommending to shareholders the sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all the property and assets of the corporation otherwise than in the usual and regular course of its business, recommending to shareholders a voluntary dissolution of the corporation or a revocation thereof. The designation of any such committee and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed by law.

 

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Section 13. Telephone Conferences. Any or all Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of a conference telephone or other means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

Section 14. Action by Consent. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, any action to be taken at a meeting of the Directors, may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the Directors. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote. The consent may be executed by the Directors in counterparts.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person, except the office of President.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc. - Lincoln that were elected by the shareholders of that corporation on January 5, 1987, shall continue in office and shall be subject to re-election at the next regularly scheduled annual meeting. Thereafter officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors annually at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual shareholders’ meeting. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified, or until his or her death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors when the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person removed.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy of an office for any reason may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The President shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders. The President may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

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Section 6. The Vice-President. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or in the absence of any designation then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary and/or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post-office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or Vice-President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. The Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine the Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation, receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer, officers, or agent to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

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Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidence or indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks.

 

All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by Directors resolution.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

Section 1. Certificates. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in the case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes. The transfer of shares of the corporation shall be restricted as provided by the Buy-Sell Agreement entered into by the shareholders dated November 16, 1987. No shareholder shall sell, assign, transfer, dispose of, or encumber any share to stock in violation of any condition stated in the above-referenced agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.

 

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ARTICLE VIII.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

SEAL

 

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal.”

 

ARTICLE X.

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by a super-majority of the Board of Directors as herein described, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

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It is hereby certified that these Amended By-Laws were unanimously adopted by the Directors of the corporation at a duly called meeting held the 16th day of November, 1987.

 

/s/ Russell J. Bayer

Secretary

 

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BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. – LINCOLN

 

ARTICLE I.

 

OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation shall be located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without Nebraska, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

The registered office of the corporation required by the Nebraska Business Corporation Act to be maintained in Nebraska shall be as set out in the Articles of Incorporation and may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders commencing with the year 1987, shall be held on the first Monday in the month of January, at the hour of 2 p.m., and at such place as shall, from time to time, be designated by the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Nebraska, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without Nebraska, as the place of meeting for any annual or special stockholders’ meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in Nebraska.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United

 

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States mail, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, postage prepaid.

 

Section 5. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or if notice is waived, the date on which the meeting is held, or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by the shareholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 8. Voting of Shares. Except where cumulative voting may be provided for, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the shareholders.

 

Section 9. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him or her for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has a right to vote, or to cumulate his or her votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his or her shares shall equal, or distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

Section 10. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

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ARTICLE III.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be three (3), provided that at any time there are less than three (3) shareholders, the number of directors shall not exceed and shall be equal to the number of shareholders.

 

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without Nebraska, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two (2) directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings may fix any place, either within or without Nebraska, as the place for holding any special meeting.

 

Section. 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two (2) days prior thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his or her business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, postage prepaid. If given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. Attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such attendance is for the express purpose of objecting 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 Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum thereof or if there be no remaining directors, by special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. Any director elected by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

 

Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, directors may be reimbursed for expenses, if any, in attending each meeting and a fixed sum for attendance at directors’ meetings, or a stated salary. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 10. Telephone Conferences. Any or all directors may participate in a meeting of the board by means of conference telephone or other means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

Section 11. Action by Consent. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, any action to be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the directors. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote. The consent may be executed by the directors in counterparts.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors, together with such other officers and assistant officers as the directors may from time to time elect or appoint. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the office of President.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death or resignation or removal.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the directors when the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in an office for any reason may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

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Section 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The President shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors. The President may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these by-laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. The Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all of the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary and/or Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice-President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general, perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. The Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with provisions of Article V of these by-laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 9. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such one or more officers or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by directors’ resolution.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his or her legal representative who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares.

 

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The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

All of the foregoing shall be binding on the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of each shareholder. The Board of Directors is authorized to except from the foregoing restrictions, by resolution or by-law, transfers resulting from gifts, bequests, and similar transfers.

 

If any stock is purchased by the corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions, it may either be retired in the manner provided by law or reissued and resold.

 

Any of the foregoing restrictions may be amended or abrogated by affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares of stock of the corporation then issued and outstanding at any regular meetings, or any special meeting of the shareholders if written notice of the special meeting, setting forth the purpose for which it is being called and the time and place thereof, is mailed to each shareholder at least ten days prior to the meeting, or the shareholder waives such notice in writing.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and the Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

SEAL

 

The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which, if provided, shall be circular in format shall have inscribed thereon the name of this corporation, State of Nebraska and the words “Corporate Seal.”

 

ARTICLE X.

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these by-laws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Nebraska Business Incorporation Act, a waiver

 

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thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

It is hereby certified that these by-laws were unanimously adopted by the shareholders of the corporation at a duly called meeting held the 31st day of December, 1986.

 

/s/ Russell J. Bayer

Secretary

 

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

 

AMENDED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day of April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the shareholders or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

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

 

ARTICLE VII

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be June 30, or such other date as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

AMENDED BYLAWS OF

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

James H. Bolin, being the Secretary of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., a Nebraska corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that this First Amendment to the Amended Bylaws of the Corporation, was duly adopted by the sole Shareholder of the Corporation on July 25,1994:

 

“RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted by Section 21-2026 of the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be and it hereby is deleted in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 8 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Newly created directorships shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of the directors, and any vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may by filled by the shareholder at the time of the removal. Directors need not be shareholders.”

 

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

 

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AMENDED BY-LAWS OF

 

EASTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I.

 

OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska shall be located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Nebraska, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

The registered office of the corporation may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office of the State of Nebraska, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Monday in the month of January, at the hour of 2:00, p.m. and at such place as shall, from time to time, be designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Nebraska, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the shareholders or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the shareholders of not less than one-tenth of all of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Nebraska, as the place of meeting for any annual or special stockholders’ meeting. If no designation is made or if the special meeting shall be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such

 

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meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, addressed to the shareholder at his office as it appears in the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage prepaid.

 

Section 5. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed, or if notice is waived, the date on which the meeting is held, or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholder.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7. Proxies. At all meetings of the shareholders a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 8. Voting of Shares. Except where cumulative voting may be provided for, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 9. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

Section 10. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

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ARTICLE III.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be three (3), provided that at any time there are less than three (3) shareholders, the number of directors shall not exceed and shall be equal to the number of shareholders.

 

Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-Law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide for the time and place, either within or without the State of Nebraska, for the holding of additional regular meetings, without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the directors may be called at the request of the President or any tow (2) directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings may fix the place either within or without Nebraska, as the place for holding any special meeting.

 

Section 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two (2) days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where a director attends for the express purpose to object to the transaction of the 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 Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than a majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum thereof or if there be no remaining directors, by special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any director elected by reason of an increase in number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose.

 

Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, directors may be reimbursed for expenses, if any, in attending each meeting and a fixed sum for attendance at each directors’ meeting, or a stated salary. No such payment shall preclude such director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 10. Telephone Conferences. Any or all directors may participate in a meeting of the board by means of conference telephone or other means of communication by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

Section 10. Action by Consent. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, any action to be taken at a meeting of the directors, may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all of the directors. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote. The consent may be executed by the directors in counterparts.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person except the office of President.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors annually at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual shareholders’ meeting. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified, or until his or her death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors when the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contact rights, if any, of the person removed.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy of an office for any reason may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The President shall, when present,

 

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preside at all meetings of the shareholder and of the Board of Directors. The President may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed, and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. The Vice President. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may sign, with the Secretary and/or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the Shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporation records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post-office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. The Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.

 

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ARTICLE V.

 

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by directors’ resolution.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

Section 1. Certificates. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in the case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnify to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his or her legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

All of the foregoing shall be binding of the heirs, person representatives, successors and assigns of each shareholder. The Board of Directors is authorized to except from

 

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the foregoing restrictions, by resolution or by-law transfer resulting from gift, bequests, and similar transfers.

 

If any stock is purchased by the Corporation pursuant to the foregoing provisions, it may either be retired in the manner provided by law or reissued and resold.

 

Any of the foregoing restrictions may be amended or abrogated by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the shares, of stock of the corporation then issued and outstanding at any regular meeting, or any special meeting of the shareholders if written notice of the special meeting, setting forth the purpose for which it is being called and the time and place thereof, is mailed to each shareholder at least ten days prior to the meeting, or the shareholder waives such notice in writing.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

SEAL

 

The Board of Directors may provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal.”

 

ARTICLE X.

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

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ARTICLE XI.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

It is hereby certified that these Amended By-Laws were unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of the corporation at a duly called meeting held the 31st day of December, 1986.

 

/s/ Russell J. Bayer

Secretary

 

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I, Russell J. Bayer, do hereby certify that I am Secretary of Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc, a corporation organized under laws of the State of Nebraska, and that the following is a true copy of a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of said Corporation duly held on the 1st day of February, 1990, at which a quorum was present; and that said resolution is in full force and effect:

 

BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:

 

  1. That, in transactions with Havelock Bank (Bank) any one of the following who now hold the offices or positions indicated opposite their respective names:

 

Name and Titles


  

Name and Titles


Marty J. Miller, President

  

Russell J. Bayer, Secretary

Michael G. Dodge, Vice Pres

  

Russell J. Bayer, Treasurer

 

are authorized to borrow money and obtain credit for this corporation and by way of accommodation; to make agreements in respect thereto; to make and deliver notes or other evidences of indebtedness therefore; to mortgage, pledge, assign, and grant security interests in any assets of the corporation including after-acquired property as security for current and future obligations to the Bank instruments, chattel paper, documents, and other rights with full power to endorse and guarantee; and to deal generally with the Bank with respect to the foregoing.

 

  2. That this resolution be certified to the Bank together with specimen signatures of the persons named herein and said certification shall continue in force until express written notice of rescission or modification has been received by the Bank.

 

  3. That all transactions, if any, in respect to any discounts and borrowings by or in behalf of this corporation with the Bank prior to the adoption of this resolution are ratified and approved.

 

I do further certify that the foregoing resolution and the authority of the Directors to adopt the same are in conformity with and in no way limited by the Articles and By-Laws of the corporation, and that the signatures which appear below are the true specimen signatures of the persons named herein.

 

Certified Signatures

 

           

Marty J. Miller, President

     

Russell J. Bayer, Treasurer

           

Michael G. Dodge, Vice Pres.

     

Russell J. Bayer, Treasurer

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 1st day of February, 1990.

 

/s/ Russell J. Bayer

Secretary

 

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BY-LAWS OF

 

EASTERN NEBRASKA AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I.

 

OFFICES

 

(a) The principal office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska shall be located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Nebraska, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

(b) The registered office of the corporation may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of Nebraska, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

(a) Annual Meetings

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Monday in the month of January, at the hour of 2 P.M., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Nebraska, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for the annual meeting of the shareholders or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as convenient.

 

(b) Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the shareholders of not less than one-tenth of all of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

(c) Place of Meeting

 

The Board of Directors may designate any place either within or without the State of Nebraska as the place of meeting for any annual or special stockholders’ meeting. If no designation is made or if a special meeting shall be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Nebraska.

 

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(d) Notice of Meeting

 

Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, addressed to the shareholder at his office as it appears in the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon paid.

 

(e) Quorum

 

A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

(f) Proxies

 

At all meetings of the shareholders a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

(g) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) of this Article, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a shareholders’ meeting.

 

(h) Cumulative Voting

 

At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

(i) Informal Action by Shareholders

 

Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a

 

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meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all shareholders entitled to vote.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

(a) General Powers

 

The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

(b) Number, Tenure and Qualification

 

The number of directors of the corporation shall be                                 , provided that at any time there are less than                          shareholders, the number of directors shall not exceed and shall be equal to the number of shareholders. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation.

 

(c) Regular Meetings

 

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-Law immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide for the time and place, either within or without the State of Nebraska, for the holding of additional regular meetings, without other notice than such resolution.

 

(d) Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the directors may be called at the request of the President or any two (2) directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings may fix the place of the meeting called by them.

 

(e) Notice of Special Meetings

 

Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two (2) days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered at the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose to object to the transaction of the business because the meeting is not lawfully called. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

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(f) Quorum

 

A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if less than a majority is present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

(g) Manner of Acting

 

The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a Board of Directors.

 

(h) Vacancies

 

Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any director elected by reason of an increase in number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual or special meeting of the shareholders.

 

(i) Compensation

 

By resolution of the Board of Directors, directors may be paid their expense of attendance at each meeting and a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting, or a stated salary, as directors. No such payment shall preclude such director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

OFFICERS

 

(a) Number

 

The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.

 

(b) Election and Term

 

The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors annually at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual shareholders’ meeting. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.

 

(c) Removal

 

Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors when the best interests of the corporation would be served

 

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thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person removed.

 

(d) Vacancies

 

A vacancy of an office for any reason may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

(e) President

 

The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders, and of the Board of Directors. He may signs with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

(f) The Vice-President

 

In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

(g) The Secretary

 

The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized, (d) keep a register of the post-office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder, (e) sign with the President, or a Vice-President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties

 

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as from time to time maybe assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

(h) The Treasurer

 

If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. He shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to tine may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

(i) Salaries

 

The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

(a) Contracts

 

The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

(b) Loans

 

No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

(c) Checks

 

All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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(d) Deposits

 

All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

(a) Certificates

 

Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in the case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

(b) Transfer of Shares

 

Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

ARTICLE VII.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the          day of                      and end on the          day of                      in each year.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

 

SEAL

 

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

ARTICLE X.

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the Nebraska Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

    *    
    *    
    *    

 

It is hereby certified that these By-Laws were unanimously adopted by the shareholders of the corporation at a duly called meeting held the 20th day of March, 1967.

 

/s/ Craig D. Dodge

Secretary

 

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EX-3.35 24 dex335.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.

Exhibit 3.35

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Eastern Paramedics, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The names and mailing addresses of the incorporators are as follows:

 

Mark E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

William R. Crowell

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be Three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of


the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 24th day of January, 1994.

 

 

Mark E. Liebner, Incorporator

 

William R. Crowell, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.36 25 dex336.htm BYLAWS OF EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC. Bylaws of Eastern Paramedics, Inc.

Exhibit 3.36

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation


BYLAWS

OF

EASTERN PARAMEDICS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices also at the other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Thursday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and the number of voting shares registered in the name of each. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

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Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election

 

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appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

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Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) or more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

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Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a

 

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revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL” ), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail,

 

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postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from its membership a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall be officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

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Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

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Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged

 

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or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of

 

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another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

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Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation as of January 27, 1994.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

 

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EX-3.37 26 dex337.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF GOLD CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.37

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

GOLD CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICE OF Pa., INC.

 

The undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, desiring to form a corporation, for profit, under the General Corporation Act of Ohio, do hereby certify:

 

FIRST: The name of said corporation shall be Gold Cross Ambulance Service of Pa., Inc.

 

SECOND: The place in the State of Ohio where its principal office is to be located is the City of Canfield County of Mahoning, and State of Ohio.

 

THIRD: The purpose or purposes for which it is formed are:

 

To supply medical services including but not limited to ambulance service as well as other medical supplies and all other things necessary to carry on these medical services.

 

To develop, manufacture, produce, repair, treat, finish, buy, sell, and generally deal in, in every manner, in materials, articles and products of every kind and description, and to do all things necessary or incidental thereto, including owning, holding and dealing in, in every manner, in all real and personal property whether necessary or incidental to the foregoing purposes or otherwise.

 

In general to carry on any other lawful business whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing and whether or not related to the foregoing, and to engage in any ocher business or activities in connection with the business of the corporation or which is calculated, directly or indirectly, to promote the interests of the corporation or to enhance the value of its properties; and to have and exercise all rights, powers and privileges which are now or may hereafter be conferred upon corporations by the laws of Ohio; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Article Third shall be construed as authorizing the corporation to carry on the business of a public utility or railroad as defined by the public utility laws of the State of Ohio.

 

FOURTH: The maximum number of shares which the corporation is authorized to have outstanding is five hundred (500) shares, all of which shall be common shares without par value. Shares without par value may be issued pursuant to subscription taken by the incorporators for such amount of consideration as may be specified by the incorporators, and, after organization, shares without par value now or hereafter authorized may be issued or agreed to be issued from time to time for such amount or amounts of consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may fix


different amounts and/or kinds of consideration for the issuance of shares without par value, whether issued at the same or different times, and may determine that only a part or proportion of the amount or amounts of consideration which shall be received by the corporation shall be stated capital. Any and all shares without par value so issued, the consideration for which, as fixed by the incorporators or by the Board of Directors, has been paid or delivered, shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

FIFTH: No holder of shares of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive right to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of the corporation of any class whether such shares or such class be now or hereafter authorized.

 

SIXTH: Notwithstanding any provision of the General Corporation Law of Ohio, now or hereafter in force, requiring for any purpose the vote or consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds of the voting powers of the corporation or of any class or classes of shares thereof, such action may be taken by the vote or consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation or of such class of shares thereof.

 

SEVENTH: A director or officer of the corporation, shall not be disqualified by his office from dealing or contracting with the corporation as a vendor, purchaser, employee, agent or otherwise, nor shall any transaction, contract or act of the corporation be void or voidable or any way affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any director or officer or any firm of which such director or officer is a member or any corporation of which such director or officer is a shareholder, director or officer, is in any way interested in such transaction, contract or act, provided the fact that such director, officer, firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall be known to the Board of Directors or such members thereof as shall be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which action upon any such contract, transaction or act shall be taken; nor shall any such director or officer be accountable or responsible to the corporation for or in respect of any such transaction, contract or act of the corporation or for gains or profits realized by him by reason of the fact that he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, officer or director, is interested in such transaction, contract or act, and any such director or officer, if such officer is a director, may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the board of Directors of the corporation which shall authorize or take action in respect of any such contract, transaction or act, with like force and effect as if he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, officer or director, were not interested in such transaction, contract or act.

 

EIGHTH: The amount of capital with which the corporation will begin business will be not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our hands this 29th day of January, 1979.

 

/s/

DAVID R. WHITE

/s/

WILLIAM J. KISH

/s/

SUSAN J. HEDGE

 

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EX-3.38 27 dex338.htm BYLAWS OF GOLD CROSS AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC Bylaws of Gold Cross Ambulance Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.38

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GOLD CROSS ACQUISITION, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of May 8, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

GOLD CROSS ACQUISITION, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April, of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the

 

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holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3)

 

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judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

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Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

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Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The

 

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committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL” ), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail,

 

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postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by

 

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the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such

 

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other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

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Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise

 

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involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

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Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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EX-3.39 28 dex339.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD. Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.

Exhibit 3.39

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

 

1. The name of the corporation is:

 

KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD.

 

2. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed as follows, to wit:

 

To own, operate, manage and do everything normally associated with conducting the business of medical transportation including, but not limited to the manufacture, distribution, warehousing, and sale at wholesale and retail of medical related equipment.

 

To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed under the Business Corporation Law. The corporation is not formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained.

 

To own, operate, manage, acquire and deal in property, real and personal, which may be necessary to the conduct of the business.

 

The corporation shall have all of the powers enumerated in Section 202 of the Business Corporation Law, subject to any limitations provided in the Business Corporation Law or any other statute in the State of New York.

 

3. The county in which the office of the corporation is to be located in the State of New York is: Queens

 

4. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 200 shares, no par value.

 

5. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the corporation served upon him is:

 

Dinerstein & Lesser P.C.

380 North Broadway, Suite 106

Jericho, New York 11753


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned incorporator, being at least eighteen years of age, has executed and signed this Certificate of Incorporation this 30th day of May, 1986.

 

Diane L. Foley

Diane L. Foley

33 Rensselaer Street

Albany, New York 12202

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

   )
     )ss.

COUNTY OF ALBANY

   )

 

On this 30th day of May, 1986, before me personally came Diane L. Foley to me known to be the individual described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and she duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same.

 

Barbara Kinnaw

NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK

No. 4720956

Qualified in Albany County

Term Expires May 31, 1988

 

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EX-3.40 29 dex340.htm BYLAWS OF KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD. Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.

Exhibit 3.40

 

BY-LAWS

OF

Keefe & Keefe Ambulette, Ltd.

A New York Corporation

 

ARTICLE I – OFFICES [Section 202(9)]*

 

The registered office of the Corporation in the State of New York shall be located in the City and State designated in the Certificate of Incorporation. The Corporation may also maintain offices at such other places within or without the State of New York as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.

 

ARTICLE II – MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1 – Annual Meetings: (Section 602 and 603)

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held on the date fixed, by the Directors, and each successive annual meeting shall be held within thirteen months after the date of the preceding annual meeting, for the purpose of electing Directors, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

 

Section 2 – Special Meetings: (Section 602 and 603)

 

(a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or such person or persons authorized by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Board of Directors. Such meeting shall be held within or without the State of New York.

 

(b) If, for a period of thirteen months after the formation of the Corporation or the last annual meeting, there is a failure to elect a sufficient number of Directors to conduct the business of the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall call a special meeting for the election of Directors.

 

(c) If such special meeting as referred to in subsection (b) of this Section of these Bylaws is not called by the Board of Directors within two weeks after the expiration of such period or if it is called, but there is a failure to elect such Directors for a period of two months after the expiration of such period, holders of ten percent of the shares entitled to vote in an election of Directors may, make a written demand to the Corporation to call a special meeting for the election of Directors specifying the date and month of such meeting, which shall not be less than sixty nor more than ninety days from the date of such written demand.

 

* All references to Section in these Bylaws refer to those sections contained in the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

Section 3 – Place of Meetings: (Section 602)

 

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the registered office of the Corporation in this State, or at such other places, within or without the State of New York as the Directors may from time to


time fix. If no designation is made, the meeting shall be held at the Corporation’s registered office in the State of New York.

 

Section 4 – Notice of Meetings: (Section 605)

 

(a) Written or printed notice of each meeting of shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the time when and place where it is to be held, shall be served either personally or by first class mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or the person calling the meeting, not less than ten or more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed time shall have been waived before or after the taking of such action, upon each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and to any other shareholder to whom the giving of notice may be required by law. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the business to be transacted or the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and shall indicate that it is being issued by, or at the direction of, the person or persons calling the meeting. If at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken that would, if taken, entitle shareholders to dissent and receive payment for their shares pursuant to the New York Business Corporation Law, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the shareholder as it appears on the share transfer records of the Corporation.

 

(b) It shall not be necessary to give notice of an adjourned meeting to the shareholders of record if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned is announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken and at the adjourned meeting any business may be transacted that might have been transacted on the original date of the meeting. However, if after the adjournment the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record on the new record date.

 

Section 5 – Shareholders’ List: (Section 607 & 624)

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation, shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, arranged by voting group with the address of, and the number, class, and series, if any, of shares held by, each shareholder. The shareholders’ list must be produced at any shareholders’ meeting upon the request thereat of any shareholder or prior to the commencement of such meeting of any shareholder of the Corporation entitled to inspect such list under the Business Corporation Law of New York.

 

Section 6 – Quorum: (Section 608)

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or by law, or in the Certificate of incorporation (such Certificate and any amendments thereof being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Certificate of Incorporation”), a quorum shall be present at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, if the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on that matter are represented at the meeting in person or by proxy.

 

(b) The subsequent withdrawal of any shareholder from the meeting, after the commencement of a meeting, or the refusal of any shareholder represented in person or by proxy to vote, shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting.

 

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(c) Despite the absence of a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, the shareholders present may adjourn the meeting.

 

Section 7 – Voting: (Section 612 & 614)

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, any corporate action (excluding the election of Directors which requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of shares entitled to vote), receiving the affirmative vote of a majority of shares entitled to vote on that matter, represented either in person or by proxy at a meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, at each meeting of shareholders, each shareholder of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, shall be entitled to one vote for each share registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.

 

Section 8 – Proxies: (Section 609)

 

Each shareholder entitled to vote or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so either in person or by proxy, so long as such proxy is executed in writing by the shareholder himself, or by his attorney-in-fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. Every proxy shall be revocable at will unless the proxy conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the proxy is coupled with an interest. A telegram, telex, cablegram, or similar transmission by the shareholder, or as a photographic, photostatic, facsimile, shall be treated as a valid proxy, and treated as a substitution of the original proxy, so long as such transmission is a complete reproduction executed by the shareholder. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation.

 

Section 9 – Action Without a Meeting: (Section 615)

 

Unless otherwise provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, any action to be taken at any annual or special shareholders’ meeting, may be taken without a meeting on the unanimous written and signed consent of all the shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, setting forth the action so taken.

 

ARTICLE III – BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1 – Number, Term, Election and Qualifications: (Section 701, 702 & 703)

 

(a) The first Board of Directors and all subsequent Boards of the Corporation shall consist of at least three Directors, except where all the shares of the Corporation are owned by less than three shareholders, the number of Directors must be equal to or greater than the number of shareholders. The Board of Directors or shareholders all have the power, in the interim between annual and special meetings of the shareholders, to increase or decrease the number of Directors of the Corporation. A Director must be at least eighteen years of age, but need not be a shareholder of the Corporation unless the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws so require.

 

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(b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation, the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be elected at the first annual shareholders’ meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter, unless their terms are staggered in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws, by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election.

 

(c) The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of Directors. Thereinafter, Directors will be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders and shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, unless their terms are staggered in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or until his prior death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 2 – Duties and Powers: (Section 701)

 

The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the business and affairs, property and interests of the Corporation, and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except such as those stated under New York state law, are in the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders or any other person or persons named therein.

 

Section 3 – Regular Meetings; Notice: (Section 710 & 711)

 

(a) A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held either within or without the State of New York at such time and at such place as the Board of Directors shall fix.

 

(b) No notice shall be required of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors and, if given, need not specify the purpose of the meeting; provided, however, that in case the Board of Directors shall fix or change the time or place of any regular meeting when such time and place was fixed before such change, notice of such action shall be given to each Director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken within the time limited, and in the manner set forth in these Bylaws with respect to special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in these Bylaws.

 

Section 4 – Special Meetings; Notice: (Section 710 & 711)

 

(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

(b) Except as otherwise required statute, written notice of special meetings shall be mailed directly to each Director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, or delivered orally, at least two days before the day on which the meeting is held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegram, radio or cable, or shall be delivered to him personally or given to him orally, not later than the day before the day on which the meeting is to be held.

 

(c) Notice of any special meeting shall not be required to be given to any Director who shall attend such meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him, or who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall not be required to be given.

 

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Section 5 – Chairperson:

 

The Chairperson of the Board, if any and if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. If there shall be no Chairperson, or he or she shall be absent, then the President shall preside, and in his absence, any other Director chosen by the Board of Directors shall preside.

 

Section 6 – Quorum: (Section 707)

 

(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, the presence of a majority of the entire Board, or such committee thereof, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.

 

(b) A majority of the directors present at the time and place of any regular or special meeting, although less than a quorum, may adjourn the same from time to time without notice, whether or not a quorum exists.

 

Section 7 – Manner of Acting: (Section 708)

 

(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each Director present shall have one vote, irrespective of the number of shares of stock, if any, which he may hold.

 

(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, action approved by a majority of the votes of the Directors present at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof, at which a quorum is present, shall be the act of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof.

 

(c) Any action authorized in writing made prior or subsequent to such action, by all of the Directors entitled to vote thereon and filed with the minutes of the Corporation shall be the act of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, and have the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board or committee for all purposes and may be stated as such in any document filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee thereof.

 

(d) Where appropriate communications facilities are reasonably available, any or all directors shall have the right to participate in any Board of Directors meeting, or a committee of the Board of Directors meeting, by means of conference telephone or any means of communications by which all persons participating in the meeting are able to hear each other.

 

Section 8 – Vacancies: (Section 705)

 

(a) Any vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of an increase in the number of Directors, or by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, removal or inability to act of any director, or other cause, shall be filled by an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum of the Board or by a sole remaining Director, at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose except whenever the shareholders of any class or classes or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, vacancies and newly created directorships

 

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of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the Directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining Director so elected.

 

(b) The shareholders, not the Board of Directors, may fill vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring in the Board by reason of removal of the Directors without cause, unless the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation provides that Directors of the Corporation may also fill such vacancies resulting from removal without cause.

 

(c) Unless otherwise provided for by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, when one or more Directors shall resign from the board and such resignation is effective at a future date, a majority of the Directors, then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote otherwise to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective.

 

Section 9 – Resignation: (Section 705) A Director may resign at any time upon his written resignation being submitted to the Corporation. Such resignation need not be accepted by the Corporation to be effective, unless otherwise stated in the resignation.

 

Section 10 – Removal: (Section 706)

 

(a) One or more or all the Directors of the Corporation may be removed with or without cause at any time by the shareholders, at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose; provided, however, such Director shall not be removed if the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation states that its Directors shall be elected by cumulative voting and there are a sufficient number of shares cast against his or her removal, which if cumulatively voted at an election of Directors would be sufficient to elect him or her. If a Director was elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove that Director.

 

Section 11 – Compensation: [Section 202(a)(13) and 713]

 

The Board of Directors may authorize and establish reasonable compensation of the Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, including, but not limited to attendance at any annual or special meeting of the Board.

 

Section 12 – Committees: (Section 712)

 

The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members one or more committees, and alternate members thereof, as they deem desirable, each consisting of three or more members, with such powers and authority (to the extent permitted by law and these Bylaws) as may be provided in such resolution. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and, unless otherwise stated by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or these Bylaws, shall be governed by the rules and regulations stated herein regarding the Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS

 

Section 1 – Number, Qualifications, Election and Term of Office: (Section 715)

 

(a) The Corporation’s officers shall have such titles and duties as shall be stated in these Bylaws or in a resolution of the Board of Directors which is not inconsistent with these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation may consist of a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except for the offices of president and secretary which must be held by separate people, unless all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation is owned by one person; then such person may hold all or any combination of offices of the Corporation.

 

(b) The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the regular annual meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

(c) Each officer shall hold office until the annual meeting of the Board of Directors next succeeding his election, and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject to earlier termination by his or her death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 2 – Resignation: (Section 716)

 

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Corporation. The validity of such resignation is effective when given to the Corporation, regardless of whether or not the Board of Directors has accepted such resignation or if a successor has been appointed.

 

Section 3 – Removal: (Section 716)

 

Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by the Board at any time.

 

Section 4 – Vacancies: (Section 715)

 

(a) A vacancy, however caused, occurring in the Board and any newly created Directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of Directors may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5 – Bonds: [Section 202(a)(13)]

 

The Corporation may require any or all of its officers to post a bond, or otherwise, to the Corporation for the faithful performance of their positions or duties.

 

Section 6 – Compensation: (Section 715)

 

The compensation of the officers of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V – SHARES OF STOCK

 

Section 1 – Certificate of Stock: (Section 508)

 

(a) The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated shares.

 

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(b) Certificates shall state upon the face thereof:

 

(i) that the Corporation is formed under the laws of the State of New York;

 

(ii) the name of the person or persons to whom such shares are issued;

 

(iii) the number and class of shares, and the designation, if any of the series which such certificate represents; and

 

(iv) that such shares are transferable in the manner proved by law and in these Bylaws; and

 

(c) Certificates shall be signed (either manually or by facsimile), by the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, President or Vice-President and Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, and may be sealed with the corporate seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of the officers designated herein may be facsimiles if:

 

(i) the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the Corporation itself or its employee, or

 

(ii) the shares are listed on a registered national security exchange.

 

(d) In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate, shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

 

(e) Certificates shall be issued in such form not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be numbered and registered on the books of the Corporation, in the order in which they were issued.

 

(f) Except as otherwise provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing shares of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

Section 2 – Lost or Destroyed Certificates: (Section 508)

 

The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost. The Board of Directors may require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate before issuing a new certificate or certificates in place of any certificate or certificates issued by the Corporation allegedly lost or destroyed.

 

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Section 3 – Transfers of Shares: (Section 508)

 

(a) Transfers or registration of transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney duly authorized by a written power of attorney; and in the case of shares represented by certificates, only after the surrender to the Corporation of the certificates representing such shares with such shares properly endorsed, with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and the payment of all stock transfer taxes due thereon.

 

(b) The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any legal, equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.

 

Section 4 – Record Date: (Section 604)

 

(a) The Board of Directors may fix, in advance, which shall not be more than fifty, nor less than ten days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, or to consent to any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividends, or allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of meeting shall be at the close of business on the day preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders of record for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the date on which the resolution of the Directors relating thereto is adopted.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

ARTICLE VI – DIVIDENDS (Section 510)

 

Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends may be declared and paid out of earned surplus only, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine, so long as the Corporation is not insolvent when such dividend is paid or rendered insolvent by the payment of such dividend.

 

ARTICLE VII – FISCAL YEAR [202(a)(16)]

 

The fiscal year of the Corporations shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE VIII – CORPORATE SEAL [Section 202(a)(3)]

 

The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as shall be prescribed and altered, from time to time, by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE IX – AMENDMENTS (Section 601)

 

Section 1 – Initial Bylaws:

 

The initial Bylaws of the Corporation shall be adopted by the Incorporator or Incorporators at its organizational meeting.

 

Section 2 – By Shareholders:

 

All Bylaws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new Bylaws may be made, by a majority vote of the shareholders at the time entitled to vote in the election of Directors even though these Bylaws may also be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3 – By Directors:

 

The Board of Directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal, from time to time, Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE X – WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

(a) Shareholders: (Section 606)

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the shareholders of the Corporation of a meeting of shareholders, a written waiver of notice submitted to the Corporation before or after the meeting or the attendance at the meeting by any shareholder, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the lack of notice thereof, prior to the conclusion of the meeting.

 

(b) Directors: (Section 711)

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to the Directors of the Corporation of a special meeting of the Board of Directors, a written waiver of notice submitted to the Corporation before or after the meeting or the attendance at the meeting by any shareholder, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the lack of notice thereof prior to the commencement of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE XI – INTERESTED DIRECTORS: (Section 713)

 

(a) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable if such contract or transaction is between the corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any

 

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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, when such Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of committee which authorizes the contract or transaction or his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

(i) the material facts as to his, her or their 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 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 his, her or their relationship or relationships or interest or interests and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the shareholders.

 

(b) Such interested Directors may be counted when determining the presence of a quorum at the Board of Directors’, committee or shareholders’ meeting authorizing the contract or transaction.

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KEEFE & KEEFE AMBULETTE, LTD.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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Exhibit A

 

1. Section 1(a) of Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(s) Number. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. A director must be at least eighteen years of age, but need not be a shareholder of the Corporation.”

 

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EX-3.41 30 dex341.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF KEEFE & KEEFE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.

Exhibit 3.41

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

–of–

 

ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO., INC.,

 

Pursuant to Article Two of the Stock Corporation Law of the State of New York

 

We, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a Corporation pursuant to Article Two of the Stock Corporation Law of the State of New York, certify:

 

FIRST:– The corporate name of the said Corporation shall be

 

ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO., INC.

 

SECOND:– The purposes for which the said Corporation is to be formed are as follows:

 

(a) To manufacture, construct, buy, sell, operate, repairs, maintain, rent, lease and generally to deal in machinery, equipment, apparatus, materials and appurtenances related to the installation, equipment and maintenance of all manner and kind of equipment and devices for invalids, hospitals and sick rooms, including wheel chairs, hospital beds, crutches, oxygen tents, respirators and all accessories thereto.

 

(b) To purchase, manufacture, distribute, import, export and deal in medicinal gases of all kinds and for all uses, and gas manufacturing devices and appliances of all sorts whatsoever.

 

(c) To apply for, obtain, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and to register, hold, own, lease and use any and all inventions, improvements, trade-marks, trade secrets, processes, and formulae capable of being used in connection with the business of the company, whether secured under letters patent in the United States or elsewhere, or otherwise; and to manufacture, use and operate under the same, and to sell, assignee, grant, licenses in respect of, or otherwise dispose of same.

 

(d) To contract with municipal or other corporations, or other parties, to supply the materials, devices and equipment before mentioned, or any of them, or any product thereof.


(e) To engage in any business of the same general nature, whether manufacturing or otherwise which may be necessary or useful in connection with any of the foregoing, and to manufacture, market or prepare for market any article or thing which the corporation uses in connection with its business.

 

(f) To purchase or otherwise acquire real estate and leaseholds or any interest therein in addition to such as may be necessary for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and to own, hold, improve, sell and deal in same.

 

(g) Subject to the restrictions or limitations imposed by law to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge exchange, or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock, bonds, obligations, or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of other corporations, domestic and foreign, and the good will, rights, assets and property of any and every kind or any part thereof, or any person, firm or corporation, domestic or foreign, that may be purchased lawfully by a business corporation, and if desirable to issue in exchange therefor the stock, bonds, or other obligations of this company, and while the owner of such shares of the capital stock to exercise all rights, powers and privileges of ownership, including the power to vote thereon; and for any and all lawful purposes, in the course of the transaction of the business and affairs of the corporation, and to acquire real and personal property, rights and interest of any nature, and to execute and issue bonds, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments, and to mortgage or pledge any or all of the property of the corporation; and to secure such bonds, debentures or other instruments, upon such terms and conditions as may be set forth in the instrument or instruments mortgaging or pledging the same, or in any deed, contract or other instrument relating thereto.

 

(h) To make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, bonds, debentures and other obligations, from time to time, for the purchase of property or for any purpose in or about or concerning the business of the company, and to secure the payment of any such obligation by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise.

 

(i) To do all and everything necessary, suitable and proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes or the attainment of any of the objects or the furtherance of any of the powers hereinbefore set forth, either alone or associated with other corporations, firms or individuals, and to do any other act or acts, thing or things incidental or pertaining to, or growing out of, or connected with the aforesaid business, or powers or any part or parts thereof, provided the same be not inconsistent with the law under which this corporation is organized.

 

(j) To purchase or otherwise acquire all or any part of the business, good will, rights, property and assets of all kinds, and assume all or any part of the liabilities of any corporation, association, partnership or person engaged in any business, included in the foregoing purposes and objects.

 

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THIRD:– The total number of shares that may be issued by the corporation shall be ONE HUNDRED (100) shares of common stock without par value. The capital of the corporation shall be at least equal to the sum of the aggregate par value of all issued shares having par value, plus the aggregate amount of consideration received by the corporation for the issuance of shares without par value, plus such amounts as, from time to time, by resolution of the board of directors, may be transferred thereto.

 

FOURTH:– The location of the office of the said corporation shall be in the Borough of Manhattan in the County of New York and State of New York.

 

FIFTH:– The duration of said corporation shall be perpetual.

 

SIXTH:– The number of the Directors of said Corporation shall be three (3). Directors need not be stockholders.

 

SEVENTH:– The names and post office addresses of the Directors of said corporation until the first annual meeting of the stockholders are as follows:

 

Names.


  

Post office addresses.


Mark D. Gleason    175-5th Avenue, New York City.
Kay R. Brodo    175-5th Avenue, New York City.
Jerome J. Kern    3424 Gates Place, Bronx, New York City.

 

EIGHTH:– The names and post office addresses of the subscribers of the Certificate and the number of shares of stock which each agrees to take in said corporation, are as follows:

 

Names


  

Post office addresses.


  

No. of shares subscribed.


Mark D. Gleasen    175-5th Avenue, New York City.                    1
Kay R. Brodo    175-5th Avenue, New York City.                    1
Jerome J. Kern    3424 Gates Pl., Bronx, N. Y.                    1

 

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NINTH: – That all of the subscribers of this certificate are of full age, that at least two-thirds of them are citizens of the Untied States, and that at least one of them is a resident of the State of New York; that at least one of the persons named as director is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and signed this Certificate the 11th day of February, 1933.

 

/s/ Mark D. Gleason

/s/ Kay R. Brodo

/s/ Jerome J. Kern

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK

   )     
     )   

SS:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

   )     

 

On this 11th day of February, 1933, before me personally came MARK D. GLEASON, KAY R. BRODO, and JEROME J. KERN, to me personally known to be the persons described in and who made and signed the foregoing Certificate and severally duly acknowledged that they had made, signed and executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.

 

/s/ Notary Public,

 

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CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF NAME

 

OF ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC.

 

TO KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

Pursuant to section 40 of the

General Corporation Law.

 

We, the undersigned, constituting the holders of record of all the outstanding shares of ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC. entitled to vote on a change in the name of said corporation, certify:

 

1. The name of this corporation is ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC.

 

2. The certificate of incorporation was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State on the 16th day of February, 1933.

 

3. The new name to be assumed by this corporation is KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate in duplicate, this 9th day of June, 1941.

 

/s/ Paul S. Keefe

/s/ Doretta O. Keefe

 

STATE OF NEW YORK:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK: SS:

 

On this 9th day of June, 1941, before me personally came PAUL S. KEEFE and DORETTA O. KEEFE, to me known and known to me to be persons described in and who executed the foregoing certificate of change of name and they thereupon severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

 

/s/ Gustave Hartmann

NOTARY PUBLIC, Westchester Co.

N.Y. Co. No. 712 Reg. 312 No. 2H422

Commission Expires March 30, 1942

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK: SS:

 

IRVING FELLERMAN, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the secretary of ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC.; that the persons who have executed the foregoing certificate of change of name of said corporation, either in person or by proxy, constitute the holders of all of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote on a change in the name of the said corporation.

 

Sworn to before me this

 

9th day of June, 1941.

     

/s/ Irving Fellerman

        

/s/ Gustave Hartmann

       

GUSTAVE HARTMANN

       

NOTARY PUBLIC, Westchester Co.

       

N.Y. Co. No. 712 Reg. 312 No. 2H422

       

Commission Expires March 30, 1942

 

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CERTIFICATE OF INCREASE OF NUMBER OF SHARES

 

OF

 

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 36 of the Stock Corporation Law

 

We, the undersigned, constituting the holders of record of all of the outstanding shares of KEEFE & KEEFE, Inc. entitled to vote on an increase in the number of shares, do hereby certify:–

 

1. The name of the corporation is KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

2. The certificate of incorporation under the name of ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC. was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 16th day of February, 1933.

 

3. A certificate of change of name to KEEFE & KEEFE, INC. was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on the 10th day of June, 1941.

 

4. The total number of shares which the corporation is already authorized to issue is one hundred (100) common, without par value.

 

5. The certificate of incorporation contains the following statement respecting its capital:–

 

“The capital of the corporation shall be at least equal to the sum of the aggregate par value of all issued shares having par value, plus the aggregate amount of consideration received by the corporation for the issuance of shares without par value, plus such amounts as, from time to time, by resolution of the board of directors, may be transferred thereto.”

 

6. The number of shares is increased from one hundred (100) common, without par value to two hundred (200) and all of the new shares shall be common without par value.

 

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7. The total number of shares which the corporation is henceforth authorized to have is two hundred (200) common, without par value.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate in duplicate, the 12th day of June, 1941.

 

/s/ Paul S. Keefe

/s/ Doretta O. Keefe

 

STATE OF NEW YORK:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK: SS:

 

On this 12th day of June, 1941 before me personally came PAUL S. KEEFE and DORETTA O. KEEFE, known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing certificate of increase in the number of shares and they thereupon severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

 

/s/ Henry Handler

NOTARY PUBLIC

New York County Clerk’s No. 303

Commission Expires March 30, 1943

 

STATE OF NEW YORK:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK: SS:

 

IRVING FELLERMAN, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the Secretary of KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.; that he resides at 3604 Olinville Avenue, New York, N.Y.; that the persons who executed the foregoing certificate of increase in the number of shares of KEEFE & KEEFE, INC. are the holders of record of all the outstanding shares of said corporation entitled to vote on an increase in the number of shares.

 

Sworn to before me this

 

12th day of June, 1941.

     

/s/ Irving Fellerman

 

/s/ Henry Handler

NOTARY PUBLIC

New York County Clerk’s No. 303

Commission Expires March 30, 1943

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF

THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law

 

I, the undersigned, the holder of all of the outstanding shares of Keefe & Keefe, Inc. entitled to vote hereon, hereby certify:

 

(1) The name of the corporation is KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

(It was formed under the name, ACME INVALID EQUIPMENT CO. INC.)

 

(2) The certificate of incorporation was filed with the office of the Department of State on the 16th day of February, 1933 and the Certificate of Change of Name was filed with the office of the Department of State on the 10th day of June, 1941.

 

(3) The certificate of incorporation of this corporation is hereby amended to increase the total number of shares which the corporation is to be authorized to issue, and to fix the number and the par value of the shares of each class and the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the classes of shares.

 

(4) To accomplish such amendments, paragraph “THIRD” of the Certificate of Incorporation, which contains the statements with respect to the authorized shares is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

“THIRD:

 

THE CORPORATION IS PRESENTLY AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE 200 SHARES NPV COMMON STOCK.

 

THE CORPORATION WILL RE-DESIGNATE THE ORIGINAL 200 SHARES NPV COMMON AS CLASS A. THEY WILL ADD 200 NEW COMMON SHARES NPV CLASS B, AND 10,000 PREFERRED SHARES AT $100.00 PV.

 

THE NEW STOCK STRUCTURE SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:

 

(a) The total number of shares which the corporation is to be authorized to issue is 10,400 consisting of 10,000 preferred

 

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shares of the par value of $100 each, 200 common shares Class A without par value, and 200 common shares Class B, without par value.

 

“(b) The designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of shares of each class shall be as follows:

 

“I. The holders of the preferred shares shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the board of directors of the corporation, out of any assets of the corporation available for dividends pursuant to the laws of the State of New York, preferential dividends, limited to the lesser of either (i) at the rate of eight per centum (8%) per annum on the par value thereof; or (ii), an amount per share equal to 90% of the net income of the corporation for the year, after the deduction of all taxes and charges to income, divided by the number of preferred shares outstanding at the date of such dividend declaration; and shall be payable annually on the 1st day of April in each year, before any dividend shall be declared or paid upon or set apart for either class of the common shares. Such dividends upon the preferred shares shall be cumulative from the date of issue thereof so that if dividends for any past dividend period shall not have been paid thereon, or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set apart, the deficiency shall be fully paid or set apart, but without interest, before any dividends shall be paid upon or set apart for either class of common shares.

 

“II. The corporation shall have the right to purchase or redeem its preferred stock, or any number of shares thereof, issued and outstanding, at any time by paying to the holders thereof the sum of $105 for each share of such stock redeemed or purchased together with the amount of such accrued dividends as may have accumulated thereon at the time of redemption or purchase.

 

The purchase or redemption of any such stock shall not be made where the effect of any such purchase or redemption and application of stated capital thereto shall be to reduce the net assets of the corporation below the stated capital remaining after giving effect to the cancellation of such shares, or if the corporation is insolvent or would thereby be made insolvent.

 

The Board of Directors of the corporation shall have full power and discretion to select from the outstanding preferred stock of the corporation particular shares for redemption or purchase. In all instances, the Board shall have complete authority to determine upon and take the necessary proceedings fully to

 

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effect the purchase or redemption of the shares selected for redemption, and the cancellation of the certificates representing such shares. Upon the completion of such proceedings, the rights of holders of the shares of such preferred stock which have been redeemed and called in shall in all respects cease, except that such holders shall be entitled to receive the redemption price for their respective shares.

 

Whenever any shares of such preferred stock of the corporation are purchased or redeemed as herein authorized, the corporation may, by resolution of its Board of Directors, retire such shares, and thereupon this corporation shall, in connection with the retirement of such shares, cause to be filed a certificate of reduction of stated capital.

 

“III. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the preferred shares shall be entitled, before any assets of the corporation shall be distributed among or paid over to the holders of the common shares, to be paid One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per share, together with a sum of money equivalent to dividends which became cumulative to the date of payment thereof, less the amount of dividends theretofore paid theron. If, upon such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, the assets of the corporation distributable as aforesaid among the holders of the preferred shares shall be insufficient to permit of the payment to them of said amount, the entire assets shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the preferred shares.

 

“IV. The holders of the preferred shares shall not be entitled to vote and, except as otherwise provided in Section 804 of the Business Corporation Law, and except as herein otherwise provided, this provision shall prevail in all elections and in all proceedings over the provisions of any statute which authorized any action by a vote or written consent of the holders of all of the shares or a specific proportion of the shares of the corporation. While any preferred shares are outstanding, the corporation, without first obtaining the consent of the holders of at least two thirds (2/3) of the total number of preferred shares at the time outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a special meeting called for the purpose at which the preferred shares shall vote separately as a class, shall not

 

“(a) issue, assume, create, guarantee, or have outstanding any funded debt,

 

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“(b) sell or convey all or substantially all of its corporate assets,

 

“(c) dissolve, liquidate, merge, or consolidate with or into any other corporation,

 

“(d) alter or change by amendment to its certificate of incorporation the special rights, preferences, or powers of the preferred shares so as to affect the preferred shares adversely, or

 

“(e) authorized any new or additional class of shares which shall have rights prior to or equal with the preferred shares.

 

“If, at any time, however, and whenever, cumulative dividends upon the preferred shares shall be in default and unpaid, in whole or in part, for a period of two (2) years, the holders of the preferred shares shall have the same voting power as the holders of the Class A common shares, to wit: one (1) vote for each share and shall be entitled to receive notice of meeting of shareholders, and such voting power shall so continue to vest in the holders of the preferred shares until all arrears in the payment of cumulative dividends thereon for the then current dividend period shall have been declared and the funds for the payment thereof set aside.

 

“However, if and when thereafter the defaulted dividends shall be paid in full and provision made for the current dividend as herein provided (and such payments shall be made as promptly as shall be consistent with the best interests of the corporation) the holders of the preferred shares shall be divested of such voting power; but subject always to the same provisions for the vesting of such voting power in the holders of the preferred shares in case of any similar default or defaults in the payment of cumulative dividends upon the preferred shares for a period of two (2) years and the divesting of such voting power in the event that such default or defaults shall be cured as above provided.

 

“V. Common Shares

 

(a) The relative rights, privileges, and limitations of the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares shall be in all respects identical, share for share, except that the voting power for the election of directors and for all other purposes shall be vested exclusively in the holders of the Class A Shares and, except as otherwise required by law, the holders of the Class B Shares

 

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shall not have any voting power or be entitled to receive any notice of meetings of shareholders.

 

(b) Distributions of either Class A Shares or Class B Shares may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, be made pro-rata to the holders of either or both classes of shares.

 

(c) Whenever full cumulative dividends upon the preferred shares for all past dividend periods shall have been paid, and the full dividend thereon for the then current dividend period shall have been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, dividends upon the common shares may be declared by the board of directors out of the remainder of the assets available therefor.

 

“VI. Preemptive rights denied. No holder of any shares of the corporation shall have any preemptive right to purchase, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire any shares of the corporation of any class now or hereafter authorized, or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into such shares, or any warrants or other instruments evidencing rights or options to subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire such shares.

 

“VII. No sale of shares shall be made by any shareholder to any person who is not a shareholder of the corporation, except as follows:

 

(a) In the event any shareholder desires to sell his shares, or any portion thereof, to any person who is not a shareholder of the corporation, he shall first submit to the shareholders of the corporation satisfactory evidence of the agreement to purchase such shares by such third person and the price agreed to be paid therefor.

 

(b) In the event the remaining shareholders agree to purchase such shares at the same price which the shareholder can receive from the third party, then the shares shall be sold to the shareholders of the corporation in such proportionate amounts as their respective shareholdings bear to all of the shares held by the shareholders of the corporation.

 

(c) In the event that any of the shareholders do not desire to purchase such shares, then such shares shall be sold at the same price which the shareholder can receive from the third party to such of the shareholders who may desire to purchase the same, and in the same proportion as above set forth.

 

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(d) No shares shall be sold to any person other than the shareholders of the corporation until each of the shareholders shall have been afforded an opportunity to purchase such shares at the price evidenced as above set forth and shall have declined to do so.

 

(e) Notice in writing to the shareholders of the corporation of the desire of any shareholder to sell his shares shall be given by such shareholder, and, at the same time, satisfactory evidence shall be furnished to the shareholders as to the price as hereinabove set forth. Shareholders shall have 30 days’ time after the receipt of such notice within which to elect in writing to purchase such shares or to decline to do so.”

 

(5) The amendment to the certificate of incorporation was authorized at a meeting of shareholder by unanimous vote of all the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this certificate this 23rd day of December, 1982.

 

/s/ Doretta O. Keefe

Doretta O. Keefe, Sole Shareholder

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

 

Doretta O. Keefe, being sworn deposes and says that she is the sole stockholder of Keefe & Keefe, Inc., the person who signed the foregoing certificate of amendment, that she has read the certificate of amendment and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true to her knowledge.

 

/s/ Doretta O. Keefe

Doretta O. Keefe, Sole Shareholder

 

Sworn to before me this

23rd day of December, 1982.

 

/s/ Dorothy Wicks

Dorothy Wicks

Notary Public, State of New York

No. 30-470-8611

Qualified in Nassau County

My Commission Expires March 30, 1983

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

FILED JAN 11, 1983

 

          AMT. OF CHECK    $ 570
          FILING FEE    $ 60
          TAX    $  
          COUNTY FEE    $  
          COPY    $  
          CERT.    $  
          REFUND    $  
          SPEC HANDL    $  

 

By:  

/s/

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF

THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

Under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law

 

Binder, Permut, Mishkin, Stangler,

Strear & Boyle

One Old Country Road

Carle Place, New York 11514

 

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EX-3.42 31 dex342.htm BYLAWS OF KEEFE & KEEFE, INC. Bylaws of Keefe & Keefe, Inc.

Exhibit 3.42

 

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

The Corporation

 

Section 1. Name. The legal name of this corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is , Keefe & Keefe, Inc.

 

Section 2. Offices. The Corporation shall have its principal office in the State of New York. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within and without the United States as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 3. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, New York”. One or more duplicate dies for impressing such seal may be kept and used.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Shareholders

 

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of New York or at such other place, within or without the State of New York, as is fixed in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the first Monday of November.

 

In each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at ten o’clock A.M., Eastern Standard Time, or at such other time as, is fixed in the notice of the meeting. If for any reason any annual meeting shall not be held at the time herein specified, the same may be held at any time thereafter upon notice, as herein provided, or the business thereof may be transacted at any special meeting called for the purpose.

 

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the President whenever he deems it necessary or advisable. A special meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the President whenever so directed in writing by a majority of the entire Board of Directors or whenever the holders of one-third (1/3) of the number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall, in writing, request the same.


Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of the annual and of each special meeting of the shareholders shall be given to each of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting by mailing the same in a postage prepaid wrapper addressed to each such shareholders at his address as it appears on the books of the Corporation, or by delivering the same personally to any such shareholder in lieu of such mailing, at least ten (10) and not more than fifty (50) days prior to each meeting. Meetings may be held without notice if all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereat are present in person or by proxy, or if notice thereof is waived by all such shareholders not present in person or by proxy, before or after the meeting. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in the United States mail. If a meeting is adjourned to another time, not more than thirty (30) days hence, or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the Board of Directors, after adjournment fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice of the annual and each special meeting of the shareholders shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting, and shall state the name and capacity of each such person. Notice of each special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which it has been called. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the annual or any special meeting of the shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

 

Section 5. Record Date for Shareholders. For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or the allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than fifty (50) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than fifty (50) days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed; and the record date for determining shareholders 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 shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders 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.

 

Section 6. Proxy Representation. Every shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a shareholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided in Section 608 of the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

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Section 7. Voting at Shareholders’ Meetings. Each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote. In the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall elect. Any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast except where the New York Business Corporation Law prescribes a different percentage of votes or a different exercise of voting power. In the election of directors, and for any other action, voting need not be by ballot.

 

Section 8. Quorum and Adjournment. Except for a special election of directors pursuant to Section 603 of the New York Business Corporation Law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of the stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the shareholders. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it shall not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders. If at any meeting of shareholders there shall be less than a quorum so present, the shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present, but no business shall be transacted at any such adjourned meeting except such as might have been lawfully transacted had the meeting not adjourned.

 

Section 9. List of Shareholders. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, make and certify, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders, as of the record date fixed for such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) day prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city or other municipality or community where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any shareholder who is present. If the right to vote at any meeting is challenged, the inspectors of election, if any, or the person presiding thereat, shall re-quire such list of shareholders to be produced as evidence of the right of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting, and all persons who appear from such list to be shareholders entitled to vote thereat may vote at such meeting.

 

Section 10. Inspectors of Election. The Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, and at the request of any shareholder entitled to vote thereat shall, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting or any

 

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shareholder entitled to vote thereat, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or them. Any report or certificate made by the inspector or inspectors shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated and of the vote as certified by them.

 

Section 11. Action of the Shareholders Without Meetings. Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. Written consent thus given by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Directors

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the entire Board of Directors shall be at least three, except that where all outstanding shares of the stock of the Corporation are owned beneficially and of record but less than three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three by not less than the number of shareholders. Subject to the foregoing limitation, such number may be fixed from time to time by action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors or of the shareholders at an annual or special meeting, or, if the number of directors is not so fixed, the number shall be three or shall be equal to the number of shareholders (determined as aforesaid), whichever is less. Until such time as the corporation shall issue shares of its stock, the Board of Directors shall consist of two persons. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 2. Election and Term. The initial Board of Directors shall be elected by the incorporator and each initial director so elected shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified. Thereafter, each director who is elected at an annual meeting of shareholders, and each director who is elected in the interim to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.

 

Section 3. Filling Vacancies, Resignation and Removal. Any director may tender his resignation at any time. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by vote of the shareholders. In the interim between annual meetings of shareholders or special meetings of shareholders called for the election of directors or for the removal of one or more directors and for the filling of any vacancy in that connection, newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including unfilled vacancies resulting from the resignation or removal of directors for cause or without cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.

 

Section 4. Qualifications and Powers. Each director shall be at least eighteen years of age. A director need not be a shareholder, a citizen of the United States or a resident of

 

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the State of New York. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. In addition to the powers and authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon it, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done exclusively by the shareholders.

 

Section 5. Regular and Special Meetings of the Board. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, whether regular or special, either within or without the State of New York. The newly elected Board may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting, for the purpose of organization or otherwise, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a majority of the entire Board shall be present; or they may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all directors. Regular meetings of the Board may be held with or without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board. Whenever the time or place of regular meetings of the Board shall have been determined by resolution of the Board, no regular meetings shall be held pursuant to any resolution of the Board altering or modifying its previous resolution relating to the time or place of the holding of regular meetings, without first giving at least three days written notice to each director, either personally or by telegram, or at least five days written notice to each director by mail, of the substance and effect of such new resolution relating to the time and place at which regular meetings of the Board may thereafter be held without notice. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the President, Vice-President, the Secretary or any director in writing. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be delivered personally to each director or sent by telegraph to his residence or usual place of business at least three days before the meeting, or mailed to him to his residence or usual place of business at least five days before the meeting. Meetings of the Board, whether regular or special, may be held at any time and place, and for any purpose, without notice, when all the directors are present or when all directors not present shall, in writing, waive notice of and consent to the holding of such meeting, which waiver and consent may be given after the holding of such meeting. All or any of the directors may waive notice of any meeting and the presence of a director at any meeting of the Board shall be deemed a waiver of notice thereof by him. A notice, or waiver of notice, need not specify the purpose or purposes of any regular or special meeting of the Board.

 

Section 6. Quorum and Action. A majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum except that when the entire Board consists of one director, then one director shall constitute a quorum, and except that when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided that such majority shall constitute at lease one-third of the entire Board. A majority of the directors present, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by the New York Business Corporation Law, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

 

Section 7. Telephonic Meetings. Any member or members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the

 

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Board, or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 8. Action Without a 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 or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

Section 9. Compensation of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board or of any committee designated by the Board and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at such meeting, or a stated salary as director, or both. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor; provided however that directors who are also salaried officers shall not receive fees or salaries as directors.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Committees

 

Section 1. In General. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by the affirmative vote therefore of a majority of the entire Board, designate an Executive Committee and such other committees as the Board may from time to time determine, each to consist of three or more directors, and each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the certificate of incorporation or in the By-Laws, shall have all the powers of the Board, except that no such Committee shall have power to fill vacancies in the Board, or to change the membership of or to fill vacancies in any Committee, or to make, amend, repeal or adopt By-Laws of the Corporation, or to submit to the shareholders any action that needs shareholder approval under these By-Laws or the New York Business Corporation Law, or to fix the compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or any committee thereof, or to amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its terms shall not be so amendable or repealable. Each committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the 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 he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

Section 2. Executive Committee. Except as otherwise limited by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws, the Executive Committee, if so designated by the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise, when the Board is not in session, all the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require

 

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it. The Board shall have the power at any time to change the membership of the Executive Committee, to fill vacancies in it, or to dissolve it. The Executive Committee may make rules for the conduct of its business and may appoint such assistance as it shall from time to time deem necessary. A majority of the members of the Executive Committee, if more than a single member, shall constitute a quorum.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 1. Designation, Term and Vacancies. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem necessary. Such officers may have and perform the powers and duties usually pertaining to their respective offices, the powers and duties respectively prescribed by law and by these By-Laws, and such additional powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board. The same person may hold any two or more offices, except that the offices of President and Secretary may not be held by the same person unless all the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation is owned by one person, in which instance such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

 

The initial officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the initial Board of Directors, each to hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Thereafter, the officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board as soon as practicable after the election of the Board at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each officer so appointed shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been appointed and qualified. Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative note therefor of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. All other agents and employees of the Corporation shall hold office during the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Vacancies occurring among the officers of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and at all meetings of the Board of Directors at which he may be present. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, he shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, and shall have general charge of the entire business of the Corporation. He may sign certificates of stock and sign and seal bonds, debentures, contracts or other obligations authorized by the Board, and may, without previous authority of the Board, make such contracts as the ordinary conduct of the Corporation’s business requires. He shall have the usual powers and duties vested in the President of a corporation. He shall have power to select and appoint all necessary officers and employees of the Corporation, except those selected by the Board of Directors, and to remove all such officers and employees except those selected by the Board of Directors, and make new appointments to fill vacancies. He may delegate any of his powers to a Vice-President of the Corporation.

 

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Section 3. Vice-President. A Vice-President shall have such of the President’s powers and duties as the President may from time to time delegate to him, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. During the absence or incapacity of the President, the Vice-President, or, if there be more than one, the Vice-President having the greatest seniority in office, shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities of the office of President.

 

Section 4. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of such funds and securities of the Corporation as may come to his hands or be committed to his care by the Board of Directors. Whenever necessary or proper, he shall endorse on behalf of the Corporation, for collection, checks, notes, or other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depositaries, approved by the Board of Directors as the Board of Directors or President may designate. He may sign receipts or vouchers for payments made to the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may require that such receipts or vouchers shall also be signed by some other officer to be designated by them. Whenever required by the Board of Directors, he shall render a statement of his cash accounts and such other statements respecting the affairs of the Corporation as may be required. He shall keep proper and accurate books of account. He shall perform all acts incident to the office of Treasurer, subject to the control of the Board.

 

Section 5. Secretary. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and when required by the Board of Directors, or when any instrument shall have been signed by the President duly authorized to sign the same, or when necessary to attest any proceedings of the shareholders or directors, shall affix it to any instrument requiring the same and shall attest the same with his signature, provided that the seal may be affixed by the President or Vice-President or other officer of the Corporation to any document executed by either of them respectively on behalf of the Corporation which does not require the attestation of the Secretary. He shall attend to the giving and serving of notices of meetings. He shall have charge of such books and papers as properly belong to his office or as may be committed to his care by the Board of Directors. He shall perform such other duties as appertain to his office or as may be required by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6. Delegation. In case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may temporarily delegate the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer or to any director.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock

 

Section 1. Certificates Representing Shares. All certificates representing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws or the laws of the State of New York and shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by Section 508, and where applicable, by Sections 505, 616, 620, 709 and 1002 of the Business Corporation Law. Such shares shall be approved by the Board of

 

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Directors, and shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer and shall bear the seal of the Corporation and shall not be valid unless so signed and sealed. Certificates countersigned by a duly appointed transfer agent and/or registered by a duly appointed registrar shall be deemed to be so signed and sealed whether the signatures be manual or facsimile signatures and whether the seal be a facsimile seal or any other form of seal. All certificates shall be consecutively numbered and the name of the person owning the shares represented thereby, his residence, with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the Corporation’s books. All certificates surrendered shall be cancelled and no new certificates issued until the former certificates for the same number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except as provided for herein.

 

In case any officer or officers who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been affixed to any such certificate or certificates, shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation, and may be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been affixed thereto, had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.

 

Any restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares.

 

Section 2. Fractional Share Interests. The Corporation, may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for fractions of a share. If the Corporation does not issue fractions of a share, it shall (1) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (2) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (3) issue scrip or warrants in registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall, but scrip or warrants shall not unless otherwise provided therein, entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to participate in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation in the event of liquidation. The Board of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified date, or subject to the condition that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the Corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of Directors may impose.

 

Section 3. Addresses of Shareholders. Every shareholder shall furnish the Corporation with an address to which notices of meetings and all other notices may be served upon or mailed to him, and in default thereof notices may be addressed to him at his last known post office address.

 

Section 4. Stolen, Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Board of Directors may in its sole discretion direct that a new certificate or certificates of stock be issued in place of any certificate or certificates of stock theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been stolen, lost or destroyed, and the Board of Directors when authorizing the issuance of such new

 

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certificate or certificates, may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent thereto, require the owner of such stolen, lost or destroyed certificate or certificates or his legal representatives to give to the Corporation and to such registrar or registrars and/or transfer agent or transfer agents as may be authorized or required to countersign such new certificate or certificates, a bond in such sum as the Corporation may direct not exceeding double the value of the stock represented by the certificate alleged to have been stolen, lost or destroyed, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against them or any of them for or in respect of the shares of stock represented by the certificate alleged to have been stolen, lost or destroyed.

 

Section 5. Transfers of Shares. Upon compliance with all provisions restricting the transferability of shares, if any, transfers of stock shall be made only upon the books of the Corporation by the holder in person or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly filed with the Secretary of the Corporation or with a transfer agent or registrar, if any, upon the surrender and cancellation of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more suitable banks and/or trust companies as transfer agents and/or registrars of transfers, for facilitating transfers of any class or series of stock of the Corporation by the holders thereof under such regulations as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. Upon such appointment being made all certificates of stock of such class or series thereafter issued shall be countersigned by one of such transfer agents and/or one of such registrars of transfers, and shall not be valid unless so countersigned.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends and Finance

 

Section 1. Dividends. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix and determine and to vary, from time to time, the amount of the working capital of the Corporation before declaring any dividends among it shareholders, and to direct and determine the use and disposition of any net profits or surplus, and to determine the date or dates for the declaration and payment of dividends and to determine the amount of any dividend, and the amount of any reserves necessary in their judgment before declaring any dividends among its shareholder, and to determine the amount of the net profits of the Corporation from time to time available for dividends.

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the last day of December in each year and shall begin on the next succeeding day, or shall be for such other period as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate with the consent of the Department of Taxation and Finance, where applicable.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Section 1. Stock of Other Corporations. The Board of Directors shall have the right to authorize any director, officer or other person on behalf of the Corporation to attend, act and vote at meetings of the Shareholders of any corporation in which the Corporation shall hold stock, and to exercise thereat any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such

 

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stock, and to execute waivers of notice of such meetings and calls therefor; and authority may be given to exercise the same either on one or more designated occasions, or generally on all occasions until revoked by the Board. In the event that the Board shall fail to give such authority, such authority may be exercised by the President in person or by proxy appointed by him on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Any stocks or securities owned by this Corporation may, if so determined by the Board of Directors, be registered either in the name of this Corporation or in the name of any nominee or nominees appointed for that purpose by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Books and Records. Subject to the New York Business Corporation Law, the Corporation may keep its books and accounts outside the State of New York.

 

Section 3. Notices. Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in a post office box in a sealed postpaid wrapper, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his last known post office address, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing.

 

Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

 

Section 4. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and By-Laws may be made at any annual meeting of the shareholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal, or By-Law or By-Laws to be made be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote thereat; or by a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal, or By-Law or By-Laws to be made, be contained in the Notice of such Special Meeting.

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

KEEFE & KEEFE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

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Exhibit A

 

1. Section 2 of Article II of the By-Laws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the first day of April in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:00 a.m., or at such other time as is fixed in the notice of the meeting.”

 

2. Section 1 of Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1. Number. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors.”

 

3. Section 2 of Article VII of the By-laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors.”

 

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EX-3.43 32 dex343.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF LASALLE AMBULANCE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of LaSalle Ambulance, Inc.

Exhibit 3.43

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

FILER

 

Goldstein, Navagh, Bullin & Chiari

1440 Rand Building

14 Layfayette Sq.

Buffalo, NY 14203


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

 

(1) The name of the corporation is:

 

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

(2) The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is organized are as follows, to wit:

 

To engage in the business of providing ambulance and allied emergency services of whatever kind and nature necessary in the conduct of such business activities.

 

To engage in the business of utilizing oxygen in all its various forms and such other rescue and emergency commodities as may be pertinent to an ambulance emergency and rescue service.

 

To own rent and/or lease any equipment necessary to perform the above mentioned activities.

 

To acquire such property, real and personal, as may be necessary to the conduct of such business.

 

The powers, rights and privileges provided in this Certificate of Incorporation are not to be deemed to be in limitation of similar, other or additional powers, rights and privileges granted or permitted to a corporation by the Business Corporation Law, it being intended that this corporation shall have the right to engage in such similar activities as like corporations may lawfully engage in under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as now in effect, or as hereafter promulgated.


To do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment, attainment or furtherance of, to do every other act or thing incidental to, appurtenant to, growing out of or connected with, the purposes, objects or powers set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, whether alone or in association with others; to possess all the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of New York and, in general to carry on any of the activities and to do any of the things herein set forth to the same extent and as fully as a natural person or partnership might or could do; provided, that nothing herein set forth shall be construed as authorizing the corporation to possess any purpose, object or power, or to do any act or thing forbidden by law to a Corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York.

 

(3) The office of the corporation is to be located in the City of Buffalo County of Erie State of New York.

 

(4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is Two Hundred (200) shares, all of which are to be without par value.

 

(5) The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the corporation served upon him is:

 

c/o

 

Goldstein, Navagh, Bullin & Chiari

   

1440 Rand Building

   

Buffalo, NY 14203

 

The undersigned incorporator is of the age of eighteen years or over.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been subscribed this 26th day of July, 1983 by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.

 

Helen C. Mlock

     

/s/ Helen C. Mlock

500 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206

       

 

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EX-3.44 33 dex344.htm BYLAWS OF LASALLE AMBULANCE, INC. Bylaws of LaSalle Ambulance, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.44

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of May 28, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Secretary is directed to insert the amendment to the bylaws in the Corporation’s minute book.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article II, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

  “2. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The board of directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the Corporation’s known place of business at 10:00 a.m. on April 1st of each year. If that day is not a “business day,” the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

2. Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

  “1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.”

 

3. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

  “2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.”

 

4. A new Article III, Section 15 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is added to read as follows:

 

  “15. ACTION OF DIRECTORS IN LIEU OF 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee,

 

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as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.”

 

5. Article IX of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IX - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of July in each year.”

 

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

LASALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of March 24, 1995:

 

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

 

2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than three (3) nor more than nine (9), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that when all of the shares are owned by less than three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders.

 

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BY-LAWS

 

of

 

LaSalle Ambulance, Inc.

 

ARTICLE I - OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation shall be in the city of Buffalo County of Erie State of New York. The corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the State of New York as the board may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II - SHAREHOLDERS

 

1. PLACE OF MEETINGS.

 

Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at such place within or without the State of New York as the board shall authorize.

 

2. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first day of September at 1:00 P.M. in each year if not a legal holiday, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next business day following at the same hour, when the shareholders shall elect a board and transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.

 

3. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the board or by the president and shall be called by the president or the secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board or at the request in writing by shareholders owning a majority in amount of the shares issued and outstanding. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at a special meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

4. FIXING RECORD DATE.

 

For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the board shall fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than fifty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than fifty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed it shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of law.

 

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5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Written notice of each meeting of shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, the place, date and hour of the meeting and unless it is the annual meeting, shall indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. Notice shall be given either personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting. If action is proposed to be taken that might entitle shareholders to payment for their shares, the notice shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, the notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid, directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the secretary a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, then directed to him at such other address.

 

6. WAIVERS.

 

Notice of meeting need not be given to any shareholder who signs a waiver of notice, in person or by proxy, whether before or after the meeting. The attendance of any shareholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice of such meeting, shall constitute a waiver of notice by him.

 

7. QUORUM OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders for the transaction of any business, provided that when a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or classes, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business.

 

When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any shareholders.

 

The shareholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum.

 

8. PROXIES.

 

Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.

 

Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by law.

 

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9. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.

 

Every shareholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting of shareholders to one vote for every share standing in his name on the record of shareholders, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation.

 

10. VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Except as otherwise required by statute or by the certificate of incorporation;

 

(a) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election;

 

(b) all other corporate action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast.

 

11. WRITTEN CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Any action that may be taken by vote may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon or signed by such lesser number of holders as may be provided for in the certificate of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

 

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

Subject to any provision in the certificate of incorporation the business of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors, each of whom shall be at least 18 years of age and shall be shareholders.

 

2. NUMBER OF DIRECTORS.

 

The number of directors shall be one                                                                                                                                                 When all of the shares are owned by less than three shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders.

 

3. ELECTION AND TERM OF DIRECTORS.

 

At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he is elected and until his successor has been elected and qualified, or until his prior resignation or removal.

 

4. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES.

 

Newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and vacancies occurring in the board for any reason except the removal of directors without cause may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a

 

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quorum exists, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. Vacancies occurring by reason of the removal of directors without cause shall be filled by vote of the shareholders unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation. A director elected to fill a vacancy caused by resignation, death or removal shall be elected to hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor.

 

5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of the shareholders or by action of the board. Directors may be removed without cause only by vote of the shareholders.

 

6. RESIGNATION.

 

A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board, the president or the secretary of the corporation. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the board or such officer, and the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

7. QUORUM OF DIRECTORS.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, a majority of the entire board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or of any specified item of business.

 

8. ACTION OF THE BOARD.

 

Unless otherwise required by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at the time of the vote, if a quorum is present at such time, shall be the act of the board. Each director present shall have one vote regardless of the number of shares, if any, which he may hold.

 

9. PLACE AND TIME OF BOARD MEETINGS.

 

The board may hold its meetings at the office of the corporation or at such other places, either within or without the State of New York, as it may from time to time determine.

 

10. REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING.

 

A regular annual meeting of the board shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.

 

11. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD, ADJOURNMENT.

 

(a) Regular meetings of the board may be held without notice at such time and place as it shall from time to time determine. Special meetings of the board shall be held upon notice to the directors and may be called by the president upon three days notice to each director either personally or by mail or by wire; special meetings shall be called by the president

 

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or by the secretary in a like manner on written request of two directors. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him.

 

(b) A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of the adjournment shall be given all directors who were absent at the time of the adjournment and, unless such time and place are announced at the meeting, to the other directors.

 

12. CHAIRMAN.

 

At all meetings of the board the president, or in his absence, a chairman chosen by the board shall preside.

 

13. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES.

 

The board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, may designate from among its members an executive committee and other committees, each consisting of three or more directors. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

 

14. COMPENSATION.

 

No compensation shall be paid to directors, as such, for their services, but by resolution of the board a fixed sum and expenses for actual attendance, at each regular or special meeting of the board may be authorized. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

 

1. OFFICES, ELECTION, TERM.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided for in the certificate of incorporation, the board may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers as it may determine, who shall have such duties, powers and functions as hereinafter provided.

 

(b) All officers shall be elected or appointed to hold office until the meeting of the board following the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

(c) Each officer shall hold office for the term for which he is elected or appointed and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.

 

2. REMOVAL, RESIGNATION, SALARY, ETC.

 

(a) Any officer elected or appointed by the board may be removed by the board with or without cause.

 

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(b) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of an officer, the board in its discretion may elect or appoint a successor to fill the unexpired term.

 

(c) Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. When all of the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation is owned by one person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

 

(d) The salaries of all officers shall be fixed by the board.

 

(e) The directors may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

3. PRESIDENT.

 

The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the board; he shall have the management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried into effect.

 

4. VICE-PRESIDENTS.

 

During the absence or disability of the president, the vice-president, or if there are more than one, the executive vice-president, shall have all the powers and functions of the president. Each vice-president shall perform such other duties as the board shall prescribe.

 

5. SECRETARY.

 

The secretary shall:

 

(a) attend all meetings of the board and of the shareholders;

 

(b) record all votes and minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose;

 

(c) give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of shareholders and of special meetings of the board;

 

(d) keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and affix it to any instrument when authorized by the board;

 

(e) when required, prepare or cause to be prepared and available at each meeting of shareholders a certified list in alphabetical order of the names of shareholders entitled to vote thereat, indicating the number of shares of each respective class held by each;

 

(f) keep all the documents and records of the corporation as required by law or otherwise in a proper and safe manner.

 

(g) perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board.

 

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6. ASSISTANT-SECRETARIES.

 

During the absence or disability of the secretary, the assistant-secretary, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have all the powers and functions of the secretary.

 

7. TREASURER.

 

The treasurer shall:

 

(a) have the custody of the corporate funds and securities;

 

(b) keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in the corporate books;

 

(c) deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board;

 

(d) disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered or authorized by the board and preserve proper vouchers for such disbursements;

 

(e) render to the president and board at the regular meetings of the board, or whenever they require it, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation;

 

(f) render a full financial report at the annual meeting of the shareholders if so requested;

 

(g) be furnished by all corporate officers and agents at his request, with such reports and statements as he may require as to all financial transactions of the corporation;

 

(h) perform such other duties as are given to him by these by-laws or as from time to time are assigned to him by the board or the president.

 

8. ASSISTANT-TREASURER.

 

During the absence or disability of the treasurer, the assistant-treasurer, or if there are more than one, the one so designated by the secretary or by the board, shall have all the powers and functions of the treasurer.

 

9. SURETIES AND BONDS.

 

In case the board shall so require, any officer or agent of the corporation shall execute to the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the board may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the corporation and including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the corporation which may come into his hands.

 

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ARTICLE V - CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

1. CERTIFICATES.

 

The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates. They shall be numbered and entered in the books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number of shares and shall be signed by the president or a vice-president and the treasurer or the secretary and shall bear the corporate seal.

 

2. LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES.

 

The board may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties 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 or destroyed.

 

3. TRANSFERS OF SHARES.

 

(a) Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, and cancel the old certificate; every such transfer shall be entered on the transfer book of the corporation which shall be kept at its principal office. No transfer shall be made within ten days next preceding the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

(b) The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by the laws of New York.

 

4. CLOSING TRANSFER BOOKS.

 

The board shall have the power to close the share transfer books of the corporation for a period of not more than ten days during the thirty day period immediately preceding (1) any shareholders’ meeting, or (2) any date upon which shareholders shall be called upon to or have a right to take action without a meeting, or (3) any date fixed for the payment of a dividend or any other form of distribution, and only those shareholders of record at the time the transfer books are closed, shall be recognized as such for the purpose of (1) receiving notice of or voting at such meeting, or (2) allowing them to take appropriate action, or (3) entitling them to receive any dividend or other form of distribution.

 

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ARTICLE VI - DIVIDENDS

 

Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and to applicable law, dividends on the outstanding shares of the corporation may be declared in such amounts and at such time or times as the board may determine. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the board from time to time in its absolute discretion deems proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the board shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the board may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE SEAL

 

The seal of the corporation shall be circular in form and bear the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, New York.” The seal may be used by causing it to be impressed directly on the instrument or writing to be sealed, or upon adhesive substance affixed thereto. The seal on the certificates for shares or on any corporate obligation for the payment of money may be a facsimile, engraved or printed.

 

ARTICLE VIII - EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS

 

All corporate instruments and documents shall be signed or countersigned, executed, verified or acknowledged by such officer or officers or ether person or persons as the board may from time to time designate.

 

ARTICLE IX - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of January in each year.

 

ARTICLE X - REFERENCES TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

Reference to the certificate of incorporation in these by-laws shall include all amendments thereto or changes thereof unless specifically excepted.

 

ARTICLE XI - BY-LAW CHANGES

 

AMENDMENT, REPEAL, ADOPTION, ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation the by-laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any directors. By-laws may also be amended, repealed or adopted by the board but any by-law adopted by the board may be amended by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon as hereinabove provided.

 

(b) If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors the by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

OF

LA SALLE AMBULANCE INC.

 

I, Douglas H. Baker, the duly elected and qualified Secretary of La Salle Ambulance, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), do hereby certify:

 

  a. That attached hereto as Exhibit A are complete and correct copies of resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, authorizing the actions referred to therein; said resolutions constitute all of the resolutions adopted by such Board of Directors relating to such matters; such resolutions have not been in any way modified, amended, annulled, rescinded or revoked and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof; and

 

  b. The persons listed in Exhibit B attached hereto are duly qualified and acting officers of the Corporation, holding on the date hereof the offices set forth opposite their names and the signatures appearing opposite their names are the genuine signatures of such officers.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this as 22nd day of July, 1994.

 

/s/ Douglas H. Baker
President, Secretary, & Sole Stockholder

 

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Exhibit A

 

RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LA SALLE AMBULANCE INC.

DATED JULY 22, 1994

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of La Salle Ambulance Inc. (the “Corporation”) desire that the Corporation enter into an equipment leasing transaction with KeyCorp Leasing Ltd., as lessor, for the purpose of leasing the equipment (the “Equipment”) described in a Master Equipment Lease Agreement and various equipment schedules from time to time entered into with respect thereto (collectively, the “Lease”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that (i) the execution and delivery of the Lease by the Corporation and the financing of the acquisition of the Equipment are hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects, and (ii) the Corporation hereby is, and the Authorized Officers (as defined below) hereby are, authorized and empowered to negotiate and enter into the Lease and such other documents as may be necessary, advisable, or proper in connection with the above transaction, and be it;

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that President,                                      of the Corporation, and                             ,                              of the Corporation (herein the “Authorized Officers”) be, and hereby are, authorized to execute and deliver the Lease and any and all certificates, documents, instruments or other papers as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate the transactions therein contemplated, and that all actions heretofore taken or taken hereinafter by the Authorized Officers in furtherance of the actions herein authorized are ratified, confirmed, adopted and approved in all respects.

 

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Exhibit B

 

INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE

 

Name:


  

Office:


  

Signature:


Douglas H. Baker


  

President, Secretary


  

/s/ Douglas H. Baker


 

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EX-3.45 34 dex345.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDI-CAB OF GEORGIA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.

Exhibit 3.45

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

RURAL/METRO OF ATLANTA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Atlanta, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the Stare of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”):

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director or the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and ether provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 8th day of April, 1996.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.46 35 dex346.htm BYLAWS OF MEDI-CAB OF GEORGIA, INC. Bylaws of Medi-Cab of Georgia, Inc.

Exhibit 3.46

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ATLANTA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of April 8, 1996


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ATLANTA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the


adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting


and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the


Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these


Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by


the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation The treasurer shall perform such other


duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of April 30, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


 

EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article II, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

2. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Number. Term of Office and Removal.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 9 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.

 

(b) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the shareholders at the time of the removal.”

 

3. A new Article III, Section 11 is added to the Bylaws of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 11. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.”


 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota shall be located in the City of Sioux Falls, County of Minnehaha. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the Board of Directors may require from time to time.

 

The registered office of the corporation required by the South Dakota Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of South Dakota may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of South Dakota, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Tuesday in the month of November in each year, beginning with the year 1983 at the hour of 9:30 o’clock A.M., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of South Dakota, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of


the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

Section 5. Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

Section 6. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting to a future time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting held at the appointed future time, at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting which initially had a quorum may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.


Section 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 9. Voting of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Article II, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the By-Laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors of such corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or held by it in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

Section 11. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

Section 12. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be two. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation. At least one director shall be a resident of the State of South Dakota.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-Law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

 

Section 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting 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 Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board 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. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the


number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

 

Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, 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. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 10. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other


instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. The Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. The Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. He shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign with the President or a Vice-President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.


Section 10. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4. Deposits All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFERS

 

Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.


ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be from the 1st day of October to the 30th day of September inclusive, in each year, or such other twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

 

ARTICLE VIII. DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. Seal. The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

Section 2. Reimbursement. Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation, such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount so owed to the corporation has been recovered. This by-law shall be binding upon all officers and employees of the company.

 

Section 3. Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Committee Persons and Employees. The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each officer, director, committee person or employee of the corporation against and from all loss, cost, and reasonable expenses hereafter incurred by him in the payment, settlement and defense of any claim, suit or proceeding brought against such person because such person is or has been such officer, director, committee person or employee, or because of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by him as officer, director, committee person or employee. The rights of indemnification and exoneration occurring under this Section shall apply whether or not such person continues to be an officer, director, committee person or employee at the time any loss, cost or expense is suffered or incurred. Such rights shall not apply in relation to any matters as to which (1) such officer, director, committee person or employee shall be adjudged in final judgment in such suit or proceeding to be liable for willful misconduct or for his own negligence, or (2) the directors of the corporation determine by a majority vote that such an officer, director, committee person or employee has suffered or incurred such loss, cost or expense as a result of his willful misconduct or negligence. Such rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other indemnification which may be provided for by the Articles of Incorporation, by agreement, by the vote of the shareholders or otherwise, nor shall the right of indemnification be exclusive of any other rights to which such officer, director, committee person or employee may be entitled.


ARTICLE X. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

EX-3.47 36 dex347.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS) INC. Articles of Incorporation of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS) Inc.

Exhibit 3.47

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.

 

We, the undersigned, voluntarily associate ourselves to form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is: MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE AND INITIAL BUSINESS

 

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

The initial business shall be to provide emergency medical devices and services to businesses and the public.

 

ARTICLE III

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

 

The corporation shall have the authority to issue one million shares of common stock at one ($1.00) dollar par value.

 

Any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property, rights to or interests in property, services or any thing of value to the corporation. When issued the shares shall be fully paid as if paid in cash at par. In the absence of fraud, the Directors shall be the sole judge of the value of the property, services, right or thing acquired for the shares. The shares of this corporation shall be non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE IV

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Shareholders of the common stock of this corporation shall have preemptive rights as to common stock whenever it is authorized to be issued, including the right of treasury stock, unless they have waived or forfeited their right of preemption.

 

No resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of stock to which preemptive rights shall attach may require such rights to be exercised within less than thirty (30) days.


ARTICLE V

STATUTORY AGENT

 

The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the corporation is: Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Attorney at law, 3933 E. LaSalle St., Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VI

KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS

 

The known place of business of the corporation shall be: 222 E. Main Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201

 

ARTICLE VII

INCORPORATORS AND INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The name of the persons who shall serve as incorporators and the initial two member Board of Directors until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified are:

 

Robert Ramsey, Jr., 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040

 

Gary Ramsey, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL SURPLUS

 

The Board of Directors of the corporation may distribute a portion of its assets, in cash or in property, to its shareholders on a pro rata basis out of the capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

 

Subject to the by-laws of the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any person who incurs expenses by reason of the fact he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation. This indemnification shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE X

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

The corporation may purchase its own shares to the extent of its unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus.

 

ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

The private property of shareholders, directors and officers of this corporation shall be exempt from the debts and obligations of the corporation to the maximum extent provided by law.


Dated and signed this 13th day of May, 1992

 

 

Robert Ramsey, Jr., Incorporator

 

Gary Ramsey, Incorporator

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     :   

SS.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

The foregoing Articles of Incorporation were signed and acknowledged before me this 13th day of May 1992 by Robert Ramsey, Jr. and Gary Ramsey.

 

 

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

My Commission Expires Sept 26,1992

 

CONSENT OF STATUTORY AGENT

 

I, Robert A. L’Ecuyer, designated to act as statutory agent, consent to act in that capacity until removal or resignation is submitted as provided by law.

 

 

Robert A. L’Ecuyer

EX-3.48 37 dex348.htm FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES First Amended and Restated Bylaws of Medical Emergency Devices and Services

EXHIBIT 3.48

 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.

 

an Arizona corporation

 

Dated as of June 30, 1997


 

FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

 

The following definitions shall apply to these Bylaws:

 

Section 1.1 Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA. Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA mean Title 10, Chapters 1 through 17, inclusive, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.2 Business Day. Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday in the State of Arizona.

 

Section 1.3 Corporation. Corporation means Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

Notice

 

Section 2.1 Form. Notice must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Oral notice is not permitted if written notice is required under the BCA.

 

Section 2.2 Method. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.

 

Section 2.3 Shareholder Notices. Written notice to the shareholders, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when mailed, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

Section 2.4 Effective Written Notice. Except as provided in Section 2.3 hereof, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:

 

(a) When received.

 

(b) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

 

(c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.


Section 2.5 Effective Oral Notice. When permitted, oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

 

ARTICLE III

Office and Agent

 

Section 3.1 Place of Business and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of Arizona both a known place of business that may be the address of its statutory agent, and a statutory agent.

 

Section 3.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE IV

Shares

 

Section 4.1 Subscription for Shares. The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for shares, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A subscription for shares is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed by the person to be charged or the person’s agent.

 

Section 4.2 Consideration. The board of directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation including cash, services performed or other securities of the Corporation, except that neither promissory notes nor future services constitute valid consideration. Before the Corporation issues shares, the board of directors must determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. A certificate shall not be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.

 

Section 4.3 Certificates. Shares may be (but upon authorization by the board of directors need not be) represented by certificates. Unless the BCA or another Arizona statute expressly provides otherwise, the rights and obligations of the shareholders are identical whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

 

Section 4.4 Execution of Certificates. Each share certificate shall be signed either manually or in facsimile by the president and secretary or such other officer or officers designated by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.5 Shares without Certificates. Every holder of uncertificated shares, on request to the Corporation, is entitled to receive a certificate that complies with the requirements in the BCA. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of all of the information required by the BCA to appear on certificates.

 

Section 4.6 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by the registered owner’s agent, shall be made on the books of the Corporation on surrender of the share certificate(s), if any, properly endorsed.


Section 4.7 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any share certificate(s) of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the share certificate(s) therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new share certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the share certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated share certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the share certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 4.8 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all share certificates to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE V

Distributions to Shareholders

 

Section 5.1 Authorization. The board of directors may authorize and the Corporation may make distributions to the shareholders subject to restriction by the BCA.

 

Section 5.2 Record Date. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares, it is the date the board of directors authorizes the distribution.

 

ARTICLE VI

Shareholders

 

Section 6.1 Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April of each calendar year at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(b) At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 6.2 Special Meetings.

 

(a) The Corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders on the call of (i) the board of directors, (ii) the president, (iii) the holders of not fewer than twenty percent (20%) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or (iv) such other person or persons authorized in these Bylaws, the BCA or any other Arizona statute.


(b) The person or persons calling for a special shareholders’ meeting shall deliver a demand for a special shareholders’ meeting to the Corporation’s secretary. Within thirty (30) days after the date the demand for a special shareholders’ meeting is delivered to the Corporation’s secretary, the Corporation shall determine the date, time and place of the special shareholders’ meeting and shall give notice of the special shareholders’ meeting in accordance with these Bylaws. Special shareholders’ meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(c) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by Section 6.4 hereof may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 6.3 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted by the BCA to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent.

 

(c) Unless otherwise specified in the consent or consents, the action is effective on the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents. Any shareholder may revoke its consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 6.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) The Corporation shall notify the shareholders of the date, time and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date.

 

(b) Unless the BCA requires otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(c) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to the shareholders.

 

(d) If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the


adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 6.5 hereof, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

 

(e) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 6.5 Record Date.

 

(a) The board of directors of the Corporation may fix a future date as the record date. A record date fixed under this Section may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. If not otherwise fixed in accordance with this Section, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

Section 6.6 Participation in Shareholders’ Meeting. The board of directors may permit any or all shareholders to participate in an annual or special shareholders’ meeting by or conduct the meeting through use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. If the board of directors in its sole discretion elects to permit participation by such means of communication, the notice of the meeting shall specify how a shareholder may participate in the meeting by such means of communication. The participation may be limited by the board of directors in its sole discretion to specified locations or means of communications. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 6.7 Voting Lists.

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of the shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office, the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent if specified in the meeting notice or at another place identified in


the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, its agent or its attorney on written demand may inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 10-1602 of the BCA, may copy the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

 

(c) The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, its agent or its attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

(d) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 6.8 Voting.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or any Arizona statute, each outstanding share is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

 

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned directly or indirectly by another corporation, domestic or foreign, and the Corporation owns directly or indirectly a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the other corporation. The foregoing sentence does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) Redeemable shares are not deemed to be outstanding and are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and an amount sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with any bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the certificates representing the shares, in the case of certificated shares.

 

Section 6.9 Proxies.

 

(a) A shareholder may vote its shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for it by signing an appointment form, either personally or by its attorney-in-fact.

 

(b) An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven (11) months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest.

 

Section 6.10 Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the BCA, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.


(b) Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

 

(c) If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the BCA requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

 

(d) A majority of the votes then present and entitled to be cast is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another date, time and place.

 

Section 6.11 Voting for Directors. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. At each election for directors, the shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes by multiplying the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and casting the product for a single candidate or distributing the product among two or more candidates.

 

Section 6.12 Presiding Officer. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then by the chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the president, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy, in that order. The person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then the secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

Board of Directors

 

Section 7.1 Powers. The Corporation shall have a board of directors. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in an agreement authorized under Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 7.2 Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.3 Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until


the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

 

Section 7.4 Resignations. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairman, or the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. The acceptance of a resignation is not necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 7.5 Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

Section 7.6 Vacancies.

 

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders may fill the vacancy or the board of directors may fill the vacancy. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the directors remaining in office.

 

(b) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

(c) If at any time by reason of death or resignation or other cause the Corporation has no directors in office, any officer or any shareholder may call a special meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7.7 Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(b) The board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in personat the meeting.

 

(c) Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting, in that order. The presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.


(d) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.

 

(e) Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or two or more of the directors.

 

Section 7.8 Action by Directors Without Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted to be taken at a directors’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) Action taken under this Section is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Any director may revoke a consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date the last director signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 7.9 Notice. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. Special meetings of board of directors shall be preceded by at least two (2) days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

 

Section 7.10 Waiver of Notice. A director may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as in the case of attendance at or participation in a meeting, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to that director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7.11 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) A quorum of board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

 

(b) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless either (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting, (ii) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next Business


Day after the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

Section 7.12 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may create one or more committees and may appoint members of the board of directors to serve on them. Each committee shall have one (1) or more members, and each member of a committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by a majority of all of the directors in office when the action is taken. The board of directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.12, each committee may exercise the authority of the board of directors to the extent specified by the board of directors.

 

(c) A committee shall not take any of the following actions:

 

(i) Authorize distributions;

 

(ii) Approve or submit to shareholders any action that requires shareholder approval;

 

(iii) Fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;

 

(iv) Amend the articles of incorporation;

 

(v) Adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws;

 

(vi) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(vii) Authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors;

 

(viii) Authorize or approve the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares except that the board of directors may authorize a committee or an executive officer of the Corporation to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the board of directors; or

 

(ix) Fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors.

 

(d) Sections 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 shall apply to committees and their members.


Section 7.13 Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for, and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be approved from time to time by the board of directors. Any director or member of any committee of the board of directors receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 7.14 General Standards for Directors. A director’s duties, including duties as a member of a committee, shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Officers

 

Section 8.1 Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.2 Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 8.3 Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

Section 8.4 Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.5 The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.

 

Section 8.6 The President. The board of directors shall appoint a president. The president shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president may sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other proper instruments, except in cases where the board


of directors or these Bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.7 The Vice Presidents. The board of directors may appoint a vice president or vice presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president (individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department) and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.8 The Secretary. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the secretary shall (a) to the extent possible attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (b) to the extent possible, record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (c) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (d) authenticate records of the Corporation, and, in general, (e) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.9 The Treasurer. The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the treasurer shall (a) have or provide for the custody of the funds and other property of the Corporation and keep accurate records thereof, (b) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (c) whenever so requested by the board of directors, render an accounting showing the transactions accounted for as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, (d) perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.10 Other Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 8.11 Resignations. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. If a resignation is made effective at a later date or event and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

 

Section 8.12 Removal. The board of directors may remove an officer at any time with or without cause. An officer’s removal does not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.


Section 8.13 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 8.14 Compensation. The compensation of the officers appointed by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as may be designated by resolution of the board of directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.1 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these Bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 9.2 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any person to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument for or on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 9.3 Financial Statements.

 

(a) The Corporation shall furnish to its shareholders annual financial statements that may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, and that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements shall also be prepared on that basis. If the annual financial statements are reported on by a certified public accountant, that report must accompany them. If the annual financial statements are not reported on by a certified public accountant, the financial statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(i) Stating that person’s reasonable belief whether such financial statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(ii) Describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.

 

The Corporation shall mail the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year. On written request from a shareholder the Corporation shall mail that shareholder the latest annual financial statements.


Section 9.4 Corporate Records.

 

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the Corporation.

 

(b) The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

 

(c) The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders and in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.

 

(d) The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

 

(e) The Corporation shall keep a copy of all of the following records at its known place of business:

 

(i) The articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(ii) These Bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(iii) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

 

(iv) The minutes of all shareholders’ meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three (3) years;

 

(v) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years, including financial statements furnished for the past three (3) years under Section 9.3 above;

 

(vi) A list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current directors and officers;

 

(vii) The most recent annual report delivered to the Arizona Corporation Commission; and

 

(viii) Any agreement among shareholders pursuant to Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 9.5 Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other entities in


which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.

 

Section 9.6 Amendment of Bylaws.

 

(a) The Corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws unless either (i) the BCA reserves this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part, or (ii) the shareholders in amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.

 

(b) The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation as of the 30th day of June, 1997.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


BY-LAWS

OF

MEDICAL EMERGENCY DEVICES AND SERVICES (MEDS), INC.

 

I CORPORATE OFFICE AND PURPOSES

 

1.01 Principal Office: The principal office of the corporation shall be at Phoenix, Arizona.

 

1.02 Other Offices: The corporation may change the principal office within the State of Arizona and may also have offices at other places within or without the state as the Board of Director(Board) may determine.

 

1.03 Purpose: The primary purpose of this corporation shall be to provide emergency medical services and devices to businesses and the public. All actions of the corporation shall be through its authorized representatives.

 

II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.01 Place of Meetings: Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at any other place within the state as the Board may select, provided notice or a waiver of notice of a meeting which calls for a place other than the principal office shall designate the place of the meeting.

 

2.02 Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders shall be on the second Saturday of December annually at a time determined by the Board for the election of Directors and the transaction of any other proper business.

 

2.03 Fixing of Record Date: To determine shareholders entitled to notice or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or at any adjourned meetings of shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or to determine shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board may in advance fix a date of record. The record date may not be more than seventy (70) days and not less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting or action. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed the record date shall be four o’clock in the afternoon onthe day before the notice of meeting is mailed If notice is waived for a shareholder meeting, the record date is set for the commencement of the meeting.

 

When a determination of a shareholder entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provide in the section that determination shall apply to any adjournments of that meeting.

 

2.04 Notice of Annual Meeting: Written notice of the annual meeting shall be delivered by the Secretary or any other officer to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address for the shareholder which appears on the corporate books not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the meeting date.

 

2.05 Failure to Call Annual Meeting: If the annual meeting is not called and held within six (6) months after the designated time any shareholder may call the meeting by notice as provided in Section 2.04 above.


2.06 Quorum: The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum of the shareholders at all meetings for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation (Articles), or by these By-Laws.

 

If a quorum is not present or represented by proxy those present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting at any time without notice, other than an announcement of the meeting, until a quorum of shares is present.

 

In any meeting called for the election of Directors, those who attend a second adjourned meeting although less than a quorum shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for election of Directors provided not less than one third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote must be present.

 

2.07 Votes by Proxy: At each meeting of the shareholders each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by the shareholder(s) and delivered to the Secretary at the meeting.

 

An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after six (6) months from the date of its execution unless a longer time is expressed in the proxy. In no event shall a proxy unless coupled with an interest be voted after one (1) year from the date of its execution.

 

2.08 Cumulative Voting: In all elections for Directors cumulative voting shall be allowed.

 

2.09 Voting by Ballot: At any election of Directors on demand by a shareholder before the voting begins the election shall be by ballot.

 

2.10 Unpaid Installments: No share shall be voted at any meeting if any installment owing on it is due and unpaid.

 

2.11 Evidence of Right to Vote: The original share ledger or transfer book or a duplicate kept in this state is primae facie evidence of the right of the person named to vote the shares listed in that name.

 

2.12 Judges of Election: In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at the meeting or any adjournment.

 

If judges of election are not appointed, the Chair of the meeting may, and on request of a shareholder shall at the meeting, appoint judges.

 

The number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3). If appointed at a meeting at the request of a shareholder or proxies of the majority of shares present shall determine whether the number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3).

 

On request of the Chair of the meeting, any shareholder or proxy, the judges shall report in writing any challenge or question determined by them and execute a certification of any fact found. No person who is a candidate for office shall be a judge.


2.13 Special Meeting of Shareholders: Special meetings of shareholders may be called at any time by the President, the Board or the holders of not fewer than one tenth (1/10) of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

2.14 Notice of Special Meetings of Shareholders: On request of any person or persons entitled to call of special meeting, the Secretary, or on failure of the Secretary, the person entitled to call the special meeting shall mail a written notice of the meeting postage prepaid to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address on the corporate books stating the time, place and general subject of the meeting.

 

Notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting, unless otherwise required by law.

 

2.15 Limitation of Business at a Special Meeting: Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the subjects stated in the notice or waiver of notice and matters which are germane to those subjects.

 

2.16 Order of Business: The order of business shall be as follows to the extent the Chair of the meeting deems necessary.

 

a. Roll call;

 

b. Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice;

 

c. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting;

 

d. Reports of Officers;

 

e. Reports of Committees;

 

f. Election of Directors;

 

g. Old business;

 

h. New business;

 

i. Valuation of stock for redemption purposes.

 

III DIRECTORS

 

3.01 Number and Qualifications: The business of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than seven (7) Directors.

 

3.02 Election and Term: Directors shall be elected by the shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each Director shall be elected for the term of one (1) year or until a successor is elected and qualifies.

 

3.03 General Power and Authority: In addition to the power and authority expressly conferred on them by the Articles and Bylaws, the Board may exercise all powers which are not required by law to be done by the shareholders.

 

3.04 Place of Meetings: Meetings of the Board may be held at any place within the State of Arizona as a majority of the Board may designate or as designated in the notice of meeting or the waiver of notice.


3.05 Meeting of Newly Elected Board: Each newly elected Board may meet at anyplace and time fixed by the shareholders at the meeting at which the Directors are elected. No notice shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors to legally convene the meeting, or they may meet at the time and place fixed by written consent of all Directors.

 

3.06 Regular Meetings of the Board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at the place and time determined by the Board.

 

3.07 Special Meetings of the Board. Special meetings of the Board maybe called by the Chairman, President, Secretary or any two (2) Directors on a less than five (5) day notice to each Director personally, by mail or by telephone.

 

3.08 Quorum and Noting: A majority of the Directors in office is a quorum to conduct business. If a quorum is present, a majority of the Directors present has the power to act.

 

3.09 Compensation and Expenses of Directors: Directors shall receive no salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board a fixed sum and the expenses of attendance may be allowed for each regular or special meeting attended.

 

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a Director from being compensated for serving the corporation in any other capacity.

 

3.10 Order of Business: The order of business of all Board meetings shall be as follows as deemed necessary by the Chair of the meeting:

 

a. Roll call;

 

b. Reading the minutes of the preceding meeting;

 

c. Reports of Officers;

 

d. Reports of Committees;

 

e. Selection of Officers;

 

f. Old business;

 

g. New business.

 

3.11 Removal of Directors: Any or all Directors may be removed for cause by vote of the shareholders or by the Board. Directors may be removed without cause only by the shareholders.

 

3.12 Resignation of Directors: Directors may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, President or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the notice the resignation shall take effect on receipt by the addressee. Acceptance is not necessary for the resignation to be effective.

 

IV OFFICERS

 

4.01 Titles and Qualifications: The Board shall elect the executive officers: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

 

The Board may also choose other officers, prescribe their duties and set their terms. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person except President and Secretary.


4.02 Compensation: The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary because of membership on the Board.

 

4.03 Term and Removal from Office: The Officers shall hold office for one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified. Any officer elected appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board at its discretion.

 

4.04 Powers and Duties of the Chairman: The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board and shall manage the business of the corporation and administer its affairs. The Chairman shall be responsible for executing all orders and resolutions of the Board. Provided: the Board may delegate any specific powers, unless limited by law, to any other officer or officers.

 

4.04a Powers and Duties of the President: The President shall be the Vice Chairman of the Board. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments in writing requiring a seal. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

 

4.05 Powers and Duties of Vice President: The Vice President shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the President in the event of a vacancy, absence or disability of the President. The Vice President shall perform other duties as directed by the Board.

 

4.06 Powers and Duties of Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and Directors’ meetings in the book provided for that purpose. The Secretary shall be responsible for all notices required by these By-Laws and shall be the custodian of the corporate records and the seal of the corporation.

 

The Secretary shall keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder as furnished to the corporation and have custody of the stock transfer book and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary as assigned by the President and the Board.

 

4.07 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities. If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for faithful discharge of duties in the sum and with sureties as the Board shall determine.

 

The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts for the corporation and shall disburse funds as ordered by the Board with proper records. The Treasurer shall render an account of all transactions and the financial condition of the corporation to the President and the Board whenever required.

 

V VACANCIES

 

5.01 Office of an Officer: If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the Board may choose a successor who shall hold the office for the unexpired term.

 

5.02 Board of Directors: Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board even though that may be less than a quorum. Each person elected shall serve as Director until a successor is selected by the shareholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.


VI CORPORATE RECORDS

 

6.01 Location: At the principal office of the corporation or at the office of the corporate attorney there shall be kept: either an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board; the By-Laws; the names and addresses of the shareholders; a record of the numbers of classes of shares held by each shareholder the number and date of the certificates issued for the shares; and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

6.02 Examination by Shareholders: Every shareholder shall have a right to examine in person or by his agent or attorney at any reasonable time during regular business hours for any reasonable purpose the share register, books of account, records of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board, and to make extracts from them.

 

VII CAPITAL STOCK

 

7.01 Share Certificates: The share certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer book of the corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the President and Secretary and may bear the corporate seal.

 

7.02 Lost of Destroyed Certificates: Any person claiming a share certificate is lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of the fact and meet the other requirements set by the Board including an indemnity bond with sufficient surety to protect the corporation or any person injured by the issuance of a new certificate.

 

On completion of the requirements, a new certificate may be issued for the same number of shares as the one alleged lost or destroyed, subject to the approval of the Board.

 

7.03 Ownership and Transfer of Shares: Following the death, insanity, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, expulsion, termination or other legal disqualification of a shareholder all of the shares of that shareholder shall be transferred to or acquired by persons qualified to own those shares or by the corporation, if approved by the Board.

 

All shares of stock of the corporation, whenever issued, are subject to redemption and acquisition by the corporation or qualified individuals as provided by these By-Laws, according to the terms, conditions, price and payment schedule set by the Board. The corporation shall not purchase its own shares if it is insolvent or the purchase would make it insolvent.

 

7.04 Restrictions on Transfer of Stock: No shareholder shall sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber, in any way, any interest in all or any part of the capital stock of the corporation held by the shareholder without the prior written consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of all shareholders.

 

If a transfer is made after obtaining consent of all other shareholders, the transferee of the shares shall be subject to all obligations under these By-Laws and shall accept the shares subject to all restrictions, terms, and conditions contained in these By-Laws.


7.05 Endorsement of Stock Certificates: All certificates of capital stock issued by the corporation shall be endorsed as follows:

 

“These shares are restricted and may not be sold without first obtaining the written permission of fifty-one (51) percent of the Class A shareholders of this Corporation.”

 

7.06 Dividends: The Board may periodically declare and the corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and on the terms and conditions provided by law.

 

VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

8.01 Signing of Checks, Drafts and Notes: All checks, drafts, demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers designated by the Board.

 

8.02 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end the date designated by the Board.

 

8.03 Form and Service of Written Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to that person personally, by sending a copy through the mail or by fax or telegram charges prepaid to the address appearing on the books of the corporation.

 

If the notice is sent by mail, fax or telegram, it shall be deemed to be given to the person entitled to it when deposited in the U.S. Mail or placed for transmission to the person. The notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and for a special meeting, the subject of the meeting.

 

8.04 Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute or by the Articles or By-Laws of this corporation a waiver in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice before or after the time stated shall be deemed the equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

Except for a special meeting the waiver need not state the subject of the meeting.

 

Attendance at a meeting by a person or by a proxy constitutes a waiver of notice of that meeting except to a person may attend a meeting specifically to object to the transaction of business in a meeting alleged not to be lawfully called or convened.

 

No call or notice of a meeting of the Board will be necessary if it is waived by each of the Directors in writing or by attendance. Any meeting when properly called and noticed after a quorum is formed may be adjourned to another time and place by a majority of those in attendance.

 

IX SEAL

 

9.01 The Board may provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed on it the name of the corporation, the state of incorporation, the year of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal.”


X AMENDMENTS

 

10.01 These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the shares issued and outstanding, if notice of the proposed change is contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

By-Laws of Medical Emergency Devices and Services (MEDS), Inc.

 

SIGNED AND APPROVED this 13th day of May 1992.        
           
       

Secretary

APPROVED:

       
           

Chairman

       
EX-3.49 38 dex349.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.49

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

Executed by the undersigned for the purpose of forming a South Dakota corporation under SDCL 47-2 of the South Dakota Business Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The period of existence of the corporation is perpetual.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized is to engage in the business commonly known as furnishing medical transportation and ambulance service, both emergency and nonemergency, and any business incidental or related thereto, and such other business or business activities as shall be considered desirable by the directors, and to make and execute any and all agreements for the purposes outlined, including agreements for borrowing of money, to construct, own, purchase, maintain, operate, sell, lease or dispose of real and personal property which may be necessary or advisable for the carrying on of the business of the corporation; and to do all other things subsidiary, necessary or contingent for carrying out and into effect the main purposes of the corporation; to enter into partnerships and any and all other lawful purposes for which corporations may be incorporated under this Act.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The amount of the capital stock of the corporation shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) and the aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall be authorized to issue is 1,000 shares of common stock of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per share.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The corporation shall not commence business until at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) has been received by it as consideration for the issuance of shares.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The address of the registered office of the corporation is 1405 South Tenth Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57101, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Orlen Tschetter.


ARTICLE VII

 

The number of directors constituting the initial Board is two, and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as such directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and shall qualify, are:

 

Name


 

Address


Orlen Tschetter  

4201 East 22nd Street

Sioux Falls, S.D. 57103

Bonnie Tschetter

 

4201 East 22nd Street

Sioux Falls, S.D. 57103

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The names and addresses of the incorporators are:

 

Name


 

Address


Orlen Tschetter  

4201 East 22nd Street

Sioux Falls, S.D. 57103

Bonnie Tschetter

 

4201 East 22nd Street

Sioux Falls, S.D. 57103

 

These Articles may be amended in the manner authorized by law at the time of amendment.

 

Executed in duplicate on the 14 day of July, 1983.

 

 

Orlen Tschetter

 

Bonnie Tschetter


STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

  )     
    :   

SS

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA

  )     

 

On this, the 14 day of July, 1983, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ORLEN TSCHETTER and BONNIE TSCHETTER, known to me or satisfactorily proven to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that they executed the same. for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary Public – South Dakota

My Commission Expires: 9-22-93

EX-3.50 39 dex350.htm BYLAWS OF MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. Bylaws of Medical Transportation Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.50

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of April 30, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article II, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

2. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Number Term of Office and Removal.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 9 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.

 

(b) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the shareholders at the time of the removal.”

 

3. A new Article III, Section 11 is added to the Bylaws of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 11. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.”


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota shall be located in the City of Sioux Falls, County of Minnehaha. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the Board of Directors may require from time to time.

 

The registered office of the corporation required by the South Dakota Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of South Dakota may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of South Dakota, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Tuesday in the month of November in each year, beginning with the year 1983 at the hour of 9:30 o’clock A.M., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of South Dakota, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote


at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

Section 5. Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

Section 6. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting to a future time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting held at the appointed future time, at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting which initially had a quorum may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.


Section 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 9. Voting of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Article II, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the By-Laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors of such corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or held by it in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

Section 11. Cumulative Voting. At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election, shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

Section 12. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be two. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation. At least one director shall be a resident of the State of South Dakota.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-Law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

 

Section 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least two days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting 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 Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board 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. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the


number of directors shall be filled by election at an annual meeting or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.

 

Section 9. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, 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. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 10. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. President The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other


instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. The Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President (or in the event there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice-Presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice-President may sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 7. The Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and of the Board of Directors’ meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President or a Vice-President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. The Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. He shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (b) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries, when authorized by the Board of Directors, may sign with the President or a Vice-President certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall respectively, if required by the Board of Directors, give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or the Treasurer, respectively, or by the President or the Board of Directors.


Section 10. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFERS

 

Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.


ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be from the 1st day of October to the 30th day of September inclusive, in each year, or such other twelve consecutive months as the Board of Directors may by resolution designate.

 

ARTICLE VIII. DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. Seal. The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

Section 2. Reimbursement. Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation, such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount so owed to the corporation has been recovered. This by-law shall be binding upon all officers and employees of the company.

 

Section 3. Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Committee Persons and Employees. The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each officer, director, committee person or employee of the corporation against and from all loss, cost, and reasonable expenses hereafter incurred by him in the payment, settlement and defense of any claim, suit or proceeding brought against such person because such person is or has been such officer, director, committee person or employee, or because of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by him as officer, director, committee person or employee. The rights of indemnification and exoneration occurring under this Section shall apply whether or not such person continues to be an officer, director, committee person or employee at the time any loss, cost or expense is suffered or incurred. Such rights shall not apply in relation to any matters as to which (1) such officer, director, committee person or employee shall be adjudged in final judgment in such suit or proceeding to be liable for willful misconduct or for his own negligence, or (2) the directors of the corporation determine by a majority vote that such an officer, director, committee person or employee has suffered or incurred such loss, cost or expense as a result of his willful misconduct or negligence. Such rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other indemnification which may be provided for by the Articles of Incorporation, by agreement, by the vote of the shareholders or otherwise, nor shall the right of indemnification be exclusive of any other rights to which such officer, director, committee person or employee may be entitled.


ARTICLE X. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

EX-3.51 40 dex351.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.51

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is William R. Crowell, P. O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252-3006.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 28th day of June, 1996.

 

/s/

William R. Crowell, Incorporator

EX-3.52 41 dex352.htm BYLAWS OF MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. Bylaws of Medstar Emergency Medical Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.52

 

BYLAWS

OF

MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 2, 1996


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MEDSTAR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.


(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL” ), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail,


postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.


Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or


returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of


another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.53 42 dex353.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.53

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

The undersigned, Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634, do hereby form a corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and for that purpose do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NAME. The name of the corporation shall be “Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.”.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PERIOD OF DURATION. The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.

 

ARTICLE III

 

PURPOSES. The purposes for which the corporation is organized shall include the following:

 

(a) To operate an ambulance service.

 

(b) To take, buy, purchase, exchange, lease, hire, sell or otherwise acquire and dispose of real estate and personal property, either improved or unimproved, and any interest or right therein, and to own, hold, control, manage, maintain and develop the same.

 

(c) To transact any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky.


ARTICLE IV

 

NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES. The aggregate amount of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue shall be two thousand (2,000) common shares, all of which shall be without par value.

 

ARTICLE V

 

INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation shall be Apartment 3-E, 147 Malabu Drive, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 40503; and the name of the initial registered agent of the corporation is Robert C. Damen of the same address.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Until the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be otherwise established, the initial Board of Directors shall consist of two (2) members, and the persons to serve as such Directors until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors shall be elected and qualified shall be Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634.

 

The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) members, which number shall be fixed by the By laws of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

INCORPORATOR. The names and address of the incorporators are Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, witness the hand of the incorporators this 14 day of July, 1983.

 

/s/ Robert C. Damen

ROBERT C. DAMEN

/s/ A. Ruth Damen

A. RUTH DAMEN

 

STATE OF KENTUCKY

COUNTY OF FAYETTE

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 14 day of July, 1983, by Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen.

 

My Commission Expires: Oct 13, 1983

 

/s/

NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE AT LARGE, KENTUCKY


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

The undersigned, Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634, do hereby form a corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and for that purpose do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NAME. The name of the corporation shall be “Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.”.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PERIOD OF DURATION. The period of duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.

 

ARTICLE III

 

PURPOSES. The purposes for which the corporation is organized shall include the following:

 

(a) To operate an ambulance service.

 

(b) To take, buy, purchase, exchange, lease, hire, sell or otherwise acquire and dispose of real estate and personal property, either improved or unimproved, and any interest or right therein, and to own, hold, control, manage, maintain and develop the same.

 

(c) To transact any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Kentucky.


ARTICLE IV

 

NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES. The aggregate amount of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue shall be two thousand (2,000) common shares, all of which shall be without par value.

 

ARTICLE V

 

INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. The address of the initial registered office of the corporation shall be Apartment 3-E, 147 Malabu Drive, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky 40503; and the name of the initial registered agent of the corporation is Robert C. Damen of the same address.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Until the number of members of the Board of Directors shall be otherwise established, the initial Board of Directors shall consist of two (2) members, and the persons to serve as such Directors until the first annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors shall be elected and qualified shall be Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634.

 

The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors of not less than one (1) nor more than five (5) members, which number shall be fixed by the By laws of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

INCORPORATOR. The names and address of the incorporators are Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen, General Delivery, Parkers Lake, Kentucky 42634.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, witness the hand of the incorporators this 14 day of July, 1983.

 

/s/ Robert C. Damen

ROBERT C. DAMEN

/s/ A. Ruth Damen

A. RUTH DAMEN

 

STATE OF KENTUCKY

COUNTY OF FAYETTE

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 14 day of July, 1983, by Robert C. Damen and A. Ruth Damen.

 

My Commission Expires: Oct 13, 1983.

 

/s/

NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE AT LARGE, KENTUCKY
EX-3.54 43 dex354.htm BYLAWS OF MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.54

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

BYLAWS

OF

MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of December 18, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article I, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1. ANNUAL MEETING. The board of directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the stockholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the corporation’s known place of business at 10:00 a.m., on the 1st day of April of each year. If that day is not a business day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At that meeting the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

2. Article I, Section 8 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety and the remaining sections of Article I are renumbered accordingly.

 

3. Article II, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.”

 

4. Article II, Section 4 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“4. NOTICE. Special meetings of the Board of Directors must be preceded by at least two days’ notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws. A director may waive any notice required by the Kentucky Business Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the Notice. Except as described below, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to notice and filed with the minutes or


corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him or her of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on his or her arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.”

 

5. A new Article II, Section 5 is added to the Bylaws of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“5. ACTION OF DIRECTORS IN LIEU OF 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.”

 

6. Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1. NUMBER. The officers of the corporation shall be as designated by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.”

 

7. A new Article III, Section 3, subparagraph 2. is hereby added to the Bylaws of the Corporation, and the remaining subparagraphs shall be renumbered accordingly, to read as follows:

 

“2. VICE PRESIDENT. The vice president shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the board of directors or the president. The vice president shall perform the duties of the president in the president’s absence or disability.”

 

8. Article VI of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE VI - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the 30th day of June of each year.”


BYLAWS

OF

MERCURY AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I – STOCKHOLDERS

 

1. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on February 1 in each year, beginning with the year 1984 at the hour of 10:00 A.M., for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day.

 

2. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than twenty percent of all the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

3. PLACE OF MEETING.

 

The directors may designate any place, either within or without the state unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the directors. A waiver of notice signed by all stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the state unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place for holding such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation.

 

4. NOTICE OF MEETING.

 

Written or printed notice setting the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or person calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation with postage thereon prepaid.


5. QUORUM.

 

A majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

6. PROXIES.

 

At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting.

 

7. VOTING.

 

Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms and provisions of the certificate of incorporation and these Bylaws shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholders. Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be decided by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the laws of this State.

 

8. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

 

The order of business at all meetings of the stockholders shall be as follows:

 

  1. Roll call.

 

  2. Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice.

 

  3. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting.

 

  4. Reports of Officers.

 

  5. Reports of Committees.

 

  6. Election of Directors.

 

  7. Unfinished business.

 

  8. New business.

 

9. INFORMAL ACTION BY STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting


forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE II - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

1. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS.

 

There shall be two (2) Directors of the corporation, to hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until any successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

2. REGULAR MEETINGS.

 

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of stockholders. The directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

3. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Special meetings of the Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any Director. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Directors may fix the place for holding any special meeting of Directors called by them.

 

4. NOTICE.

 

Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least seven days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or by telegram or mailed to each Director at his business address. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. The attendance of a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

ARTICLE III - OFFICERS

 

1. NUMBER.

 

The officers of the corporation shall be a President, and a Secretary-Treasurer elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Directors.

 

2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE.

 

The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Directors shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the Directors held after such annual meeting of the stockholders.


3. DUTIES.

 

1. PRESIDENT. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Directors. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Directors have authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of the President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Directors from time to time.

 

SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the stockholders and of the Directors meetings in one or more books provided for that purpose, see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required, be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder, have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation and in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Directors.

 

TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with these Bylaws and in general to perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Directors.

 

ARTICLE VI - FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the 31st day of December of each year.

 

ARTICLE V - BANKING

 

All funds and money of the corporation shall be banked, handled and disbursed through a bank account of the corporation in such bank as the Board of Directors shall select.

 

ARTICLE VI - AMENDMENTS

 

The power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws, subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders, shall be vested in the Board of Directors.


IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the above Bylaws for the regulation of the affairs of Mercury Ambulance Service, Inc. were adopted by the Board of Directors of said corporation at the meeting of the Board of Directors which was held on July 28, 1983.

 

 

PRESIDENT

 

ATTEST:

  

SECRETARY-TREASURER

EX-3.55 44 dex355.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF METRO CARE CORP. Articles of Incorporation of Metro Care Corp.

Exhibit 3.55

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

METRO CARE CORP.

 

The undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, desiring to form a corporation for profit, under the General Corporation Act of Ohio, do hereby certify:

 

FIRST: The name of said corporation shall be METRO CARE CORP.

 

SECOND: The place in the State of Ohio where its principal office is to be located is the County of Cuyahoga, City of Cleveland and State of Ohio.

 

THIRD: The purpose or purposes for which it is formed are:

 

  A. To carry on the business of an ambulance, transportation and emergency medical service and all related services, and to acquire, own, lease, maintain and operate real and personal property of all types and to do all things necessary or incident thereto;

 

  B. To engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be formed under Section 1701.01 to 1701.98, inclusive, of the Ohio Revised Code.

 

FOURTH: The maximum number of shares which the corporation is authorized to have outstanding is Seven Hundred Fifty (750) shares, all of which shall be common shares without par value. Shares without par value may be issued pursuant to subscriptions taken by the incorporators for such amount of consideration as may be specified by the incorporators, and, after organization, shares without par value now or hereafter authorized may be issued or agreed to be issued from time to time for such amount or amounts of consideration as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may fix different amounts and/or kinds of consideration for the issuance of shares without par value, whether issued at the same or different times, and may determine that only a part or proportion of


the amount or amounts of consideration which shall be received by the corporation shall be stated capital. Any and all shares without par value so issued, the consideration for which, as fixed by the incorporators or by the Board of Directors, has been paid or delivered, shall be fully paid and non-assessable.

 

FIFTH: No holder of shares of the corporation shall have any pre-emptive right to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of the corporation of any class whether such shares or such class be now or hereafter authorized.

 

SIXTH: Notwithstanding any provision of the General Corporation Law of Ohio, now or hereafter in force, requiring for any purpose the vote or consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise two-thirds of the voting power of the corporation or of any class or classes of shares thereof, such action may be taken by the vote or consent of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the corporation or of such class of shares thereof.

 

SEVENTH: A director or officer of the corporation, shall not be disqualified by his office from dealing or contracting with the corporation as a vendor, purchaser, employee, agent or otherwise; nor shall any transaction, contract or act of the corporation be void or voidable or any way affected or invalidated by reason of the fact that any director or officer or any firm of which such director or officer is a shareholder, director or officer, is in any way interested in such transaction, contract or act, provided the fact that such director, officer, firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall be known to the Board of Directors or such members thereof as shall be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which action upon any such contract, transaction or act shall be taken; nor shall any such director or office be accountable or responsible to the corporation for or in respect of any such transaction, contract or


act of the corporation, or for gains or profits realized by him by reason of the fact that he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, officer or director, is interested in such transaction, contract or act, and any such director or officer, if such officer is a director, may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of directors of the corporation which shall authorize or take action as if he or any firm of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is a shareholder, officer or director, were not interested in such transaction, contract or act.

 

EIGHTH: The amount of capital with which the corporation will begin business will not be less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our hands this 2nd day of January, 1990.

 

 
M. Susanne Olson, Incorporator
EX-3.56 45 dex356.htm CODE OF REGULATIONS OF METRO CARE CORP Code of Regulations of Metro Care Corp

Exhibit 3.56

 

CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

OF

 

METRO CARE CORP.

 

ARTICLE I

 

SHARES

 

  (a) Certificates of shares

 

Each shareholder of this Company whose stock is paid up shall be entitled to a certificate showing the amount of shares registered in his name on the books of the Company. Each certificate shall be issued in numerical order from the share certificate book and be signed by the president and secretary. A full record of each certificate as issued shall be entered on the stub thereof. All certificates surrendered to the Company shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for the same number of shares of the same kind has been surrendered and cancelled.

 

  (b) Transfers of shares

 

Transfers of shares shall be made only on the books of the Company by the holder thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, and must be accompanied by the surrender of the certificates, properly assigned, evidencing the shares so transferred. Certificates so surrendered shall be cancelled and attached to the stubs corresponding thereto in the share certificates book.

 

  (c) Lost, destroyed or mutilated certificates

 

If any share certificate in this company becomes worn, defaced or mutilated, the secretary, upon presentation or surrender thereof, may order the certificate cancelled, and may issue a new one in lieu of the old one. If any share certificate is lost or destroyed, the secretary, upon the giving of a proper bond of indemnity, with surety to his satisfaction, may issue a new certificate in lieu thereof to the person entitled to such lost or destroyed certificate.

 

  (d) Seal

 

The corporation hereby dispenses with the necessity of a corporate seal.

 

  (e) Closing of transfer book

 

The share transfer book shall be closed for the share-holders’ meetings for the period provided for in these regulations, and for such time prior to the payment of dividends as from time to time may be fixed by the board of directors, and during such periods no shares shall be transferred.


  (f) Regulations

 

The board of directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of share certificates of said Company.

 

ARTICLE II

 

SHAREHOLDERS

 

  (a) Annual meeting

 

The annual shareholders’ meeting of this Company shall be held at the office of the company on the 15th day of March of each year at 12:00 Noon, if not a legal holiday, but if a legal holiday, then on the day following at the same hour.

 

  (b) Special meeting

 

Special shareholders’ meetings shall be held at the principal office of the Company at 14605 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, whenever called in writing by the president. Special meetings shall also be called by he president at the written request of two directors of the Company, which states the object and purpose of the meeting. If the president on such request neglects for three (3) days to call a special meeting, then the directors making the request may call a special meeting.

 

  (c) Notice of meetings

 

A written or printed notice of each regular or special shareholders’ meeting stating the time and place, and in case of special meetings, the objects thereof, shall be given each shareholder appearing on the books of the Company, by mailing the notice to his last-known address at least five (5) days before any such meeting.

 

  (d) Quorum

 

At any shareholders’ meeting the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of he Company, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of the shareholders for all purposes, unless the presence of a larger number is required by law.

 

If the holders of the amount of shares necessary for a quorum fail to attend any meeting in person or by proxy at the time and place fixed by these regulations and notice, as provided for herein, a majority in interest of the shareholders present in person or by proxy may adjourn from time to time without notice, other than announcement at the meeting, until holders of the amount of shares requisite for a quorum attend. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.


  (e) Organization

 

All shareholders’ meetings after organization shall be presided over by the president. In the absence of the president, the vice-president shall preside and shall have all the powers herein conferred upon the president when acting as presiding officer of the meeting. The secretary of the company shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders, but, in the absence of the secretary at ay shareholders’ meeting, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

  (f) Voting

 

At any shareholders’ meetings only such persons shall be entitled to vote as appear as shareholders upon the books of the Company for not less than five (5) days next prior to such meeting. Each such shareholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by written instrument subscribed by the shareholder, or his duly authorized attorney, and delivered to the secretary of the meeting.

 

At any shareholders’ meeting all questions shall be determined by a majority vote of the shareholders present in person or by proxy, except for questions the decisions of which are regulated by statute. In case of a tie vote, the presiding officer at the meeting shall cast the deciding vote.

 

  (g) Inspectors

 

At all meetings for the election of directors after the first election of directors, three election inspectors shall be appointed by the chairman, provided that no person who is the candidate for the office of director is appointed as inspector.

 

  (h) Order of business

 

At all shareholders’ meetings the following order of business shall be observed so far as consistent with the purpose of the meeting, viz.:

 

Calling the roll;

Reading notice and proof;

Reading of minutes of preceding meetings, and action thereon;

Report of president;

Report of secretary;

Report of treasurer;

Report of committee;

Election of directors;

Unfinished business;

New business.


ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

  (a) Number and term of office

 

The business and the property of this Company shall be exercised, conducted and controlled by the board of directors, which shall be composed of three persons, provided that where all shares of this company are owned of record by less than three (3) shareholders, the number of directors may be less than three but not less than the number of shareholders. The election of directors shall take place at the annual shareholder’s meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and shall be by ballot; provided that if such election is not held at an annual or special meeting called for that purpose, it may be held at any shareholders’ meeting at which all shareholders are present in person or by proxy.

 

The directors shall be elected for one year and shall continue in office until their successors are elected, qualified and are serving. All directors must be shareholders of this Company.

 

  (b) Vacancies

 

In case of any vacancy in the board of directors, through death, resignation, disqualification, or other cause, the remaining directors, by an affirmative vote of a majority thereof, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired portion of the terms of the director whose place is vacant, and until the election and qualification of his successor.

 

  (c) Executive committee

 

The board of directors may elect from their own number three persons who shall constitute the executive committee, which shall have charge of the management of the business and affairs of the Company in the interim between meetings of directors, with power to fix prices for the Company’s products, determine credits, and generally discharge the duties of the board of directors, but not to incur debts except for current expenses, or to replace stock or raw materials in the usual course of business, unless especially authorized. Such executive committee shall at all times act under the direction and control of the board of directors, and make a report of their acts and transactions to the board, which shall form part of the records of the Company.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

OFFICERS

 

  (a) Executive officers

 

The officers of the Company shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, general manager and counsel, all of whom shall be elected by the board of directors immediately after their election. The board may appoint such other officers and agents as it deems necessary who shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as from time to


time are assigned by the board of directors. The salaries of all officers and agents shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

  (b) Vacancies

 

If the office of any executive officer becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation or disqualification, or other cause, the remaining directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority thereof, may elect a successor to hold office for the unexpired term in respect to which the vacancy occurred or was created.

 

  (c) Absence

 

In case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation or for any reason that the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board of directors may delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, except where otherwise provided by these regulations or by statute, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire board concur therein.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS

 

  (a) The President

 

The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and directors, sign the records thereof, and together with the secretary, sign all share certificates and all other written contracts and obligations of the Company; he shall also countersign all checks with the treasurer, he shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried into effect; he shall be ex officio a member of all standing committees and shall perform all the duties incident to the office and such other and further duties as may from time to time be required of him by the directors or shareholders.

 

  (b) Vice-President

 

The vice-president, if one is elected, shall perform all the duties of the president in case of his absence or disability. In case the president and vice-president are absent and unable to perform their duties as shareholders or directors, the shareholders or directors, as the case may be, may appoint a president pro tempore.

 

  (c) Secretary

 

The secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of shareholders, directors and committees in books provided for that purpose; he shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the Company; he shall be the transfer agent of the Company for the transfer of all share certificates; he shall record all transfers of shares and cancel and preserve all share certificates transferred and keep a record alphabetically arranged of all the shareholders of the Company, showing the number and classes of shares held by each and the time when they became shareholders; he shall prepare such list as the date fixed for closing the books against


transfers or the record date fixed before any shareholders’ meeting; he shall keep such books as may be required by law, have charge and custody of the corporate seal and with the president issue and sign all share certificates and perform such other and further duties as may from time to time be required of him by the directors or shareholders.

 

  (d) Treasurer

 

The treasurer shall have custody of all the funds and securities of the company which may come into his hands; when necessary or proper, he shall endorse on behalf of the Company for collection, checks, notes, and other obligations and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Company in such bank(s) or depository as the board of directors may designate; he shall sign all receipts and vouchers for payment made to the Company, he shall, with the president, sign all checks made out by the company and shall pay out and dispose of the same under the direction of the board of directors; he shall enter regularly in books of the Company to be kept by him for that purpose, full and accurate account of all money paid and received by him on account of the Company; he shall render to the board of directors at each regular meeting thereof, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of such Company and generally perform all duties incident to such office and such other and further duties as may from time to time be required of him by the directors or shareholders.

 

If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give to the Company a bond in such a sum and with such sureties as may be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for restoration to the Corporation in case of his death, resignation, retirement, or removal from office, of all papers, books, vouchers or other property of whatever kind and description in his possession, under his control belonging to the Company.

 

  (e) General manager

 

The general manager shall have charge of and manage the active business operations of the Company; shall superintend and control the plants, shops, and warehouses of the company and the manufacture and sale of all of its products, under the direction of the board of directors and shall keep accurate accounts of all property passing through his hands and do and perform other duties incident to his office and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the board of directors.

 

  (f) Counsel

 

The counsel of the Company shall prepare all such contracts as may be required in the business of the Company and shall examine and pass upon all instruments presented to the Company as may be referred to him by its officers. He shall advise the officers of the company in all such matters pertaining to its affairs as may require his consideration.


ARTICLE VI

 

AMENDMENTS

 

These regulations may be adopted, amended or repealed by the vote of the owners of a majority in amount of the common stock of this company at any meeting thereof.

 

/s/

M. Susanne Olson

Shareholder

 

Shareholder


 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

CODE OF REGULATIONS OF

 

METRO CARE CORP.

 

The following amendment to the Code of Regulations was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Metro Care Corp., an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”) as of January 1, 1998:

 

RESOLVED, that the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


 

EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article III, Section (a) of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a) Number and Term of Office.

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders.”

 

2. A new Article III, Section (d) is added to the Code of Regulations of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“(d) Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.”

 

3. Article V, Section (a) of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a) The President.

 

The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

EX-3.57 46 dex357.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.

Exhibit 3.57

 

9/30/97

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO 1:23 P.M.

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Maryland corporation, having its principal place of business at 2100 Huntingdon Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21211, (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (hereinafter referred to as “Department”) that:

 

FIRST: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended by deleting therefrom in its entirety Articles THIRD, thereby removing the statement of election to be a close corporation.

 

SECOND: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby further amended by deleting in its entirety Article SIXTH, and substituting in its place the following:

 

SIXTH: The Board of Directors shall be comprised of three (3) Directors the number of Directors of the Corporation may be increased or decreased from time to time according to the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that the number of Directors may be less than three (3) only in the event that there are less than three (3) shareholders and in no event shall the number of Directors be less than the number of shareholders.

 

THIRD: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby further amended by adding the following provisions ELEVENTH and TWELFTH:

 

ELEVENTH: The following provisions are hereby adopted for the purpose of defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and the Directors and Stockholders:

 

(1) The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby empowered to authorize the issuance form time to time of shares of its stock of any class, whether now or hereafter authorized, or securities convertible into shares of its stock of any class or classes, whether now or hereafter authorized, subject to the limitations set forth in Article SEVENTH.

 

(2) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may classify or reclassify any unissued share by fixing or altering in any one or more respects, from time to time before issuance of such shares, the preferences, rights, voting powers, restrictions and qualifications of, the dividends on, the times and prices of redemption of, and the conversion rights of such shares, subject to the limitations set forth in Article SEVENTH.

 

TWELFTH: (1) As used in this Article TWELFTH, any word or words that are defined in Section 2-418 of the “Corporations and Associations” Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (the “Indemnification Section”), as amended from time to time, shall have the same meaning as provided in the “Indemnification Section”.


(2) The Corporation shall indemnify a present or former Director or Officer of the Corporation in connection with a proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by and in accordance with the “Indemnification Section”.

 

(3) With respect to any corporate representative other than a present or former Director or Officer, the Corporation may indemnify such corporate representative in connection with a proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by and in accordance with the “Indemnification Section”; provided, however, that to the extent a corporate representative other than a present or former Director or Officer successfully defends on the merits or otherwise any proceeding referred to in subsection (b) or (c) of the “Indemnification Section” or any claim, issue or matter raised in such proceeding, the Corporation shall not indemnify such corporate representative other than a present or former Director or Officer under the “Indemnification Section” unless and until it shall have been determined and authorized in the specific case by (i) an affirmative vote at a duly constituted meeting of a majority of the Board of Directors who were not parties to the proceeding; or (ii) an affirmative vote at a duly constituted meeting of all the votes cast by Stockholders who were not parties to the proceeding that indemnification of such corporation representative other than a present or former Director of Officer is proper in the circumstances.

 

FOURTH: The following information is being provided pursuant to the “Corporations and Associations” Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland: These Articles of Amendment were advised by Unanimous Resolution by Informal Action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, in accordance with Section 2-408(c) of the “Corporations and Associations” Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland and was approved by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation, in accordance the Section 2-505 of the “Corporations and Associations” Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. No stock entitled to be voted on the matter was subscribed for at the time of the Sole Shareholder’s approval of the aforesaid Informal Action of Sole Shareholder of Mobil Medical Transportation, Inc.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf its President and corporate seal to be hereunder and affixed and attested by its Secretary on this 24th day of September, 1997, and its President acknowledges that they Articles of Amendment are the act and deed of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc. and under the penalties of perjury, states that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to authorization and approval are true and all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.

 

Attest:       MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.
           
Terence M. Oates, Secretary       Mark L. Joseph, President
EX-3.58 47 dex358.htm RESTATED BYLAWS OF MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC. Restated Bylaws of Mobile Medical Transportation, Inc.

Exhibit 3.58

 

RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Name, Principal Office and Resident Agent

 

Section 1. Name. The name of this Corporation is MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

Section 2. Principal Office and Registered Agent. The address of the Principal Office of this Corporation is 2100 Huntingdon Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21211. The Resident Agent of the Corporation is Mark L. Joseph, 2100 Huntingdon Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21211.

 

ARTICLE II

Seal and Fiscal Year

 

Section 1. Seal. The seal of this Corporation shall have inscribed on it the name of this Corporation, the date of its organization, and the words “Corporate Seal, State of Maryland.”

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of this Corporation shall begin on January 1, and end on December 31 of each year.

 

ARTICLE III

Shareholders’ Meetings

 

Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at any other place (within or without the State of Maryland) the Board of Directors may from time to time select.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the Shareholders shall be held on the first Monday in April of each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following that is not a legal holiday, at ten o’clock a.m., and the Shareholders shall elect a Board of Directors and transact other business. If an annual meeting has not been called and held within six (6) months after the time designated for it, any Shareholder may call it.

 

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders may be called by the President, by a majority of the Board of Directors, or by the holders of one-fourth (1/4) or more of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote.


Section 4. Notice of Meetings. A written or printed notice of each Shareholders’ meeting, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes of the meeting shall be given by the Secretary of the Corporation or by the person authorized to call the meeting, to each Shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. This notice shall be sent at least ten (10) days before the date named for the meeting (unless a greater period of notice is required by law in a particular case) to each Shareholder by United States mail or by telegram, charges prepaid, to the Shareholder’s address appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. A Shareholder, either before or after a Shareholders’ meeting, may waive notice of the meeting; and his or her waiver shall be deemed the equivalent of giving notice. Attendance at a Shareholders’ meeting, either in person or by proxy, of a person entitled to notice shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting unless he attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business on the grounds that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 6. Voting Rights. Subject to the provisions of the law of the State of Maryland, each holder of the Common Stock in the Corporation shall be entitled at each Shareholders’ meeting to one vote for every share of stock standing in his or her name on the books of the Corporation; but, transferees of shares that are transferred on the books of the Corporation within ten (10) days next preceding the date set for a meeting shall not be entitled to notice of, or to vote at, the meeting.

 

Section 7. Proxies. A Shareholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his or her attorney-in-fact. A proxy shall not be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless a longer period is expressly stated in it.

 

Section 8. Quorum. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) or more of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum at meetings of Shareholders. At a duly organized meeting Stockholders present can continue to do business until adjournment even though enough Shareholders withdraw to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 9. Adjournments. Any meeting of Shareholders may be adjourned. Notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted there, other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, shall not be necessary. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the meeting originally called.

 

Section 10. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action shall be signed by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote on the action and shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. This consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote at a Shareholders’ meeting.


ARTICLE IV

The Board of Directors

 

Section 1. Number, Qualifications and Term of Offices. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of at least two (2) Directors, none of whom need be resident in the state of Maryland or hold shares in the Corporation. Each Director, except one appointed to fill a vacancy, shall be appointed in the manner set forth herein to serve for the term of one (1) year and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify. The number of Directors may be increased (or decreased), subject to the limitations set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, at any time by a vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) or more of the shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote held at any regular or special meeting of the Shareholders called for that purpose.

 

Section 2. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board though less than a quorum. Each Director so elected by the Shareholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting earlier called for that purpose. The other members of the Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a Director who is convicted of a felony or who is declared of unsound mind by an order of court.

 

Section 3. Directors shall not receive a salary for their services as Directors; but, by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance may be allowed for attendance at each meeting of the Board. A Director may serve the Corporation in a capacity other than that of Director and receive compensation for the services rendered in that other capacity.

 

Section 4. Removal. At a meeting of Shareholders called for that purpose, the entire Board of Directors or any individual Director may be removed from office without assignment of cause by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of Directors.

 

ARTICLE V

Meetings of the Board

 

Section 1. Place of Meetings. The meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the principal office of the Corporation or (subject to section 2, Article V of these By-Laws) at anyplace within or without the State of Maryland that a majority of the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution appoint.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the Shareholders at the place that meeting has been held, to elect officers and consider other business.

 

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the President or by any two Directors of the Board.

 

Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given. Written notice of each special meeting, setting forth the time and place of the meeting shall be given to each Director at least twenty-four hours before the


meeting. This notice may be given either personally or by sending a copy of the notice through the United States mail or by telegram, charges prepaid, to the address of each Director appearing on the books of the Corporation.

 

Section 5. Waiver of Notice. A Director may waive in writing notice of a special meeting of the Board either before or after the meeting; and his or her waiver shall be deemed the equivalent of giving notice. Attendance of a Director at a meeting shall constitute waiver of notice of that meeting unless he attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

 

Section 6. Quorum. At meeting of the Board of Directors a majority of the Directors in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is present, the acts of a majority of the Directors in attendance shall be the acts of the Board.

 

Section 7. Adjournment. A meeting of the Board of Directors may be adjourned. Notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted there, other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, shall not be necessary. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the meeting originally called.

 

Section 8. Informal Action. If all the Directors severally or collectively consent in writing to any action taken or to be taken by the Corporation and the writing or writings evidencing their consent are filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, the action shall be as valid as though it had been authorized at a meeting of the Board.

 

ARTICLE VI

Officers, Agents, and Employees

 

Section 1. Officers. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a President, Secretary and Treasurer, if the Board elects to have a Treasurer. Other officers, assistant officers, agents and employees that the Board of Directors from time to time may deem necessary may be elected by the Board or be appointed in a manner prescribed by the Board.

 

Two or more offices may be held by the same person except that one person shall not at the same time hold the offices of President and Vice-President or the offices of President and Secretary. Officers shall hold office until their successors are chosen and have qualified, unless they are sooner removed from office as provided in these bylaws.

 

Section 2. Vacancies. When a vacancy occurs in one of the executive offices by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The officer so elected shall hold office until his or her successor is chosen and qualified.

 

Section 3. Salaries. The Board of Directors shall fix the salaries of the officers of the Corporation. The salaries of other agents and employees of the Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or by an officer to whom that function has been delegated by the Board.


Section 4. Removal of Officers and Agents. Any officer or agent of the Corporation maybe removed by a majority vote of the Board of Directors whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served by the removal. The removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 5. President: Powers and Duties. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision of the business of the Corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of Stockholders and Directors and discharge the duties of a presiding officer, shall present at each annual meeting of the Board of Directors a report of the business of the Corporation for the preceding fiscal year, and shall perform whatever other duties the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The President shall have the authority to appoint, from time to time, one or more Vice Presidents to perform the functions of the President in his or her absence for non-consecutive periods of not more than thirty (30) days each appointment; provided, however, that notice of any such appointment is given by the President to the Board within three (3) calendar days of the appointment.

 

Section 6. Secretary: Powers and Duties. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Directors and of the Shareholders and shall keep or cause to be kept a true and complete record of the proceedings of those meetings. He shall keep the corporate seal of the Corporation, and when directed by the Board of Directors, shall affix it to any instrument requiring it. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Directors or of the Shareholders and shall perform whatever additional duties the Board of Directors and the President may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 8. Treasurer: Powers and Duties. The Treasurer, if the Board elects to have a Treasurer, shall have custody of corporate funds and securities. He shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements and shall deposit all corporate monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in a depository or depositories designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation and shall render to the President or Board of Directors, whenever they may require it, an account of his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If the Board elects not to have a Treasurer, the powers and duties of the Treasurer shall devolve upon the President or as he or she may delegate, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 9. Delegation of Duties. Whenever an officer is absent or whenever for any reason the Board of Directors may deem it desirable, the Board may delegate the powers and duties of an officer to any other officer or officers or to any Director or Directors.

 

Section 10. Long Term Employment Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to enter into employment contracts with any executive officer for periods longer than one year, and any Articles of Incorporation or By-Law provision for annual election shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of executive officers under such contracts.

 

Section 11. Management of Corporation. The President and Vice-President together with the Treasurer and the Secretary shall have the management of the business of the


Corporation and together they shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.

 

ARTICLE VII

Share Certificates and the Transfer of Shares

 

Section 1. Share Certificates. The share certificates shall be in a form approved by the Board of Directors. Each certificate shall be signed by the President and the Secretary, and shall be stamped with the corporate seal.

 

Section 2. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of shares as the holder in fact and, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Maryland, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in the shares.

 

Section 3. Transfers of Shares. Shares of the Corporation shall only be transferred on its books upon the surrender to the Corporation of the share certificates duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer. In that event, the surrendered certificates shall be canceled, new certificates issued to the person entitled to them, and the transaction recorded on the books of the Corporation.

 

Section 4. Restriction on Transfer. As hereinafter set forth, the officers of the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered, upon resolution duly adopted and passed by the Board of Directors, to negotiate and execute on behalf of the Corporation one or more stock transfer restriction agreements restricting the transfer of shares of the Corporation upon terms and conditions to be approved by the Board.

 

Section 5. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of a certificate alleged to have been destroyed or lost if the owner makes an affidavit that it is destroyed or lost. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may as a condition precedent to issuing the new certificate, require the owner to give the Corporation a bond as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on the certificate allegedly destroyed or lost.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Special Corporate Acts

 

Section 1. Execution of Written Instruments. Contracts, deeds, documents, and instruments shall be executed by the President (or appointed Vice President) under the seal of the Corporation affixed and attested by the Secretary unless the Board of Directors shall in a particular situation designate another procedure for their execution.

 

Section 2. Signing of Checks and Notes. Checks, notes, drafts, and demand for money shall be signed by the officer or officers from time to time designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Voting Shares Held in Other Corporations. In the absence of other arrangements by the Board of Directors, shares of stock issued by any other Corporation and


owned or controlled by this Corporation may be voted at any Shareholders’ meeting of the other Corporation by the President of this Corporation or, if he is not present at the meeting, the shares may be voted by such person as the President and Secretary of the Corporation shall by duly executed proxy designate to represent the Corporation at the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IX

Amendments

 

The power to amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt a new code of Bylaws is reserved to the Shareholders, the affirmative vote of holders of more than three-fourths (3/4) in number of the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding being necessary to exercise that power.

 

THE FOREGOING BYLAWS ARE HEREBY CERTIFIED TO BE THE TRUE AND CORRECT BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE 24th DAY OF September, 1997.

 

SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION


 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

MOBILE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland shall be located in the County of Montgomery. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Maryland, as the Shareholders may designate or as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time.

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

 

SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Shareholders shall be held on the 1st business day in the month of June in each year, beginning with the year 1997, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a.m., for the purpose of the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Maryland, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day.

 

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than 50 percent of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

SECTION 3. Place of Meeting. The President may designate any place, either within or without the State of Maryland unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting. A waiver notice signed by all Shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Maryland, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland.

 

SECTION 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall unless otherwise prescribed by statute, be delivered not less than 5 nor more than 30 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the persons calling the meeting, to each Shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the Shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

SECTION 5. Closing of Transfer Book o Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or Shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Shareholders for any other proper purpose, the President of the Corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for stated period but not to


exceed, in any case, 30 days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 15 days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the President may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of Shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 30 days and, in case of a meeting of Shareholders, not less than 5 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of Shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders, or Shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholder. When a determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of Shareholder has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The Shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

SECTION 7. Voting of Shares. Each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. No proxy voting shall be accepted.

 

SECTION 8. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another Corporation may be voted by such officer, or agent as the by-laws of such Corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such Corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority to do so be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A Shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares to transferred.


Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

SECTION 9. Informal Action by Shareholders. Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the Shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the Shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Upon the election of the officers of the Corporation by the initial Board of Directors, as designated in the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall cease to exist, and, thereafter, the Corporation shall have no Board of Directors until and unless these By-Laws and the Articles are amended to provide otherwise.

 

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

 

SECTION 1. Number. The Officers of the Corporation shall be a President, Vice President, Treasurer and a Secretary, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors initially designated in the Articles of Incorporation. After the election of the Officers initially, the Board of Directors shall cease to exist, and, thereafter, the Officers shall be elected by the Shareholders. Such other Officers and assistant Officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors or Shareholders, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The Officers of the Corporation at each annual meeting of the Shareholders. If the election of Officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each Officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death, or until he shall resign, or have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Shareholders whenever in their judgment, the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an Officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Shareholders for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

SECTION 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive Officer of the Corporation and, subject to the control of the Shareholders, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Shareholders. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Shareholders, certificates for shares of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Shareholders have authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be


expressly delegated by the Shareholders or by these By-Laws to some other Officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Shareholders from time to time.

 

SECTION 6. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the Shareholders in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each Shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such Shareholder; (e) sign with the President, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Shareholders; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Shareholders.

 

SECTION 7. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V of these By-Laws; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Shareholders. If required by the Shareholders, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety of sureties as the Shareholders shall determine.

 

SECTION 8. Salaries. The salaries of the Officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Shareholders and no Officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a Shareholder of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

SECTION 1. Contracts. The President or Shareholders may authorize any Officer or Officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of an on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences or indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Shareholders. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 3. Checks, drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such Officer or Officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Shareholders.


SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Shareholders may select.

 

ARTICLES VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be signed by the President and by the Secretary or by such other Officers authorized by law and by the Shareholders to do so, and sealed with the corporate seal. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Shareholders may prescribe.

 

SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. No transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made without approval of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the voting Shareholders. Transfer of shares of the Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose names shares stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

SECTION 3. Restriction on Transfer of Shares. No Shareholder may sell his shares to a person other than an existing Shareholder, or the Corporation, without consent of 100% of the Shareholders. If a Shareholder desires to sell all or a portion of his shares, and the existing Shareholders refuse to purchase said shares at their market value, and further refuse to consent to the sale to a third party, then any Shareholder has the right to call for and compel the dissolution of the Corporation within 60 days of such refusals.

 

ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December in each year.

 

ARTICLE VIII. DIVIDENDS

 

The Shareholders may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of Incorporation.


ARTICLE IX. CORPORATE SEAL

 

The President shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the state of incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal”.

 

ARTICLE X. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever any notice is required to be given to any Shareholder of the Corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or under the provisions of the “Corporations and Associations” Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Shareholders at any regular or special meeting of the Shareholders.

 

Enacted this 10th day of February, 1996.

 

MARK L. JOSEPH

EX-3.59 48 dex359.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MO-RO-KO, INC. Articles of Incorporation of MO-RO-KO, Inc.

Exhibit 3.59

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

The undersigned persons, hereby associate and incorporate for the transaction of lawful business and the undersigned acting as corporations of a corporation under the Arizona Business Corporation Act, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation, for such corporation.

 

ARTICLE I: The name of the corporation is MO-RO-KO, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II: The duration of the corporation is perpetual.

 

ARTICLE III: The principal place of business shall be 4755 E. 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711, or such other places as may be designated from time to time by the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV: The purpose for which the corporation is organized is for the transaction of any and all lawful business for which the corporation may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona, as they may be amended from time to time, and to engage in any activity within the purpose for which the corporation may be organized under the Arizona Business Corporation Act or the purpose for which the corporation is organized is to engage in any activity within the purpose for which the corporation may be organized under the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLE V: The corporation initially intends to in general, to manage, operate and carry on any other businesses in connection with the foregoing powers, and to have and exercise all the powers conferred on corporations formed under the laws of the State of Arizona, or any amendments thereto.


To acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, franchises, property and business of any person, firm, association or corporation engaged in any businesses similar to the business of this corporation, and to pay for it in cash or in stock or obligations of the corporation, or otherwise, and to hold, utilize, enjoy, and in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights and properties so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, firm, association or corporation, and to conduct in a lawful manner the whole or any part of the business thus acquired.

 

ARTICLE VI: The authorized capital stock of the corporation shall be 100,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

ARTICLE VII: The number of Directors constituting the initial Board of Directors is six (6), and the name and address of the persons who are to serve as directors and officers until the first annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified are:

 

William C. Kordsiemon

President

4755 E. 22nd Street

Tucson, Arizona 85711

 

Margaret M. Kordsiemon

Director

4755 E. 22nd Street

Tucson, Arizona 85711

 

John M. Montano

Vice President

5401 N. Maria Drive

Tucson, Arizona 85704

 

Garcielo A. Montano

Director

5401 N. Maria Drive

Tucson, Arizona 85704


James F. Ronstadt

Sec./Treas.

1612 E. Calle Del Cielo

Tucson, Arizona 85718

 

Christina M. Ronstadt

Director

1612 E. Calle Del Cielo

Tucson, Arizona 85718

 

ARTICLE VIII: The shareholders shall be entitled to pre-emptive rights, and the power to sell the shares of the corporation shall be subject to the Buy and Sell Agreement between the parties, which will be signed at the First Annual Meeting of the Shareholders.

 

ARTICLE IX: The initial statutory agent of the corporation is RICHARD E. FAY of the law firm of FAY & WEBB, 3550 N. Central, Suite 1701, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85012.

 

ARTICLE X: The name and address of the incorporators is as listed above.

 

ARTICLE XI: The corporation shall be dissolved upon the affirmative vote of fifty (50%) percent of the outstanding voting shares.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Incorporation have been signed in triplicate on this              day of                         , 1988.

 

William C. Kordsiemon

4755 E. 22nd Street

Tucson, Arizona 85711

Director and Initial Incorporator

 

Margaret M. Kordsiemon

4755 E. 22nd Street

Tucson, Arizona 85711

Director and Initial Incorporator


John M. Montano

5401 N. Maria Drive

Tucson, Arizona 85704

Director and Initial Incorporator

 

Garcielo A. Montano

5401 N. Maria Drive

Tucson, Arizona 85704

Director and Initial Incorporator

 

James F. Ronstadt

1612 E. Calle Del Cielo

Tucson, Arizona 85718

Director and Initial Incorporator

 

Christina M. Ronstadt

1612 E. Calle Del Cielo

Tucson, Arizona 85718

Director and Initial Incorporator


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLE OF RESTATEMENT

OF

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 10-1007 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. The name of the corporation is “MO-RO-KO, Inc.”

 

2. The corporation has restated its Articles of Incorporation. The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the corporation are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

 

DATED: March 14, 1996.

 

MO-RO-KO, INC., an Arizona

corporation

By:

   
   

President


EXHIBIT A

 

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is MO-RO-KO, Inc.

 

SECOND: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 100,000,000 common shares, all of which shares shall be of a single class and shall have a $1.00 par value.

 

THIRD: The character of business which the corporation initially intends actually to conduct in the State of Arizona is emergency and non-emergency services.

 

FOURTH: The names and then applicable addresses of the initial directors were: William C. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; Margaret M. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; John M. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive; Tucson, Arizona 85704; Garcielo A. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85704; James F. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718; and Christina M. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718.

 

FIFTH: The name and then applicable address of the initial statutory agent were: Richard E. Fay, Fay & Webb, 3550 N. Central, Suite 1701, Phoenix, Arizona 95012.

 

SIXTH: The street address of the known place of business of the corporation is 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711.

 

SEVENTH: The names and then applicable addresses of the incorporators were: William C. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; Margaret M. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; John M. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive; Tucson, Arizona 85704; Garcielo A. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive, Tucson,


Arizona 85704; James F. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718; and Christina M. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718.

 

EIGHTH To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for damages, monetary or otherwise, for breach of any duty, including fiduciary duty, is hereby eliminated.

 

NINTH: To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers.

 

MO-RO-RO, INC., an Arizona
corporation

By:

   
   

President


RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is MO-RO-KO, Inc.

 

SECOND: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 100,000,000 common shares, all of which shares shall be of a single class and shall have a $1.00 par value.

 

THIRD: The character of business which the corporation initially intends actually to conduct in the State of Arizona is emergency and non-emergency services.

 

FOURTH: The names and then applicable addresses of the initial directors were: William C. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; Margaret M. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; John M. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive; Tucson, Arizona 85704; Garcielo A. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive, Tucson, Arizona 85704; James F. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718; and Christina M. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718.

 

FIFTH: The name and then applicable address of the initial statutory agent were: Richard E. Fay, Fay & Webb, 3550 N. Central, Suite 1701, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

SIXTH: The street address of the known place of business of the corporation is 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711.

 

SEVENTH: The names and then applicable addresses of the incorporators were: William C. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; Margaret M. Kordsiemon, 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711; John M. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive; Tucson, Arizona 85704; Garcielo A. Montano, 5401 North Maria Drive, Tucson,


Arizona 85704; James F. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718; and Christina M. Ronstadt, 1612 East Calle Del Cielo, Tucson, Arizona 85718.

 

EIGHTH: To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for damages, monetary or otherwise, for breach of any duty, including fiduciary duty, is hereby eliminated.

 

NINTH: To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers.

 

MO-RO-KO, INC., an Arizona
corporation

By:

   
   

President


STATE OF ARIZONA

CERTIFICATE ACCOMPANYING

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

OF

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 10-1007(1) and (2) of the Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. The Restated. Articles of Incorporation of MO-RO-KO, Inc., an Arizona corporation, attached to the Articles of Restatement of even date herewith (the “Restated Articles”) contain amendments to the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation which require shareholder approval.

 

2. The text of the amendments is set forth in the Restated Articles (which are incorporated herein by reference) and is summarized as follows:

 

a. Clarifying the character of the corporation’s initial business (Article THIRD).

 

b. Clarifying the corporation’s known place of business (Article SIXTH).

 

c. Adding a provision (Article EIGHTH) regarding elimination of personal liability of a director.

 

d. Adding a provision (Article NINTH) regarding indemnification.

 

3. The Restated Articles were recommended by the corporation’s Board of Directors on March 14, 1996, and adopted by the corporation’s shareholders on March 14, 1996.

 

4. The number of shares of the corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption and entitled to vote thereon was 24,258 shares of common stock. The common stock is


of a single class. The number of votes of the common stock holders indisputably represented in the vote was 24,258.

 

5. The number of shares voting for the amendment was 24,258, and the number of shares voting against the amendment wan -0-. The number of votes cast by the holders of common stock was sufficient for approval by that sole voting group.

 

DATED: March 14, 1996.

 

MO-RO-KO, INC., an Arizona
corporation

By:

   
   

President

EX-3.60 49 dex360.htm AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS OF MO-RO-KO, INC. Amended & Restated Bylaws of MO-RO-KO, Inc.

Exhibit 3.60

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

The following amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of December 24, 1997.

 

RESOLVED, that the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Section 3.01 of Article III of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

3.01 Annual Meetings. The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on April 1 at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Arizona Revised Statutes), the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2. Section 4.01 of Article IV of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

4.01 Membership.

 

(a) Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b) Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

 

(c) Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

3. Section 5.01 of Article V of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

5.01 Elections and Appointments.


(a) Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b) Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

(c) Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

(d) Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

4. Section 6.01 of Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

6.01 Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.


AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MO-RO-KO, INC.

 

I. CORPORATION ARTICLES

 

1.01 References to Articles. Any reference herein made to the corporation’s articles will be deemed to refer to its articles of incorporation or its restated articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto as at any given time on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission, together with any and all certificates filed by the corporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission (or any successor to its functions) pursuant to applicable law.

 

1.02 Seniority. The articles will in all respects be considered senior and superior to these bylaws, with any inconsistency to be resolved in favor of the articles, and with these bylaws to be deemed automatically amended from time to time to eliminate any such inconsistency which may then exist.

 

II. CORPORATION OFFICES

 

2.01 Known Place of Business. The known place of business of the corporation in the State of Arizona shall be the office of its statutory agent unless otherwise designated in the articles or in a written statement or document duly executed and filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Arizona, as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

2.02 Change Thereof. The board of directors may change the corporation’s known place of business or its statutory agent from time to time by filing a statement with the Arizona Corporation Commission pursuant to applicable law.

 

III. SHAREHOLDERS

 

3.01 Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders is to be held on the first Tuesday in the month of March of each year or such other day in March as may be designated by the board of directors, commencing with the year 1996 (unless that day be a legal holiday, in which event the annual meeting will be held on the next succeeding business day) at a time and place as determined by the board of directors or, in the absence of action by the board, as set forth in the notice given, or waiver signed, with respect to such meeting pursuant to Section 3.03 below. At the annual meeting, shareholders shall elect a board of directors and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. If any annual meeting is for any reason not held on the date determined as aforesaid, a deferred annual meeting may thereafter be called and held in lieu thereof, at which the same proceedings may be conducted. Any director elected at any annual meeting, deferred annual meeting or special meeting will continue in office until the election of his successor, subject to his earlier resignation pursuant to Section 7.01 below.


3.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be held whenever and wherever called for by the chairman of the board, the president or the board of directors, or by the written demand of the holders of not less than 50% of all issued and outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at any such meeting. Any written demand by shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting, and business to be transacted at any such meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice thereof, and to such additional matters as the chairman of the meeting may rule to be germane to such purposes.

 

3.03 Notices. Not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days (inclusive of the date of meeting) before the date of any meeting of the shareholders and at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting, the secretary of the corporation will cause a written notice setting forth the time, place and general purposes of the meeting to be given by facsimile or by deposit in the mail, with first class or airmail postage prepaid, addressed to each shareholder of record at his last address as it appears on the corporation’s records on the applicable record date. Notice shall be effective when sent or when mailed. Any shareholder may waive call or notice of any annual, deferred annual or special meeting (and any adjournment thereof) at any time before, during which or after it is held. Attendance of a shareholder at any such meeting in person or by proxy will automatically evidence his waiver of call and notice of such meeting (and any adjournment thereof) unless he or his proxy is attending the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the meeting has not been properly called or noticed.

 

3.04 Shareholders of Record. For each meeting, or consent to corporate action without a meeting, of shareholders (and at any adjournment of such meeting), or in order to make a determination of shareholders for determining those shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or for any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix in advance a record date which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting or other action.

 

If no record date is fixed by the board of directors for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be at four o’clock in the afternoon on the day before the notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the commencement of the meeting. If no record date is fixed for determining shareholders entitled to express written consent to corporate action without a meeting, the record date shall be the time of the day on which the first written consent is served upon an officer or director of the corporation.

 

A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders 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, and further provided that the adjournment or adjournments of any such meeting do not exceed thirty (30) days in the aggregate.

 

3.05 Shareholder Record. The officer or agent having charge of the stock ledger books for the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (and at any


adjournment thereof), arranged in alphabetical order by voting group and class or series of share within each voting group, showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such record shall be produced and kept open at the office of the corporation beginning two days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting. In addition, the list shall be made available at the meeting for inspection or copying. The record shall be subject to the inspection rights of shareholders as set forth at A.R.S. § 10-720 (B).

 

3.06 Proxies. Any shareholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy at any meeting of the shareholders (and at any adjournment thereof) which is specified in such proxy, provided that his or her proxy is executed in writing by such shareholder or his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact and received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise specifically provided therein. The burden of proving the validity of any undated, irrevocable or otherwise contested proxy at a meeting of the shareholders will rest with the person seeking to exercise the same. A telegram or cablegram appearing to have been transmitted by a shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact may be accepted as a sufficiently written and executed proxy.

 

3.07 Voting. Except for the election of directors (which will be governed by cumulative voting pursuant to applicable law) and except as may otherwise be required by the corporation’s articles, these bylaws or by statute, each issued and outstanding share of the corporation (specifically excluding shares held in the treasury of the corporation) represented at any meeting of the shareholders in person or by a proxy given pursuant to Section 3.06 above, will be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the shareholders at such meeting. Unless otherwise required by the corporation’s articles or by applicable law, any question submitted to the shareholders will be resolved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, provided that such votes constitute a majority of the quorum of that particular meeting, whether or not such quorum is then present. Voting will be by ballot on any question as to which a ballot vote is demanded prior to the time the voting begins by any person entitled to vote on such question; otherwise, a voice vote will suffice. No ballot or change of vote will be accepted after the polls have been declared closed following the ending of the announced time for voting.

 

3.08 Quorum. At any meeting of the shareholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares of the corporation issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting will constitute a quorum of the shareholders for all purposes. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by its chairman, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is formed. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. Once a quorum has been formed at any meeting, the shareholders from time to time remaining in attendance may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the prior departure of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. If an adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


3.09 Election Inspectors. The board of directors, in advance of any meeting of the shareholders, may appoint an election inspector or inspectors to act at such meeting (and at any adjournment thereof). If an election inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon request of any person entitled to vote at the meeting will, make such appointment. If any person appointed as an inspector fails to appear or to act, a substitute may be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. If appointed, the election inspector or inspectors (acting through a majority of them if there be more than one) will determine the number of shares outstanding, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies and the number of shares represented at the meeting in person and by proxy; they will receive and count votes, ballots and consents and announce the results thereof; they will hear and determine all challenges and questions pertaining to proxies and voting; and, in general, they will perform such acts as may be proper to conduct elections and voting with complete fairness to all shareholders. No such election inspector need be a shareholder of the corporation.

 

3.10 Organization and Conduct of Meetings. Each meeting of the shareholders will be called to order and thereafter chaired by the chairman of the board of directors if there is one; or, if not, or if the chairman of the board is absent or so requests, then by the president; or if both the chairman of the board and the president are unavailable, then by such other officer of the corporation or such shareholder as may be appointed by the board of directors. The corporation’s secretary will act as secretary of each meeting of the shareholders; in his or her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person (whether a shareholder or not) to act as secretary for the meeting. After calling a meeting to order, the chairman thereof may require the registration of all shareholders intending to vote in person and the filing of all proxies with the election inspector or inspectors, if one or more have been appointed (or, if not, with the secretary of the meeting). After the announced time for such filing of proxies has ended, no further proxies or changes, substitutions or revocations of proxies will be accepted. If directors are to be elected, a tabulation of the proxies so filed will, if any person entitled to vote in such election so requests, be announced at the meeting (or adjournment thereof) prior to the closing of the election polls. Absent a showing of bad faith on his part, the chairman of a meeting will, among other things, have absolute authority to fix the period of time allowed for the registration of shareholders and the filing proxies, to determine the order of business to be conducted at such meeting and to establish reasonable rules for expediting the business of the meeting (including any informal, or question and answer portions thereof).

 

3.11 Shareholder Approval or Ratification. The board of directors may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of the shareholders (the notice of which either includes mention of the proposed submittal or is waived pursuant to Section 3.03 above) or by unanimous written consent to corporate action without a meeting pursuant to Section 3.13 below. If any contract or act so submitted is approved or ratified by a majority of the votes cast thereon at such meeting or by such unanimous written consent, the same will be valid and as binding upon the corporation and all of its shareholders as it would be if it were the act of its shareholders.

 

3.12 Informalities and Irregularities. All informalities or irregularities in any call or notice of a meeting of the shareholders or in the areas of credentials, proxies, quorums, voting and similar matters, will be deemed waived if no objection is made at the meeting.


3.13 Action by Shareholders Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, seating forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matters thereof. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders of the corporation at a meeting duly called and noticed.

 

IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

4.01 Membership. The board of directors will be comprised of six members who need not be shareholders of the corporation, unless a smaller or greater size is mutually agreed upon by, on the one hand, William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. and Margaret Kordsiemon, husband and wife, in their capacity as a shareholder (“Kordsiemon”), and, on the other hand, Southwest Ambulance of Pima, Inc., in its capacity as a shareholder (“Southwest”). Kordsiemon and Southwest shall each be entitled to nominate two persons in addition to William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. and Robert Ramsey, respectively, to serve on the board of directors, and Kordsiemon and Southwest shall vote their shares so as to elect each such person so nominated. The directors will regularly be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders, but directors may be elected at any other meeting of the shareholders. Any vacancy created by the departure of a director nominated by Kordsiemon or Southwest shall be filled with an individual designated by that same shareholder. The board of directors will have the power to increase or decrease its size within the aforesaid limits and to fill any vacancies which may occur in its membership, whether resulting from an increase in the size of that board or otherwise, and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders. Each director elected by the shareholders or the board of directors shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

4.02 Regular Meetings. A regular annual meeting of the board of directors is to be held as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual meeting of the shareholders, either at the place of the shareholders meeting or at such other place as the directors elected at the shareholders meeting may have been informed of at or prior to the time of their election. Additional regular meetings may be held at regular intervals at such places and at such times as the board of directors may determine.

 

4.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held whenever and wherever called for by the chairman of the board, the president or the number of directors which would be required to constitute a quorum.

 

4.04 Notices. No notice need be given of regular meetings of the board of directors. Written notice of the time and place (but not necessarily the purpose or all of the purposes) of any special meeting will be given to each director in person or via mail or telegram addressed to him at his latest address appearing on the corporation’s records. Notice to any director of any such special meeting will be deemed given sufficiently in advance when (i) if given by mail, the same is deposited in the mail, with first class or airmail postage prepaid, at least four days before the meeting date, or (ii) if personally delivered or given by telegram, the same is handed to the director, or the telegram is delivered to the telegraph office for fast transmittal, at least 48 hours prior to the convening of the meeting. Any director may waive call


or notice of any meeting (and any adjournment thereof) at any time before, during which or after it is held. Attendance of a director at any meeting will automatically evidence his waiver of call and notice of such meeting (and any adjournment thereof) unless he is attending the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the meeting has not been properly called or noticed. Any meeting, once properly called and noticed (or as to which call and notice have been waived as aforesaid) and at which a quorum is formed, may be adjourned to another time and place by a majority of those in attendance.

 

4.05 Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting or adjourned meeting of the board of directors will consist of a majority of those then in office. Once a quorum has been formed, the directors from time to time remaining in attendance at such meeting prior to its adjournment will continue to be legally competent to transact business properly brought before the meeting, notwithstanding the prior departure from the meeting of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

4.06 Voting. Any matter submitted to a meeting of the board of directors will be resolved by a majority of the votes cast thereon.

 

4.07 Executive Committee. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may name one or more of its members as an executive committee. Such executive committee will have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation while the board is not in session, subject to such limitations as may be included in the board’s resolution; provided, however, that such executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of directors in reference to the matters prohibited by applicable law. Any member of the executive committee may be removed, with or without cause, by the board of directors. In the event any vacancy occurs in the executive committee, it shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

4.08 Other Committees. The board of directors, from time to time, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may appoint other standing or temporary committees from its membership and vest such committees with such powers as the board may include in its resolution; provided, however that such committees shall be restricted in their authority as specifically set forth with respect to the executive committee in Section 4.07 above.

 

4.09 Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee at which action is taken on any matter will be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless (a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting and promptly on the directors’ arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; (b) the directors’ dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the meeting. A right to dissent will not be available to a director who voted in favor of the action.

 

4.10 Compensation. By resolution of the board of directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or of any committee, and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each such meeting and/or a stated


salary as a director or committee member. No such payment will preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

4.11 Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all directors or committee members, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the directors or committee members of the corporation at a meeting duly called and noticed.

 

4.12 Meetings by Conference Telephone. Any member of the board of directors or of a committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the board or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment whereby all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Such participation shall constitute attendance in person, unless otherwise stated as provided in Section 4.04 above.

 

V. OFFICERS - GENERAL

 

5.01 Elections and Appointments. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Robert Ramsey shall serve as chief executive officer and chairman of the board (with his responsibilities including management of the emergency business), and William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. shall serve as president (with his responsibilities including management of the non-emergency business). The board of directors may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, and shall choose a chairman of the board. The regular election or appointment of officers will take place at each annual meeting of the board of directors, but elections of officers may be held at any other meeting of the board. A person elected or appointed to any office will continue to hold that office until the election or appointment of his successor, subject to action earlier taken pursuant to Section 5.04 or 7.01 below. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

5.02 Additional Appointments. In addition to the officers contemplated in Section 5.01 above, the board of directors may elect or appoint other corporate or divisional officers or agents with such authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the board or directors, by the president or by the superior officer of any person so elected or appointed. Each of such persons (in the order designated by the board) will be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the duties of his or her superior officer in the event of such superior officer’s absence or disability.

 

5.03 Bonds and Other Requirements. The board of directors may require any officer to give bond to the corporation (with sufficient surety, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office) and to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required of him or her by the board.

 

5.04 Removal; Delegation of Duties. The board of directors may, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, remove any officer or agent of the corporation or temporarily delegate his powers and duties to any other officer or to any director. Such removal or delegation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any,


of the person so removed or whose powers and duties have been delegated. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

5.05 Salaries. The salaries of officers may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. No officer will be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.

 

VI. SPECIFIC OFFICERS

 

6.01 Chairman of the Board. The board of directors shall elect a chairman to serve as a general executive officer of the corporation, and, if specifically designated as such by the board, as the chief executive officer of the corporation. If elected, the chairman will preside at all meetings of the board of directors and be vested with such other powers and duties as the board may from time to time delegate to him or her.

 

6.02 President and Vice Presidents. The president will supervise the business and affairs of the corporation and the performance by all of its other officers of their respective duties, subject to the control of the board of directors (and of its chairman, if the chairman has been specifically designated as chief executive officer of the corporation). One or more vice presidents may be elected by the board of directors to perform such duties as may be designated by the board or be assigned or delegated to them by the chief executive officer. The chief executive officer or any one of the vice presidents as authorized by the board will be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the duties of the president in the event of his or her absence or inability to act. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a resolution of the board of directors, the president, chief executive officer, or any vice president will be a proper officer to sign on behalf of the corporation any deed, bill of sale, assignment, option, mortgage, pledge, note, bond, evidence of indebtedness, application, consent, (to service of process or otherwise), agreement, indenture or other instrument of any significant importance to the corporation as specifically required by the board of directors by means of resolution which shall set maximum authority limits including without limitation borrowing limit, check-signing limits, leases, bonds, pledge of collateral or the sale of assets. The president, chief executive officer or any vice president may represent the corporation at any meeting of the shareholders of any other corporation in which this corporation then holds shares, and may vote this corporation’s shares in such other corporation in person or by proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the board of directors may from time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or persons.

 

6.03 Secretary. The secretary will authenticate records of the corporation, keep the minutes of meetings of the shareholders, board of directors and any committee, and all unanimous written consents of the shareholders, board of directors and any committee of the corporation, and will see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law. The secretary will be custodian of the corporate seal and corporate records, and, in general, perform all duties incident to the office. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a resolution of the board of directors, the secretary and each assistant secretary will be a proper officer to take charge of the corporation’s stock transfer books and to compile the voting record pursuant to Section 3.05 above, and to impress the


corporation’s seal on any instrument signed by the president, any vice president or any other duly authorized person, and to attest to the same.

 

6.04 Treasurer. The treasurer will keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and will cause all money and other valuable effects to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositaries, subject to withdrawal in such manner, as may be designated by the board of directors. He or she will render to the president, the directors and the shareholders at proper times an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The treasurer shall be responsible for preparing and filing such financial reports, financial statements and returns as may be required by law.

 

VII. RESIGNATIONS AND VACANCIES

 

7.01 Resignations. Any director, committee member or officer may resign from his or her office at any time by written notice delivered or addressed to the corporation at its known place of business. Any such resignation will be effective upon its receipt by the corporation unless some later time is therein fixed, and then from that time; the acceptance of a resignation will not be required to make it effective.

 

7.02 Vacancies. If the office of any director, committee member or officer becomes vacant by reason of his or her death, resignation, disqualification, removal or otherwise, the board of directors may choose a successor to hold office for the unexpired term.

 

VIII. SEAL

 

8.01 Form Thereof. The board of directors may provide for a seal of the corporation which will have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the state and year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

IX. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES

 

9.01 Form Thereof. Each certificate representing shares of the corporation will be in such form as may from time to time be approved by the board of directors, will be consecutively numbered and will exhibit such information as may be required by applicable law.

 

9.02 Signatures and Seal Thereon. All certificates issued for shares of the corporation (whether new, reissued or transferred) will bear the signatures of the president or a vice president, and of the secretary or an assistant secretary, and the impression of the corporation’s corporate seal, if any. The signatures of such officers of the corporation and the impression of its corporate seal may be in facsimile form on any certificate which is countersigned by a transfer agent and/or registered by a registrar duly appointed by the corporation and other than the corporation itself or one of its employees. If a supply of unissued certificates bearing the facsimile signature of a person remains when that person ceases to hold the office of the corporation indicated on such certificates, they may still be countersigned, registered, issued and delivered by the corporation’s transfer agent and/or registrar thereafter, the same as though such person had continued to hold the office indicated on such certificate.


9.03 Ownership. The corporation will be entitled to treat the registered owner of any share as the absolute owner thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any beneficial, equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it has notice thereof, except as may expressly be provided by applicable law.

 

9.04 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the corporation may be made on the stock transfer books of the corporation only at the direction of the person named in the certificate therefor (or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact) and upon the surrender of such certificate.

 

9.05 Lost Certificates. In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate representing shares of the corporation or of any predecessor corporation, the corporation may issue (or, in the case of any such shares as to which a transfer agent and/or registrar have been appointed, may direct such transfer agent and/or registrar to countersign, register and issue) a new certificate, and cause the same to be delivered to the owner of the shares represented thereby, provided that the owner shall have submitted such evidence showing the circumstances of the alleged loss, theft or destruction, and his ownership of the certificate, as the corporation considers satisfactory, together with any other facts which the corporation considers pertinent, and further provided that, if so required by the corporation, the owner shall provide a bond in form and amount satisfactory to the corporation (and to its transfer agent and/or registrar, if applicable). The corporation may act through its president or any vice president for any purpose of this Section 9.05.

 

X. DIVIDENDS

 

10.01 Subject to such restrictions or requirements as may be imposed by applicable law or the corporation’s articles or as may otherwise be binding upon the corporation, the board of directors may from time to time declare and the corporation may pay dividends on shares of the corporation outstanding on the dates of record fixed by the board, to be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the corporation on or as of such payment or distribution dates as the board may prescribe.

 

XI. AMENDMENTS

 

11.01 These bylaws may be altered, amended, supplemented, repealed or temporarily or permanently suspended, in whole or in part, or new bylaws may be adopted, at any duly constituted meeting of the board of directors (the notice of which meeting either includes mention of the proposed action relative to the bylaws or is waived pursuant to Section 4.04 above) or, alternatively, by unanimous written consent to corporate action without a meeting of the board of directors pursuant to Section 4.11 above. If, however, any such action arises as a matter of necessity at any such meeting and is otherwise proper, no notice thereof will be required.


Adopted and Approved by the shareholders of the corporation this 14th day of March, 1996.

 

Secretary

EX-3.61 50 dex361.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MULTI CAB, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Multi Cab, Inc.

Exhibit 3.61

 

Certificate of Incorporation

 

of

 

MULTI CAB INC.

 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, there is hereby organized a corporation under and by virtue of N.J.S. 14A:1-1 et seq., the “New Jersey Business Corporation Act.”

 

1. The name of the Corporation is: MULTI CAB INC.

 

2. The address of the Corporation’s initial registered office is:

 

CRESTMONT FEDERAL SAVINGS BLDG. ROUTE NINE NORTH FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY 07728

 

and the name of the registered agent at such address is:

 

DONALD DIMEOLA, JR.

 

3. The purpose for which this Corporation is organized is:

 

To engage in any activity within the purposes for which Corporations may be organized under the “New Jersey Business Corporation Act.” N.J.S. 14A:1-1 et seq.

 

4. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is:

 

PAR

NO PAR – 1000

 

5. The first Board of Directors of this Corporation shall consist of 1 Directors and the name and address of each person who is to serve as such Director is:

 

Name


  

Address


 

Zip Code


JOHN J. VERLANGIERI   

11 ALDER COURT

MATAWAN, N.J.

  17747
EX-3.62 51 dex362.htm BYLAWS OF MULTI CAB, INC. Bylaws of Multi Cab, Inc.

Exhibit 3.62

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

MULTI CAB INC.

 

Adopted          November 8,1984

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

 

    

1. Registered Office and Agent.—The registered office of the Corporation in the State of New Jersey is at Crestmont Federal Savings Bldg., Route 9 North, Freehold, New Jersey 07728

14A:4-1

   The registered agent of the Corporation at such office is Conato DiMeola, Jr.
    

2. Principal Place of Business.—The principal place of business of the Corporation is Crestmont Federal Savings Bldg., Route 9 North, Freehold, New Jersey 07728.

    

3. Other Places of Business.—Branch or subordinate places of business or offices may be established at any time by the Board at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.

     ARTICLE II
     SHAREHOLDERS

14A:5-2

   1. Annual Meeting.—The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held

14A:5-4 (1)

   upon not less than ten nor more than sixty days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting at 11 o’clock a.m. on the 1st day of the month of October of each year at Crestmont Federal Savings Bldg., Route 9 North, Freehold, New Jersey 07728

14A:5-1

   or at such other time and place as shall be specified in the notice of meeting, in order to elect directors


     and transact such other business as shall come before the meeting. If that date is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day.

14A:5-3

   2. Special Meetings.—A special meeting of shareholders may be called for any purpose by the president or the Board. A special meeting shall be held upon not less than ten nor more than sixty days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting.

14A:5-6(1)

   3. Action Without Meeting.—The shareholders may act without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, each shareholder who would have been entitled to vote upon such action shall consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed in the minute book. However, owners of non-voting shares must either consent or be notified in accordance with N.J.S.A. 14A:5-6 in the case of mergers, consolidations or sales of substantially all assets.

14A:5-9(1)

   4. Quorum.—The presence at a meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of shares entitled to casts 51% of the votes shall constitute a quorum.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

14A:6-2

   1. Number and Term of Office.—The Board shall consist of’ 1 to 5

14A:6-3

   members. Each director shall be elected by the shareholders at each annual meeting and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until that director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.

14A:6-10(2) )

   2. Regular Meetings.—A regular meeting of the Board shall be held without notice immediately following and at the same place as the annual shareholders’ meeting for the purposes of electing officers and conducting such other business as may come before the meeting. The Board, by resolution, may provide for additional regular meetings which


     may be held without notice, except to members not present at the time of the adoption of the resolution.

14A:6-10(2)

   3. Special Meetings.—A special meeting of the Board may be called at any time by the president or by one (1) directors for any purpose. Such meeting shall be held upon one (1) days notice if given orally, (either by telephone or in person,) or by telegraph, or by one (1) days notice if given by depositing the notice in the United States mails, postage prepaid. Such notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting.

14A:6-7(2)

   4. Action Without Meeting.—The Board may act without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, each member of the Board shall consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed in the minute book.

14A:6-7(1)

   5. Quorum. — A majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

14A:6-5

   6. Vacancies in Board of Directors.—Any vacancy in the Board, a vacancy caused by an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

WAIVERS OF NOTICE

 

14A:5-5(1)

   Any notice required by these by-laws, by the certificate of incorporation,

14A:6-10(2)

   or by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act may be waived in writing by any person entitled to notice. The waiver or waivers may be executed either before or after the event with respect to which notice is waived. Each director or shareholder attending a meeting without protesting, prior to its conclusion, the lack of proper notice shall be deemed conclusively to have waived notice of the meeting.


ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

14A:6-15(1)

   1. Election.—At its regular meeting following the annual meeting of shareholders, the Board shall elect a president, a treasurer, a secretary, and it may elect such other officers, including one or more vice presidents, as it shall deem necessary.

14A:6-15(2)

   One person may hold two or more offices.

14A:6-15(4)

   2. Duties and Authority of President.—The president shall be chief executive officer of the Corporation. Subject only to the authority of the Board, he shall have general charge and supervision over, and responsibility for, the business and affairs of the Corporation. Unless otherwise directed by the Board, all other officers shall be subject to the authority and supervision of the president. The president may enter into and execute in the name of the Corporation contracts or other instruments in the regular course of business or contracts or other instruments not in the regular course of business which are authorized, either generally or specifically, by the Board. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation.

14A:6-15(4)

   3. Duties and Authority of Vice President.—The vice president shall perform such duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated to him by the president or by the Board. In the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice president shall perform the duties and be vested with the authority of the president.

14A:6-15(4)

   4. Duties and Authority of Treasurer.—The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept regular books of account for the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to that office or as shall be assigned by the president or the Board.


4A:6-15(4)

   5. Duties and Authority of Secretary.—The secretary shall cause notices of all meetings to be served as prescribed in these by-laws and shall keep or cause to be kept the minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and the Board. The secretary shall have charge of the seal of the Corporation. The secretary shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to that office or as are assigned by the president or the Board.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

AMENDMENTS TO AND EFFECT OF BY-LAWS;

FISCAL YEAR

 

1. Force and Effect of By-laws.—These by-laws are subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act and the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time. If any provision in these by-laws is inconsistent with a provision in that Act or the certificate of incorporation, the provision of that Act or the certificate of incorporation shall govern.

 

2. Wherever in these by-laws references are made to more than one incorporator, director or shareholder, they shall, if this is a sole incorporator, director, shareholder corporation, be construed to mean the solitary person; and all provisions dealing with the quantum of majorities or quorums shall be deemed to mean the action by the one person constituting the corporation.

 

14A:2-9(1)

   3. Amendments to By-laws.—These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed by the shareholders or the Board. Any by-law adopted, amended or repealed by the shareholders may be amended or repealed by the Board, unless the resolution of the shareholders adopting such by-law expressly reserves to the shareholders the right to amend or repeal it.
     4. Fiscal Year.—The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of July of each year.


 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

BYLAWS

OF

MULTI CAB, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


 

Exhibit A

 

1. Article I of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE I

Offices

 

1. Registered Office and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of New Jersey both a known place of business that may be the address of its registered agent, and a registered agent.

 

2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of New Jersey.”

 

2. Section 1 of Article II of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held upon not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days written notice of the time, place, and purposes of the meeting. The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of New Jersey. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.”

 

3. Section 1 of Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1. Number and Term of Office. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of New Jersey or shareholders of the Corporation. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected.”

 

4. Section 4 of Article VI of the By-laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors.”

EX-3.63 52 dex363.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Multi-Care International, Inc.

Exhibit 3.63

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

  TO: The Secretary of State

 

State of New Jersey

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, Being of full age, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the provisions of Title 14A Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes, does hereby execute the following Certificate of Incorporation:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is

 

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

SECOND: The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are:

 

To do any lawful act or thing for which the corporations may be organized pursuant to the provisions of Title 14A, Corporations, General, of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

THIRD: To the full extent that the laws of the State of New Jersey, as they exist on the date hereof or as they may hereafter be amended, permit the limitation or elimination or the liability of Directors or officers, no Director or officer of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Corporation or its shareholders, except for liability for any breach of duty based upon an act or omission (a) in breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its shareholder, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or (c) resulting in receipt by such person or an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment or repeal of this Article which is inconsistent with this Article shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Director or officer of the Corporation for or with respect to any act or omission of such Director or officer occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.


FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is:

 

1,000 Shares without nominal or par value

 

FIFTH: The address of the corporation’s initial registered office is 481 Route 79, Second Floor, Morganville, New Jersey, 07751 and the name of the corporation’s initial registered agent at such address is Christine Suarez-Loures, Esq.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors shall be one (1) and the names and addresses of the directors are as follows:

 

Gary F. Loures   481 Route 79, Second Floor     
    Morganville, NJ 07751     

 

SEVENTH: The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:

 

Christine Suarez-Loures, Esq.

481 Route 79, Second Floor

Morganville, NJ 07751

 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the undersigned, the incorporator of the above named corporation, has signed this Certificate of Incorporation on the 19th day of September, 1991.

 

/s/ Christine Suarez-Loures, Esq.

Christine Suarez-Loures, Esq.

EX-3.64 53 dex364.htm BYLAWS OF MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. Bylaws of Multi-Care International, Inc.

Exhibit 3.64

 

Minutes and By-Laws

of

 

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

COMMENCING    October 4,    19 91
ENDING         19


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

Adopted October 4, 1991

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

    

1. Registered Office and Agent. – The registered office of the Corporation in the State of New Jersey is at 481 Highway 79, Morganville, NJ 07751

14A:4-1

    
    

The registered agent of the Corporation at such office is Gary F. Loures

    

2. Principal Place of Business. — The principal place of business of the Corporation is

    

481 State Highway 79

    

Morganville, New Jersey 07751

    

3. Other Places of Business. — Branch or subordinate places of business or offices may be established at any time by the Board at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to do business.

     consents may be executed together, or in counterparts, and shall be filed in the Minute Book. Special rules apply to the annual election of directors, mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of shares or the sales of assets.


14A:5-9(1)

  

4. Quorum. — The presence at a meeting in person or by proxy of the holders of shares entitled to cast a majority of the votes shall constitute a quorum. person,) or by telegraph, or by three (3) days notice if given by depositing the notice in the United States mails, postage prepaid. Such notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting.

14A:6-7.1(5)

  

4. Action Without Meeting. — The Board may act without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to such action, each member of the Board shall consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed in the minute book.

14A:6-7.1(3)

  

5. Quorum. — A majority of the entire Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

14A:6-5

  

6. Vacancies in Board of Directors. — Any vacancy in the Board may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director.

14A:6-6

  

7. Removal of Directors. — Any director may be removed for cause, or without cause unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, by a majority vote of shareholders.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

WAIVERS OF NOTICE

 

14A:5-5(1)

  

Any notice required by these by-laws, by the certificate of

14A:6-10(2)

  

incorporation, or by the New Jersey Business Corporation Act may be waived in writing by any person entitled to notice. The waiver or waivers may be executed either before or after the event with respect to which notice is waived. Each director or shareholder attending a meeting without protesting, prior to its


     conclusion, the lack of proper notice shall be deemed conclusively to have waived notice of the meeting.

14A:6-15(4)

  

3. Duties and Authority of Vice President. The vice president shall perform such duties and have such authority as from time to time may be delegated to him by the president or by the Board. In the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability, or refusal to act, the vice president shall perform the duties and be vested with the authority of the president.

14A:6-15(4)

  

4. Duties and Authority of Treasurer. — The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep or cause to be kept regular books of account for the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as are incident to that office or as shall be assigned by the president or the Board.

14A:6-15(4)

  

5. Duties and Authority of Secretary. — The secretary shall cause notices of all meetings to be served as prescribed in these by-laws and shall keep or cause to be kept the minutes of all meetings of the shareholders and the Board. The secretary shall have charge of the seal of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

AMENDMENTS TO AND EFFECT OF BY-LAWS;

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

    

1. Force and Effect of By-Laws.— These by-laws are subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Business Corporation Act and the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as it may be amended from time to time. If any provision in these by-laws is inconsistent with a provision in the Act or the


     certificate of incorporation, the provision of that Act or the certificate of incorporation shall govern.
    

2. Wherever in these by-laws references are made to more than one incorporator, director, or shareholder, they shall, if this is a sole incorporator, director, shareholder corporation, be construed to mean the solitary person; and all provisions dealing with the quantum of majorities or quorums shall be deemed to mean the action by the one person constituting the corporation.

14A:2-9(1)

  

3. Amendments to By-laws. — These by-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the shareholders or the board. Any by-law adopted, amended, or repealed by the shareholders may be amended or repealed by the Board, unless the resolution of the shareholders adopting such by-law


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MULTI-CARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

EX-3.67 54 dex367.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MULTI-HEALTH CORP. Articles of Incorporation of Multi-Health Corp.

Exhibit 3.67

 

(FORMING A CORPORATION FOR PROFIT)

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP.

 

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation for profit pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida, hereby makes, subscribes, acknowledges and files the following articles of incorporation:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

The name of this corporation shall be: Steinway Capital Corp.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

This corporation shall have the authority to engage in any activity or business permitted under the laws of the United States and of the State of Florida.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

This corporation is authorized to issue two hundred million (200,000,000) shares of common stock, $.0001 par value.

 

Each share of common stock of this corporation shall entitle the holder of record thereof to one vote upon each proposal presented at lawful meetings of the stockholders. No holder of common stock of this corporation shall be entitled to any right of cumulative voting.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

The initial registered agent and the street address of the initial registered office of this corporation is:

 

Philip B. Schwartz, Esq.

c/o Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine,

Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey

Suite 1000, Sun Bank Building

777 Brickell Avenue

Miami, FL 33131


ARTICLE 5

 

This corporation shall have three (3) directors initially. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation, but shall never be less than one. The name and address of each initial director is:

 

Name


  

Address


Patrick J. McEnany

  

8600 N.W. South River Drive

Miami, FL 33166

Paul J. Hicks

  

8600 N.W. South River Drive

Miami, FL 33166

Robert D. Goldstein

  

919 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

 

ARTICLE 6

 

The name and street address of the incorporator is: Philip B. Schwartz, Esq., 777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1000, Miami, Florida 33131

 

ARTICLE 7

 

The Corporation shall indemnify and insure its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted bylaw either now or hereafter.

 

THE UNDERSIGNED hereby declares and certifies that the facts herein stated are true and, accordingly, he has, this day of June, 1987, executed these Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

Philip B. Schwartz


STATE OF FLORIDA

   )     
     )    SS

COUNTY OF DADE

   )     

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 1st day of June, 1987, by Philip B. Schwartz.

 

 

NOTARY PUBLIC, State of Florida at Large

 

My Commission Expires:


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP.

 

The undersigned, PATRICK J. McENANY, President, and PAUL F. HICKS, Secretary, of STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP., a Florida corporation, hereby certify that the following resolutions were adopted by the shareholders of the corporation as of the 21st day of April, 1988:

 

RESOLVED, That Article 3 of the Articles of Incorporation of STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP. be amended to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE 3

 

The corporation shall be authorized to issue two classes of shares of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock”; the total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 201,000,000; the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock shall be 200,000,000 and each such share shall have a par value of $.0001; and the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock shall be 1,000,000 and each such share shall have a par value of $.01.

 

Each outstanding share of Common Stock, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter submitted to a vote at lawful meetings of shareholders. No holder of Common Stock of this corporation shall be entitled to any right of cumulative voting.

 

The shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is expressly vested with authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the voting powers, if any, the dividend rate, conversion rights, redemption price, or liquidation preference, of any series of shares of Preferred Stock, and to fix the number of shares constituting any such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding). In case the number of shares of any such series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution or resolutions originally fixing the number of shares of such series.


The One Million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the corporation, .0001 par value, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time this amendment becomes effective shall be and are hereby automatically reclassified and changed (without any further act) into Two Million Five Hundred Thousand (2,500,000) fully-paid and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock of the Company, .0001 par value, without increasing or decreasing the amount of stated capital or surplus of the Company,”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these Articles of Amendment this 27th day of April, 1988, and have affixed the corporate seal hereto.

 

(CORPORATE SEAL)

      STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP.
           

By:

   
               

PATRICK J. McENANY, President

 

        ATTEST:
           

By:

   
               

PAUL F. HICKS, Secretary


STATE OF FLORIDA

   )     
     )    SS

COUNTY OF DADE

   )     

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 27th day of April, 1988, by PATRICK J. McENANY, as President of STEINWAY CAPITAL CORP., a Florida Corporation, on behalf of the Corporation.

 

     
   

Notary Public, State of Florida

 

My commission expires:

EX-3.68 55 dex368.htm BYLAWS OF MULTI-HEALTH CORP. Bylaws of Multi-Health Corp.

Exhibit 3.68

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MULTI-HEALTH CORP.

(A FLORIDA CORPORATION)


BYLAWS OF

 

MULTI-HEALTH CORP.

 

(A FLORIDA CORPORATION)

 

ARTICLE I

SHAREHOLDERS

 

A. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK.

 

Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. If such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar other than the corporation or its employees, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate 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 he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue shares of its stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the relative rights or preferences of such stock, or the amount remaining unpaid on such shares. Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares.

 

The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may or may not require the owner of any lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.

 

B. MANAGEMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS.

 

The shareholders of the corporation may elect by a majority vote that the affairs of the corporation be managed by the shareholders.


C. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS AND PARTLY PAID STOCK.

 

The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of a share. In lieu thereof, it shall either pay in cash the fair market value of fractions of a share, as determined by the Board of Directors, to those entitled thereto, or issue scrip or fractional warrants in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the corporation or of its agents, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip or fractional warrants shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder except as therein provided. Such scrip or fractional warrants may be issued subject to the condition that the same shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares of stock before a specified date, or subject to the condition that the shares of stock for which such scrip or fractional warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of such scrip or fractional warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of Directors may determine.

 

The Board may require subscribers or purchasers of the capital stock of the corporation to pay the amounts due this corporation by them in such manner and in such installments as the Board may, from time to time, by resolution designate. If any shareholder neglects to pay any installment when so required, the Board may, at its discretion and in such manner as it may determine, sell said stock and apply the proceeds to the expense of said sale and to the unpaid installments, returning the balance, if any, to the delinquent subscriber or shareholder.

 

D. STOCK TRANSFERS.

 

Upon compliance with the provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or registrar, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

 

E. RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDERS.

 

For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any corporate action in writing without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payments of dividends or other distributions or the allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than sixty (60) days, nor less than ten (10) days, before the date of such meeting or such other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a


meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders 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. Unless the Board of Directors resolves to the contrary, the stock transfer books of the corporation shall remain open on the record date. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this paragraph, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, provided however that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

F. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.

 

(1) Time. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors. Special meetings shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

(2) Place. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Florida, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the principal office of the corporation in the State of Florida.

 

(3) Call. Annual meetings may be called by the directors or by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting. Special meetings may be called by the directors, by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting, or by shareholders holding one-tenth (1/10th) of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereat.

 

(4) Notice and Waiver of Notice. Written notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Florida, a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten (10) days, nor more than sixty (60) days, before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each shareholder at his record address or at such other address which he may have furnished in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid. If a meeting is adjourned to another time and/or place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice need not be given to any shareholder who submits a written waiver of notice by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a person at a meeting of shareholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the shareholder 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 shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

 

(5) Conduct of Meeting. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting: The Chairman of the Board, if any; the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any; the President; a Vice President; or if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the shareholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting.

 

(6) Proxy Representation. Every shareholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a shareholder is entitled to participate, including, but not limited to, waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the shareholder or his attorney-in-fact. In the event any such instrument shall designate two (2) or more persons to act as proxies, a majority of such persons present at that meeting, or, if only one be present, that one, shall have all of the powers conferred by the instrument upon all of the persons so designated, unless the instrument shall otherwise provide. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and only as long as it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A revocable proxy may be revoked upon written notice received by the proxy or proxies.

 

(7) Inspectors and Judges. The Board of Directors in advance of any meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election or judges of the vote, as the case may be, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any inspector or inspectors, or judge or judges, are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors or judges. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector or judge fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting, or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. The inspectors or judges, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots and consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate votes, ballots and consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors or judge or judges, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question or matter determined by him or them, and execute a certificate or any fact found by him or them.

 

(8) Quorum. The holders of outstanding stock, comprising a majority of the votes which may be cast, shall constitute a quorum at meetings of shareholders for


the transaction of any business. Notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, the shareholders present may continue to conduct business or adjourn the meeting.

 

(9) Voting. The common stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote per share. In the election of directors, a majority of the votes cast shall elect. Any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast, except where the laws of the State of Florida prescribe a different percentage of votes and/or a different exercise of voting power. In the election of directors, voting need not be by ballot. Voting by ballot shall not be required for any other corporate action except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Florida.

 

(10) Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent, or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name, if authority to do so be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or held by it in a fiduciary capacity shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

G. INFORMAL ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS.

 

Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or a committee thereof, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or a committee thereof, may be taken at a meeting of such persons or without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the actions so taken, shall be signed by holders of outstanding stock 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;


provided, however, that appropriate notice, is given, within ten days, to those shareholders who have not consented in writing.

 

H. ORDER OF BUSINESS.

 

The order of business of all meetings of shareholders shall be as follows:

 

  (a) Call to order.

 

  (b) Proof of Notice of Meeting or Waiver of Notice.

 

  (c) Reading of Minutes of preceding meeting.

 

  (d) Reports of officers.

 

  (e) Reports of committees.

 

  (f) Appointment of Inspectors of Election, when applicable.

 

  (g) Election of directors, when applicable.

 

  (h) Unfinished business.

 

  (i) New business.

 

  (j) Adjournment.

 

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

 

A. FUNCTION AND DEFINITION.

 

In the event that a majority of the shareholders does not provide otherwise, the business of the corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors of the corporation. The use of the phrase “whole board” herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

 

B. QUALIFICATION AND NUMBER.

 

A director need not be a shareholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Florida. The number of directors constituting the whole board shall be fixed from time to time by action of the shareholders. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the shareholders.

 

C. ELECTION AND TERM.

 

The first Board of Directors elected hereafter shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors have been elected and


qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. Thereafter, directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.

 

D. VACANCIES.

 

In the interim, between annual meetings of shareholders or of special meetings of shareholders called for the election of directors or for the removal of one or more directors (and for the filling of any vacancy in that connection), newly created directorships and any vacancies in the Board of Directors, including vacancies resulting from the removal of directors for cause or without cause, may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining director.

 

E. RESIGNATION.

 

Any director of the corporation may resign at any time by giving his resignation to the President or Vice President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

F. DUTIES OF DIRECTORS.

 

The Board of Directors shall have the control and general management of the affairs and business of the corporation. Directors shall in all cases act as a Board, regularly convened, by majority, and they may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the corporation as they may deem proper.

 

G. MEETINGS.

 

(1) Time. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elected Board shall be held as soon after its election as the directors may conveniently assemble.

 

(2) Place. The meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Florida as shall be fixed by the Board.

 

(3) Call. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or the President, or a majority of the directors in office.

 

(4) Notice and Waiver of Notice. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other manner of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings in


sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. The notice of any meeting need not specify the purpose of the meeting. Any requirement of furnishing a notice shall be waived by any director who signs a written waiver of notice before or after the time stated therein.

 

(5) Quorum and Action. A majority of the whole board shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevent such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided that such majority shall constitute at least one-third (1/3) of the whole board. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Florida, the act of the Board shall be the act by vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting of such Board. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with any provisions of the laws of the State of Florida and these Bylaws which govern a meeting of directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board.

 

(6) Chairman of the Meeting. The Chairman of the Board, if any, and if present and acting, shall preside at all meetings. Otherwise, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, and if present and acting, or the President, if present and acting, or any other director chosen by the Board, shall preside.

 

H. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or without cause, at any time, by vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the votes, at any special meeting called for that purpose. One or more of the directors may be removed for cause by the Board of Directors.

 

I. COMMITTEES.

 

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two (2) or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified members at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. In the absence of, or disqualification of, any member of any such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.


J. ACTION IN WRITING.

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

 

K. VOTING.

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, each director is to have one (1) vote.

 

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

 

The directors shall elect a President, who shall be a director, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and may elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman thereof, and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, and Assistant Treasurers, and may elect or appoint such other officers and agents as are desired. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of election or appointment, each officer shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice.

 

Officers shall have the powers and duties defined in the resolutions appointing them; provided that the Secretary shall record all proceedings of the meetings or of the written actions of the shareholders and of the directors, and any committee thereof, in a book to be kept for that purpose.

 

The Board of Directors may remove any officer at any time for cause or without cause.

 

ARTICLE IV

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may, from time to time, declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends and other distributions with respect to its outstanding shares in cash, property or its own shares.

 

ARTICLE V

CORPORATE SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.


ARTICLE VI

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

The power to amend, alter, and repeal these Bylaws, and to adopt new Bylaws, shall be vested in the Board of Directors; provided, that the Board of Directors may delegate such power, in whole or in part, to the shareholders, and provided further, that any Bylaws, other than an initial Bylaw, which provides for the election of directors by classes for staggered terms shall be adopted by the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE VIII

OFFICES

 

A. PRINCIPAL OFFICE.

 

The principal office shall be located in Dade County, Florida, or at such other place as the Board of Directors shall designate by resolution.

 

B. OTHER OFFICES.

 

The corporation may have other offices, either within or outside the State of Florida, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE IX1

CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION

 

The provisions of Florida Statute §607.0902 entitled “Control Share Acquisitions” shall not apply to a control-share acquisition of shares of the common stock of this Corporation.


1 Amendment authorized by Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors on December 29, 1992.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MULTI-HEALTH CORP.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of September 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


Exhibit A

 

1. Section H of Article I of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety.

 

2. Section B of Article II of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“B. QUALIFICATION AND NUMBER.

 

The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. All directors of the corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Florida or shareholders of the corporation.”

 

3. Section I of Article II of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“I. COMMITTEES.

 

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 pages which may require it. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules


for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to these Bylaws.”

 

4. Article III of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE III

 

Officers

 

A. NUMBER, QUALIFICATIONS AND RESIGNATION.

 

The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the corporation. The Board of Directors may elect from among the members of the Board of Directors a chairman of the Board of Directors and a vice-chairman of the Board of Directors who shall not be considered officers of the corporation unless the Board of Directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

B. TERM OF OFFICE.

 

The officers of the corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors.


C. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND AGENTS.

 

The Board of Directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors as may be required by the business of the corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

D. THE PRESIDENT.

 

The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

E. THE VICE PRESIDENT.

 

The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The Board of Directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

F. THE SECRETARY.

 

The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like


duties for the committees designated by the Board of Directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the Board of Directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

G. THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES.

 

The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

H. THE TREASURER.

 

The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the president or the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the Board of Directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

I. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS.

 

The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of


the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

J. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

 

The chairman of the Board of Directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the Board of Directors.

 

K. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

 

The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

5. Article IX of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety.

EX-3.69 56 dex369.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.69

 

    Corporate Form No. 101 (Sept. 1969)-Page One
    ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
    William N. Salin, Secretary of State of Indiana
    Use White Paper-Size 81/2 x 11-For Inserts
    Filing Requirements-Present 2 Executed Copies
    to Secretary of State, Room 155, State House
    Indianapolis 46204
    Recording Requirements–Recording of Articles of Incorporation is no longer required by the Indiana
    General Corporation Act.

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

 

MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The undersigned incorporator or incorporators, desiring to form a corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana General Corporation Act, as amended (herein after referred to as the “Act,”) execute the following Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE I

Name

 

The name of the Corporation is Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

Purposes

 

The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are:

 

2.01 General. To engage in, conduct and carry on the business of an ambulance service and to buy, sell and otherwise dispose of, at either retail or wholesale, import and export and generally deal in sick room supplies.

 

2.02 Capacity of Act. To have the capacity to act possessed by natural persons, but to have authority to perform only such acts as are necessary, convenient, or expedient to accomplish the purposes for which it is formed, and such as are not repugnant to law.

 

2.03 To Deal in Personal Property. To acquire, (by purchase, exchange, lease, hire or otherwise), hold, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, exchange, sell, deal in and dispose of, alone, or in syndicates or otherwise in conjunction with others, commodities and other personal property of every kind, character and description whatsoever and wheresoever situated, and any interest therein.


2.04 To Deal in Real Property. To acquire, (by purchase, exchange, lease, hire or otherwise), hold, own, improve, manage, operate, lease or lessee, let as lessor, sell, convey or mortgage, either along or in conjunction with others, real estate of every kind, character and description whatsoever and wheresoever situated, and any interest therein.

 

2.05 To Act as Agent. To act in any state in which the Corporation is qualified to do business, as agent or representative for any individual, association, corporation, or legal entity, respecting business which the Corporation is authorized to transact.

 

2.06 To Make Contracts. To enter into, make, perform and carry out, or cancel and rescind, contracts for any lawful purposes pertaining to its business.

 

2.07 To Deal in Good Will. To acquire, (by purchase, exchange, ease, hire or otherwise), all, or any part, of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, entity, partnership, association or corporation heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any business which the Corporation has power to conduct; to pay for the same in cash or in stocks, bonds or other obligations of the Corporation or otherwise, to hold, utilize and in any manner dispose of the whole, or any part, of the rights and property so acquired, and to assume in connection therewith any liabilities of any such person, entity, partnership, association, or corporation, and conduct any lawful manner the whole, or any part, of the business thus acquired.

 

2.08 To Execute Guaranties. To make any guaranty respecting stocks, dividends, secures, indebtedness, interest, contracts or other obligations, of others.

 

2.09 To Enter Into Partnerships. To enter into any lawful arrangement for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal association, or cooperative association with any corporation, association, partnership, individual, or other legal entity, for the carrying on of any business or transaction deemed necessary, convenient, or incidental to carrying out any of purposes of the Corporation.

 

2.10 Treasury Stock. Treasury Stock, To purchase its own shares to the extent of unreserved capital surplus. (Sec. 3(a).)

 

2.11 Stated Capital, Consideration for Shares. To determine the amount of stated capital and increase or reduce stated capital and to determine (Sec. 1(h) the consideration to be received for shares issued from time to time. (Sec. 5(c).)

 

2.12 Surplus. To determine the amount of capital surplus and earned surplus and the amount allocated to each in mergers, consolidations or acquisitions. (Sec. 1(q).)

 

2.13 Stock Options. To create, without restriction, rights or options to purchase any or all of its shares. (Sec. 6(a).)

 

2.14 To Raise Funds. To borrow or raise moneys for any of the purposes of the Corporation and, from time to time, without limit as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or non-negotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the


payment thereof, and the interest thereof, by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance, or assignment in trust of, the whole, or any part, of the assets of the Corporation, real, personal, or mixed, including contract rights, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of such securities or other obligations of the Corporation for its corporate purposes.

 

Specifically, the Corporation is authorized to sell its certificates of indebtedness to the public generally from time to time, and to issue special certificates of indebtedness with terms different from those available to the general public to its officers and employees.

 

2.15 To Deal in Its Own Securities. To acquire, (by purchase, exchange, lease, hire or otherwise, hold, sell, transfer, reissue or cancel the shares of its own capital stock, or any securities or other obligations of the Corporation, in the manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of Indiana, except that the Corporation shall not use its funds or other assets for the purchase of its own shares of stock when such use would cause any impairment of the capital of the Corporation, and except that shares of its own capital stock beneficially owned by the Corporation shall not be voted directly or indirectly. (Sec. 25, 26, 27 and 41(b), of Acts of 1967, Ch. 275).

 

2.16 To Deal in Securities Generally. To purchase, take, receive, subscribe or, or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ, sell, mortgage, lend, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in, or obligations of, other individuals, or domestic or foreign corporations, associations or partnerships, for whatever purpose or purposes formed or operating, or direct or indirect obligations of the United States or of any government, state, territory, governmental district or municipality or any instrumentality thereof.

 

2.17 Rights, Privileges and Powers. Subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by law or by these Articles of Incorporation, to have and exercise all the general rights, privileges and powers specified in or permitted under Section 3 of the Indiana General Corporation Act.

 

2.18 General Clause. To do everything necessary, proper, advisable, or convenient for the accomplishment of any of the purposes, or the attainment of any of the objects of the furtherance of any of the powers herein set forth, and to do every other act and thing incidental thereto or connected therewith, which is not forbidden by the laws of the State of Indiana, or by the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation.

 

2.19 Construction of Foregoing Sections. The foregoing sections shall be construed as purposes as we as powers, and the matters expressed in each section shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be in no way limited by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any other section, each of such sections being regarded as creating independent powers and purposes. The enumerations shall not be construed as limiting or restricting in any manner either the meaning of general terms used in any of the sections or the scope of the general powers of the Corporation created thereby; nor shall the expression of one things be deemed to exclude another not expressed, whether or not it be of like nature. The Corporation shall not, however,


carry on in any state, territory, district, possession or country any business, or exercise any powers, which a corporation organized under the laws thereof could not carry on or exercise.

 

2.20 Limiting Clause. Nothing in this Article so contained shall be construe authorize the conduct by the Corporation or rural loan and savings associations, credit unions, or a banking, railroad, insurance, surety, trust, safe deposits, mortgage guarantee, or building and loan business or receiving deposits of money, bullion, or foreign coins, or of issuing bills, notes, or other evidences of debt for circulation as money.


6.03 Stated Capital. The number of shares issued by the corporation times $100.000 shall, from time to time, be the stated capital of the corporation.

 

6.04 Preemptive Rights. The holders from time to time of the capital stock of the Corporation shall have the right to purchase, at such respective equitable prices, terms and conditions (including pragmatic adjustments to avoid the issue of fractional shares) as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, such of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation as may be hereafter issued, from time to time, whether constituting a part of the capital stock presently or subsequently authorized, and including shares held in the treasury of the Corporation, in the respective ratios which the number of shares held by each Shareholder at the respective times of such issues bears to the total number of shares issued and outstanding in the names of all Shareholders at such respective times.

 

6.05. Dividends. Dividends may be declared and paid upon outstanding shares, out of unrestricted and unreserved earned surplus. (Sec. 14(a), but see Sec. 14 (d).)


    Corporate Form No. 101–Page Three
    Prescribed by William N. Salin, Secretary of State
   

(Sept. 1969)

 

ARTICLE VI

Requirements Prior To Doing Business

 

The Corporation will not commence business until consideration of the value of at least $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) has been received for the issuance of shares.

 

ARTICLE VII

Director (s)

 

Section 1. Number of Directors. The initial Board of Directors is composed of three (3) member (s). The number of directors may be from time to time fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation at any number. In the absence of a By-Law fixing the number of directors, the number shall be three (3).

 

Section 2. Names and Post Office Addresses of the Director(s). The name(s) and post office address(es) of the initial Board of Director(s) of the Corporation is (are):

 

Name


   Number and Street or
Building


   City

   State

   Zip Code

Lawrence W. Myers

   P.O. Box 32    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

Carole A. Myers

   P.O. Box 32    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

John E. Myers

   171 W. Broadway    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

 

Section 3. Qualifications of Directors. (If Any)

 

Directors do not need to be shareholders of the Corporation. A majority of the Directors at any time shall be citizens of the United States.


    Corporate Form No. 101-Page Two
    Prescribed by William N. Salin, Secretary of State
   

(Sept. 1969)

 

ARTICLE III

Period of Existence

 

The period during which the Corporation shall continue is Perpetual.

 

ARTICLE IV

Resident Agent and Principal Office

 

Section 1. Resident Agent. The name and address of the Resident Agent in charge of the Corporation’s principal office is Lawrence W. Myers, P.O. Box 32, Greenwood

(Name)            (Number and Street or Building)

 

Greenwood   Indiana   46142
(City)   (State)   (Zip Code)

 

Section 2. Principal Office. The post office address of the principal office of the Corporation is

 

P.O. Box 32   Greenwood,   Indiana   46142
(Number and Street or Building)   (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)

 

ARTICLE V

Shares

 

Section 1. Number. The total number of shares which the Corporation has authority to issue is 500 shares consisting of                  shares with the par value of $                 per shares, and 500 shares without par value.

 

Section 2. Terms.

 

6.01 All shares shall be without par value.

 

6.02 Series and rights. Shares may be issued in one (1) or more series of the same Class, each such series to have such relative rights, preferences, limitations or restrictions, and bear such designation as shall be determined and stated by the board of directors prior to the issuance of any shares of such series. The board of directors is hereby expressly vested with the authority to make such determination by the resolution of the board.


    Corporate Form No. 101-Page Four
    Prescribed by William N. Salin, Secretary of State
    (Sept. 1969)

 

ARTICLE VIII

Incorporator (s)

 

The name(s) and post office address(es) of the incorporator(s) of the Corporation is (are):

 

Name


   Number and Street or
Building


   City

   State

   Zip Code

Lawrence W. Myers

   P.O. Box 32    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

Carole A. Myers

   P.O. Box 32    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

John E. Myers

   171 W. Broadway    Greenwood    Indiana    46142

 

ARTICLE IX

Provisions for Regulation of Business

and Conduct of Affairs of Corporation

 

All provisions for regulation of business and conduct of affairs of the corporation shall be contained in the By-Laws. The By-Laws may be amended from time to time by the affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors.


    Corporate Form No. 101-Page Five
    Prescribed by William N. Salin, Secretary of State
    (Sept. 1969)

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator(s) designated in Article VIII, execute these Articles of Incorporation and certify to the truth of the facts herein stated, this 29th day of March, 1971.

 

/s/ Lawrence W. Myers       /s/ Carole A. Myers
(Written Signature)       (Written Signature)
Lawrence W. Myer       Carole A. Myers
(Printed Signature)       (Printed Signature)
         /s/ John E. Myers
        (Written Signature)
         John E. Myers
        (Printed Signature)

 

STATE OF INDIANA    
COUNTY OF Johnson   SS:

 

I, the undersigned, a Notary Public duly commissioned to take acknowledgements and administer oaths in the State of Indiana, certify that Lawrence W. Myers, Carole A. Myers and John E. Myers, being three (3) of the incorporator(s) referred to in Article VIII of the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, personally appeared before me; acknowledged the execution thereof; and swore to the truth of the facts therein stated.

 

Witness my hand and Notarial Seal this 29th day of March, 1971.

 

/s/ Norma J. Dillman
(Written Signature)
Norma J. Dillman
(Printed Signature)

 

My Commission Expires:

April 17, 1973


This instrument was prepared by James F. T. Sargent., Jr., Attorney at Law

 

200 S. Madison Avenue,   Greenwood,   Indiana   46142
(Number and Street or Building)   (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)
EX-3.70 57 dex370.htm BYLAWS OF MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of Myers Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.70

 

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BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

IDENTIFICATION

 

Section 1 — Name.

 

The name of the corporation shall be Myers Ambulance Service, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “corporation”).

 

Section 2 — Seal.

 

The corporation shall have a corporate seal which shall be as follows: A circular disc, on the outer margin of which shall appear the corporate name and State of Incorporation, with the words “Corporate Seal” through the center, so mounted that it may be used to impress these words in raised letters upon paper. The seal shall be in charge of the Secretary.

 

Section 3 — Fiscal Year.

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin at the beginning of the first day of April, 1971 and end at the close of the last day of March next succeeding.

 

ARTICLE II

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 1 — Consideration for Shares.

 

The Board of Directors shall cause the corporation to issue the capital stock of the corporation for such consideration as has been fixed by such board in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 2 — Payment of Shares.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the consideration for the issuance of shares of the capital stock of the corporation may be paid, in whole or in part, in money, in other property, tangible or intangible, or in labor actually performed for, or services actually rendered to, the corporation; provided, however, that the part of the surplus of a corporation which is transferred to capital upon


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

the issuance of shares as a share dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for the issuance of such shares. When payment of the consideration for which a share was authorized to be issued shall have been received by the corporation, or when surplus shall have been transferred to capital upon the issuance of a share dividend, such share shall be declared and taken to be fully paid and not liable to any further call or assessment, and the holder thereof shall not be liable for any further payments thereon. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the board of directors as to the value of such property, labor or services received as consideration, or the value placed by the board of directors upon the corporate assets in the event of a share dividend shall be conclusive. Promissory notes or future services shall not be accepted in payment or part payment of any of the capital stock of the corporation.

 

Section 3 — Certificates for Shares.

 

The corporation shall issue to each shareholder a certificate signed by the president or a vice-president, and the secretary of the corporation certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Where such certificate is also signed by a transfer agent or registrar, the signatures of the president, vice-president or secretary may be facsimiles. The certificate shall state the name of the registered holder, the number of shares represented thereby, the par value of each share or a statement that such shares have no par value, and whether such shares have been fully paid up, the certificate shall be legibly stamped to indicate the per centum which has been paid up, and as further payments are made thereon the certificate shall be stamped accordingly.

 

If the corporation issues more than one class, every certificate issued shall state the kind and class of shares represented thereby, and the relative rights, interests, preferences and restrictions of such class, or a summary thereof.

 

Section 4 — Form of Certificates.

 

The stock certificates to represent the shares of the capital stock of this corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Indiana, as may be adopted by the board of directors.

 

Section 5 — Transfer of Stock.

 

Title to a certificate and to the shares represented thereby can be transferred only:

 

(1) By delivery of the certificate endorsed either in blank or to a specified person by the person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares represented thereby; or


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

(2) By delivery of the certificate and a separate document containing a written assignment of the certificate or a power of attorney to sell, assign, or transfer the same or the shares represented thereby, signed by the person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares represented thereby. Such assignment or power of attorney may be either in blank or to a specified person.

 

Section 6 — Closing of Transfer Books.

 

The transfer books shall be closed for a period of ten days prior to the date set for any meeting of shareholders, and during such period no new certificate of stock shall be issued by this corporation and no change or transfer shall be made upon the records thereof.

 

ARTICLE III

 

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1 — Place of Meetings.

 

All meetings of shareholders shall be held within this state and at the principal office of the corporation, unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Section 2 — Annual Meeting.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the First Monday in April of each year, if such day is not a legal holiday, and if a holiday, then on the first following day that is not a legal holiday. If for any reason the annual meeting of the shareholders shall not be held at the time and place herein provided, the same may be held at any time thereafter, but not later than five months after the close of each fiscal year of the corporation.

 

Section 3 — Special Meetings.

 

Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the president, by the board of directors, or by shareholders holding not less than one-fourth of all the shares of capital stock outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote on the business proposed to be transacted thereat.


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 4 — Notice of Meetings.

 

A written or printed notice, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in case of a special meeting the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered or mailed by the secretary or by the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each holder of the capital stock of the corporation at the time entitled to vote, at such address as appears upon the records of the corporation, at least ten days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any such meeting may be waived in writing by any shareholder if the waiver sets forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the time and place thereof. Attendance at any meeting, in person or by proxy shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 5 — Voting at Meetings.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, every shareholder shall have the right at every shareholders’ meeting of the corporation to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the corporation.

 

No share shall be voted at any meeting:

 

(1) Upon which an installment is due and unpaid; or

 

(2) Which shall have been transferred on the books of the corporation within ten days next preceding the date of the meeting; or

 

(3) Which belongs to the corporation that issued the share.

 

Section 6 — Proxies.

 

A shareholder may vote, either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein.

 

Section 7 — Quorum.

 

Unless otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation, at any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the shares of the capital stock outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum.


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 8 — Organization.

 

The president and in his absence, the vice-president, and in their absence any shareholder chosen by the shareholders present, shall call meetings of the shareholders to order and shall act as chairman of such meetings, and the secretary of the company shall act as secretary of all meetings of the shareholders. In the absence of the secretary the presiding officer may appoint a shareholder to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1 — Board of Directors.

 

The board of directors shall consist of three members, who shall be elected annually by a majority of the shares represented at the annual meeting of the shareholders. Such directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders unless the Articles of Incorporation so require.

 

Section 2 — Duties.

 

The corporate power of this corporation shall be vested in the board of directors, who shall have the management and control of the business of the corporation. They shall employ such agents and servants as they may deem advisable, and fix the rate of compensation of all agents, employes and officers.

 

Section 3 — Resignation.

 

A director may resign at any time by filing his written resignation with the secretary.

 

Section 4 — Removal.

 

At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, directors may be removed in the manner provided in this section, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation. Any or all of the members of the board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote, at an election of directors.


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 5 — Vacancies.

 

In case of any vacancy in the board of directors through death, resignation, removal or other cause, the remaining directors by the affirmative vote of a majority thereof may elect a successor to fill such vacancy until the next annual meeting and until his successor is elected and qualified. If the vote of the remaining members of the board shall result in a tie, the vacancy shall be filled by shareholders at the annual meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose. Shareholders shall be notified of the name, address, principal occupation and other pertinent information about any director elected by the board of directors to fill any vacancy.

 

Section 6 — Annual Meetings.

 

The board of directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place where such meeting of the shareholders has been held, for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and consideration of any other business that may be brought before the meeting. No notice shall be necessary for the holding of this annual meeting. If such meeting is not held as above provided, the election of officers may be had at any subsequent meeting of the board specifically called in the manner provided in Section 7 following.

 

Section 7 — Other Meetings.

 

Other meetings of the board of directors may be held upon the call of the president, or of two or more members of the board of directors, at any place within or without the State of Indiana, upon forty-eight hours’ notice, specifying the time, place and general purposes of the meeting, given to each director, either personally, by mailing, or by telegram. At any meeting at which all directors are present, notice of the time, place and purpose thereof shall be deemed waived; and similar notice may likewise be waived by absent directors, either by written instrument or by telegram.

 

Section 8 — Quorum.

 

At any meeting of the board of directors, the presence of a majority of the members of the board elected and qualified shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business except the filling of vacancies in the board of directors.


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BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 9 — Organization.

 

The president and in his absence the vice-president and in their absence any director chosen by the directors present, shall call meetings of the board of directors to order, and shall act as chairman of such meetings. The secretary of the company shall act as secretary of the board of directors, but in the absence of the secretary the presiding officer may appoint any director to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 10 — Order of Business.

 

The order of business at all meetings of the board of directors shall be as follows:

 

  (1) Roll call,

 

  (2) Reading of the Minutes of the preceding meeting and action thereon,

 

  (3) Reports of officers,

 

  (4) Reports of committees,

 

  (5) Unfinished business,

 

  (6) Miscellaneous business,

 

  (7) New business.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION

 

Section 1 — Officers.

 

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except that the duties of the president and secretary shall not be performed by the same person. The board of directors by resolution may create and define the duties of other offices in the corporation and shall elect or appoint persons to fill all such offices. Election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 2 — Vacancies.

 

Whenever any vacancies shall occur in any office by death, resignation, increase in the number of offices of the corporation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the board of directors, and the officer so elected shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified.


Sec’y Init.        …….        Page No.

 

BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 3 — President.

 

The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders and directors, discharge all the duties which devolve upon a presiding officer, and perform such other duties as this code of by-laws provides, or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

The president shall have full authority to execute proxies in behalf of the corporation, to vote stock owned by it in any other corporation, and to execute, with the secretary, powers of attorney appointing other corporations, partnerships, or individuals the agent of the corporation, all subject to the provisions of The Indiana General Corporation Act of 1929, as amended; the Articles of Incorporation and this code of by-laws.

 

Section 4 — Vice-President.

 

The vice-president shall perform all duties incumbent upon the president during the absence or disability of the president, and perform such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

Section 5 — Secretary.

 

The secretary shall have the custody and care of the corporate seal, records, minutes and stock books of the corporation. He shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors, and shall keep, or cause to be kept in a book provided for the purpose, a true and complete record of the proceedings of such meetings, and shall perform a like duty for all standing committees appointed by the board of directors, when required. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices of the corporation, shall file and take charge of all papers and documents belonging to the corporation and shall perform such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe.

 

Section 6 — Treasurer.

 

The treasurer shall keep correct and complete records of account, showing accurately at all times, the financial condition of the corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all moneys, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the corporation. He shall immediately deposit all funds of the corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depositary to be designated by the board of directors, and shall keep such bank account in the name of the corporation. He shall furnish at meetings of the board of directors, or whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall perform


Sec’y Init.        …….        Page No.

 

BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

such other duties as this code of by-laws may require or the board of directors may prescribe. The treasurer may be required to furnish bond in such amount as shall be determined by the board of directors.

 

Section 7 — Delegation of Authority

 

In case of the absence of any officer of the corporation, or for any other reason that the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board of directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire board of directors concurs therein.

 

Section 8 — Execution of Documents

 

Unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, all contracts, leases, commercial paper and other instruments in writing and legal documents, shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. All bonds, deeds and mortgages shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary. All certificates of stock shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary.

 

All checks, drafts, notes and orders for the payment of money shall be signed by those officers or employees of the corporation as the directors may from time to time designate.

 

Section 9 — Loans to Officers.

 

No loan of money or property or any advance on account of services to be performed in the future shall be made to any officer or director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CORPORATE BOOKS

 

Section 1 — Place of Keeping, In General.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Indiana, by the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation or by these by-laws, the books and records of the corporation may be kept at such place or places, within or without the State of Indiana, as the board of directors may from time to time by resolution determine.


Sec’y Init.        …….        Page No.

 

BY-LAWS (Continued)

 

Section 2 — Stock Register or Transfer Book.

 

The original or duplicate stock register or transfer book shall contain a complete and accurate shareholders list, alphabetically arranged, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders, the number and classes of shares held by each, and shall be kept at the principal office of the corporation in the State of Indiana.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1 — Amendments

 

By-Laws may be adopted, amended or repealed at any meeting of the board of directors by the vote of a majority thereof, unless the Articles of Incorporation provide for the adoption, amendment or repeal by the shareholders, in which event, action thereon may be taken at any meeting of the shareholders by the vote of a majority of the voting shares outstanding.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

MYERS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of May 30, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article I, Section 3 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 3 — Fiscal Year.

 

The fiscal year end of the corporation for accounting purposes shall be June 30.”

 

2. Article III, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1 — Place of Meeting.

 

The board of directors may determine the place of the annual meetings of the shareholders, and such place may be within or without of the State of Indiana.”

 

3. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2 — Annual Meeting.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m.”

 

4. Article IV, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1 — Number of Directors.

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal Directors need not be shareholders.”


5. A new Article II, Section 9 is added to the Bylaws of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 9 — Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

Action required or permitted by law to be taken at a shareholder’s meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote.”

 

6. A new Article IV, Section 11 is added to the Bylaws of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 11 — Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.”

EX-3.71 58 dex371.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.71

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

Pursuant to Article Two of the

Stock Corporation Law

 

We, the undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to Article 2 of the Stock Corporation Law of the State of New York, certify:

 

1. The name of the corporation shall be NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

 

2. The purpose for which it is to be formed are to buy or lease automobile ambulances and to operate and conduct a general ambulance business for the transportation of persons for hire, to purchase, or otherwise acquire, garages for the storage of its ambulances; to maintain a corps of competent drivers and attendants; to conduct the business in conformity with existing laws and municipal rules and regulations of such as may be hereafter enacted; to buy, sell and rent oxygen tents, regulators, cylinders and equipment; to acquire or lease any real estate necessary to carry out such objects.

 

3. The amount of the capital stock shall be $10,000.00; to consist of 10,000 shares of common stock of the par value of $1.00. each.

 

4. The office of the corporation shall be located in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe, New York; and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the corporation, which may be served upon him, is # 455 State Street, Rochester, New York.


5. The duration of the corporation shall be perpetual.

 

6. The number of directors shall be three.

 

7. The names and post office addresses of the directors until the first annual meeting of the stockholders are:

 

Names


  

Post Office Addresses    


George S. Heisel, Jr.

   313 Hollywood Ave., Rochester 18, N.Y.

Rosemary A. Heisel

   “                    ”                      “                    ”                      “                    ”

Gerald J. Breen

   1059 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y.

 

8. The name and post office address of each subscriber of this certificate of incorporation and a statement of the number of shares which each agrees to take in the corporation are as follows:

 

Names


  

Post Office Addresses


  

No. of Shares

1998


George S. Heisel, Jr.

   313 Hollywood Ave., Rochester 18, N.Y.     

Rosemary A. Heisel

   “                    ”                      “                    ”                      “                    ”    1

Gerald J. Breen

   1059 Lake Ave., Rochester, N.Y.    1

 

9. All of the subscribers of this certificate are of full age, at least two-thirds of them are citizens of the United States, at least one of them is a resident of the State of New York, and at least one of the persons named as a director is a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of the State of New York.

 

10. The Secretary of State of the State of New York, is hereby designated as the agent of the corporation upon whom process in any action or proceeding against it may be served.

 

11. The meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held only within the State of New York.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have made and subscribed this certificate this 21 day of November, 1952.

 

    L.S.
    L.S.
    L.S.


STATE OF NEW YORK    

  )    

COUNTY OF MONROE    

  )   SS.

CITY OF ROCHESTER    

  )    

 

On this 21 day of November, 1952, before me personally came GEORGE S. HEISEL, JR., ROSEMARY A. HEISEL and GERALD J. BREEN, to me known and known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing Certificate of Incorporation, and they thereupon severally duly acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

 

 

GENEVIEVE E. NELLIS

Notary Public to the State of New York

Monroe County No. 2037, N.Y.

Commission Expires March 30, 1954

 

27C26

 

State of New York   )    
Department of State   )   ss.:

 

I Certify That I have compared the preceding copy with the original Certificate of Incorporation of NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC., filed in this department on the 26th day of November, 1952, and that such copy is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original.

 

Witness my hand and the official seal of the Department of State at the City of Albany, this twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two.

 

Deputy Secretary of State.


8361

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Article Two of the

Stock Corporation Law

 

Dated: November 21, 1952.

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

 

FILED NOV 26, 1952

 

TAX: $10

 

FILING FEE $40

 

Secretary of State

 

By:

   

DANIEL F. FITZGERALD ESQ.

1033 GENESEE VALLEY TRUST BLDG.

ROCHESTER 14, N.Y.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 28th day of May, 1997.

 

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.
By:    
   

Name: James H. Bolin

Title: President

By:    
   

Name: Lorraine Tully

Title: Assistant Secretary


STATE OF ARIZONA       )    
    )   ss.
COUNTY OF MARICOPA       )    

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 28th day of May, 1997, by James H. Bolin, the President of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc., a New York corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires:

  

 

STATE OF ARIZONA       )    
    )   ss.
COUNTY OF MARICOPA       )    

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 28th day of May, 1997, by Lorraine Tully, the Assistant Secretary of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc., a New York corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

 

Notary Public

 

My commission expires:

  


RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

UNDER SECTION 807 OF THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW

 

We, the undersigned President and the Assistant Secretary, respectively, of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc., a New York corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certify:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.

 

2. The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed on November 26, 1952 with the New York Department of State.

 

3. The Certificate of Incorporation as now in force and effect is hereby amended to incorporate changes previously authorized by the affirmative vote of the board of directors followed by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at a meeting of shareholders, namely: (a) amend Article 2 to reflect the current purpose of the Corporation; (b) amend Article 6 to reflect that the number of directors shall be as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation and to set forth the current directors; (c) to delete (i) Article 7 regarding initial directors, (ii) Article 8 regarding initial subscribers of the Corporation’s stock, (iii) Article 9 regarding the qualification of the initial subscribers of the Corporation’s stock, and (iv) Article 11 regarding the meeting place of the directors; (d) to renumber the old Article 10 to Article 7; (e) to add provisions regarding limitations on liability (new Article 9) and indemnification (new Article 10); and (f) to amend Article 7 to change the address to which the New York Secretary of State shall mail a


copy of process in any action or proceeding against the Corporation which may be served upon him or her to “c/o CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019;” and (g) to designate CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, as the registered agent of the Corporation upon whom all service of process may be served.

 

4. The Certificate of Incorporation is hereby restated to set forth its entire text, as amended, as follows:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

SECOND: The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the New York Business Corporation Law, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Business Corporation Law”). The Corporation shall not engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body without such consent or approval first being obtained by the Corporation. The initial purposes for which the Corporation was formed are to buy or lease automobile ambulances and to operate and conduct a general ambulance business for the transportation of persons for hire; to purchase, or otherwise acquire, garages for the storage of its ambulances; to maintain a corps of competent drivers and attendants; to buy, sell and rent oxygen tents, regulators, cylinders and equipment; to acquire or lease any real estate necessary to carry out such objects, and all manner of activity related thereto.


THIRD: The Corporation shall have authority to issue a total of Ten Thousand (10,000) shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

FOURTH: The office of the Corporation shall be located in Monroe County, New York.

 

FIFTH: The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation. The names and addresses of the persons who presently serve as the members of the board of directors are:

 

Name


  

Address


James H. Bolin

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Mark E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

SEVENTH: The Corporation designates the secretary of state as agent of the Corporation upon whom process against it may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the Corporation is c/o CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.

 

EIGHTH: The Corporation designates CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 as the registered agent of the Corporation, upon whom service of process may be served.

 

NINTH: The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.


TENTH: The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Law, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation (an “indemnitee”). This indemnification with respect to directors, officers, employees and agents shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Law, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Law. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

5. The foregoing amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation were adopted as of the 28th day of May, 1997 by the board of directors of the Corporation and approved by the sole shareholder of the Corporation as of the 28th day of May, 1997.

 

The undersigned officers of the Corporation hereby set forth their signatures below and affirm the statements contained herein are true under penalties of perjury.

EX-3.72 59 dex372.htm BYLAWS OF NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of National Ambulance & Oxygen Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.72

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the sole shareholder of the Corporation as of May 28, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto, and the Secretary is directed to insert the amendment to the bylaws in the Corporation’s minute book.


EXHIBIT B

 

1. Article 2, Section 6 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 6. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Action required or permitted by law to be taken at a shareholder’s meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote.”

 

2. Article 3, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.”

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.

 

Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the shareholders at the time of the removal.”


3. Article 3, Section 7 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 7. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board of Directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.”

 

4. Article 8 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE 8. AMENDMENTS.

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in the articles of incorporation or the New York Business Corporation Act, these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the board of directors of the Corporation at any regular or special meeting of directors, subject to the shareholders, in amending or repealing a particular bylaw, expressly providing that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw. The shareholders of the Corporation may amend or repeal these bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.”


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

NATIONAL AMBULANCE & OXYGEN SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of April 1, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that Article 2, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day in April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BY-LAWS

 

of

 

ARTICLE 1. STOCK.

 

Section 1. Certificates of Stock shall be issued in numerical order from the Stock Certificate Book, be signed by the President and Secretary and sealed by the Secretary with the corporate seal. A record of each certificate issued shall be kept on the stub thereof.

 

Section 2. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the books of the company, and before a new certificate is issued the old certificate must be surrendered for cancellation.

 

ARTICLE 2. STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Section 1. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the company shall be held at the principal office of the company in the City of Rochester, New York, on the of each year, at o’clock M., for the election of directors, and for such other business as may properly come before such meeting.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings of the Stockholders may be called at the principal office of the company, at any time, by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by the President, upon written request of stockholders owning one-third of the outstanding stock.

 

Section 3. Notice of Meetings, written or printed, for every regular or special meeting of the stockholders shall be prepared and mailed to the last known post-office address of each stockholder not less than ten days before any such meeting; and if for a special meeting such notice shall state the object or objects thereof.

 

Section 4. A Quorum at any such meeting of the Stockholders shall consist of a majority of the voting stock of the company represented in person or by proxy. A majority of such quorum shall decide any question that may come before the meeting.

 

Section 5. The election of Directors shall be held at the annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

Section 7. The Order of Business at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be:

 

1. Reading and disposal of any unapproved minutes.

 

2. Reports of officers and committees.

 

3. Unfinished business.

 

4. New business.

 

5. Adjournment.


ARTICLE 4. OFFICERS.

 

Section 1. The Officers of the Company shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer who shall be elected for one year and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. The position of secretary and treasurer may be united in one person.

 

Section 2. The President shall preside at all meetings, shall have general supervision of the affairs of the company, shall sign or countersign all certificates, contracts and other instruments of the company as authorized by the Board of Directors; shall make reports to the directors and stockholders and shall perform all such other duties as are incident to his office or are properly required of him by the Board of Directors. In the absence or disability of the president, the vice-president shall exercise all his functions.

 

Section 3. The Secretary shall issue notices for all meetings, shall keep the minutes thereof, shall have charge of the seal and the corporate books, shall sign with the president such instruments as require his signature and shall make such reports and perform such other duties as are incident to his office or are properly required of him by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys and securities of the company and shall keep regular books of account. He shall sign or countersign such instruments as require his signature, and shall perform all duties incident to his office or that are properly required of him by the Board and shall give bond for the faithful performance of his duties, in such sum and with such sureties as may be required by the Board of Directors.

EX-3.73 60 dex373.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Articles of Incorporation of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.73

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

We, the undersigned natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or more, acting as Incorporators of the Corporation under the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation.

 

1. The corporate title of this Company is: NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

2. The names and post office addresses of the Incorporators, all being the age of twenty-one (21) years, are:

 

  (a) James H. Horn
    315 Long Street
    Booneville, Mississippi
    38829

 

  (b) Margarette S. Horn
    315 Long Street
    Booneville, Mississippi
    38829

 

3. The registered offices of the Corporation will be at Highway #30 By-Pass, Booneville, Mississippi 38829, and the registered agent for process at said address is James H. Horn.

 

4. The number of Directors constituting the Initial Board of Directors is Three (3) and the names and post office addresses of the persons who are to serve as Directors until the first annual meeting of Shareholders or until their successors be elected and qualified.


  (a) James H. Horn
    315 Long Street
    Booneville, Mississippi
    38829

 

  (b) Margarette S. Horn
    315 Long Street
    Booneville, Mississippi
    38829

 

  (c) Thomas D. Keenum, Sr.
    P.O. Box 422
    Booneville, Mississippi
    38829

 

The aggregate number of shares of which the corporation will have authority to issue is:

 

Five Thousand (5,000) shares of the par value of One ($1.00) dollar per share.

 

6. The sale price of capital stock is One ($1.00) Dollar per share, and authority is granted to the Board of Directors to fix or change such sale price. In no event shall the shares of this corporation be sold for loss than One ($1.00) Dollar.

 

7. The period of existence shall be for ninety-nine (99) years.

 

8. The purposes of which the corporation is created are:

 

(a) To buy or lease ambulances and to operate and conduct a general ambulance service business to maintain and acquire competent personnel, own, operate, hold and use, purchase, construct, establish, lease and otherwise acquire, mortgage, create security interest in and deal with any and all properties, communication facilities, television or radio equipment, and all tools, appliances and any other property which may be necessary or useful in connection with the business of the corporation, or as may be


required to conduct the business in conformity with existing laws or municipal rules and regulations as may now exist or be hereinafter enacted.

 

(b) To buy, acquire, hold, own, sell, pledge, apothecate and/or mortgage any and all property, real or personal, stocks, securities, bonds, warrants and rights of every kind and nature as shall from time to time be deemed desirable and advisable.

 

(c) To apply for, obtain, register, purchase or otherwise hold, own, use, develop, operate and introduce and to sell, assign, grant license, or territorial rights in respect to, or otherwise grant franchise or buy same in connection with this type operation.

 

(d) To acquire, own, purchases, exchange, rent, lease mortgage, sell and otherwise dispose of real estate of every kind and character, improved and unimproved and any right of interest therein.

 

12. Provision or the regulation of the Internal Affairs of the corporation, including provisions restricting the transfer of shares and any provision which under the Act is required or permitted to be set forth in the By-Laws.

 

Each share of stock issued by this corporation and the certificate evidencing said share, shall be subject to the condition and agreement on the part of the owner or holder thereof, that no such share or certificate may be transferred whether by inter vivos gift, donation, by will operation or law, or otherwise, without the owner or holder thereof first offering this corporation the option to purchase such stock at such price and on the same terms and conditions as owner has been offered in good faith by any other bona fide purchaser; and, before a transfer may be made, the said owner or holder shall notify the


Secretary-Treasurer of this corporation in writing of the number of shares to be transferred, the certificates involved, the price offered therefore, name and post office address of prospective purchaser, and evidence supporting the validity of the offer to purchase. This corporation shall have the option to purchase such shares at the same price and upon the terms and conditions, or at the same price for cash, offered to the owner or holder, for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of actual receipt of the said written notice by the Secretary-Treasurer of this corporation.

 

13. We, the undersigned for the purpose of forming this corporation under the Laws of the State of Mississippi, do make, file and record this Charter of Incorporation, and do certify that the facts therein stated are true, and we accordingly herein have set our respective hands and seals.

 

Dated at Booneville, Mississippi on this the 28th day of December, 1979.

 

 

JAMES H. HORN – INCORPORATOR

 

MARGARETTE S. HORN – INCORPORATOR


STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

 

COUNTY OF PRENTISS

 

Personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority in and for the aforesaid State and County, the within named JAMES H. HORN and MARGARETTE S. HORN, each of whom acknowledged to me that they executed and delivered the foregoing Articles of Incorporation of NORTH MISS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. on the day and year therein mentioned.

 

Given under my hand and seal of office this the 28th day of December, 1979.

 

/s/

NOTARY PUBLIC

My Commission Expires 10/16/1981

EX-3.74 61 dex374.htm BYLAWS OF NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. Bylaws of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.

Exhibit 3.74

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of August 29, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the By-Laws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article I of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation may be located within or without the State of Mississippi, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.”

 

2. Section 1 of Article II of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first day of April in each year, beginning with the year 1998, at 10:00 a.m., for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the election of Directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.”

 

3. Section 2 of Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders.”


4. Article VII of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the 1st day of July and end on the 30th day of June in each year.”

 

5. Section 13 of Article II of the By-Laws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety.

 

6. The last sentence of Section 10 of Article III of the By-Laws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety.

 

7. The last sentence of Section 9 of Article IV of the By-Laws of the Corporation is hereby deleted in its entirety.


ACTIONS TAKEN BY WRITTEN CONSENT

 

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

In lieu of a special meeting of the Board of Directors of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc. (the “Company”), a Mississippi corporation, the Directors, in accordance with the b provisions of Section 79-4-8.21 of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, hereby unanimously consent to taking action without a meeting, by written consent, and hereby take the following actions:

 

The following By-Laws of North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc. are amended as set forth below:

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS is amended by adding Section 13 which shall read as follows:

 

  “SECTION 13.(a)       Shareholder Compensation For Actual Services Rendered- Restrictions .

 

For the purposes of this section, the shares in the corporation which are owned by Jack Stout and those which may be acquired by Frank Heyman, or their successors or assigns, are considered to be a single shareholder, and shares owned by them are considered consolidated. If any shareholder is compensated for any fiscal year for actual services rendered in an amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), each of the other shareholders will be compensated an amount equal to such excess compensation over one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), as defmed in this section. Only the amount of compensation for actual services rendered of the highest paid shareholder in the company in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be utilized to determine excess compensation. This restriction does not apply to dividends paid on a pro rata basis to all shareholders.

 

  (b) Shareholder Bonus Compensation - Restrictions.

 

For the purposes of this section, the shares in the corporation which are owned by Jack Stock and others which may be acquired by Frank Heyman, or their successors or assigns, are considered to be a single shareholder, and shares owned by them are considered consolidated. If any shareholder is paid bonus compensation by the Corporation within the


last fifteen (15) days of any fiscal year, each of the other shareholders will be compensated in a amount equal to such bonus compensation. Only the amount of bonus compensation of the shareholder who received the highest bonus amount in the company shall be utilized to determine the bonus amount to be paid to each other shareholder.

 

  (c) Execution of Guaranty Agreements.

 

With respect to any indebtedness incurred by the Corporation for any reason, each shareholder of the Corporation shall, if the terms of the lending commitment by the Lender require personal guaranties, execute and deliver to the Lender a Guaranty Agreement in form satisfactory to the Lender with respect to such indebtedness. “

 

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS is amended by adding a sentence to Section 10. which shall read:

 

“The compensation of each Director shall be subject to the limitation set forth in ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS, SECTION 13.”

 

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS is amended by adding a sentence to the end of Section 9. Salaries which shall read as follows:

 

“The compensation of each Officer shall be subject to the limitations set forth in ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS, SECTION 13.”

 

The undersigned, being all of the Directors of the Company, by signing this consent, waive all notice of the date, time, and place of the special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company and agree to the transaction of the business hereinabove set forth by written consent of the said Board of Directors in lieu of such meeting.

 

This Consent may be separately executed in one or more separate counterpart copies, which together shall constitute but one fully executed consent.


This Consent shall be included in the minute book of the Company.

 

Effective: March 28, 1997.        
APPROVED AND CONSENTED TO:        
           

Bryan Gibson

     

Thomas Fowlkes

           

Jack Stout

       


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the corporation in the State of Mississippi shall be located in the City of Booneville, County of Prentiss. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Mississippi, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

 

SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the fourth Monday in the month of January in each year, beginning with the year 1981, at the hour of      o’clock     M., for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of Directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.

 

SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than twenty (20%) per cent of all the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.


SECTION 3. Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate any place. either within or without the State of                                  unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of Directors. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Mississippi , unless otherwise prescribed by statute, as the place for the holding of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation in the State of Mississippi.

 

SECTION 4. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall unless otherwise prescribed by statute, be delivered not less than 7 nor more than 10 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

SECTION 5. Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, 30 days. If the


stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least 30 days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than 30 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than 15 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

SECTION 6. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting for the purposes thereof.


SECTION 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

SECTION 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by share holder or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after 3 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

SECTION 9. Voting of Shares. Subject to the provisions of Section 12 of this Article II, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

 

SECTION 10. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision as the board of directors of such corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name.


Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer thereof into his name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting, and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

SECTION 11. Informal Action by Shareholders. Unless otherwise provided by law, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

SECTION 12. Cumulative Voting. Unless otherwise provided by law, at each election for Directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such


Directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be three (3). Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

SECTION 3. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

SECTION 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

 

SECTION 5. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least 7 days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each director at his business address, or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any director may waive notice of


any meeting. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

SECTION 7. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 8. Action Without A Meeting. Any action that may be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so to be taken shall be signed before such action by all of the Directors.

 

SECTION 9. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the Board 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, unless otherwise provided by law. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of Directors by the shareholders.


SECTION 10. Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each Director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

SECTION 11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.

 

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

 

SECTION 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election


shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment, the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

SECTION 5. President. The President shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors. He may sign, with the Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.


SECTION 6. Vice-President. In the absence of the President or in event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice-President shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) keep a register of the postoffice address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder; (e) sign with the President, certificates for shares of the corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors; (f) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation; and (g) in general perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 8. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V of


these By-Laws; and (c) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or by the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

 

SECTION 9. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

SECTION 1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 3. Checks, drafts etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.


SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President and by the Secretary or by such other officers authorized by law and by the Board of Directors so to do, and sealed with the corporate seal. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.


ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December in each year.

 

ARTICLE VIII. DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its articles of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX. CORPORATE SEAL

 

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal”.

 

ARTICLE X. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or under the provisions of the Mississippi Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.


(This section should be changed to require the By-Laws to be amended by the shareholders by a majority vote or by such other vote as may be required by law in those states where By-Laws are required to be amended by the shareholders.)

 

 

SECRETARY

 

APPROVED:

 

  

PRESIDENT

EX-3.75 62 dex375.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Professional Medical Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.75

 

[LOGO] Democrat P. & L. Co., Little Rock  

CERTIFIED

COPY

 

ARKANSAS

CORPORATIONS

DOMESTIC FORM No. 810

Rev.

CLASS 1

 

INSTRUCTIONS: File Duplicate with Kelly Bryant, Secretary of State, State Capitol, Little Rock, Ark. 72203, with payment of fees. Duplicate copy will be returned to the corporation at the above address, and must be filed in the office of the County Clerk in which the corporation’s registered office is located, (on other than Pulaski County) within 60 days after the date of filing with the Secretary of State.

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The undersigned, natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or more, acting as incorporators of a corporation under the Arkansas Business Corporation Act (Act 576 of 1965), adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such Corporation:

 

FIRST:

 

The name of the corporation is:

 

Professional Medical Services, Inc.

 

(Shall contain the word “Corporation”, “Company”, or “Incorporated”, or shall contain an abbreviation of one of such words; but the same may not and with the word “company” nor the abbreviation “Co.” if such final word or abbreviation is immediately preceded by “And” or any symbol of “And”.)

 

SECOND:

 

The period of duration is perpetual.

 

THIRD:

 

The purpose or purposes for which the Corporation is organized are:

 

The operation of an ambulance service for the transportation of injured, ill and disabled persons; to do all things incidental thereto which are not in violation of the laws or the Constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Arkansas.

 

FILED

DEC 16 1987

W. J. “BILL” McCUEN

 

SECRETARY OF STATE

BY    


CERTIFIED COPY

 

FOURTH:

 

The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is 1,000 shares.

 

The designation of each class, the number of shares of each class, or a statement that the shares of any class are without par value, are as follows:

 

NUMBER OF SHARES


   CLASS

   SERIES (IF ANY)

   PAR VALUE PER SHARE
OR STATEMENT THAT
SHARES ARE WITHOUT
PAR VALUE


1,000

             none

 

The preferences, limitations and relative rights in respect of the shares of each class, and the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between series of any preferred or special class in series are as follows:

 

(Insert a statement of any authority to be vested in the Board of Directors to establish series and fix and determine the variations in the relative rights and preferences as between series.)

 

FIFTH:

 

The amount of capital with which this corporation will begin business is $300.00 This corporation will not transact any business until there has been paid in for the issuance of shares consideration of the value of at least three hundred Dollars.

 

SIXTH:

 

The provisions limiting or denying to shareholders the pre-emptive right to acquire additional or treasury shares are:

 

None

 

SEVENTH:

 

The provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of this corporation are:

 

The initial code of by-laws of this corporation shall be adopted by its Board of Directors.


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EIGHTH:

 

The address of the initial registered office of this corporation is:

 

909 East Main, Magnolia, AR,   71753    

Street

  City   State

 

and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is:

 

David Lewis

 

NINTH:

 

The number of Directors constituting the initial Board of Directors is one and they will serve as directors until the first annual of shareholders or until the successors are elected and qualified. If the number of initial Board members is either one or two, then a statement must be included specifying the number to be elected at the annual meeting, or the special meeting called for that purpose, of the shareholders next following the time when the shares become owned of record by more than one or two shareholders.

 

At such time as the shares of the corporation become owned by more than one shareholder, two members shall be elected to the Board of Directors at the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

 

TENTH:

 

The name and address of each incorporator is:

 

NAME


 

STREET ADDRESS, CITY & STATE


 

SHARES


David Lewis

 

909 East Main

Magnolia, AR 71753

  1,000

 

Dated: December 8, 1987

 

SIGNATURE OF INCORPORATORS:

 

/s/ David Lewis
David Lewis


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STATE OF ARKANSAS    )     
     )    ss.
COUNTY OF COLUMBIA    )     

 

BE IT REMEMBERED that on this 8th day of December, A.D. 1987, personally came before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public within and for the State and County aforesaid, David Lewis.

 

parties to the foregoing Articles of Incorporation, known to me personally to be such, and severally acknowledged the same to be the act and deed of the signers respectively, and that the facts therein stated are truly set forth.

 

GIVEN under my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.

 

/s/ Rebecca M. Drake

Rebecca M. Drake

Notary Public.

 

My commission expires: 10/14/89

 

(These Articles must first be filed with the Secretary of State and a certified copy thereof then be filed with the County Clerk.)

EX-3.76 63 dex376.htm FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. First Amended & Restated Bylaws of Professional Medical Services, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.76

 

FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 909 East Main Street, Magnolia, Arkansas. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Arkansas as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Arkansas, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning at least 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record no fewer than sixty (60) nor more than seventy-five (75) days before the meeting date if a proposal to increase the authorized capital stock or bond indebtedness of the corporation is to be submitted, and no fewer than ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting in all other cases. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least two (2) days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than one hundred twenty (120) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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


filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.


(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Arkansas. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Articles of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee.


At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the Business Corporation Act of the State of Arkansas, as amended from time to time (the “BCA”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the BCA, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto,


or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the BCA, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees,


employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and


shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile; engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.


Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates, for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of


stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action, or as may otherwise be required by the BCA. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or


in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders as specified in the BCA.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors may amend these Bylaws as specified in the BCA, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other


person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Arkansas”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing First Amended and Restated Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


By-Laws

 

of

 

Professional Medical Services, Inc.

Magnolia, Arkansas

 

December 8, 1987


Article I

 

Section 1.0 - Name of the Corporation

 

These by-laws are hereby set aside for Professional Medical Services, Inc., a corporation founded the 8th day of December, 1987 in Magnolia, Arkansas.

 

Section 2.0 - Principal and Other Officers

 

The President of the corporation shall be named as its principal officer. The only additional officers of the corporation shall be the Secretary/Treasurer.

 

Article II

 

Section 1.0 - Method of Transferring Stock

 

All stock transfers must be approved by the Board of Directors. A written request for stock transfer should be submitted to the Board of Directors. Stock transfers shall be recorded in the Corporate Stock Transfer Ledger with issuance of stock certificates following approval by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.0 - Lost Stock Certificates

 

Lost stock certificates shall be reported to the Secretary immediately upon discovery. It is the responsibility of the stockholder to request, in writing, replacement certificates. Cancellation of the lost series shall be recorded in the Stockholders Ledger, and new certificates shall be issued by the Secretary following approval by the Board of Directors.

 

Article III

 

Section 1.0 - Stockholder’s Meetings

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be conducted within, the first two weeks of January. Written notification shall be issued to all stockholders at least sixty (30) days prior to the meeting. Directors, at their discretion, may waive notice of hearing.

 

Section 2.0 - Method of Voting

 

The method of voting shall be by rollcall of the stockholders present at the annual meeting. Proxy voting shall not be allowed.

 

Section 3.0 - Quorum

 

A quorum shall consist of two thirds (2/3) of the stockholders of the corporation.


Section 4.0 - Presiding Officer

 

The President shall preside over all meetings of the corporation.

 

Section 5.0 - Removing Directors & Officers

 

Removal of an officer of the corporation and/or a member of the Board of Directors shall require approval of two thirds (2/3) of the stockholders.

 

Article IV

 

Section 1.0 - Board of Directors

 

At such time as the shares of the corporation become owned by more than one shareholder, two members shall be elected to the Board of Directors at the next annual meeting of the shareholders. Nominations shall be presented by the President at the meeting.

 

Article V

 

Section 1.0 - Officers

 

The officers of the corporation shall be President and Secretary/Treasurer. The duties of each officer are as follows:

 

    The President shall conduct all affairs of the corporation and shall preside over stockholders’ and directors meetings.

 

    The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep all records of the corporation, issue notices to directors’ and stockholders’ concerning affairs of the corporation, keep minutes of all meetings and has charge of the corporate seal. Further, custody of all money and securities shall be the responsibility of the Secretary/Treasurer. The corporate books shall be the responsibility of the Secretary/Treasurer.

 

Article VI

 

Section 1.0 - Funds

 

All funds of the corporation shall be deposited in the official bank selected by the stockholders.

 

Section 2.0 - Dividends

 

Dividends shall be declared by resolution of the Board of Directors.


Article VII

 

Section 1.0 - Amendments

 

Amendments to these by-laws may be made by a vote of the stockholders, representing a majority at any annual stockholders’ meeting; or at any special stockholders’ meeting when notice of such change has been given at least thirty (30) days in advance.

EX-3.77 64 dex377.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.77

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is $.001 per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are John Stuart, P. O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized:

 

(i) to fix, abolish, determine, and vary from time to time the amount or amounts to be set apart as reserves;

 

(ii) to adopt, amend, and repeal Bylaws of the Corporation;

 

(iii) to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens, with or without limit as to amount, upon the real or personal property of the Corporation,

 

(iv) from time to time in determine whether and to what extent, at what time and place, and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of any stockholder,


and stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation except as conferred by statute or bylaw or as authorized by resolution of the stockholders or Board of Directors;

 

(v) to authorize the payment of compensation to the directors for services to the Corporation, including fees for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof and/or salaries for serving as such directors or committee members, and to determine the amount of such compensation;

 

(vi) from time to time to formulate, establish, promote, and carry out, and to amend, alter, change, revise, recall, repeal, or abolish, a plan or plans for the participation by all or any of the employees, including directors and officers, of the Corporation, or of any corporation, company, association, trust, or organization in which or in the welfare of which the Corporation has any interest, and those actively engaged in the conduct of the Corporation’s business, in the profits, gains, or business of the Corporation or of any branch or division thereof, as part of the Corporation’s legitimate expenses, and/or for the furnishing to such employees, directors, officers, or persons, or any of them, at the Corporation’s expense, of medical services, insurance against accident, sickness, or death, pensions during old age, disability or unemployment, education, housing, social services, recreation, or other similar aids for their relief or general welfare, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine; and

 

(vii) to authorize the guaranty by the Corporation of securities, evidences of indebtedness, and obligations of other persons, firms, associations, and corporations.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Every person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative: or investigative (“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 of another corporation, or as its representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation, and the Corporation shall advance expenses to such person, to the fullest extent legally permissible under the GCI, against all expenses, liabilities and losses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by him or her in connection therewith. Nothing contained herein shall affect any rights to indemnification to which employees other than directors and officers may be entitled by law. No amendment or repeal of this Article EIGHTH shall apply to or have any effect on any right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior


to such amendment or repeal. The right of indemnification shall be a contract right that may be enforced in any manner desired by such person. The right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other right that such directors, officers or representatives may have or hereafter acquire and, without limiting the generality of such statement, they shall be entitled to their respective rights of indemnification under any bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders, provision of law or otherwise, as well as their rights under this Article. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article EIGHTH, no person shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article with respect to any Proceeding, or any claim therein, brought or made by him or her against the Corporation, unless such Proceeding or claim is approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

The Board of Directors may adopt bylaws from time to time with respect to indemnification to provide at all time the fullest indemnification permitted by the GCI, and may cause the Corporation to purchase and maintain insurance, at the Corporation’s expense, an behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, or as its representative in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred in any such capacity or arising out of such status, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The Corporation may also create a trust fund, grant a security interest and/or use other means (including, but not limited to, letters of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent authorized or permitted by law and including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing, to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided therein, or elsewhere.

 

NINTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

TENTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

ELEVENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


TWELFTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, set my hand this 26th day of May, 1994.

 

 
John Stuart, Incorporator
EX-3.78 65 dex378.htm BYLAWS OF RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES, INC Bylaws of RISC America Alabama Fire Safety Services, Inc

EXHIBIT 3.78

 

BYLAWS

OF

RISC AMERICA ALABAMA FIRE SAFETY SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1995, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and


shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the


holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.


Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from its membership a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall be officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of


seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time


may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the


Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The


Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VII or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and


enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Mark E. Liebner, Secretary

EX-3.79 66 dex379.htm CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C. Certificate of Formation of RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.

Exhibit 3.79

 

When filed, please return to:

Thomas W. Bade, Esq.

One East Camelback, Suite 1100

Phoenix, Arizona 85012-1656

 

Expedited filing fee is $85 payable to

Arizona Corporation Commission

 

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION

OF

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.

 

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 29-632, the undersigned states as follows:

 

1. The name of the limited liability company is RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.

 

2. The address of the registered office in Arizona is 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, located in the County of Maricopa.

 

3. The statutory agent’s name and address are John B. Furman, Esq., O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., One East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

4. There are or will be two or more Members at the time the limited liability company is formed.

 

5. The latest date on which the limited liability company is to dissolve is December 31, 2075.

 

6. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the Members. The names and addresses of the Members of the limited liability company are: RMC Insurance, Ltd., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85012; and Rural/Metro Corporation, an Arizona corporation, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

Dated:

 

December 12, 1996

     

Signed:

 

/s/

           

(a natural person)

 

The undersigned, having been designated to act as Statutory Agent, hereby consents to act in that capacity until removed or resignation is submitted in accordance with the Arizona Revised Statutes.

 

/s/

Signature of Statutory Agent

EX-3.80 67 dex380.htm LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF RMC CORPORATE CENTER, LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement of RMC Corporate Center, LLC

Exhibit 3.80

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

of

 

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.

 

by and between

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD.

a corporation formed under the laws of Barbados,

 

and

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION,

an Arizona corporation,

 

as Members

 

Dated as of February 28, 1997


AMENDED AND RESTATED

OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.

 

THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 28th day of February, 1997, by and between RMC INSURANCE, LTD., a corporation formed under the laws of Barbados (“RMC Insurance”), and RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation (“Rural/Metro”), as Members.

 

ARTICLE I

Formation

 

1.1 Formation. The parties to this Agreement hereby intend to continue the Company previously formed pursuant to the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon the request of the Members or as required by law, the parties shall promptly execute all amendments of the Articles of Organization and all other documents that are needed to enable the Members to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts necessary or appropriate to comply with all requirements for the continuation of the Company under the Act.

 

1.2 Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for federal and state income tax purposes. It is also the intent of the Members that the Company not be operated or treated as a “partnership” for purposes of Section 303 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. No Member shall take any action inconsistent with the express intent of the parties hereto as set forth herein.

 

1.3 Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the definition for such terms set forth in Article XII hereof.

 

ARTICLE II

General Provisions

 

2.1 Name. The name of the Company shall be RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C. or such other name as the Members from time to time shall select.

 

2.2 Principal Office and Place of Business. The Principal Office and place of business of the Company in Arizona shall be 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, or such place as the Members from time to time shall determine.


2.3 Company Purposes. The Company is being formed for the purpose of developing, owning and operating a corporate center for Rural/Metro Corporation on the Property, as well as all other activities permitted by law. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts and things necessary appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for furtherance and accomplishment of such purpose, including, but not limited to the entering into or acquiring of any proprietorships, partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies, or other similar entities or arrangements to engage in any of the foregoing.

 

2.4 Term. The term of the Company shall commence on the filing of the Articles of Organization and shall continue until dissolved, wound-up and terminated in accordance with Article X of this Agreement.

 

2.5 Agent for Service of Process. The Agent for Service of Process for the Company shall be John B. Furman, Esq., O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., One East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, or such other person as the Members shall appoint from time to time.

 

ARTICLE III

Capital Contributions

 

3.1 Initial Capital Contributions by the Members. As of the date of formation of the Company, RMC Insurance made a Capital Contribution to the Company of its undivided interest in the Property, and Rural/Metro made a Capital Contribution to the Company of $22,500. The Members agree that the Gross Asset Value of the Property at the time of its contribution to the Company was $2,250,000.

 

3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. If the Members determine that additional capital is necessary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, funding any negative cash flow from the business of the Company, making any capital contributions, investments, expenditures or improvements related to the business of the Company, then the Members agree that each Member shall contribute such additionally needed capital (“Additional Capital Contributions”), pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages, or in such other proportion as the Members may otherwise agree.

 

3.3 Member Loans. If the Members determine that Capital Contributions, Additional Capital Contributions, third-party loans to the Company or revenues of the Company are insufficient to satisfy all capital requirements of the Company, or if any Member determines that bridge funds are needed by the Company on an interim basis, the Members may agree to join in the making of a loan to the Company (a “Member Loan”) in such amount as is needed by the Company and upon such terms and conditions as the Members shall determine.


ARTICLE IV

Distributions

 

4.1 Amount and Time of Distributions. Distributions of Available Cash Flow shall be made from time to time as the Members deem proper, but not less frequently than quarterly, in the order and priority set forth in Section 4.2 hereof. Unless the Members otherwise agree, no Available Cash Flow shall be distributed until all Member Loans have been repaid in full. “Available Cash Flow” means the gross cash proceeds from the Company’s operations less the portion thereof used to pay or establish reserves for expenses and fees (including fees, expenses, reimbursements, and guaranteed payments paid to a Member) ordinary and necessary to the Company’s business, principal and interest payments on all Company debt (including Member Loans), capital improvements, replacements and contingencies, all as reasonably determined by the Members. Available Cash Flow shall not be reduced by depreciation, amortization or other similar non-cash allowances, and shall be increased by any reductions in reserves which, when previously established, reduced Available Cash Flow.

 

4.2 Distributions to Members. Available Cash Flow shall be distributed to the Members, pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages.

 

4.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal. No withdrawing Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution or the value of such Member’s Interest in the Company as a result of withdrawal from the Company prior to the liquidation of the Company, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.

 

4.4 Return of Capital. No Member shall be entitled to the return of, or interest on, that Member’s Capital Contributions, except as provided herein.

 

ARTICLE V

Profits and Losses

 

5.1 Profit and Loss Allocations. For each Fiscal Year, the Profits or Losses of the Company shall be allocated to the Members, pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages for that Fiscal Year.

 

5.2 Special Tax Allocations.

 

(a) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in paragraph (4), (5) or (6) of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to the Members in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of that Member as quickly as possible. “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in that Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments: (i) credit to that Capital Account the amount by which that


Partner is obligated to restore or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), and (ii) debit to that Capital Account the items described in paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(b) Nonrecourse Deductions. The allocations set forth in Section 5.1 hereof are intended generally to comply with requirements of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. If the Company incurs “nonrecourse deductions” or “partner nonrecourse deductions” or if there is any change in the Company’s “minimum gain,” as those terms are defined in such Regulations, the allocation of Profits, Losses and items thereof to the Members shall be modified as deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Members to comply with such Regulations.

 

(c) Curative Allocation. The allocations set forth in Sections 5.2(a) and (b) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocation of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member should be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

 

(d) Built-in Gain Allocation. If necessary or required under Code section 704(c) or Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the Members shall make special tax allocations to account for the variation, if any, between the adjusted tax basis of an asset and its Gross Asset Value. Any elections or decisions relating to the allocations under this Section 5.2(d) shall be made by the Members in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.2(d) are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in computing any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

5.3 Knowledge of Tax Consequences. The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article V and the economic impact of the allocations on the amounts receivable by them under this Agreement. The Members hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article V in reporting their share of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.


ARTICLE VI

Management

 

6.1 Member-Managed. The Members agree that the management of the Company shall be vested in the Members. Each Member shall devote such time and effort as is necessary for the management of the Company in the conduct of its business but shall not be required to devote its full-time efforts to the Company. Each Member at all times shall keep the other Members fully informed as to all such Members’ activities on behalf of the Company and all material transactions taken on behalf of the Company and shall disclose to the Members such Member’s knowledge of the Company’s business and affairs.

 

6.2 Member Authority.

 

(a) Rights of the Members. Either Member shall have full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company and shall have all of the rights and powers provided to a member of a member-managed limited liability company by law, including the power and authority to execute instruments and documents, to mortgage or dispose of any real property held in the name of the Company, and to take any other actions on behalf of the Company, whether or not such actions are for carrying on the business of the Company in its usual manner.

 

(b) Reliance by Third Parties. A third party shall be entitled to rely on all actions of the Members and shall be entitled to deal with the Members as if they were the sole party in interest therein, both legally and beneficially. Every instrument purporting to be the action of the Company and executed by a Member shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that, at the time of delivery thereof, this Agreement was in full force and effect and that the execution and delivery of that instrument is duly authorized by the Members and the Company.

 

(c) Banking Resolution. The Members hereby authorize either Member to open all banking accounts as they deem necessary and to enter into any deposit agreements as are required by the financial institution at which such accounts are opened. Each Member shall have signing authority with respect to such banking accounts. Funds deposited into such accounts shall be used only for the purpose and business of the Company.

 

6.3 Filing of Documents. The Members shall file or cause to be filed all certificates or documents as may be determined by the Members to be necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited liability company in the State of Arizona and any other state in which the Company may elect to do business. To the extent that the Members determine the action to be necessary or appropriate, the Members shall do all things to maintain the Company as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Arizona and any other state in which the Company may elect to do business.


6.4 Indemnification and Liability.

 

(a) Company Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Member (an “Indemnitee”) shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Company (the “Indemnitor”) for, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), judgments, fines, settlements, demands, actions, or suits relating to or arising out of the business of the Company, or the exercise by the Indemnitee of any authority conferred on it hereunder or the performance by the Indemnitee of any of its duties and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to any claim, issue or matter: (i) in respect of which it (or the Company as the result of an act or omission of it or its Related Person) has been adjudged liable for fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (ii) based upon or relating to a material breach by it of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

(b) Liability. No Member shall be liable, responsible, accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other Member for any act or failure to act in connection with the Company and its business unless the act or omission is attributed to gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud or constitutes a material breach by such Member of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

(c) Terms of Indemnification. Each indemnity provided for under this Agreement shall be subject to the following provisions:

 

(i) The indemnity shall cover the costs and expenses of the Indemnitee, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, related to any actions, suits or judgments incident to any of the matters covered by such indemnity.

 

(ii) The Indemnitee shall notify the indemnitor of any claim against the Indemnitee covered by the indemnity within 45 days after the Indemnitee has notice of such claim, but failure to notify the indemnitor shall in no case prejudice the rights of the Indemnitee under this Agreement unless the indemnitor shall be prejudiced by such failure and then only to the extent the indemnitor shall be prejudiced by such failure. Should the indemnitor fail to discharge or undertake to defend the Indemnitee against such liability upon learning of the same, then the Indemnitee may settle such liability, and the liability of the indemnitor hereunder shall be conclusively established by such settlement, which amount of such liability shall include both the settlement consideration and the reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Indemnitee in effecting such settlement.

 

(iii) No indemnity hereunder shall be construed to limit or diminish the coverage of any Member under any insurance obtained by the Company. Payment shall not be a condition precedent to any indemnification provided in this Agreement.


6.5 Compensation.

 

(a) General. The Company will not pay the Members any fees or other compensation for their services, except as otherwise agreed by the Members. Any compensation payable pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be reasonable.

 

(b) Reimbursable Expenses. The Company may reimburse the Members or their Affiliates for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the carrying out of the duties set forth in this Agreement in connection with the business of the Company.

 

ARTICLE VII

The Members

 

7.1 Meetings of the Members. Meetings of the Members shall be held upon the call of any Member; provided that at least seven days’ prior written notice shall be given to all Members. The Members may make use of telephones and other electronic devices to hold meetings, provided that each Member is able to simultaneously participate with the other Members with respect to all discussions and votes. The Members may act in lieu of a meeting if the action taken is reduced to writing and consented to in writing by the required vote of the Members as set forth in Section 7.2 hereof. Written minutes shall be taken at each meeting and distributed to the Members promptly after such meeting and prior to, and for approval at, the next meeting; provided, however, that any action taken or any matter agreed upon by the Members at the meeting shall be deemed effective and final, whether or not written minutes of the meeting have been prepared or finalized.

 

7.2 Voting of the Members. All votes, actions, approvals, elections, determinations and consents required in this Agreement to be made by “the Members” shall be effective when approved by a Majority in Interest of the Members. All voting rights of a Member shall immediately cease upon the Default or Withdrawal Event of that Member.

 

7.3 Rights and Obligations of Members.

 

(a) Limitation of Liability. Each Member’s liability for the debts and obligations of the Company shall be limited as set forth in the Act and other applicable law.

 

(b) List of Members. Upon written request of any Member, the Members shall provide a list showing the names, last known addresses and interests of all Members in the Company.

 

(c) Company Records. Upon written request, each Member shall have the right, during ordinary business hours, to inspect and copy the Company records


required to be maintained by the Members at the Company’s registered office as set forth in Section 8.1 hereof.

 

7.4 Defaulting Member.

 

(a) Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an event of default and the Member so defaulting (herein referred to as the Defaulting Member) shall (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4(a)(iii) hereof) thereafter be deemed to be in default without any further action whatsoever on the part of the Company: (i) attempted dissolution of the Company by any Member other than pursuant to the provisions contained elsewhere in this Agreement; (ii) a Withdrawal Event occurs as to a Member; (iii) the failure of any other Member to perform any other obligation, act or acts required of that Member by the provisions of this Agreement, which shall be necessary for or in connection with the fulfilling of the purposes of the Company or a violation or a breach of any of the other terms or provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that a Member shall not be deemed to be in default of this Section 7.4(a)(iii) until after 10 days’ written notice thereof.

 

(b) Remedies on Default. Upon the occurrence of a default by a Member, the Company shall have all rights and remedies available at law and in equity and may institute legal proceedings against the Defaulting Member or with respect to any damages or losses incurred by the Company or any non-Defaulting Member. The Company shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with a collection of such amounts, together with interest thereon.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Books, Records, Reports and Accounting

 

8.1 Records. The Members shall keep or cause to be kept at the Principal Office of the Company the following: (a) a current list of the full name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Member; (b) a copy of the initial Articles of Organization and all amendments thereto; (c) copies of all written operating agreements and all amendments to the agreements, including any prior written operating agreements no longer in effect; (d) copies of any written and signed promises by Members to make Capital Contributions to the Company; (e) copies of the Company’s federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; (f) copies of any prepared financial statements of the Company for the three most recent years; (g) minutes of every meeting of the Members as well as any written consents of the Members or actions taken by the Members without a meeting. Any such records maintained by the Company may be kept on or be in the form of any information storage device, provided that the records so kept are convertible into legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

8.2 Fiscal Year and Accounting. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall be the calendar year or such other tax year required by the Code. All decisions as


to other material accounting matters, except as specifically provided to the contrary herein, shall be made by the Members.

 

8.3 Preparation of Tax Returns. The Members shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Company income, gains, deductions, losses and other items necessary for income tax purposes and shall cause to be furnished to the Members the tax information reasonably required for income tax reporting purposes. The classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items, for federal income tax purposes, shall be on that method of accounting as the Members shall determine.

 

8.4 Tax Elections. The Members shall determine whether to make any available elections pursuant to the Code.

 

8.5 Tax Controversies. The Tax Matters Member shall be Rural/Metro. The Tax Matters Member is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. The Members agree to cooperate with the Tax Matters Member and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the Tax Matters Member to conduct those proceedings. The Tax Matters Member agrees to promptly notify the other Members upon the receipt of any correspondence from any federal, state or local tax authorities relating to any examination of the Company’s affairs. The Tax Matters Member shall be prohibited from entering into any settlement or arrangement on behalf of the Company with respect to any federal, state or local tax authorities without the express written approval of the other Members.

 

8.6 Withholding and Tax Advances.

 

(a) Authority to Withhold. To the extent the Company is required by law to withhold or to make tax payments on behalf of or with respect to a Member (e.g., (i) backup withholding, (ii) withholding with respect to Members that are neither citizens nor residents of the United States, or (iii) withholding with respect to Members that are not residents of a particular state) (“Tax Advances”)), the Company may withhold such amounts and make such tax payments as may be required.

 

(b) Repayment of Tax Advances. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Member will, at the option of the Members, either be (i) promptly paid to the Company by that Member, or (ii) repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding distribution or distributions which would otherwise have been made to that Member (or, if such distributions are not sufficient for that purpose, by so reducing the proceeds of liquidation otherwise payable to that Member). Whenever the Members select option (ii) pursuant to the preceding sentence for repayment of a Tax Advance by a Member, for all other purposes of this Agreement such Member will be treated as having


received all distributions (whether before or upon liquidation) unreduced by the amount of such Tax Advance.

 

(c) Indemnification. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company for, from and against any liability with respect to Tax Advances made on behalf of or with respect to such Member.

 

(d) Certification. Each Member will promptly give the Company any certification or affidavit that the Members may request in connection with this Section 8.6.

 

ARTICLE IX

Transfers, Withdrawals

 

9.1 Transfers.

 

(a) Restriction. A Member may at any time make any direct or indirect Transfer of all or any portion of its Interest including, without limitation, a Transfer of a right to Profits, Losses or distributions to a Transferee. A Transferee shall become a substituted Member of the Company only in accordance with Section 9.1(b).

 

(b) Requirements for Transferee Becoming a Substituted Member. No Person shall become a substituted Member in the Company unless the following conditions precedent are satisfied: (i) the non-transferring Members have voted, each in its sole discretion, to permit the Transferee to become a Member; (ii) the Transferee shall have assumed any and all of the obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Interest to which the Transfer relates; (iii) all reasonable expenses required in connection with the Transfer shall have been paid by or for the account of the Transferee; and (iv) all agreements, articles, minutes, written consents and all other necessary documents and instruments shall have been executed and filed and all other acts shall have been performed which the Members deems necessary to make the Transferee a substitute Member of the Company and to preserve the status of the Company as a limited liability company.

 

9.2 Withdrawal of a Member. Upon the Withdrawal Event of a Member, the withdrawn Member shall not be entitled to receive the value of its Interest; rather, the remaining Member(s) shall have the right to admit a new Person as Member of the Company and continue the Company pursuant to Sections 10.1(d) and 10.2, and the withdrawn Member shall be treated as an assignee of its Interest and shall have no Member rights except the right to continue to receive the distributions that it would have received pursuant to Articles IV and X if it had remained as a Member; provided that if the Withdrawal Event is an event of default under Section 7.4(a) hereof, any damages incurred by the Company or the other Member as the result of such withdrawal shall be offset against any amounts distributable by the Company to the withdrawn Member.


9.3 Notice Requirement. Within 30 days of the Withdrawal Event of a Member, that Member (or its successor) shall be required to give notice to the Company of such withdrawal. Failure to give notice shall be deemed to be a default under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE X

Liquidation and Winding Up

 

10.1 Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve only upon:

 

(a) December 31, 2075;

 

(b) the unanimous written consent of the Members;

 

(c) the acquisition by one Person of all of the outstanding Interests;

 

(d) any Withdrawal Event of a Member, unless the business of the Company is continued by the specific consent of the remaining Members given with 90 days after the discovery by one or more such remaining Members of such Withdrawal Event;

 

(e) the occurrence of any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the Company to be carried on or for the Members to carry on the business of the Company; or

 

(f) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and properties and the collection of all notes received in connection with such sale or other disposition.

 

10.2 Continuation of the Business of the Company. If the Withdrawal Event or removal of a Member leaves only one remaining Member, that remaining Member shall have the right within 90 days of the discovery of such Withdrawal Event or removal to admit an additional Member (or to re-admit the Withdrawn Member or its successor-in-interest) to the Company, and that newly admitted (or re-admitted) Member along with the remaining Member may elect to continue the business of the Company.

 

10.3 Filing Upon Dissolution. As soon as possible following the dissolution of the Company, the liquidating trustee of the Company shall execute and file a Notice of Winding Up with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Company shall cease to carry on its business, except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of its business, but its separate existence shall continue until the Articles of Termination have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act or until a decree dissolving the Company has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.4 Liquidation. Upon dissolution of the Company, the business and affairs of the Company shall be wound up and liquidated as rapidly as business


circumstances permit, a Person as designated by the Members shall act as the liquidating trustee, and the assets of the Company shall be liquidated and the proceeds thereof shall be paid (to the extent permitted by applicable law) in the following order:

 

(a) First, to creditors, including Members that are creditors, in the order of priority as required by applicable law;

 

(b) Second, to a reserve for contingent liabilities to be distributed at the time and in the manner as the liquidating trustee determines in its discretion; and

 

(c) Thereafter, to the Members, pro rata, based upon the positive balances in their Capital Accounts, after taking into account all allocations of Profit or Loss up to and through the date of the Company’s termination and all previous distributions to the Members.

 

If the liquidating trustee determines that an immediate sale of the Company’s assets and liquidation of the Company would cause undue Losses to the Members, it may defer liquidation of any asset, other than those assets necessary to satisfy current obligations, for a reasonable time, or may distribute such assets in-kind according to the order and priority set forth in this Section 10.4. Any assets distributed in-kind shall be valued and treated as though such assets were sold and the cash proceeds were distributed.

 

10.5 Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 10.4 to minimize any losses otherwise related to that winding up. A reasonable time shall include the time necessary to sell the assets.

 

10.6 Deficit Capital Account. Upon liquidation, each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of that Member’s Capital Contribution. No Member shall be personally liable for a deficit Capital Account balance of that Member, it being expressly understood that the distribution of liquidation proceeds shall be made solely from existing Company assets.

 

10.7 Articles of Termination. When all debts, liabilities and obligations have been paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefor and all of the remaining property and assets have been distributed to Members, Articles of Termination shall be executed and filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act.

 

ARTICLE XI

Miscellaneous

 

11.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.


11.2 Notices. Notices may be delivered either by private messenger service or by mail. Any notice or document required or permitted hereunder to a Member shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be given on the date received by the Member; provided, however, that all notices and documents mailed to a Member in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Member at its respective address as shown in the records of the Company, shall be deemed to have been received five days after mailing. The address of each of the Members shall for all purposes be as set forth on the signature page hereto unless otherwise changed by the applicable Member by notice to the other as provided herein.

 

11.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

11.4 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Members and their respective successors and, where permitted, assigns.

 

11.5 Titles and Captions. All article, section and paragraph titles and captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not a part of the context hereof.

 

11.6 Pronouns and Plurals. All pronouns and any variations thereof are deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the appropriate Person(s) may require.

 

11.7 No Third Party Rights. This Agreement is intended to create enforceable rights between the parties hereto only, and creates no rights in, or obligations to, any other Persons whatsoever.

 

11.8 Time is of Essence. Time is of the essence in the performance of each and every obligation herein imposed.

 

11.9 Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute all further instruments and perform all acts which are or may become necessary to effectuate and to carry on the business contemplated by this Agreement.

 

11.10 Estoppel Certificates. The Members hereby agree that, at the request of any Member, they will each execute and deliver an estoppel certificate stating that this Agreement is in full force and effect and that to the best of such Member’s knowledge and belief there are no defaults by any Member (or that certain defaults exist), as the case may be, under this Agreement.

 

11.11 Schedules Included in Exhibits; Incorporation by Reference. Any reference to an Exhibit to this Agreement contained herein shall be deemed to include


any Schedules to such Exhibit. Each of the Exhibits referred to in this Agreement, and each Schedule to such Exhibits, is hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement as if such Schedules and Exhibits were set out in full in the text of this Agreement.

 

11.12 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended except by the unanimous written agreement of the Members.

 

11.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

 

11.14 Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company.

 

11.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits hereto contain all of the agreements between the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements or understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No oral understandings, oral statements, oral promises or oral inducements exist. No representations, warranties, covenants or conditions, express or implied, whether by statute or otherwise, other than as set forth herein, have been made by the parties hereto.

 

ARTICLE XII

Definitions

 

The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings described below:

 

“Act” shall mean the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act.

 

“Adjusted Basis” shall have the meaning given such term in Code section 1011.

 

“Agreement” means this Operating Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, complete with all exhibits and schedules hereto.

 

“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (a) the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the filing by such Person of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing an inability to pay debts as they become due; (c) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Person to be bankrupt or insolvent; (d) the filing by such Person of a petition or answer seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation; the filing by such Person of an answer or other pleading admitting the material allegations of, or consenting to, or defaulting in answering, a bankruptcy petition filed against such Person in any bankruptcy proceeding; (f) the filing by such Person of an application or other pleading or any action otherwise seeking, consenting to or


acquiescing in the appointment of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties; (g) the commencement against such Person of any proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation which has not been quashed or dismissed within 180 days; or (h) the appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of such Person of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties without such appointment being vacated or stayed within 90 days and, if stayed, without such appointment being vacated within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay.

 

“Capital Account” shall mean the accounting record of each Member’s capital interest in the Company. There shall be credited to each Member’s Capital Account (a) the amount of any contribution of cash by that Member, (b) the Gross Asset Value of property contributed by that Member, (c) that Member’s allocable share of Profits and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to that Member pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof (excluding Section 5.2(d) hereof) and (d) the amount of any Company liabilities that the Member assumes or takes subject to under Code section 752. There shall be debited against each Member’s Capital Account (i) the amount of all distributions of cash to that Member unless a distribution to the Member is a loan or is deemed a payment under Code section 707(c), (ii) the Gross Asset Value of property distributed to that Member by the Company, (iii) that Member’s allocable share of Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof (excluding Section 5.2(d) hereof), and (iv) the amount of any liabilities of that Member that the Company assumes or takes subject to under Code section 752. Fees and reimbursements paid to a Member pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof shall not reduce that Member’s Capital Account. The transferee of all or a portion of the Interest shall succeed to that portion of the transferor Member’s Capital Account that is allocable to the portion of the Interest transferred. This definition of Capital Account and the other provisions herein relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with those Treasury Regulation sections. In the event the Members determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto (including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to liabilities that are secured by contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the Company or the Members), are computed in order to comply with that Treasury Regulation, the Members may make such modification. The Members shall also make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

 

“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money contributed by that Member to the Company and, if property other than money is contributed, the initial Gross Asset Value of such property, net of liabilities assumed or taken subject to by the Company.


“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or successor thereto), as amended from time to time.

 

“Company” means the limited liability company formed pursuant to this Agreement, as such limited liability company may from time to time be constituted.

 

“Defaulting Member” means a Member that has committed an event of default as described in Section 7.4 hereof.

 

“Depreciation” shall mean, for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for that year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of the Fiscal Year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to that different Gross Asset Value (as originally computed) as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for that Fiscal Year or other period bears to the adjusted tax basis (as originally computed); provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for the applicable year or period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to the Gross Asset Value (as originally computed) using any reasonable method selected by the Members.

 

“Fiscal Year” means the year on which the accounting and federal income tax records of the Company are kept. The first Fiscal Year shall start on the Effective Date and the last Fiscal Year shall end on the termination of the Company.

 

“Gross Asset Value” shall mean with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s Adjusted Basis, except as follows:

 

(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross fair market value of that asset, as determined by the contributing Member and the other Members;

 

(b) the Gross Asset Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the Members, as of the date upon which any of the following occurs: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Company after the Effective Date by any new or existing Member, in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution or the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company property as consideration for an interest in the Company, if the Members determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interest of the Members of the Company; and (ii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);


(c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be the gross fair market value of that asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the Member receiving that distribution and the other Members; and

 

(d) if an election under Code section 754 has been made, the Gross Asset Value of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of the assets pursuant to Code section 734(b) or Code section 743(6), but only to the extent that those adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Gross Asset Value shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the Members determine that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) hereof is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

 

If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted hereby, that Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be further adjusted by the Depreciation, if any, taken into account with respect to that asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.

 

“Interest” means the interest of a Member in the Company as a member representing such Member’s rights, powers and privileges as specified in this Agreement.

 

“Majority in Interest” means one or more Members who own, collectively, a simple majority of the Participating Percentages held by the Members.

 

“Member” means any Person that executes this Agreement as a member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an additional or substituted member, that has not made a disposition of such Person’s entire Interest.

 

“Member Loan” means a loan to the Company from a Member in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof.

 

“Participating Percentage” means 99 percent as to RMC Insurance and one percent as to Rural Metro.

 

“Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, estate, trust, exempt organization, pension or profit-sharing plan, or any other entity.

 

“Principal Office” means the registered Arizona office of the Company at which the records of the Company are kept as required under the Act.

 

“Profits” and “Losses” shall mean for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for that year or period, determined in accordance with Code section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

 

(a) any income of the Company exempt from federal income tax not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to that taxable income or loss;


(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Code section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), shall be subtracted from that taxable income or loss;

 

(c) in the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted as required by the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of that adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of that asset (assuming the asset was disposed of just prior to the adjustment) for purposes of computing Profits or Losses in the Fiscal Year of adjustment;

 

(d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the Adjusted Basis of that property may differ from its Gross Asset Value;

 

(e) depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing the taxable income or loss shall be based on the Gross Asset Value of an asset; and

 

(f) any items of income, gain, loss or deduction that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses.

 

“Property” means that certain real property located in Scottsdale, Arizona as described on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

“Tax Matters Member” means the “tax matters partner” as defined in Code section 6231(a)(7).

 

“Transfer” means to sell, assign, transfer, give, donate, pledge, deposit, alienate, bequeath, devise or otherwise dispose of or encumber to any Person other than the Company.

 

“Transferee” means a Person to whom a Transfer is made.

 

“Treasury Regulations” shall mean pronouncements, as amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which are designated as “Treasury Regulations” by the United States Department of the Treasury.


“Withdrawal Event” shall mean those event circumstances listed in A.R.S. § 29-733, not including the Bankruptcy of a Member.

 

“Withdrawal Notice” shall mean that notice required to be given by Section 9.3 hereof.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD., a corporation

formed under the laws of Barbados

     

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an

Arizona corporation

By:

         

By:

   

Its:  Vice President

     

Its:  Vice President

Address:  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

      Address:  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 852510


OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

of

 

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.

 

by and between

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD.

 

a corporation formed under the laws of Barbados,

 

and

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION,

 

an Arizona corporation,

 

as Members

 

Dated as of December 12, 1996


OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

RMC CORPORATE CENTER, L.L.C.

 

THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the              day of December, 1996, by and between RMC INSURANCE, LTD., a corporation formed under the laws of Barbados (“RMC Insurance”), and RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation (“Rural/Metro”), as Members.

 

ARTICLE I

Formation

 

1.1 Formation. The parties to this Agreement hereby intend to form the Company pursuant to the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which shall be effective upon the filing of the Articles of Organization (the “Effective Date”). Upon the request of the Members or as required by law, the parties shall promptly execute all amendments of the Articles of Organization and all other documents that are needed to enable the Members to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts necessary or appropriate to comply with all requirements for the continuation of the Company under the Act.

 

1.2 Intent. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a “partnership” for federal and state income tax purposes. It is also the intent of the Members that the Company not be operated or treated as a “partnership” for purposes of Section 303 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. No Member shall take any action inconsistent with the express intent of the parties hereto as set forth herein.

 

1.3 Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the definition for such terms set forth in Article XII hereof.

 

ARTICLE II

General Provisions

 

2.1 Name. The name of the Company shall be “RMC Corporate Center, L.L.C.” or such other name as the Members from time to time shall select.

 

2.2 Principal Office and Place of Business. The Principal Office and place of business of the Company in Arizona shall be 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, or such place as the Members from time to time shall determine.

 

2.3 Company Purposes. The Company is being formed for the purpose of developing, owning and operating a corporate center for Rural/Metro


Corporation on the Property, as well as all other activities permitted by law. The Company shall have the power to do any and all acts and things necessary appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for furtherance and accomplishment of such purpose, including, but not limited to the entering into or acquiring of any proprietorships, partnerships, joint ventures, corporations, limited liability companies, or other similar entities or arrangements to engage in any of the foregoing.

 

2.4 Term. The term of the Company shall commence on the filing of the Articles of Organization and shall continue until dissolved, wound-up and terminated in accordance with Article X of this Agreement.

 

2.5 Agent for Service of Process. The Agent for Service of Process for the Company shall be John B. Furman, Esq., O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Killingsworth & Beshears, P.A., One East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, or such other person as the Members shall appoint from time to time.

 

ARTICLE III

Capital Contributions

 

3.1 Initial Capital Contributions by the Members. As of the date of this Agreement, RMC Insurance shall make a Capital Contribution to the Company of its undivided interest in the Property, and Rural/Metro shall make a Capital Contribution to the Company of $22,500. The Members agree that the Gross Asset Value of the Property at the time of its contribution to the Company shall be $2,250,000.

 

3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. If the Members determine that additional capital is necessary for any purpose, including, but not limited to, funding any negative cash flow from the business of the Company, making any capital contributions, investments, expenditures or improvements related to the business of the Company, then the Members agree that each Member shall contribute such additionally needed capital (“Additional Capital Contributions”), pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages, or in such other proportion as the Members may otherwise agree.

 

3.3 Member Loans. If the Members determine that Capital Contributions, Additional Capital Contributions, third-party loans to the Company or revenues of the Company are insufficient to satisfy all capital requirements of the Company, or if any Member determines that bridge funds are needed by the Company on an interim basis, the Members may agree to join in the making of a loan to the Company (a “Member Loan”) in such amount as is needed by the Company and upon such terms and conditions as the Members shall determine.

 

ARTICLE IV

Distributions

 

4.1 Amount and Time of Distributions. Distributions of Available Cash Flow shall be made from time to time as the Members deem proper, but not less


frequently than quarterly, in the order and priority set forth in Section 4.2 hereof. Unless the Members otherwise agree, no Available Cash Flow shall be distributed until all Member Loans have been repaid in full. “Available Cash Flow” means the gross cash proceeds from the Company’s operations less the portion thereof used to pay or establish reserves for expenses and fees (including fees, expenses, reimbursements, and guaranteed payments paid to a Member) ordinary and necessary to the Company’s business, principal and interest payments on all Company debt (including Member Loans), capital improvements, replacements and contingencies, all as reasonably determined by the Members. Available Cash Flow shall not be reduced by depreciation, amortization or other similar non-cash allowances, and shall be increased by any reductions in reserves which, when previously established, reduced Available Cash Flow.

 

4.2 Distributions to Members. Available Cash Flow shall be distributed to the Members, pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages.

 

4.3 Distribution Upon Withdrawal. No withdrawing Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution or the value of such Member’s Interest in the Company as a result of withdrawal from the Company prior to the liquidation of the Company, except as otherwise specifically provided herein.

 

4.4 Return of Capital. No Member shall be entitled to the return of, or interest on, that Member’s Capital Contributions, except as provided herein.

 

ARTICLE V

Profits and Losses

 

5.1 Profit and Loss Allocations. For each Fiscal Year, the Profits or Losses of the Company shall be allocated to the Members, pro rata, based upon their Participating Percentages for that Fiscal Year.

 

5.2 Special Tax Allocations.

 

(a) Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in paragraph (4), (5) or (6) of Treasury Regulation section 1.744-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to the Members in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of that Member as quickly as possible. “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in that Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments: (i) credit to that Capital Account the amount by which that Partner is obligated to restore or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), and (ii) debit to that Capital Account the items described in paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). This definition of Adjusted Capital


Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(b) Nonrecourse Deductions. The allocations set forth in Section 5.1 hereof are intended generally to comply with requirements of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. If the Company incurs “nonrecourse deductions” or “partner nonrecourse deductions” or if there is any change in the Company’s “minimum gain,” as those terms are defined in such Regulations, the allocation of Profits, Losses and items thereof to the Members shall be modified as deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Members to comply with such Regulations.

 

(c) Curative Allocation. The allocations set forth in Sections 5.2(a) and (b) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocation of other items and the Regulatory Allocations to each Member should be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

 

(d) Built-in Gain Allocation. If necessary or required under Code section 704(c) or Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the Members shall make special tax allocations to account for the variation, if any, between the adjusted tax basis of an asset and its Gross Asset Value. Any elections or decisions relating to the allocations under this Section 5.2(d) shall be made by the Members in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.2(d) are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect or in any way be taken into account in computing any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

5.3 Knowledge of Tax Consequences. The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article V and the economic impact of the allocations on the amounts receivable by them under this Agreement. The Members hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article V in reporting their share of Company income and loss for income tax purposes.

 

ARTICLE VI

Management

 

6.1 Member-Managed. The Members agree that the management of the Company shall be vested in the Members. Each Member shall devote such time and effort as is necessary for the management of the Company in the conduct of its business but shall not be required to devote its full-time efforts to the Company. Each Member at all times shall keep the other Members fully informed as to all such Members’ activities


on behalf of the Company and all material transactions taken on behalf of the Company and shall disclose to the Members such Member’s knowledge of the Company’s business and affairs.

 

6.2 Member Authority.

 

(a) Rights of the Members. Either Member shall have full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company and shall have all of the rights and powers provided to a member of a member-managed limited liability company by law, including the power and authority to execute instruments and documents, to mortgage or dispose of any real property held in the name of the Company, and to take any other actions on behalf of the Company, whether or not such actions are for carrying on the business of the Company in its usual manner.

 

(b) Reliance by Third Parties. A third party shall be entitled to rely on all actions of the Members and shall be entitled to deal with the Members as if they were the sole party in interest therein, both legally and beneficially. Every instrument purporting to be the action of the Company and executed by a Member shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that, at the time of delivery thereof, this Agreement was in full force and effect and that the execution and delivery of that instrument is duly authorized by the Members and the Company.

 

(c) Banking Resolution. The Members hereby authorize either Member to open all banking accounts as they deem necessary and to enter into any deposit agreements as are required by the financial institution at which such accounts are opened. Each Member shall have signing authority with respect to such banking accounts. Funds deposited into such accounts shall be used only for the purpose and business of the Company.

 

6.3 Filing of Documents. The Members shall file or cause to be filed all certificates or documents as may be determined by the Members to be necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited liability company in the State of Arizona and any other state in which the Company may elect to do business. To the extent that the Members determine the action to be necessary or appropriate, the Members shall do all things to maintain the Company as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Arizona and any other state in which the Company may elect to do business.

 

6.4 Indemnification and Liability.

 

(a) Company Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Member (an “Indemnitee”) shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Company (the “Indemnitor”) for, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs), judgments, fines, settlements, demands, actions, or suits relating to or arising out of the business of the


Company, or the exercise by the Indemnitee of any authority conferred on it hereunder or the performance by the Indemnitee of any of its duties and obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to any claim, issue or matter: (i) in respect of which it (or the Company as the result of an act or omission of it or its Related Person) has been adjudged liable for fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (ii) based upon or relating to a material breach by it of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

(b) Liability. No Member shall be liable, responsible, accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other Member for any act or failure to act in connection with the Company and its business unless the act or omission is attributed to gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud or constitutes a material breach by such Member of any term or provision of this Agreement.

 

(c) Terms of Indemnification. Each indemnity provided for under this Agreement shall be subject to the following provisions:

 

(i) The indemnity shall cover the costs and expenses of the Indemnitee, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, related to any actions, suits or judgments incident to any of the matters covered by such indemnity.

 

(ii) The Indemnitee shall notify the indemnitor of any claim against the Indemnitee covered by the indemnity within 45 days after the Indemnitee has notice of such claim, but failure to notify the indemnitor shall in no case prejudice the rights of the Indemnitee under this Agreement unless the indemnitor shall be prejudiced by such failure and then only to the extent the indemnitor shall be prejudiced by such failure. Should the indemnitor fail to discharge or undertake to defend the Indemnitee against such liability upon learning of the same, then the Indemnitee may settle such liability, and the liability of the indemnitor hereunder shall be conclusively established by such settlement, which amount of such liability shall include both the settlement consideration and the reasonable costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Indemnitee in effecting such settlement.

 

(iii) No indemnity hereunder shall be construed to limit or diminish the coverage of any Member under any insurance obtained by the Company. Payment shall not be a condition precedent to any indemnification provided in this Agreement.

 

6.5 Compensation.

 

(a) General. The Company will not pay the Members any fees or other compensation for their services, except as otherwise agreed by the Members. Any compensation payable pursuant to this Section 6.5 shall be reasonable.

 

(b) Reimbursable Expenses. The Company may reimburse the Members or their Affiliates for out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection


with the carrying out of the duties set forth in this Agreement in connection with the business of the Company.

 

ARTICLE VII

The Members

 

7.1 Meetings of the Members. Meetings of the Members shall be held upon the call of any Member; provided that at least seven days’ prior written notice shall be given to all Members. The Members may make use of telephones and other electronic devices to hold meetings, provided that each Member is able to simultaneously participate with the other Members with respect to all discussions and votes. The Members may act in lieu of a meeting if the action taken is reduced to writing and consented to in writing by the required vote of the Members as set forth in Section 7.2 hereof. Written minutes shall be taken at each meeting and distributed to the Members promptly after such meeting and prior to, and for approval at, the next meeting; provided, however, that any action taken or any matter agreed upon by the Members at the meeting shall be deemed effective and final, whether or not written minutes of the meeting have been prepared or finalized.

 

7.2 Voting of the Members. All votes, actions, approvals, elections, determinations and consents required in this Agreement to be made by “the Members” shall be effective when approved by a Majority in Interest of the Members. All voting rights of a Member shall immediately cease upon the Default or Withdrawal Event of that Member.

 

7.3 Rights and Obligations of Members.

 

(a) Limitation of Liability. Each Member’s liability for the debts and obligations of the Company shall be limited as set forth in the Act and other applicable law.

 

(b) List of Members. Upon written request of any Member, the Members shall provide a list showing the names, last known addresses and interests of all Members in the Company.

 

(c) Company Records. Upon written request, each Member shall have the right, during ordinary business hours, to inspect and copy the Company records required to be maintained by the Members at the Company’s registered office as set forth in Section 8.1 hereof.

 

7.4 Defaulting Member.

 

(a) Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an event of default and the Member so defaulting (herein referred to as the Defaulting Member) shall (except as otherwise provided in Section 7.4(a)(iii) hereof) thereafter be deemed to be in default without any further action whatsoever on the part of


the Company: (i) attempted dissolution of the Company by any Member other than pursuant to the provisions contained elsewhere in this Agreement; (ii) a Withdrawal Event occurs as to a Member; (iii) the failure of any other Member to perform any other obligation, act or acts required of that Member by the provisions of this Agreement, which shall be necessary for or in connection with the fulfilling of the purposes of the Company or a violation or a breach of any of the other terms or provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that a Member shall not be deemed to be in default of this Section 7.1a)(iii) until after 10 days’ written notice thereof.

 

(b) Remedies on Default. Upon the occurrence of a default by a Member, the Company shall have all rights and remedies available at law and in equity and may institute legal proceedings against the Defaulting Member or with respect to any damages or losses incurred by the Company or any non-Defaulting Member. The Company shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with a collection of such amounts, together with interest thereon.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Books, Records, Reports and Accounting

 

8.1 Records. The Members shall keep or cause to be kept at the Principal Office of the Company the following: (a) a current list of the full name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Member; (b) a copy of the initial Articles of Organization and all amendments thereto; (c) copies of all written operating agreements and all amendments to the agreements, including any prior written operating agreements no longer in effect; (d) copies of any written and signed promises by Members to make Capital Contributions to the Company; (e) copies of the Company’s federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; (f) copies of any prepared financial statements of the Company for the three most recent years; (g) minutes of every meeting of the Members as well as any written consents of the Members or actions taken by the Members without a meeting. Any such records maintained by the Company may be kept on or be in the form of any information storage device, provided that the records so kept are convertible into legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

8.2 Fiscal Year and Accounting. The Fiscal Year of the Company shall be the calendar year or such other tax year required by the Code. All decisions as to other material accounting matters, except as specifically provided to the contrary herein, shall be made by the Members.

 

8.3 Preparation of Tax Returns. The Members shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Company income, gains, deductions, losses and other items necessary for income tax purposes and shall cause to be furnished to the Members the tax information reasonably required for income tax reporting purposes. The classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items, for federal income tax purposes, shall be on that method of accounting as the Members shall determine.


8.4 Tax Elections. The Members shall determine whether to make any available elections pursuant to the Code.

 

8.5 Tax Controversies. The Tax Matters Member shall be Rural/Metro. The Tax Matters Member is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith. The Members agree to cooperate with the Tax Matters Member and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably required by the Tax Matters Member to conduct those proceedings. The Tax Matters Member agrees to promptly notify the other Members upon the receipt of any correspondence from any federal, state or local tax authorities relating to any examination of the Company’s affairs. The Tax Matters Member shall be prohibited from entering into any settlement or arrangement on behalf of the Company with respect to any federal, state or local tax authorities without the express written approval of the other Members.

 

8.6 Withholding and Tax Advances.

 

(a) Authority to Withhold. To the extent the Company is required by law to withhold or to make tax payments on behalf of or with respect to a Member (e.g., (i) backup withholding, (ii) withholding with respect to Members that are neither citizens nor residents of the United States, or (iii) withholding with respect to Members that are not residents of a particular state) (“Tax Advances”)), the Company may withhold such amounts and make such tax payments as may be required.

 

(b) Repayment of Tax Advances. All Tax Advances made on behalf of a Member will, at the option of the Members, either be (i) promptly paid to the Company by that Member, or (ii) repaid by reducing the amount of the current or next succeeding distribution or distributions which would otherwise have been made to that Member (or, if such distributions are not sufficient for that purpose, by so reducing the proceeds of liquidation otherwise payable to that Member). Whenever the Members select option (ii) pursuant to the preceding sentence for repayment of a Tax Advance by a Member, for all other purposes of this Agreement such Member will be treated as having received all distributions (whether before or upon liquidation) unreduced by the amount of such Tax Advance.

 

(c) Indemnification. Each Member hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company for, from and against any liability with respect to Tax Advances made on behalf of or with respect to such Member.

 

(d) Certification. Each Member will promptly give the Company any certification or affidavit that the Members may request in connection with this Section 8.6.


ARTICLE IX

Transfers, Withdrawals

 

9.1 Transfers.

 

(a) Restriction. Except as permitted by Section 9.1(c), a Member shall not make any direct or indirect Transfer of all or any portion of its Interest including, without limitation, a Transfer of a right to Profits, Losses or distributions to a Transferee (including a spouse of a Member) who does not become a substituted Member of the Company. Any such purported Transfer to a Transferee who does not become a substituted Member of the Company (a “Purported Transferee”) shall not be recognized by the Company and shall be an event of default under this Agreement.

 

(b) Requirements for Transferee Becoming a Substituted Member. No Person shall become a substituted Member in the Company unless the following conditions precedent are satisfied: (i) the non-transferring Members have voted, each in its sole discretion, to permit the Transferee to become a Member; (ii) the Transferee shall have assumed any and all of the obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Interest to which the Transfer relates; (iii) all reasonable expenses required in connection with the Transfer shall have been paid by or for the account of the Transferee; and (iv) all agreements, articles, minutes, written consents and all other necessary documents and instruments shall have been executed and filed and all other acts shall have been performed which the Members deems necessary to make the Transferee a substitute Member of the Company and to preserve the status of the Company as a limited liability company.

 

9.2 Withdrawal of a Member. Upon the Withdrawal Event of a Member, the withdrawn Member shall not be entitled to receive the value of its Interest; rather, the remaining Member(s) shall have the right to admit a new Person as Member of the Company and continue the Company pursuant to Sections 10.1(d) and 10.2, and the withdrawn Member shall be treated as an assignee of its Interest and shall have no Member rights except the right to continue to receive the distributions that it would have received pursuant to Articles IV and X if it had remained as a Member; provided that if the Withdrawal Event is an event of default under Section 7.4(a) hereof, any damages incurred by the Company or the other Member as the result of such withdrawal shall be offset against any amounts distributable by the Company to the withdrawn Member.

 

9.3 Notice Requirement. Within 30 days of the Withdrawal Event of a Member, that Member (or its successor) shall be required to give notice to the Company of such withdrawal. Failure to give notice shall be deemed to be a default under this Agreement.


ARTICLE X

Liquidation and Winding Up

 

10.1 Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve only upon:

 

(a) December 31, 2075;

 

(b) the unanimous written consent of the Members;

 

(c) the acquisition by one Person of all of the outstanding Interests;

 

(d) any Withdrawal Event of a Member, unless the business of the Company is continued by the specific consent of the remaining Members given with 90 days after the discovery by one or more such remaining Members of such Withdrawal Event;

 

(e) the occurrence of any event which makes it unlawful for the business of the Company to be carried on or for the Members to carry on the business of the Company; or

 

(f) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and properties and the collection of all notes received in connection with such sale or other disposition.

 

10.2 Continuation of the Business of the Company. If the Withdrawal Event or removal of a Member leaves only one remaining Member, that remaining Member shall have the right within 90 days of the discovery of such Withdrawal Event or removal to admit an additional Member (or to re-admit the Withdrawn Member or its successor-in-interest) to the Company, and that newly admitted (or re-admitted) Member along with the remaining Member may elect to continue the business of the Company.

 

10.3 Filing Upon Dissolution. As soon as possible following the dissolution of the Company, the liquidating trustee of the Company shall execute and file a Notice of Winding Up with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act. Upon the dissolution of the Company, the Company shall cease to carry on its business, except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of its business, but its separate existence shall continue until the Articles of Termination have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act or until a decree dissolving the Company has been entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

10.4 Liquidation. Upon dissolution of the Company, the business and affairs of the Company shall be wound up and liquidated as rapidly as business circumstances permit, a Person as designated by the Members shall act as the liquidating trustee, and the assets of the Company shall be liquidated and the proceeds thereof shall be paid (to the extent permitted by applicable law) in the following order:

 

(a) First, to creditors, including Members that are creditors, in the order of priority as required by applicable law;


(b) Second, to a reserve for contingent liabilities to be distributed at the time and in the manner as the liquidating trustee determines in its discretion; and

 

(c) Thereafter, to the Members, pro rata, based upon the positive balances in their Capital Accounts, after taking into account all allocations of Profit or Loss up to and through the date of the Company’s termination and all previous distributions to the Members.

 

If the liquidating trustee determines that an immediate sale of the Company’s assets and liquidation of the Company would cause undue Losses to the Members, it may defer liquidation of any asset, other than those assets necessary to satisfy current obligations, for a reasonable time, or may distribute such assets in-kind according to the order and priority set forth in this Section 10.4. Any assets distributed in-kind shall be valued and treated as though such assets were sold and the cash proceeds were distributed.

 

10.5 Reasonable Time for Winding Up. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 10.4 to minimize any losses otherwise related to that winding up. A reasonable time shall include the time necessary to sell the assets.

 

10.6 Deficit Capital Account. Upon liquidation, each Member shall look solely to the assets of the Company for the return of that Member’s Capital Contribution. No Member shall be personally liable for a deficit Capital Account balance of that Member, it being expressly understood that the distribution of liquidation proceeds shall be made solely from existing Company assets.

 

10.7 Articles of Termination. When all debts, liabilities and obligations have been paid and discharged or adequate provisions have been made therefor and all of the remaining property and assets have been distributed to Members, Articles of Termination shall be executed and filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission as required by the Act.

 

ARTICLE XI

Miscellaneous

 

11.1 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

11.2 Notices. Notices may be delivered either by private messenger service or by mail. Any notice or document required or permitted hereunder to a Member shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be given on the date received by the Member; provided, however, that all notices and documents mailed to a Member in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to


the Member at its respective address as shown in the records of the Company, shall be deemed to have been received five days after mailing. The address of each of the Members shall for all purposes be as set forth on the signature page hereto unless otherwise changed by the applicable Member by notice to the other as provided herein.

 

11.3 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

 

11.4 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Members and their respective successors and, where permitted, assigns.

 

11.5 Titles and Captions. All article, section and paragraph titles and captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not a part of the context hereof.

 

11.6 Pronouns and Plurals. All pronouns and any variations thereof are deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the appropriate Person(s) may require.

 

11.7 No Third Party Rights. This Agreement is intended to create enforceable rights between the parties hereto only, and creates no rights in, or obligations to, any other Persons whatsoever.

 

11.8 Time is of Essence. Time is of the essence in the performance of each and every obligation herein imposed.

 

11.9 Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute all further instruments and perform all acts which are or may become necessary to effectuate and to carry on the business contemplated by this Agreement.

 

11.10 Estoppel Certificates. The Members hereby agree that, at the request of any Member, they will each execute and deliver an estoppel certificate stating that this Agreement is in full force and effect and that to the best of such Member’s knowledge and belief there are no defaults by any Member (or that certain defaults exist), as the case may be, under this Agreement.

 

11.11 Schedules Included in Exhibits; Incorporation by Reference. Any reference to an Exhibit to this Agreement contained herein shall be deemed to include any Schedules to such Exhibit. Each of the Exhibits referred to in this Agreement, and each Schedule to such Exhibits, is hereby incorporated by reference in this Agreement as if such Schedules and Exhibits were set out in full in the text of this Agreement.


11.12 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended except by the unanimous written agreement of the Members.

 

11.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.

 

11.14 Creditors. None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditors of the Company.

 

11.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Exhibits hereto contain all of the agreements between the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior agreements, arrangements or understandings between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No oral understandings, oral statements, oral promises or oral inducements exist. No representations, warranties, covenants or conditions, express or implied, whether by statute or otherwise, other than as set forth herein, have been made by the parties hereto.

 

ARTICLE XII

Definitions

 

The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings described below:

 

“Act” shall mean the Arizona Limited Liability Company Act.

 

“Adjusted Basis” shall have the meaning given such term in Code section 1011.

 

“Agreement” means this Operating Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, complete with all exhibits and schedules hereto.

 

“Bankruptcy” means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (a) the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the filing by such Person of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing an inability to pay debts as they become due; (c) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Person to be bankrupt or insolvent; (d) the filing by such Person of a petition or answer seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation; the filing by such Person of an answer or other pleading admitting the material allegations of, or consenting to, or defaulting in answering, a bankruptcy petition filed against such Person in any bankruptcy proceeding; (f) the filing by such Person of an application or other pleading or any action otherwise seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties; (g) the commencement against such Person of any proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation


which has not been quashed or dismissed within 180 days; or (h) the appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of such Person of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person’s properties without such appointment being vacated or stayed within 90 days and, if stayed, without such appointment being vacated within 90 days after the expiration of any such stay.

 

“Capital Account” shall mean the accounting record of each Member’s capital interest in the Company. There shall be credited to each Member’s Capital Account (a) the amount of any contribution of cash by that Member, (b) the Gross Asset Value of property contributed by that Member, (c) that Member’s allocable share of Profits and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to that Member pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof (excluding Section 5.2(d) hereof) and (d) the amount of any Company liabilities that the Member assumes or takes subject to under Code section 752. There shall be debited against each Member’s Capital Account (i) the amount of all distributions of cash to that Member unless a distribution to the Member is a loan or is deemed a payment under Code section 707(c), (ii) the Gross Asset Value of property distributed to that Member by the Company, (iii) that Member’s allocable share of Losses and any items in the nature of expenses or losses which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof (excluding Section 5.2(d) hereof), and (iv) the amount of any liabilities of that Member that the Company assumes or takes subject to under Code section 752. Fees and reimbursements paid to a Member pursuant to Section 6.5 hereof shall not reduce that Member’s Capital Account. The transferee of all or a portion of the Interest shall succeed to that portion of the transferor Member’s Capital Account that is allocable to the portion of the Interest transferred. This definition of Capital Account and the other provisions herein relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with those Treasury Regulation sections. In the event the Members determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto (including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to liabilities that are secured by contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the Company or the Members), are computed in order to comply with that Treasury Regulation, the Members may make such modification. The Members shall also make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulation sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

 

“Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money contributed by that Member to the Company and, if property other than money is contributed, the initial Gross Asset Value of such property, net of liabilities assumed or taken subject to by the Company.

 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or successor thereto), as amended from time to time.

 

“Company” means the limited liability company formed pursuant to this Agreement, as such limited liability company may from time to time be constituted.


“Defaulting Member” means a Member that has committed an event of default as described in Section 7.4 hereof.

 

“Depreciation” shall mean, for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for that year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of the Fiscal Year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to that different Gross Asset Value (as originally computed) as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for that Fiscal Year or other period bears to the adjusted tax basis (as originally computed); provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for the applicable year or period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to the Gross Asset Value (as originally computed) using any reasonable method selected by the Members.

 

“Fiscal Year” means the year on which the accounting and federal income tax records of the Company are kept. The first Fiscal Year shall start on the Effective Date and the last Fiscal Year shall end on the termination of the Company.

 

“Gross Asset Value” shall mean with respect to any Company asset, the asset’s Adjusted Basis, except as follows:

 

(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross fair market value of that asset, as determined by the contributing Member and the other Members;

 

(b) the Gross Asset Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the Members, as of the date upon which any of the following occurs: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Company after the Effective Date by any new or existing Member, in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution or the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company property as consideration for an interest in the Company, if the Members determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interest of the Members of the Company; and (ii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);

 

(c) the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be the gross fair market value of that asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the Member receiving that distribution and the other Members; and

 

(d) if an election under Code section 754 has been made, the Gross Asset Value of Company assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of the assets pursuant to Code section 734(b) or Code section 743(b), but only to the extent that those adjustments are taken into account in


determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), provided, however, that Gross Asset Value shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the Members determine that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) hereof is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).

 

If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted hereby, that Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be further adjusted by the Depreciation, if any, taken into account with respect to that asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.

 

“Interest” means the interest of a Member in the Company as a member representing such Member’s rights, powers and privileges as specified in this Agreement.

 

“Majority in Interest” means one or more Members who own, collectively, a simple majority of the Participating Percentages held by the Members.

 

“Member” means any Person that executes this Agreement as a member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an additional or substituted member, that has not made a disposition of such Person’s entire Interest.

 

“Member Loan” means a loan to the Company from a Member in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof.

 

“Participating Percentage” means 99 percent as to RMC Insurance and one percent as to Rural/Metro.

 

“Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, estate, trust, exempt organization, pension or profit-sharing plan, or any other entity.

 

“Principal Office” means the registered Arizona office of the Company at which the records of the Company are kept as required under the Act.

 

“Profits” and “Losses” shall mean for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for that year or period, determined in accordance with Code section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:

 

(a) any income of the Company exempt from federal income tax not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to that taxable income or loss;

 

(b) any expenditures of the Company described in Code section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), shall be subtracted from that taxable income or loss;


(c) in the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted as required by the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of that adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of that asset (assuming the asset was disposed of just prior to the adjustment) for purposes of computing Profits or Losses in the Fiscal Year of adjustment;

 

(d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Company property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the Adjusted Basis of that property may differ from its Gross Asset Value;

 

(e) depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing the taxable income or loss shall be based on the Gross Asset Value of an asset; and

 

(f) any items of income, gain, loss or deduction that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses.

 

“Property” means that certain real property located in Scottsdale, Arizona as described on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

“Tax Matters Member” means the “tax matters partner” as defined in Code section 6231(a)(7).

 

“Transfer” means to sell, assign, transfer, give, donate, pledge, deposit, alienate, bequeath, devise or otherwise dispose of or encumber to any Person other than the Company; however, with respect to voluntary general encumbrances (such as Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or security agreements) or involuntary general encumbrances (such as judgments, tax liens or attachments) that do not specifically reference a Member’s Interest in the Company, a “transfer” shall not be deemed to have occurred until the creditor commences execution upon such Member’s Interest in the Company.

 

“Transferee” means a Person to whom a Transfer is made.

 

“Treasury Regulations” shall mean pronouncements, as amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which are designated as “Treasury Regulations” by the United States Department of the Treasury.


“Withdrawal Event” shall mean those event circumstances listed in A.R.S. § 29-733, not including the Bankruptcy of a Member.

 

“Withdrawal Notice” shall mean that notice required to be given by Section 9.3 hereof.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the day and year first above written.

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD., a corporation formed under the laws of Barbados      

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation

By:

         

By:

   

Its:

 

PRESIDENT

     

Its:

 

VICE PRESIDENT

Address:

 

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

     

Address:

 

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 852510

EX-3.81 68 dex381.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RMC INSURANCE LTD. Articles of Incorporation of RMC Insurance Ltd.

Exhibit 3.81

 

FORM 3

 

12944
Company No.

 

COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RMC INSURANCE LTD.

Name of Company

 

I hereby certify that the above-mentioned Company, the Articles of Incorporation of which are attached, was incorporated under the Companies Act of Barbados.

 

 
Registrar of Company

 

96/12/12
Date of Incorporation


COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

Form 1

 

(Section 5)

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

Name of Company         Company No. 12944
RMC INSURANCE, LTD.          

2.      The classes and any maximum number of shares that the Company is authorized to issue

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares without nominal or par value designated a common shares.

3.      Restriction if any on share transfers

THE ANNEXED SCHEDULE 1 IS INCORPORATED IN THIS FORM

4.      Number (or minimum and maximum number) of Directors

There shall be two directors of the Company, one of whom shall be a citizen and resident of Barbados who has filed his consent to act as director with the Registrar of Companies.

5.      Restrictions if any on business the Company may carry on

The Company is incorporated to transact exempt insurance business under the Exempt Insurance Act, 1983 of the Laws of Barbados and no business may be carried on which is contrary to the said Act or any statutory modification thereof or substitution thereof.

6.      Other provisions if any

THE ANNEXED SCHEDULE 2 IS INCORPORATED IN THIS FORM.

7. Incorporators

   Date    December 12, 1996

Name


  

Address


   Signature

Mary Ellen M. Bourque

  

‘Eastwinds’, Rockley

    
    

New Road, Christ

    
    

Church, Barbados

    


COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

SCHEDULE TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

NAME OF COMPANY:

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD.

   COMPANY NO: 12944

 

Schedule 1

 

No share in the capital of the Company shall be transferred without the approval of the Directors of the Company or of a committee of such Directors evidenced by resolution and the Directors may, in their absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason therefor, decline to register any transfer of any share.

 

Schedule 2

 

No share shall be allotted, issued or transferred to a person who is resident within the Caribbean Community as defined in the Exempt Insurance Act, 1983.

 

Upon liquidation of the Company, monies payable to shareholders are payable to or for the benefit of persons resident outside the Caribbean Community.

 

Name


  

Address


  

Signature


Mary Ellen M. Bourque

   Eastwinds, Rockley New     
     Road, Christ Church,     
     Barbados     

 

REGISTERED   CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE


COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

    (Section 169(1) and (2))       Form 4

 

NOTICE OF ADDRESS

OR

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

OF REGISTERED OFFICE

 

1.      Name of Company

        2.      Company No. 12944     
RMC INSURANCE, LTD.               

3.      Address of Registered Office

 

c/o The Company Secretary Limited

“Whitepark House”

White Park Road

Bridgetown, Barbados

    

4.      Mailing Address

    

Same as above

    

5.      If change of address, give previous address of Registered Office.

    

N/A

    

6.     Date


  

Signature


   Title

    

December 12, 1996

  

Mary Ellen M. Bourque

   Incorporator     

 

REGISTERED   CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE


COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

    (Sections 66 & 74)       Form 9

 

NOTICE OF DIRECTORS

 

OR

 

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF DIRECTORS

 

1.      Name of Company

        2.      Company No. 12944
RMC INSURANCE, LTD.          

3.      Notice is given that on the                      day of                      19    , the following person(s) was/were appointed director(s):

Name


  

Mailing Address


   Occupation

    

N/A

              
                
           

4.      Notice is given that on the                      day of                     19    , the following person(s) ceased to hold office as director(s):

Name


  

Mailing Address


N/A

    
      
      
      

5.      The directors of the company as of this date are:

   December 12, 1996     

Names


  

Mailing Address


   Occupation

    

THE ANNEXED SCHEDULE

  

IS INCORPORATED IN

   THIS FORM     

 

REGISTERED   CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE


COMPANIES ACT OF BARBADOS

 

SCHEDULE OF NOTICE OF DIRECTORS

 

(FORM 9)

 

1.      Name of Company

   Company No. 12944
RMC INSURANCE, LTD.     
     SCHEDULE     

Name


  

Mailing Address


  

Occupation


James H. Bolin

  

1524 W. Port au Prince Lane

Phoenix, Arizona 85023

USA

  

Director

Vere P. Brathwaite

  

The Rock

St. Peter, Barbados

  

Director

Date


  

Signature


  

Title


December 12, 1996    Mary Ellen M. Bourque    Incorporator

 

REGISTERED   CORPORATE AFFAIRS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE


ARTICLE OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.

 

SECOND: The name of the Corporation’s initial agent for service of process in the State of California is C T Corporation System.

 

THIRD: The Corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is ten thousand (10,000), par value one cent ($.01) per share.

 

FOURTH: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession, permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code.

 

FIFTH: The liability of the directors of the Corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Incorporation this 23rd day of April, 1997.

 

 

Steven M. Lee

Incorporator

EX-3.82 69 dex382.htm GENERAL BYLAWS OF RMC INSURANCE LTD General Bylaws of RMC Insurance Ltd

Exhibit 3.82

 

BARBADOS

 

The Companies Act, Cap. 308

 

General By-Law

 

of

 

RMC INSURANCE LTD.

 

Incorporated the 12th day of December, 1996

 

CARTRUST CORPORATION LIMITED

‘Whitepark House’

White Park Road

Bridgetown, Barbados


THE COMPANIES ACT 1982

 

BY-LAW NO. 1

 

A by-law relating generally to the conduct of the affairs of:

 

RMC INSURANCE, LTD.

(hereinafter called “the Company”)

 

BE IT ENACTED as the general by-law of the Company as follows:

 

1. INTERPRETATION

 

1.1 In this by-law and all other by-laws of the Company, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) “Act” means the Companies Act 1982 as from time to time amended and every statute substituted therefore and, in the case of such substitution, any references in the by-laws of the Company to provisions of the Act shall be read as references to the substituted provisions therefore in the new statute or statutes;

 

(b) “Regulations” means any Regulations made under the Act, and every regulation substituted therefore and, in the case of such substitution, any references in the by-laws of the Company to provisions of the Regulations shall be read as references to the substituted provisions therefore in the new regulations;

 

(c) “By-laws” means any by-law of the Company from time to time in force;

 

(d) all terms contained in the by-laws and defined in the Act or the Regulations shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Act or the Regulations; and

 

(e) the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular; the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter genders; the word “person” includes bodies corporate, companies, partnerships, syndicates, trusts and any association of persons; and the word “individual” means a natural person.

 

2. REGISTERED OFFICE

 

2.1 The registered office of the Company shall be in Barbados at such address as the directors may fix from time to time by resolution.


3. SEAL

 

3.1 The common seal of the Company shall be such as the directors may by resolution from time to time adopt. Pursuant to section 25 (2) of the Companies Act, 1982 the common seal of the Company may be used in any country other than Barbados or for use in any district or place not situated in Barbados, and such common seal must be a facsimile of the common seal of the Company with the addition on its face of the name of every country, district or place where it is to be used.

 

4. DIRECTORS

 

4.1 Powers: Subject to any unanimous shareholder agreement, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by the directors.

 

4.2 Number: There shall be a minimum of two and a maximum of five directors of the Company.

 

4.3 Election: Directors shall be elected by the shareholders on a show of hands unless a ballot is demanded in which case such election shall be by ballot.

 

4.4 Tenure: Unless his tenure is sooner determined, a director shall hold office from the date on which he is elected or appointed until the close of the annual meeting of the shareholders next following but he shall be eligible for re-election if qualified.

 

4.4.1 A director who is also an officer shall continue to be a director until he ceases to be an officer.

 

4.4.2 A director shall cease to be a director:

 

  (a) if he becomes bankrupt or compounds with his creditors or is declared insolvent;

 

  (b) if he is found to be of unsound mind; or

 

  (c) if by notice in writing to the Company he resigns his office and any such resignation shall be effective at the time it is sent to the Company or at the time specified in the notice, whichever is later.

 

4.5 The shareholders of the Company may, by ordinary resolution passed at a special meeting of the shareholders, remove any director from office and a vacancy created by the removal of a director may be filled at the meeting of shareholders at which the director is removed.

 

4.6 Committee of Directors: The directors may appoint from among their number a committee of directors and subject to Section 80 (2) of the Act may delegate to such committee any of the powers of the directors.


5. BORROWING POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

5.1 The directors may from time to time:

 

  (a) borrow money upon the credit of the Company;

 

  (b) issue, reissue, sell or pledge debentures of the Company;

 

  (c) subject to section 53 of the Act give a guarantee on behalf of the Company to secure performance of an obligation of any person; and

 

  (d) mortgage, charge, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all or any property of the Company, owned or subsequently acquired, to secure any obligation of the Company.

 

5.2 The directors may from time to time by resolution delegate to any officer of the Company all or any of the powers conferred on the directors by paragraph 5.1 hereof to the full extent thereof or such lesser extent as the directors may in any such resolution provide.

 

5.3 The powers conferred by paragraph 5.1 hereof shall be in supplement of and not in substitution for any powers to borrow money for the purposes of the Company possessed by its directors or officers independently of a borrowing by-law.

 

6. MEETING OF DIRECTORS

 

6.1 Place of Meeting: Meetings of the directors and of any committee of the directors may be held within or outside Barbados.

 

6.2 Notice: A meeting of the directors may be convened at any time by any director or the Secretary, when directed or authorised by any director. Subject to subsection 76(1) of the Act the notice of any such meeting need not specify the purpose of or the business to be transacted at the meeting. Notice of any such meeting shall be served in the manner specified in paragraph 18.1 hereof not less than two days (exclusive of the day on which the notice is delivered or sent but inclusive of the day for which the notice is given) before the meeting is to take place. A director may in any manner waive notice of a meeting of the directors and attendance of a director at a meeting of the directors shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

 

6.2.1 It shall not be necessary to give notice of a meeting of the directors to a newly elected or appointed director for a meeting held immediately following the election of directors by the shareholders or the appointment to fill a vacancy among the directors.

 

6.3 Quorum: A majority of the directors shall form a quorum for the transaction of business and notwithstanding any vacancy among the Directors, a quorum may exercise all the powers of the directors. No business shall be transacted at a meeting of directors unless a quorum is present.


6.3.1 A director may, if all the directors consent, participate in a meeting of directors or of any committee of the directors by means of such telephone or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other and a director participating in such a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at that meeting.

 

6.4 Voting: Questions arising at any meeting of the directors shall be decided by a majority of votes.

 

6.5 Resolution in lieu of meeting: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this by-law a resolution in writing signed by all the directors entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the directors or any committee of the directors is as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the directors or any committee of the directors.

 

7. REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

 

7.1 The remuneration to be paid to the directors shall be such as the directors may from time to time determine and such remuneration may be in addition to the salary paid to any officer or employee of the Company who is also a director. The directors may also award special remuneration to any director undertaking any special services on the Company’s behalf other than the routine work ordinarily required of a director and the confirmation of any such resolution or resolutions by the shareholders shall not be required. The directors shall also be entitled to be paid their travelling and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with the affairs of the Company.

 

8. SUBMISSION OF CONTRACTS OR TRANSACTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FOR APPROVAL

 

8.1 The directors in their discretion may submit any contract, act or transaction for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the shareholders or at any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of considering the same and, subject to the provisions of section 89 of the Act, any such contract, act or transaction that is approved or ratified or confirmed by a resolution passed by a majority of the votes cast at any such meeting (unless any different or additional requirement is imposed by the Act or by the Company’s articles or any other by-law) shall be as valid and as binding upon the Company and upon all the shareholders as though it had been approved, ratified or confirmed by every shareholder of the Company.

 

9. FOR THE PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

9.1 No director or officer of the Company shall be liable to the Company for:

 

  (a) the acts, receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director or officer or employee or for joining in any receipt or act for conformity;


  (b) any loss, damage or expense incurred by the Company through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by the Company or for or on behalf of the Company;

 

  (c) the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the moneys of or belonging to the Company shall be placed out or invested;

 

  (d) any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortuous act of any person, including any person with whom any moneys, securities or effects shall be lodged or deposited;

 

  (e) any loss, conversion, misapplication or misappropriation of or any damage resulting from any dealings with any moneys, securities or other assets belonging to the Company;

 

  (f) any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which may happen in the execution of the duties of his respective office or trust or in relation thereto;

 

unless the same happens by or through his failure to exercise the powers and to discharge the duties of his office honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and in connection therewith to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.

 

9.2 Nothing herein contained shall relieve a director or officer from the duty to act in accordance with the Act or regulations made thereunder or relieve him from liability for a breach thereof.

 

9.2.1 The directors for the time being of the Company shall not be under any duty or responsibility in respect of any contract, act or transaction whether or not made, done or entered into in the name or on behalf of the Company, except such as are submitted to and authorised or approved by the directors.

 

9.2.2. If any director or officer of the Company is employed by or performs services for the Company otherwise than as a director or officer or is a member of a firm or a shareholder, director or officer of a body corporate which is employed by or performs services for the Company, the fact of his being a shareholder, director or officer of the Company shall not disentitle such director or officer or such firm or body corporate, as the case may be, from receiving proper remuneration for such services.

 

10. INDEMNITIES TO DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

10.1 Subject to section 97 of the Act, except in respect of an action by or on behalf of the Company to obtain a judgment in its favour, the Company shall indemnify a director or officer of the Company, a former director or officer of the Company or a person who acts or acted at the Company’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor, and his personal representative,


against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of such company, if:

 

  (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company; and

 

  (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his conduct was lawful.

 

11. OFFICERS

 

11.1 Appointment: The directors shall as often as may be required appoint a Secretary and, if deemed advisable, may as often as may be required appoint any or all of the following officers: a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a Managing Director, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, one or more Assistant Secretaries or one or more Assistant Treasurers, and Chief Operating Officer. A director may be appointed to any office of the Company but none of the officers except the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Managing Director need be a director. Two or more of the aforesaid offices may be held by the same person. In case and whenever the same person holds the offices of Secretary and Treasurer he may but need not be known as the Secretary-Treasurer. The directors may from time to time appoint such other officers and agents as they deem necessary who shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the directors.

 

11.2 Remuneration: The remuneration of all officers appointed by the directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the directors. The fact that any officer or employee is a director or a shareholder of the Company shall not disqualify him from receiving such remuneration as may be determined.

 

11.3 Powers and Duties: All officers shall sign such contracts, documents or instruments in writing as require their respective signatures and shall respectively have and perform all powers and duties incident to their respective offices and such other powers and duties respectively as may from time to time be assigned to them by the directors.

 

11.4 Delegation: In case of the absence or inability to act of any officer of the Company or for any other reason that the directors may deem sufficient the directors may delegate all or any of the powers of such officer to any other officer or to any director.

 

11.5 Chairman: A Chairman shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the directors, and any committee of the directors or the shareholders.


11.6 Deputy Chairman: If the Chairman is absent or is unable or refuses to act, the Deputy Chairman (if any) shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the directors, and any committee of the directors, or the shareholders.

 

11.7 President: A President shall be the Chief Executive Officer and/or Managing Director of the Company and shall exercise such powers and have such authority as may be delegated to him by the directors in accordance with the provisions of section 80 of the Act. He shall be vested with and may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties of a Chairman and Deputy Chairman if none be appointed or if the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman are absent or are unable or refuse to act.

 

11.8 Vice-President: A Vice-President or, if more than one, the Vice-Presidents, in order of seniority, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the President in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the President.

 

11.9 Secretary: The Secretary shall give or cause to be given notices for all meetings of the directors, any committee of the directors and the shareholders when directed to do so and shall have charge of the minute books and seal of the Company and, subject to the provisions of paragraph 14.1 hereof, of the records (other than accounting records) referred to in section 170 of the Act.

 

11.10 Treasurer: Subject to the provisions of any resolution of the directors, a Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds and securities of the Company and shall deposit the same in the name of the Company in such bank or banks or with such other depositary or depositaries as the directors may direct. He shall keep or cause to be kept the accounting records referred to in section 172 of the Act. He may be required to give such bond for the faithful performance of his duties as the directors in their uncontrolled discretion may require but no director shall be liable for failure to require any such bond or for the insufficiency of any such bond or for any loss by reason of the failure of the Company to receive any indemnity thereby provided.

 

11.11 Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer: The Assistant Secretary or, if more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in order of seniority, and the Assistant Treasurer or, if more than one, the Assistant Treasures in order of seniority, shall respectively perform all the duties of the Secretary and the Treasurer, respectively, in the absence or inability or refusal to act of the Secretary or the Treasurer, as the case may be.

 

11.12 General Manager or Manager: The directors may from time to time appoint one or more General Managers or Managers and may delegate to him or them full power to manage and direct the business and affairs of the Company (except such matters and duties as by law must be transacted or performed by the directors or by the shareholders) and to employ and discharge agents and employees of the Company or may delegate to him or them any lesser authority. A General Manager or Manager shall conform to all lawful orders given to him by the directors of the Company and shall at all reasonable times give to the directors or any of them all information they may require regarding the


affairs of the Company. Any agent or employee appointed by the General Manager or Manager may be discharged by the directors.

 

11.13 Vacancies: If the office of any officer of the Company becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, the directors by resolution shall, in the case of the Secretary, and may, in the case of any other office, appoint a person to fill such vacancy.

 

12. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

12.1 Annual Meeting: Subject to the provisions of section 105 of the Act, the annual meeting of the shareholder shall be held on such day in each year and at such time as the directors may by resolution determine at any place within Barbados, or if the shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting so agree, outside Barbados.

 

12.2 Special Meetings: A Special meeting of the shareholder may be, convened by order of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Managing Director, the President, a Vice-President or by the directors at any date and time and at any place within Barbados or if all the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting so agree, outside Barbados.

 

12.2.1 The directors shall, on the requisition of the holders of not less than five percent of the issued shares of the Company that carry a right to vote at the meeting requisitioned, forthwith convene a meeting of shareholders, and in the case of such requisition the following provisions shall have effect:-

 

  (1) The requisition must state the purposes of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more of the requisitionists.

 

  (2) If the directors do not, within twenty-one days from the date of the requisition being so deposited, proceed to convene a meeting, the requisitionists or any one of them may themselves convene the meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after three months from the date of such deposit.

 

  (3) Unless subsection (3) of section 129 of the Act applies, the directors shall be deemed not to have duly convened the meeting if they do not give such notice as is required by the Act within fourteen days from the deposit of the requisition.

 

  (4) Any meeting convened under this paragraph by the requisitionists shall be called as nearly as possible in the manner in which meetings are to be called pursuant to the by-laws and Divisions E and F of Part 1 of the Act.

 

  (5) A requisition by joint holders of shares must be signed by all such holders.


12.3 Notice: A printed, written or typewritten notice stating the day, hour and place of meeting shall be given by serving such notice on each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting, on each director and on the auditor of the Company in the manner specified in paragraph 18.1 hereof, no less than twenty-one days or more than fifty days (in each case exclusive of the day for which the notice is delivered or sent and of the day for which notice is given) before the date of the meeting. Notice of a meeting at which special business is to be transacted shall state (a) the nature of that business in sufficient detail to permit the shareholder to form a reasoned judgment thereon, and (b) the text of any special resolution to be submitted to the meeting.

 

12.4 Waiver of Notice: A shareholder and any other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders may in any manner waive notice of a meeting of shareholders and attendance of any such person at a meeting of shareholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

 

12.5 Omission of Notice: The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting or any irregularity in the notice of any meeting or the non-receipt of any notice by any shareholder, director or the auditor of the Company shall not invalidate any resolution passed or any proceedings taken at any meeting of the shareholders.

 

12.6 Votes: Every question submitted to any meeting of shareholders shall be decided in the first instance by a show of hands unless a person entitled to vote at the meeting has demanded a ballot and, if the Articles so provide, in the case of an equality of votes the Chairman of the meeting shall on a ballot have a casting vote in addition to any votes to which he may be otherwise entitled.

 

12.6.1 At every meeting at which he is entitled to vote, every shareholder, proxy holder or individual authorised to represent a shareholder who is present in person shall have one vote on a show of hands. Upon a ballot at which he is entitled to vote, every shareholder, proxy holder or individual authorised to represent a shareholder shall, subject to the articles, have one vote for every share held by the shareholder.

 

12.6.2 At any meeting unless a ballot is demanded, a declaration by the Chairman of the meeting that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously or by a particular majority or lost or not carried by a particular majority shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.

 

12.6.3 When the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the President and the Vice-President are absent, the persons who are present and entitled to vote shall choose another director as chairman of the meeting; but if no director is present or all the directors present decline to take the chair, the persons who are present and entitled to vote shall choose one of their number to be chairman.


12.6.4 A ballot, either before or after any vote by a show of hands, may be demanded by any person entitled to vote at the meeting. If at any meeting a ballot is demanded on the election of a Chairman or on the question of adjournment it shall be taken forthwith without adjournment. If at any meeting a ballot is demanded on any other question or as to the election of directors, the vote shall be taken by ballot in such manner and either at once, later in the meeting or after adjournment as the Chairman of the meeting directs. The result of a ballot shall be deemed to be the resolution of the meeting at which the ballot was demanded. A demand for a ballot may be withdrawn.

 

12.6.5 If two or more persons hold shares jointly, one of those holders present at a meeting of shareholders may, in the absence of the other, vote the shares; but if two or more of those persons who are present, in person or by proxy vote, they must vote as one on the shares jointly held by them.

 

12.7 Proxies: Votes at meetings of shareholders may be given either personally or by proxy or, in the case of a shareholder who is a body corporate or association, by an individual authorised by a resolution of the directors or governing body of that body corporate or association to represent it at meetings of shareholders of the Company.

 

12.7.1 A proxy shall be executed by the shareholder or his attorney authorised in writing and is valid only at the meeting in respect of which it is given or any adjournment thereof.

 

12.7.2 A person appointed by proxy need not be a shareholder.

 

12.7.3 Subject to the provisions of Part V of the Regulations, a proxy may be in the following form:

 

The undersigned shareholder of              hereby appoints                      of or failing him                  of                  as the nominee of the undersigned to attend and act for the undersigned and on behalf of the undersigned at the meeting of the shareholders of the said Company to be held on the day of 19 and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof in the same manner, to the same extent and with the same powers as if the undersigned were present at the said meeting or such adjournment or adjournments thereof.

 

DATED this day of 19         

 

 

Signature of shareholder

 

12.8 Adjournment: The Chairman of any meeting may with the consent of the meeting adjourn the same from time to time to a fixed time and place and no notice of such adjournment need be given to the shareholders unless the meeting is adjourned by one or more adjournments for an aggregate of thirty days or more in which case notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as for an original meeting. Any business that might have been brought before or dealt with at the original meeting in accordance with


the notice calling the same may be brought before or dealt with at any adjourned meeting for which no notice is required.

 

12.9 Quorum: Subject to the Act, and except in the case of a Company having only one shareholder a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the shareholders shall be two persons present in person, each being either a shareholder entitled to vote thereat, or a duly appointed proxy holder or representative of a shareholder so entitled. If a quorum is present at the opening of any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present or represented may proceed with the business of the meeting notwithstanding a quorum is not present throughout the meeting. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes of the time fixed for a meeting of shareholders, the persons present and entitled to vote may adjourn the meeting to a fixed time and place but may not transact any other business.

 

12.10 Resolution in lieu of meeting: Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this by-law a resolution in writing signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote on that resolution at a meeting of the shareholders is, subject to section 128 of the Act, as valid as if it had been passed at a meeting of the shareholders.

 

13 SHARES

 

13.1 Allotment and Issuance: Subject to the Act, the articles and any unanimous shareholder agreement, shares in the capital of the Company may be allotted and issued by resolution of the directors at such times and on such terms and conditions and to such persons or class of persons as the directors determine.

 

13.2 Certificates: Share certificates and the form of share transfer shall (subject to section 181 of the Act) be in such form as the directors may by resolution approve and such certificates shall be signed by a Chairman or a Deputy Chairman or a Managing Director or a President or a Vice-President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary holding office at the time of signing.

 

13.2.1 The directors or any agent designated by the directors may in their or his discretion direct the issuance of a new share or other such certificate in lieu of and upon cancellation of a certificate that has been mutilated or in substitution for a certificate claimed to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, on payment of such reasonable fee and on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement or expenses and evidence of loss and of title as the directors may from time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any particular case.

 

14. TRANSFER OF SHARES AND DEBENTURES

 

14.1 Transfer: The shares or debentures of a company may be transferred by a written instrument of transfer signed by the transferor and naming the transferee.


14.2 No share in the capital of the company shall be transferred without the approval of the directors of the company or of a committee of such directors evidenced by resolution and the directors may, in their absolute discretion, and without assigning any reason therefore, decline the register of any share. Individuals resident in Barbados cannot hold a beneficial interest in more than ten percent of the share or loan capital of the company.

 

14.3 Registers: Registers of shares and debentures issued by the Company shall be kept at the registered office of the Company or at such other place in Barbados as may from time to time be designated by resolution of the directors.

 

14.4 Surrender of Certificates: Subject to section 179 of the Act, no transfer of shares or debentures shall be registered unless or until the certificate representing the shares or debentures to be transferred has been surrendered for cancellation.

 

14.5 Shareholder indebted to the Company: If so provided in the articles, the Company has a lien on a share registered in the name of a shareholder or his personal representative for a debt of that shareholder to the Company. By way of enforcement of such lien the directors may refuse to permit the registration of a transfer of such share.

 

15. DIVIDENDS

 

15.1 The directors may from time to time by resolution declare and the Company may pay dividends on the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Company subject to the provisions (if any) of the articles and sections 51 and 52 of the Act.

 

15.1.1 In case several persons are registered as the joint holders of any shares, any one of such persons may give effectual receipts for all dividends and payments on account of dividends.

 

16. VOTING IN OTHER COMPANIES

 

16.1 All shares or debentures carrying voting rights in any other body corporate that are held from time to time by the Company may be voted at any and all meetings of shareholders, debenture holders (as the case may be) of such other body corporate and in such manner and by such person or persons as the directors of the Company shall from time to time determine. The officers of the Company may for and on behalf of the Company from time to time:-

 

  (a) execute and deliver proxies; and

 

  (b) arrange for the issuance of voting certificates or other evidence of the right to vote;

 

in such names as they may determine without the necessity of a resolution or other action by the directors.


17. INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

17.1 Except as provided by the Act, no shareholder shall be entitled to any information respecting any details or conduct of the Company’s business which in the opinion of the directors it would be inexpedient in the interests of the Company to communicate to the public.

 

17.2 The directors may from time to time, subject to rights conferred by the Act, determine whether and to what extent and at what time and place and under what conditions or regulations the documents, books and registers and accounting records of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of shareholders and no shareholder shall have any right to inspect any document or book or register or accounting record of the Company except as conferred by statute or authorised by the directors or by a resolution of the shareholders.

 

18. NOTICES

 

18.1 Method of giving Notice: Any notice or other document required by the Act, the Regulations, the articles or the by-laws to be sent to any shareholder, debenture holder, director or auditor may be delivered personally or sent by prepaid mail or cable or telex or telefax to any such person at his latest address as shown in the records of the Company or its transfer agent and to any such director at his latest address as shown in the records of the Company or in the latest notice filed under section 66 to 74 of the Act, and to the auditor at his business address.

 

18.2 Waiver of Notice: Notice may be waived or the time for the notice may be waived or abridged at any time with the consent in writing of the person entitled thereto.

 

18.3 Undelivered Notices: If a notice or document is sent to a shareholder or debenture holder by prepaid mail in accordance with this paragraph and the notice or document is returned on three consecutive occasions because the shareholder or debenture holder cannot be found, it shall not be necessary to send any further notices or documents to the shareholder or debenture holder until he informs the Company in writing of his new address.

 

18.4 Shares and debentures registered in more than one name: All notices or other documents with respect to any shares or debentures registered in more than one name shall be given to whichever of such persons is named first in the records of the Company and any notice or other document so given shall be sufficient notice or delivery to all the holders of such shares or debentures.

 

18.5 Persons becoming entitled by operation of law: Subject to section 184 of the Act, every person who by operation of law, transfer or by any other means whatsoever becomes entitled to any share is bound by every notice or other document in respect of such share that, previous to his name and address being entered in the records of the Company, is duly given to the person from whom he derives his title to such share.


18.6 Deceased Shareholders: Subject to Section 184 of the Act, any notice or other document delivered or sent by prepaid mail, cable or telex or left at the address of any shareholder as the same appears in the records of the Company shall, notwithstanding that such shareholder is deceased, and whether or not the Company has notice of his death, be deemed to have been duly served in respect of the shares held by him (whether held solely or with any other person) until some other person is entered in his stead in the records of the Company as the holder or one of the holders thereof and such service shall for all purposes be deemed a sufficient service of such notice or document on his personal representatives and on all persons, if any, interested with him in such shares.

 

18.7 Signature to Notices: The signature of any director or officer of the Company to any notice or document to be given by the Company may be written, stamped, typewritten or printed or partly written, stamped, typewritten or printed or telefaxed.

 

18.8 Computation of Time: Where a notice extending over a number of days or other period is required under any provisions of the articles or the by-laws the day of sending the notice shall, unless it is otherwise provided, be counted in such number of days or other period.

 

18.9 Proof of Service: Where a notice required under paragraph 18.1 hereof is delivered personally to the person to whom it is addressed or delivered to his address as mentioned in paragraph 18.1 hereof, service shall be deemed to be at the time of delivery of such notice.

 

18.10 Where such notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected forty-eight hours after posting if the notice was properly addressed and posted by prepaid mail.

 

18.10.1 Where the notice is sent by cable or telex or telefax service, it is deemed to be effected on the date on which the notice is so sent.

 

18.10.2 A certificate of an officer of the Company in office at the time of the making of the certificate or of any transfer agent of shares of any class of the Company as to facts in relation to the delivery or sending of any notice shall be conclusive evidence of those facts.

 

19. CHEQUES, DRAFTS AND NOTES

 

19.1 All cheques, drafts or orders for the payment of money and all notes and acceptances and bills of exchange shall be signed by such officers or persons and in such manner as the directors may from time to time designate by resolution.


20 EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS

 

20.1 Contracts, documents or instruments in writing requiring the signature of the Company may be signed by:

 

  (a) a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a President or a Vice-President together with the Secretary or the Treasurer;

 

or

 

  (b) any one director

 

and all contracts, documents and instruments in writing so signed shall be binding upon the Company without any further authorisation or formality. The directors shall have power from time to time by resolution to appoint any officers or persons on behalf of the Company either to sign certificates for shares in the Company and contracts, documents and instruments in writing generally or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments in writing.

 

20.1.1 The common seal of the Company may be affixed to contracts, documents and instruments in writing signed as aforesaid or by any officers or persons specified in paragraph 20.1 hereof.

 

20.1.2 Subject to section 134 of the Act:

 

  (a) a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a President or a Vice-President together with the Secretary or the Treasurer;

 

or

 

  (b) any one director

 

shall have authority to sign and execute (under seal of the Company or otherwise) all instruments that may be necessary for the purpose of selling, assigning, transferring, exchanging, converting or conveying any such shares, stocks, bonds, debentures, rights, warrants or other securities.

 

21. SIGNATURES

 

21.1 The signature of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer or any directors of the Company or of any officer or person, appointed pursuant to paragraph 20 hereof by resolution of the directors, be printed, engraved, lithographed or otherwise mechanically reproduced upon any certificate for shares in the Company or contract, document or instrument in writing, bond, debenture or other security of the Company executed or issued by or on behalf of the Company. Any document or instrument in writing on which the signature of any such officer or person is so reproduced shall be deemed to have been manually signed by such officer or person whose signature is so reproduced and shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if such document or instrument in writing had been signed manually and notwithstanding that the officer or person whose signature is so reproduced has ceased to hold office at the date on which such document or instrument in writing is delivered or issued.


22. FINANCIAL YEAR

 

22.1 The directors may from time to time by resolution establish the financial year of the Company.

 

DATED this 20th day of Dec. 1996

 

       

THE CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED

/S/       /S/

Director

     

Secretary

EX-3.83 70 dex383.htm AMENDED & RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC. Amended & Restated Articles of Incorporation of R/M Management Co., Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.83

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and for such purpose hereby adopt Articles of Incorporation as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be RURAL FIRE DEPT., INC., and its principal place of business shall be in Maricopa County, Arizona, but other offices for conducting business, both within and without the State of Arizona, may be established, and the Corporation may hold its meetings at such places, both within and without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may designate.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The object and purpose of the Corporation and the nature of the business proposed to be transacted is, to-wit:

 

(a) Primarily to furnish water for fire protection and to supply private fire protection service, to provide, by itself or with others, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation, distribution and related services; including development, manufacture, service and sale of pertinent equipment of any nature or character, both public and private, by franchise, certificate, contract or any other means, both within and without the State of Arizona and United States of America; to engage in the business of leasing, buying, selling, owning, mortgaging, brokering, manufacturing, importing, exporting and franchising all sorts and nature and character of fire, alarm, ambulance, wrecker, water distribution and related apparatus and equipment and all other types, nature


and character of machines, machinery, equipment, electronics and electrical equipment and all other lawful commercial enterprises; to buy, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, by itself or with other companies, private fire protection companies, ambulance, first aid and rescue, and wrecker services, fire, burglar, intrusion and other alarm services, and all sorts, nature and character of assets belonging thereto; and to generally to perform and carry on any other business or transaction whether related or unrelated to the primary business of the corporation, or to any other business then or there done by the corporation.

 

(b) To promote, purchase, lease, construct or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, develop, operate, sell, assign, transfer, exchange, license and deal in, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and encumber real and personal property of every class and description and rights and privileges therein.

 

(c) To draw, make, issue, discount, purchase or otherwise acquire promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, stocks, commodities, or commodity futures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise, in such manner and to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do.

 

(d) To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with, and to act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as financial, commercial collection, purchasing, selling or business agent or representative, general or special, for any business or person (which term as used in this Article shall be deemed to include any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, syndicate, trust, government or subdivision thereof, public or private, domestic or foreign), to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law; and to a like extent to obtain therefrom or otherwise, any powers, privileges, immunities, contracts, franchises, guaranties, patents, inventions, processes, grants, options and concessions, to hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, to undertake and transact any business dependent thereon, and to promote, cause to be promoted and aid in any way any


person, firm, association, corporation, syndicate, government or subdivision thereof.

 

(e) To enter into and perform franchises, sublicenses, contracts and agreements of any kind deemed necessary or advantageous to the Corporation; and as surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, to undertake, assume and guarantee liabilities, obligations, indebtedness and contracts with respect to which the Corporation may have any interest direct or indirect.

 

(f) To acquire by purchase, exchange, or otherwise all or any part of, or any interest in, the properties, assets, business licenses, good will, securities and commodities of any business or person as defined in subparagraph (d) hereinabove; to pay for the same in cash, property, or its own or other securities; to hold, operate, lease, reorganize, liquidate, mortgage, pledge, encumber, sell, exchange, or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part thereof; and in connection therewith, to assume or guarantee performance of any liabilities, obligations or contracts.

 

(g) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the Corporation from time to time to such extent as these Articles permit and, from time to time, to issue and sell its own securities, in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, for such purposes and at such prices as the Board of Directors may determine; and to a like extent, to secure such securities by mortgage upon, or the pledge of, or the conveyance of assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the properties, assets, business and good will of the Corporation, then owned or thereafter acquired; and to purchase, acquire, hold, dispose of and transfer its own securities (including shares of its capital stock) in any manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Laws of the State of Arizona.

 

(h) To increase or decrease the amount of its capital stock, and to purchase, hold and reissue the shares of its capital stock.

 

(i) To purchase or acquire from any of its directors or stockholders any properties, interests, shares of stock or other assets which the Board of Directors may deem it desirable to acquire, and to pay for the same in stock of the Corporation, or by notes, debentures, bonds or other


obligations of the Corporation, or by cash or transfer of property of the Corporation.

 

(j) To carry out all or any part of the foregoing purposes as principal, agent or otherwise, either alone or in association with any other corporations or persons, and in any part of the world, or to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do, as a member of, or as the owner or holder of any stock of, or shares or interest in, any corporation, association, partnership, firm, trust or syndicate; and to a like extent, in connection therewith to make, enter into and perform such contracts or deeds with any person or persons and to do such acts and things and to exercise such powers as a natural person could lawfully make, enter into, do or exercise.

 

(k) In general, to do everything, either within or without the State of Arizona, necessary, conducive, convenient, or in connection with or incidental to, the accomplishment of the purposes and objects hereinabove enumerated.

 

The hereinabove designations shall not be construed to be a limitation or qualification or in any manner to limit or restrict the objects and purposes of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The authorized capital stock of the Corporation shall be Ten Million (10,000,000) shares denominated as Common Stock of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share, which stock shall be issued and paid for as directed by the Board of Directors. Any portion of the capital stock of the Corporation may be issued in payment for real and/or personal property, labor, services, or any other right or thing of value for the use and purpose of the Corporation, and all such capital stock, when so issued, shall become and be fully paid the same as though paid for in cash, and in the absence of fraud, the directors shall be the sole judges of the value of any property, labor, services, rights


or things acquired in exchange for capital stock of the Corporation. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be non-assessable and shall not have preemptive rights.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The time of commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of its original Certificate of Incorporation, and the termination of the Corporation shall be twenty-five (25) years from the date of this amendment, with the privilege of renewal as provided by law.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors of not less than two (2) or more than fifteen (15) members. The directors of the Corporation may increase or decrease the number of directors within the above limits and shall fill any vacancies occurring in the Board in accordance with the By-Laws. The directors need not be shareholders in the Corporation. The following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors and shall serve as directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or until death or resignation if sooner occurring:

 

LOUIS A. WITZEMAN; and

LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR.

 

Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday of February of each year, commencing with the year 1972. A president, vice president or vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, any of which offices may be held by the same person, shall be elected by the Board, and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify.


The Board, in addition to its general powers, and without any action on the part of the shareholders, shall have power to designate an Executive Committee from its members and to make amend and substitute By-Laws governing the Corporation.

 

Any director may be removed by the shareholders at any time, with or without cause, providing no director shall be removed without cause if the number of shares voted against his removal would be great enough to elect him as a director if the whole Board were to be elected at the time of any such attempted removal, and any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed thereby at any time, with or without cause, in each case in such manner as shall be provided in the By-Laws.

 

The Board of Directors shall have power to fix from time to time the amount to be reserved out of the surplus of the Corporation as working capital or for any other lawful purpose, and to determine whether any, and if any, what part, of the surplus of the Corporation shall be declared in dividends.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which the Corporation is at any time to subject itself, shall not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the authorized stock of the Corporation except as to any higher amount as otherwise may be permissible at any time by law.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The private property of each and every shareholder, officer and director of the Corporation, real and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them, is, and shall be forever, exempt from all debts and obligations of the Corporation of any kind whatsoever, and no property of any kind whatsoever of


any shareholder, officer or director of the Corporation shall be subject to any time to any Corporate debt whatsoever.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

In the absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no act of the Corporation shall be in any way invalidated or otherwise affected by the fact any one or more of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, or are directors, officers or shareholders of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation individually, or any firm or association of which any director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation, provided the fact that he individually or as a member of such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to all of the directors of the Corporation who is also a director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if he were not such director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or not so interested. In the absence of fraud, no director shall be liable to account to the Corporation for any profit realized by him from or through any such contract or transaction by the Corporation authorized as aforesaid by reason of the fact that he or any firm or association of which he is a member, or any corporation of which is an officer, director or shareholder, shall have been interested in any such contract or transaction.


Any person incurring expenses, including legal fees, judgments or penalties levied against him, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against such expense arising for actions or omissions alleged to have been committed by any such person while acting within the scope of his employment as a director or officer of the Corporation, provided the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith that such person did not act, fail to act, or refuse to act willfully or with gross negligence or with fraudulent or criminal intent in regard the matter involved in the action.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

The Corporation shall have the right to adopt By-Laws or enter into agreements with its shareholders imposing reasonable restrictions on the sale, assignment or transfer of the shares of its capital stock and giving to the Corporation or the shareholders the preferential right to option to acquire shares of stock in the Corporation of shareholders desiring to sell such shares or obligating the Corporation to redeem or purchase such shares.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The Corporation does hereby appoint LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., whose address is 4320 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, who has been a bona fide resident of the State of Arizona for at least three (3) years, its statutory agent for the State of Arizona, upon whom service of process may be had. The foregoing appointment may be revoked at any time by the filling of the appointment of a successor.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned, hereunto set our hands this 3rd day of January, 1972.

 

Louis A. Witzeman

Drawer F

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

Drawer F

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

By

   
   

President


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

/s/ Sylvia E. Johnson
Notary Public

 

My commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, who acknowledged himself to be the president of Rural Fire Protection Company, an Arizona corporation, and that he as such president, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the Corporation by himself as President.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

/s/ Sylvia E. Johnson
Notary Public

 

My commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

/s/ Sylvia E. Johnson
Notary Public

 

My commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974


85575

 

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

 

JAN 5 1972

2:55 P.M.

Simon & Jekel

4320 N. Scottsdale Rd., McCune Bldg.,

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

T. Selonke

William R. Johnson

 

JAN 5 ’72-405

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

I herby certify that the within instrument was filed and recorded at request of

 

Simon & Jekel

in Docket 9163

on page 85-98

 

Witness my hand and official seal the day and year aforesaid.

 

Paul N. Marston

County Recorder

 

By

 

/s/ Jean John

   

Deputy Recorder


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

R/M Management Co., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-1003 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M Management Co., Inc.

 

SECOND: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

THIRD: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted as of the 27th day of May, 1997 by the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by the sole shareholder of the Corporation as of the 27th day of May, 1997.

 

SIXTH: There was one voting group consisting of 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock and that voting group was entitled to 20,000 votes on the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. The total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment was 20,000 and that number was sufficient for approval of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 27th day of May, 1997.

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

By:

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Title:

 

President

By:

 

/s/ Lorraine Tully

Name:

 

Lorraine Tully

Title:

 

Assistant Secretary


EXHIBIT A

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

Article 1. The name of the corporation is R/M Management Co., Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Article 2. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Arizona Business Corporation Act of the State of Arizona, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Business Corporation Act”).

 

Article 3. The character of business that the Corporation conducts in the State of Arizona is the business of providing private fire protection, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation and distribution services, and all manner of activity related thereto.

 

Article 4. The Corporation shall have authority to issue a total of Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

Article 5. The name and street address of the statutory agent of the Corporation are CT Corporation System, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

Article 6. The address of the known place of business for the Corporation is 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.


Article 7. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation. The names and addresses of the persons who presently serve as the members of the board of directors are:

 

Name


  

Address  


James H. Bolin

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Mark E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Article 8. The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

Article 9. The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation (an “indemnitee”). This indemnification with respect to directors, officers, employees and agents shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Act, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Act. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act


in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Article 10. Unless the bylaws of the Corporation provide otherwise and the statutory agent expressly consents hereto in writing, all records required pursuant to the Business Corporation Act to be kept by the Corporation or its agent shall be kept by the Corporation at the known place of business of the Corporation.


OCC File No. 12589-98

 

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

TRANSMITTAL FOR FAX FILING

 

To:

   ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION     
     Corporations Division     
     1200 West Washington     
     Phoenix, Arizona 85007    FAX NUMBER: 542-4100

FROM:

   O’Connor, Cavanagh     

 

(Account Holder)

 

Advance Account Number

  1309    Fax Number 263-2900

Contact Person:

        

Telephone Number:

  263-2789     

Corporation Name:

  R/M Management Co., Inc.     

Document Type:

  Articles of Amendment     

 

Number of pages (including Transmittal) 7

 

x PLEASE EXPEDITE THIS FILING AND CHARGE THE APPLICABLE FEE OF $35.00 (PER FILING) TO MY ACCOUNT.

 

x The Corporation Commission hereby acknowledges receipt of the document type described herein. * 0085575-6

 

RECEIVED MAY 2 8 1997 (Date Stamp)

 

ARIZONA CORP COMMISSION

CORPORATION DIVISION

 

     25 Amend
     35 Exp

 

Filing fee(s) charged to your account in the amount of $60

 

There is a problem with your transmittal. Please call the undersigned at your earliest convenience. Thank you.

 

Examiner

 

/s/ Cheryl Leon

Telephone:

 

542-3135 #1

 

* All documents are subject to review before filing.


ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION

 

DATE: 8-16-95

 

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

THIS LETTER CONCERNS THE DOCUMENT CHECKED BELOW, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR FILING WITH THE CORPORATIONS DIVISION OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION.

 

     x    AMENDMENT
     ¨    MERGER
     ¨    NEW AUTHORITY
     ¨    INTENT TO DISSOLVE (NONPROFIT)

 

This document must be published for three (3) consecutive publications, within sixty (60) days of the filing date—in a newspaper of general circulation in the Arizona County of the known place of business of the corporation. The Affidavit of Publication must then be returned to this office within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication.

 

     ¨      RESTATEMENT OF INFORMATION
     ¨      INTENT TO DISSOLVE (PROFIT)

 

This document must be published for three (3) consecutive publications within thirty (30) days of the filing date in a newspaper of general circulation in the Arizona County of the known place of business. The Affidavit of Publication must then be returned to this office within fifteen (15) days for the INTENT TO DISSOLVE and RESTATEMENT OF INFORMATION, of the last day of publication.

 

If you have questions, you may contact us at our Phoenix Office. Hours are 8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m., weekdays, (602) 542-3135.

 

Very truly yours,
  

Terry Martinez

Examiner Technician

Corporations Division

Arizona Corporation Commission

 

INC: 0019

Rev. 11/94


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

R/M Management Co., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-061 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Arizona.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M Management Co., Inc.

 

SECOND: In order to change the period of existence of the Corporation, Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IV. The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.”

 

THIRD: In order to change the date of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the fifth sentence of Article V is deleted, which presently reads as follows:

 

“Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday in February of each year, commencing with the year 1972.”

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, was adopted by its Sole Shareholder as of March 31, 1995.

 

FIFTH: The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption was 20,000; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was 20,000.


SIXTH: The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock that were voted for and against the amendment, respectively, is as follows:

 

For


   Against

20,000

   None

 

SEVENTH: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

EIGHTH: The amendment does not effect a change in the amount of stated capital of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 31st day of March, 1995.

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

By:

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

   

James H. Bolin

By:

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

   

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


STATEMENT OF CHANGE OF KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS

OR STATUTORY AGENT, OR BOTH,

 

OF

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-013 or Section 10-114 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation, organized under the laws of Arizona, submits the following statement for the purpose of changing its known place of business or its statutory agent, or both, in the State of Arizona:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is: R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

SECOND: The address of its present known place of business (as shown with the Arizona Corporation Commission, at this time):

 

1st Corporate address:    P.O. Drawer F, Scottsdale, AZ 85252

 

2nd Corporate address (only applies to foreign corporations):

 

THIRD: The address to which its known place of business is to be changed is:

 

1st Corporate address (mailing address should be):    c/o C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85012

 

2nd Corporate address (only applies to foreign corporations):

 

FOURTH: The name and address of its present statutory agent is:

 

Louis G. Jekel, Jr.

4323 N. Brown Rd., Ste. E., Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

FIFTH: The name and address of its successor statutory agent or the new address is:

 

C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 85012


SIXTH: Such change was duly authorized by the corporation.

 

Dated August 7, 1995.

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.
By    
   

Its President

 

C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, having been designated to act as statutory agent, hereby consents to act in that capacity until it is removed, or submits its resignation, in accordance with the Arizona Revised Statutes.

 

C T CORPORATION SYSTEM
By  

/s/ Cindy L. Parrinello

    Cindy L. Parrinello
    (Name)
    Special Asst. Secretary
    (Title)


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-061, Arizona Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the attached Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:

 

FIRST. The name of the corporation is “Rural Fire Dept. Inc.”

 

SECOND. The document attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference sets forth the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation which were adopted by the shareholders of the corporation on July 24, 1984, in the manner prescribed by the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

THIRD. The number of shares of the corporation issued and outstanding at the time of such adoption was twenty thousand (20,000) shares of no par common stock of the corporation all of which shares were entitled to vote.

 

FOURTH. The designation and number of outstanding shares of each class or series entitled to vote thereon as a class or series were as follows:

 

Class or Series


   Number of Shares

Common

   20,000

 

FIFTH. The number of shares of each class or series entitled to vote thereon as a class or series, voted for or against the amendments were as follows:

 

Class or Series


  

Number of

Shares For


  

Number of

Shares Against


Common

   20,000    -0-

 

SIXTH. This amendment does not provide for any exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares.


SEVENTH. This amendment does not effect a change in the amount of stated capital of the corporation.

 

DATED: July 24, 1984

 

Rural Fire Dept., Inc.

By:  

/s/ Ronald C. Butler

   

Ronald C. Butler, President

 

ATTEST:
By:  

/s/ Robert Oden

   

Robert Oden, Assistant Secretary

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )
     ) ss.

County of Maricopa

   )

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 24th day of July, 1984, by Ronald C. Butler and Robert Oden, known to me to be the President and Secretary, respectively, of Rural Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

/s/

Notary Public

 

May commission Expires July 10, 1986


EXHIBIT “A”

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF:

RURAL FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

1. Article 1 is amended to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be R/M Management Co., Inc., and its principal place of business shall be in Maricopa County, Arizona, but other offices for conducting business, both within and without the State of Arizona, may be established, and the Corporation may hold its meetings at such places, both within and without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may designate.

EX-3.84 71 dex384.htm BYLAWS OF R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC. Bylaws of R/M Management Co., Inc.

Exhibit 3.84

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M MANAGEMENT CO., INC.

 

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

 

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

 

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


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Meetings of Shareholders.

 

SECTION 1: Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the shareholders of RURAL FIRE DEPT., INC., an Arizona corporation, (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona or at such other place within or without the State as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2: Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the 1st Thursday of February of each year (or, if that day shall be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day) at 10:00 A. M., or at such hour as may be specified in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise regulated by statute, may be called by the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President at the request in writing of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. Such request shall


state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined solely to the objects stated in the call.

 

SECTION 4: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail, to or personally served upon, each shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation, not less than five (5) nor more than forty (40) days before the meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to each shareholder at his address as it appears on the record books of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request. Such notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, or who shall in writing or by telegraph waive notice thereof prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the shareholders at which every shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation shall be present, in person or by proxy, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose or purposes thereof.

 

SECTION 5: Quorum. Except as other provided by law, the presence in person or by proxy of a majority in voting interest of the voting stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at each meeting of the shareholders for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, a majority in voting interest of those present in person or by proxy, or in the absence therefrom of all the shareholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of such meeting, may adjourn such


meeting from time to time until a quorum is present thereat. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment shall be taken and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

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

 

ARTICLE II

 

Directors.

 

SECTION 1: General Powers. The Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation and


may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things, including the designation from its number of a Chairman and an Executive Committee, as are not by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Directors shall not be entitled to be represented, counted or vote at meetings of the Board by proxy.

 

SECTION 2: Numbers, Qualifications and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than two (2) nor more than fifteen (15) as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and in the absence of such determination, shall be in the number as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. All directors shall be of the age of majority and at least one (1) of them shall be a citizen of the United States. The term of office of each of the initial directors shall be as designated in the Articles of Incorporation and of each director thereafter shall be from the time of his election and qualification until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign, or until he shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section 9 of this Article II.

 

SECTION 3: Election of Directors. At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors at which a quorum shall be present, each voting stock shareholder or proxy entitled to vote shall have as many votes as shall equal the number of shares of voting stock owned or represented by him, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two (2) or more of them as he may see fit.


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

 

SECTION 5: Place of Meeting. The Board may hold its meetings at such place within or without the State of Arizona as the Board from time to time may determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

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


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

 

SECTION 8: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the Board, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail to, or personally served upon, each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director if such notice is waived in writing or by telegraph by him prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting at which every member of the Board shall be present, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose and purposes thereof.

 

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

 

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


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

 

ARTICLE III

 

Officers.

 

SECTION 1: Number. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the President, a Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and there may be, in addition, such subordinate officers, agents and employees as shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of these By-Laws. One person may hold the office of, and perform the duties of, any one or more officer. The Board may require any such officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

SECTION 2: Election, Term of Office, Qualification. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board at its annual meetings, each thereof to hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his death or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 4 of these By-Laws.

 

SECTION 3: Subordinate Officers, etc. The Board may appoint such subordinate officers, agents or employees as the Board may deem necessary or


advisable, including one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of who shall hold office for such period, having such authority and perform such duties as provided in these By-Laws or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may delegate to any executive officer or to any committee the power to appoint any such additional officers, agents or employees.

 

SECTION 4: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the whole Board, or, in the case of an officer appointed, by any committee or executive officer upon whom such power or removal may be conferred by the Board.

 

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

 

SECTION 6: The President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board. He shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the shareholders. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He may sign, with the Treasurer or the Secretary, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and he may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing, execution or delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-Laws to designated officers or agents of the Corporation or where any thereof shall be required by law or the Board otherwise to


be signed, executed and delivered, and he may affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument which shall require it. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by these By-Laws by the Board.

 

SECTION 7: Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the President may from time to time prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these By-Laws. At the request of the President, or in case of his absence or inability to act, the Vice President, or, if there shall be more than one Vice President then in office, that one of them who shall be designated for the purpose by the President or by the Board, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

SECTION 8: The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or other depositaries as may be designated by the Board; he 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 President and to the Board at the annual, regular and special meetings of the Board or whenever they may require it, a statement of all his transactions as Treasurer and an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates of stock of the Corporation.


SECTION 9: The Secretary. The Secretary shall act as secretary of, and cause to be kept, the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; he shall cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been specifically or generally authorized by the Board; he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization as a corporation, and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept or filed; and he shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates to stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 10: Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the Corporation if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, and none of such officers shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a member of the Board; and any officer who shall also be a member of the Board shall be entitled to vote in the determination of the amount of the salary that shall be paid to him.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Resignations.

 

Any director or other officer may resign his office at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation.


Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or if no time be specified therein, at the time of the receipt thereof, and the acceptance thereof shall not be necessary to make it affirmative.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

SECTION 1: Execution of Contracts. In addition to the provisions of Article III, Section 6 of these By-Laws, the Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; except as is provided by Article III, Section 6, of these By-Laws with respect to the powers and authority of the President, and, unless so authorized by the Board or expressly authorized by these By-Laws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power of authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or to any amount.

 

SECTION 2: Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board. When authorized by the Board so to do, any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company, or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds, or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


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

 

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

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock.

 

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


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

 

SECTION 3: Closing of Transfer Books. The Board may fix a day not more than forty (40) days prior to the day of holding any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation as the day as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined and only such shareholders of record on such day shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting. The books for the transfer of the shares of the Corporation may be closed for the payment of a dividend or dividends or for any other purpose permitted by law during such period, not exceeding forty (40) days, as the Board shall determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by law, the Board may declare dividends on the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or not profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, shall deem proper as a reserve fund to meet


contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of, the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conductive to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Offices and Books.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or the office of the Corporation’s attorneys at law correct books of all the business and transactions of the Corporation, a copy of these By-Laws and the Stock book of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Seal.

 

The Board shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures indicating the year and state in which the Corporation was incorporated and such other words or figures as the Board may approve.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year.

 

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


ARTICLE XI

 

Amendments.

 

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

 

Adopted the 19th day of January, 1972.

 

/s/

Louis G. Jekel, Jr., Secretary

 

ATTEST:

/s/

Louis A. Witzeman, President

EX-3.85 72 dex385.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.

Exhibit 3.85

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M of Mississippi, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 31st day of October, 1997.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.86 73 dex386.htm BYLAWS OF R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. Bylaws of R/M of Mississippi, Inc.

Exhibit 3.86

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of Oct. 31, 1997


BYLAWS

OF

R/M OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.


ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.


Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.


Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.


Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the


fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” “ The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any


way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.87 74 dex387.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC. Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.87

 

STATE OF DELAWARE

         

SECRETARY OF STATE

         

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

         

FILED 04:30 PM 12/21/1995

         

950304720 - 2574829

         

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not


permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21 day of December, 1995.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.88 75 dex388.htm BYLAWS OF R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC. Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.88

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of December 21, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.


ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board


of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the


president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any


way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


ACTION BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT BY THE

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

IN LIEU OF A SPECIAL MEETING

OF

R/M OF TENNESSEE, G.P., INC.,

AS GENERAL PARTNER OF

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.

 

Effective September 26, 2003

 

The undersigned, being all of the members of the Board of Directors of R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as the General Partner of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P., by unanimous consent in writing pursuant to the authority contained in Section 141(f) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, without the formality of convening a meeting, do hereby adopt and approve the following resolutions:

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has previously approved the terms and conditions of that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Company, Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), certain of Parent’s subsidiaries (the “Named Subsidiaries”) certain lenders named therein, and Wachovia Bank National Association (“Wachovia”), as agent for lender parties named therein, dated as of September 30, 2002 (the “Amended Credit Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a guarantor under the Amended Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Amended Credit Agreement have agreed to amend certain terms of the Amended Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined it is in the best interest of the Company to consent to such amendment as set forth in that certain Reaffirmation and First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, Parent, the Named Subsidiaries, Wachovia and certain other lenders named therein (the “First Amendment”), which has been reviewed by the Board and is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby ratifies, confirms and approves all of the terms and conditions of the First Amendment;

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Company is authorized to execute and deliver the First Amendment, including any extensions, modifications, renewals or replacement thereof, and to continue to fulfill its obligations as guarantor under the Amended Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement);


FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jack E. Brucker, President, and John S. Banas III, Secretary (together, the “Authorized Officers”), and each of them hereby is authorized and directed to take any and all action to execute and deliver any documents related to the First Amendment, including any extensions, modifications, renewals or replacements thereof, and to consummate the transactions described therein and to execute any and all documents in the name of and on behalf of the Company deemed necessary or appropriate by any Authorized Officer to consummate the transactions contemplated by the First Amendment;

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is authorized and directed to take all further action which either Authorized Officer deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the foregoing resolutions; and

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that this written consent may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall be deed one end the same instrument.

 

/s/ Jack E. Brucker

Jack E. Brucker

/s/ John S. Banas III

John S. Banas III


AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is entered into by and between R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner have formed a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership is Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

8401 E. Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Limited Partner:

 

North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.

8401 E. Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partners of limited partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under § 17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contributions to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions, at such time as determined by the General Partner.

 

12. Assignments. A partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other partner. Neither partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.

 

13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional general or limited partners to the Partnership.


(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 3rd day of June, 1998.

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

By:  

/s/ Mark E. Liebner

   

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

 

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

By:  

/s/ Mark E. Liebner

   

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

EX-3.89 76 dex389.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC. Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.89

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21 day of December, 1995.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.90 77 dex390.htm BYLAWS OF R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC. Bylaws of R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.90

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of December 21, 1995


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE LP., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the


secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the


holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the


written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.


(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution,


except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and


exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by


the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,


employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.


Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.91 78 dex391.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC. Certificate of Incorporation of R/M of Texas G.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.91

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M of Texas G.P., Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21st day of December, 1995.

 

 
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.92 79 dex392.htm BYLAWS OF R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC. Bylaws of R/M of Texas G.P., Inc.

Exhibit 3.92

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of December 21, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be


given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board


of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of


directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of


furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The


Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of


these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary
EX-3.93 80 dex393.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF R/M PARTNERS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of R/M Partners, Inc.

Exhibit 3.93

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

R/M PARTNERS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is R/M Partners, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at are election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely


affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 30th day of October, 1997.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.94 81 dex394.htm BYLAWS OF R/M PARTNERS, INC. Bylaws of R/M Partners, Inc.

Exhibit 3.94

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

R/M PARTNERS, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of November 7, 1997


BYLAWS

OF

R/M PARTNERS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1998, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the


secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the


holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the


written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.


(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution,


except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and


exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by


the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,


employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words


“Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.95 82 dex395.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC. Certificate of Incorporation RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.

Exhibit 3.95

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21st day of May, 1998.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.96 83 dex396.htm BYLAWS RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC. Bylaws RMFD of New Jersey, Inc.

Exhibit 3.96

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of May 22, 1998


BYLAWS

OF

RMFD OF NEW JERSEY, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

2.2 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1999, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.4 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

2.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

2.5 Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.6 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.8 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


2.9 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.9, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.


ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

3.2 Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

3.3 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


3.4 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

3.5 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(i) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(ii) the material facts as to his or her 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.

 

(c) 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 that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.6 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

3.7 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

3.8 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by


means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

3.9 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS

 

4.1 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

4.2 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

5.2 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

5.3 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

5.4 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

5.5 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of


directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

5.6 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

5.7 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.8 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

5.9 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

6.1 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

6.2 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

6.3 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.7 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

6.4 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

6.5 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing


collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

6.6 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

6.7 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.8 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The


Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

8.2 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

9.2 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

9.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

9.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

9.5 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

9.6 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

9.7 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be


affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.97 84 dex397.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.97

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely


affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 5th day of February, 1997.

 

 
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.98 85 dex398.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Communications Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.98

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of February 5, 1997


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1998, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the


president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be


held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but


no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.


Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.


Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or


(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.


(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.


Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or, other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.


Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,


employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words


“Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.99 86 dex399.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation

Exhibit 3.99

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

That we, the undersigned, do hereby adopt these Articles of Amendment for RURAL/METRO CORPORATION:

 

Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation are attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit “A”.

 

On March 17, 1988, a majority of the shareholders of RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, entitled to vote thereon, voted affirmatively to adopt these Restated and Amended Articles.

 

On March 17, 1988, there were 142,815.00 number of shares outstanding and 132,474.23 number of shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

132,474.23 number of shares voted affirmatively for said Restated and Amended Articles and 0 number of shares voted against said Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation.

 

DATED this 7th day of April, 1988.

 

 

PRESIDENT

 

 

SECRETARY


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )
     )    ss.

County of Maricopa

   )

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, the undersigned Notary Public, this 7th day of April, 1988, by RONALD C. BUTLER, President of Rural/Metro Corporation.

 

 

NOTARY PUBLIC

 

My Commission Expires:

 

August 30, 1990

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )
     )    ss.

County of Maricopa

   )

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me, the undersigned Notary Public, this 7th day of April, 1988, by LOUIS G. JEKEL, President of Rural/Metro Corporation.

 

 

NOTARY PUBLIC

 

My Commission Expires:

 

August 30, 1990


RESTATED AND AMENDED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

That we, the undersigned, for the purpose of restating and amending the Articles of Incorporation, under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Arizona, do hereby adopt these Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Name. The name of the corporation is RURAL/METRO CORPORATION.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Purpose. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona, as they may be amended from time to time, and specifically, but not in limitation thereof, the purpose of fire protection services; emergency medical services; security guard and alarm services, home health care; and all related and incidental services.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Initial Business. The corporation initially intends to conduct the business of fire protection services; emergency medical services; security guard and alarm services; home health care; and all related and incidental services.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Authorized Capital. The corporation shall have authority to issue 25 million shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.


ARTICLE V

 

Stock Rights and Options – Officers. The corporation may issue rights and options to purchase shares of stock of the corporation to directors, officers, or employees of the corporation or of any affiliate thereof, and no shareholder approval or ratification of any such issuance of rights and options shall be required.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Statutory Agent. The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the corporation is LOUIS G. JEKEL, 323 N. Brown Ave., Suite E, Stottsdale, AZ 85251.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Known Place of Business. The known place of business of the corporation shall be 3200 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not fewer than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) directors. The names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors are:

 

LOUIS A. WITZEMAN

RONALD C. BUTLER

ROBERT H. MANSCHOT

JAMES H. BOLIN

LOUIS G. JEKEL

 

Each of the foregoing Directors have the following address:

 

3200 North Hayden Road, Suite 200

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


ARTICLE IX

 

Management. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Vacancies in Board of Directors. No director who has submitted his or her resignation from the Board of Directors effective at a future time shall be permitted to vote upon the filling of any vacancy or vacancies on the Board of Directors, including the vacancy to be created by his or her resignation.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

Quorum. A quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the number of directors then serving.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

No Action Without Meeting. No action required by law or these Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation to be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting duly called in accordance with the requirements of the Bylaws and actually held, the holding of meetings via telephone or teleconference is permitted and authorized herein to the extent permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

Distributions From Capital Surplus. The Board of Directors of the corporation may, from time to time, distribute on a pro rata basis to its shareholders out of the capital surplus of the corporation a portion of its assets, in cash or property.


ARTICLE XIV

 

The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she 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 of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against judgments and amounts paid in settlement and expenses including attorney’s fees), actual and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses


(including attorney’s fees) and amount paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

To the extent that a director or officer of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Article XIV, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses including attorney’s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.

 

Any indemnification under this Article XIV (unless ordered by a Court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article. Such determination shall be made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtaining a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or by the shareholders.

 

Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or preceding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of a director or officer to repay such amount


unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article.

 

The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any statute, bylaws, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. Without limiting the foregoing, the corporation is authorized to enter into an agreement with any director or officer of the corporation providing indemnification for such person against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement that results from any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal administrative or investigative, including any action by or in the right of the corporation, that arises by reason of the fact that such person 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 of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, to the full extent allowed by law, whether or not such indemnification would otherwise be provided for by this Article XIV, except that no such agreement shall indemnify any person from or on account of such persons’ conduct which was finally adjudged to have been knowingly been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest or wilful misconduct. Any indemnification provided pursuant to this Article XIV shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives and administrators of such a person.


The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who 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 of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article XIV.

 

For the purpose of this Article XIV, (a) any director or officer of the corporation who shall serve as a director or officer of any other corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprises of which the corporation, directly or indirectly, is or was a stockholder or creditor, or in which the corporation is or was in any way interested, or (b) any director or officer of any subsidiary corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise wholly owned by the corporation, shall be deemed to be serving as such director or officer at the request of the corporation, unless the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine otherwise. In all other instances where any person shall serve as a director of officer of another corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise of which the corporation is or was a stockholder or creditor, or in which it is or was otherwise interested, if it is not otherwise established that such person is or was serving as such director or officer at the request of the corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation may determine whether such service is or was at the request of the corporation and it shall not be necessary to show any actual or prior request for such service. For the purposes of this Article XIV references to a corporation include all constituent corporations or if such person was serving at the request of such constituent


corporation as director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article XIV with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity. For purposes of this Article XIV, the term “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; and the terms “serving at the request of the corporation shall include any service as a director or officer of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer, with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” as referred to in this Article XIV.

 

Persons who are employees or agents of the corporation or its wholly-owned subsidiaries who are not directors or officers of the corporation may be similarly indemnified but only to the extent at any time specifically authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE XV

 

Director Liability. A director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This Article shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any conduct described in clauses a) through (e) of Section 10-054.A.9. Arizona Revised Statutes as amended by the 1987 Arizona Sessions Laws, First Regular Session, Chapter 129. If the Arizona Corporation Law is amended to authorize further elimination or


limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Arizona Corporation Law as so amended. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not increase the liability of a director or the corporation arising out of acts or omissions occurring before the repeal or modification becomes effective. This Article shall become effective upon effectiveness of the 1987 Arizona Sessions law, First, Regular Session, Chapter 129.

 

ARTICLE XVI

 

Repurchase of Shares. The Board of Directors of the corporation may, from time to time, cause the corporation to purchase its own shares to the extent of the unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE XVII

 

Dividends. The Board of Directors may authorize the payment of dividends to the holders of shares of any class of stock payable in shares of any other class.

 

ARTICLE XVIII

 

Provisions Relating to Shareholders – Quorum. A quorum at a meeting of shareholders shall consist of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy.

 

ARTICLE XIX

 

Voting Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the corporation present and voting at a meeting which a quorum is present shall be required for any act of the shareholders.

EX-3.100 87 dex3100.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation

Exhibit 3.100

 

AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of May 27, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, and the Secretary is directed to insert the amendment to the bylaws in the Corporation’s minute book.


EXHIBIT A

 

Section 2, of Article II of the Bylaws of the Corporation shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Number and Term of Office. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders and each director shall serve until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.”


SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION,

an Arizona corporation

 

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

 

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

 

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


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION,

an Arizona corporation

 

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

 

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

 

The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders and each director shall serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.


BY-LAWS OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I

 

Meetings of Shareholders.

 

SECTION 1: Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the shareholders of RURAL/METRO CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona or at such other place within or without said State as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2: Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the 1st Thursday of February of each year (or, if that day shall be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day) at 8:00 A. M., or at such hour as may be specified in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise regulated by statute, may be called by the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President at the request in writing of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined solely to the objects stated in the call.


SECTION 4: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail, to or personally served upon, each shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation, not less than five (5) nor more than forty (40) days before the meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to each shareholder at his address as it appears on the record books of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request. Such notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, or who shall in writing or by telegraph waive notice thereof prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the shareholders at which every shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation shall be present, in person or by proxy, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose or purposes thereof.

 

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


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

 

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

 

ARTICLE II

 

Directors.

 

SECTION 1: General Powers. The Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation and may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things, including the designation from its number of a Chairman and an Executive


Committee, as are not by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Directors shall not be entitled to be represented, counted or vote at meetings of the Board by proxy.

 

SECTION 2: Number, Qualifications and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than three (3) nor more than fifteen (15) as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and in the absence of such determination, shall be in the number as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. All directors shall be of the age of majority and at least one (1) of them shall be a citizen of the United States. The term of office of each of the initial directors shall be as designated in the Articles of Incorporation and of each director thereafter shall be from the time of his election and qualification until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign, or until he shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section 9 of this Article II.

 

SECTION 3: Election of Directors. At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors at which a quorum shall be present, each voting stock shareholder or proxy entitled to vote shall have as many votes as shall equal the number of shares of voting stock owned or represented by him, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two (2) or more of them as he may see fit.

 

SECTION 4: Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as provided in Section 10 of this Article II, a majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum for


the transaction of business at any meeting. Any act of a majority, excluding abstentions, of the directors present, and voting at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present shall be the act of the Board, except as provided in Section 4, Article III and Article XI of these By-Laws. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting from time to time until a quorum is present thereat. Notices of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment shall be taken and at any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

SECTION 5: Place of Meeting. The Board may hold its meetings at such place within or without the State of Arizona as the Board from time to time may determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

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

 

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


SECTION 8: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the Board, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail to, or personally served upon, each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director if such notice is waived in writing or by telegraph by him prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting at which every member of the Board shall be present, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose and purposes thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

SECTION 11: Compensation. Each director, in consideration of his serving as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such compensation or fees for attendance at directors’ meetings, or both, as the Board shall from time to time


determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties. Nothing contained in this Section shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation, its affiliates or subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Officers.

 

SECTION 1: Number. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the President, a Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and there may be, in addition, such subordinate officers, agents and employees as shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of these By-Laws. One person may hold the office of, and perform the duties of, any one or more officer. The Board may require any such officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

SECTION 2: Election, Term of Office, Qualification. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board at its annual meetings, each thereof to hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his death or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 4 of these By-Laws.

 

SECTION 3: Subordinate Officers, etc. The Board may appoint such subordinate officers, agents or employees as the Board may deem necessary or advisable, including one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of who shall hold office for such period, having such authority and perform such duties as provided in these By-Laws or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board


may delegate to any executive officer or to any committee the power to appoint any such additional officers, agents or employees.

 

SECTION 4: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the whole Board, or in the case of an officer appointed, by any committee or executive officer upon whom such power or removal may be conferred by the Board.

 

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

 

SECTION 6: The President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board. He shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the shareholders. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He may sign, with the Treasurer or the Secretary, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and he may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing, execution or delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-Laws to designated officers or agents of the Corporation or where any thereof shall be required by law or the Board otherwise to be signed, executed and delivered, and he may affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument which shall require it. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the


office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by these By-Laws by the Board.

 

SECTION 7: Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the President may from time to time prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these By-Laws. At the request of the President, or in case of his absence or inability to act, the Vice President, or, if there shall be more than one Vice President then in office, that one of them who shall be designated for the purpose by the President or by the Board, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

SECTION 8: The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or other depositaries as may be designated by the Board; he 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 President and to the Board at the annual, regular and special meetings of the Board or whenever they may require it, a statement of all his transactions as Treasurer and an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties as may from time to time, be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates of stock of the Corporation.


SECTION 9: The Secretary. The Secretary shall act as secretary of, and cause to be kept, the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; he shall cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been specifically or generally authorized by the Board; he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization as a corporation, and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept or filed; and he shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates to stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 10: Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the Corporation if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, and none of such officers shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a member of the Board; and any officer who shall also be a member of the Board shall be entitled to vote in the determination of the amount of the salary that shall be paid to him.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Resignations.

 

Any director or other officer may resign his office at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or if no time be specified


therein, at the time of the receipt thereof, and the acceptance thereof shall not be necessary to make it affirmative.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

SECTION 1: Execution of Contracts. In addition to the provisions of Article III, Section 6 of these By-Laws, the Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name-and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; except as is provided by Article III, Section 6, of these By-Laws with respect to the powers and authority of the President, and, unless so authorized by the Board or expressly authorized by these By-Laws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power of authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or to any amount.

 

SECTION 2: Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board. When authorized by the Board so to do, any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company, or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds, or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


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

 

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

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Transfers. Transfers of capital stock shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder, of the shares in person, or by his duly authorized attorney or legal representative, and upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares. The Board may require satisfactory surety


before issuing a new certificate to replace a certificate claimed to have been lost or destroyed.

 

SECTION 3: Closing of Transfer Books. The Board may fix a day not more than forty (40) days prior to the day of holding any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation as the day as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined and only such shareholders of record on such day shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting. The books for the transfer of the shares of the Corporation may be closed for the payment of a dividend or dividends or for any other purpose permitted by law during such period, not exceeding forty (40) days, as the Board shall determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by law, the Board may declare dividends on the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or not profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, shall deem proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conductive to the best interests of the Corporation.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Offices and Books.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or the office of the Corporation’s attorneys at law correct books of all the business and transactions of the Corporation a copy of these By-Laws and the Stock book of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Seal.

 

The Board shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures indicating the year and state in which the Corporation was incorporated and such other words or figures as the Board may approve.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year.

 

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


ARTICLE XI

 

Amendments

 

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

 

Adopted the 3rd day of February, 1972.        
           
       

Louis G. Jekel, Jr., Secretary

ATTEST:

       
           

Louis A. Witzeman, President

       

 

EXHIBIT B


   

JEKEL & HOWARD

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

4323 NORTH BROWN AVENUE, SUITE E SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA 85251

TELEPHONE (602) 994-5586

       

LOUIS G. JEKEL

ROBERT C. HOWARD, JR.

KING C. SYNDER

NINA L. DE BECCARO

TRANSMITTAL LETTER

TO:

     

Carol A. Colombo

   DATE: May 23, 1988
       

BROWN & BAIN

         
       

222 North Central Avenue

   RE: Rural/Metro Corporation
       

Phoenix, Arizona 85001

         
       

Enclosed is/are ¨ self-addressed, stamped envelope, x original ¨

         
                 copy(ies) of the certificate of Authenticity of the Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation and Certificate of Resolution of the Board of Directors.     
       

This/these item(s) is/are transmitted:

    

¨

 

for your review/approval

   ¨   

for recording

¨

 

for filing

   ¨    for your information
                         ¨   

for

             Remarks:    ¨      please sign and return
                  ¨      please review and discard
                  ¨      please sign before a Notary Public and return

 

The enclosed documents have been executed by me the 20th day of May, 1988.

 

By    
   

LOUIS G. JEKEL

 

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TELECOPIER: 602-254-7494

CABLE: BRAINS

TWX: 910-951-0646

  

BROWN & BAIN

A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION

   BROWN & BAIN
A PARTNERSHIP ASSOCIATED
WITH A LAW CORPORATION
600 HANSEN WAY
CAROL A. COLOMBO   

222 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE

(602) 257-8777

   PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306
(415) 856-9411
    

MAILING ADDRESS

P.O. BOX 400

PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85001

    
     May 19, 1988     
     Rural/Metro Corporation     

 

Dear Louis:

 

Please sign the enclosed Certificate of Authenticity of the Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation and Certificate of Resolution of the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro Corporation and return them to our messenger.

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

 

Very truly yours,

 

Carol A. Colombo

 

Mr. Louis G. Jekel

4323 North Brown Avenue

Suite E

Scottsdale, Arizona

 

HAND DELIVERED

 

CAC:enj

 

Enclosures


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY OF

THE BYLAWS OF

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

I, Louis G. Jekel, Secretary of Rural/Metro Corporation, an Arizona corporation, hereby certify that the following is a correct copy of the Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation, and that said Bylaws are still in full force and effect and have not been revoked.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this certificate to be executed by the Secretary as of this 20th day of May, 1988.

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

LOUIS G. JEKEL, Secretary


CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION OF THE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

 

I, Louis G. Jekel, Secretary of Rural/Metro Corporation, an Arizona corporation, hereby certify that the following is a correct copy of a Resolution unanimously adopted at a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of Rural/Metro Corporation held at the Corporation’s headquarters in Maricopa County, Arizona on the 6th day of May, 1988, and that said Resolution is in full force and effect and has not been revoked.

 

RESOLVED, that the Corporation create an issue of and offer to place (in a manner that will cause the transactions to be exempt from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws) the following described securities with such persons and entities as the President and the Senior Vice President/Finance, or either of them, may, in his sole discretion, deem in the best interests of the Corporation: Notes in aggregate principal amount of up to $2.6 million; each having a maturity date of July 10, 1993, bearing interest at the rate of 9% per annum; being convertible into shares of common stock of the Corporation at any time during such term at a basic conversion price of $140.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments; being subordinated in right of prior payment to the senior debt of the Corporation; having certain registration rights; and containing such other or different terms and conditions as the President and the Senior Vice President/Finance, or either of them, shall deem advisable and as shall be approved by counsel.

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Corporation should, and it does hereby, reserve such number of shares of its presently authorized but unissued common stock for issuance upon conversation of such notes as shall be determined by dividing the aggregate principal amount of the notes sold by the basic per share conversion price.

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the appropriate officers of the Corporation be, and each of them is hereby, authorized and directed to execute such documents and take


such further action as may be necessary to effect the issuance and sale of the notes and the shares to be issued upon conversion thereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this certificate to be executed by its Secretary this 20th day of May, 1998.

 

 

LOUIS G. JEKEL, Secretary

EX-3.101 88 dex3101.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF FLORIDA Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida

Exhibit 3.101

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned incorporators have associated themselves together, and do hereby certify that they associate themselves together for the purpose of forming a body corporate under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Florida, and especially under and by virtue of Chapter 608, Florida Statutes 1959, for the transaction of business with and under the following charter:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be “HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.”

 

ARTICLE II

 

(a) The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation shall be:

 

(b) To engage in the business of operating emergency vehicles, including, but not limited to, ambulances.

 

(c) To acquire by purchase or otherwise, to own and possess, any real or personal property, of any kind or nature, wheresoever situated, and any interest in or right appertaining to any of such property; to hold, use, improve, develop, deal in and operate any of such property, or interest therein, or right thereto, or any part thereof; to build, erect, construct, maintain, improve, rebuild, enlarge or alter buildings or other


improvements on any of such property, or any part thereof; to sell, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of all or any part of such property, or any rights or interest therein or thereto appertaining; and, generally, to deal with and act in relation to such property in any and every way.

 

(d) To acquire and deal with, in any manner, licenses of all kinds; and to turn to account, sell, assign, lease, pledge, or dispose of and deal with (1) any and all licenses, privileges, easements, concessions, inventions, trade names, trade marks, brands, distinctive marks and franchises of any and all kinds, and right or rights analogous thereto; and (2) any and all rights, territorial or otherwise, thereunder; and to carry on any lawful business whatsoever, whether manufacturing or otherwise, which the corporation may deem calculated, directly or indirectly, to accomplish its objects, or any of them, provided, however, that they shall be incidental to the purposes of the corporation.

 

(e) To purchase or otherwise acquire the whole or any part of the property, assets, good will, rights and business, and to undertake or assume the whole or any part of the bonds, mortgages, franchises, leases, contracts, indebtedness, guaranties, liabilities and obligations of any person, firm, association, corporation or organization heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business similar to any of the businesses of the corporation; and to pay for the same, or any part or combination thereof, in cash, shares of the capital stock, bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations of the corporation, or otherwise, or by undertaking or assuming the whole or any part of the liabilities or obligations of the transferors; and to hold, or in any manner dispose of, the whole or any part of the property and assets so acquired or purchased; and to utilize, enjoy and conduct, in any lawful manner, the whole or any part of the business so acquired, and to exercise all the


powers necessary or convenient in and about the conduct, management and carrying on of such business.

 

(f) To purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire, hold, own, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of the stock, voting trust certificates, bonds, obligations, securities or other evidences of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic or foreign; as well as the bonds, obligations, securities and other evidences of indebtedness of any individual, firm, association, government or subdivision thereof; and to issue in exchange therefor the stocks, bonds or other obligations of this corporation, or any other of its property; and, while the owner of any such stock, voting trust certificates, bonds, obligations, securities or other evidences of indebtedness, to exercise in respect thereof all the rights, powers and privileges of individual ownership, including the right to vote thereon for any and all purposes; and, upon a distribution of the assets, or a division of the profits, of the corporation, to distribute any such shares of capital stock, voting trust certificates, bonds, obligations, securities or other evidences of indebtedness, or the proceeds thereof, among the stockholders of this corporation.

 

(g) To guarantee, so far as permitted by law, the payment of dividends upon any shares of the capital stock of, or the performance of any contract by, any other corporation or association in which the corporation shall have an interest; and to endorse or otherwise guarantee the payment of the principal and interest, or either, of any bonds, debentures, notes, securities or other evidences of indebtedness created or issued by any such other corporation or association; and to aid in any manner permitted by law any other corporation or association, domestic or foreign, any bonds or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of which, or shares of stock in which, are held by or for this


corporation, or in which, or in the welfare of which, this corporation shall have any interest; and to do any acts or things designed to protect, preserve, improve or enhance the value of any such bonds or other securities or evidences of indebtedness, or such shares of stock or other properly, of the corporation.

 

(h) To borrow or raise money for any of its purposes without limit as to amount; and to make, execute, issue and endorse bonds, debentures, promissory notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness, of any nature and in any manner, whether secured or unsecured, for monies so borrowed, or in payment of property acquired, or for any of the objects or purposes of the corporation; and to secure the payment of the principal and interest of any such obligation by mortgage, pledge, deed, indenture, agreement, instrument of trust, lien upon, assignment of, or agreement in respect of, all or any part of the property, real or personal, of the corporation, or of all or any of its rights or interests therein, wheresoever situated, and whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired; and, in such manner and upon such terms as the Board of Directors may deem judicious, to sell or pledge such bonds or obligations, or to discount notes of the corporation for its corporate purposes.

 

(i) To buy, sell, hold and reissue the stocks and bonds or other securities of this corporation, insofar as the same is permitted by law.

 

(j) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every sort and kind which may be necessary or convenient for the business of this corporation, or business of a similar nature, with any person, firm, corporation, private, public or municipal body politic under the government of the United States, or any State, territory or colony


thereof, or any foreign government, so far as, and to the extent that the same may be done and performed by corporations organized under the stock corporation law.

 

(k) To do any and all things necessary, suitable, convenient or proper for, or in connection with, or incidental to, the accomplishment of any one or more of the purposes, or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, or designed, directly or indirectly, to promote the interests of the corporation or to enhance the value of any of its property or business.

 

(l) To carry on business at any place or places within the jurisdiction of the United States, and in any and all foreign countries; and to purchase, hold, mortgage, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of and deal with real and personal property at any such place or places.

 

(m) To do all and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any of the purposes, the attainment of any of the objects or the furtherance of any of the powers hereinbefore set forth, either alone or in connection with other corporations, firms or individuals, and either as principal or agent, and to do every other act or acts, thing or things, incidental or appurtenant to or growing out of or connected with the aforesaid objects, purposes or powers, or any of them.

 

(n) To engage in any other business, or do any and all acts and things incident to or which to the Board of Directors may be deemed necessary to the carrying out or the success of any business outlined above; and to engage in any and every lawful business whatsoever, whether herein mentioned or not.


ARTICLE III

 

The number of shares of stock which may be issued by the corporation is One Hundred (100) shares, all of which shall be common stock, without nominal or par value. Said stock shall be issued upon such consideration, not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) a share, as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. No shareholder shall transfer, alienate, or in any way dispose of any share of the corporation unless such share shall first have been offered for sale to the corporation. The corporation reserves and shall have the exclusive right and option to purchase such shares at a price equal to the book value thereof with ninety days after such offer. After the expiration of such time, the shareholder, if the corporation shall not have exercised its option to purchase such share, shall be free to transfer, alienate, or otherwise dispose of such share without any restriction whatsoever.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The amount of capital, in lawful money of the United States, or its equivalent, with which this corporation shall begin business shall be the slam of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or more.

 

ARTICLE V

 

This corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The Post Office address of the principal office of this corporation shall be 625 East Colonial Drive, Orlando, Orange County, Florida.


ARTICLE VII

 

The Board of Directors of this corporation shall be any number not less than three (3), fixed from time to time by the By-Laws of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The names and post office addresses of the first Board of Directors, the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the corporation, and Chapter 608, Florida Statutes 1959, shall hold office during the first year of the corporation’s existence, or until their successors are elected or appointed and have qualified, are as follows:

 

DIRECTORS


  

ADDRESSES


Ernest Eugene Herndon    2816 South Shine Street, Orlando, Florida
Lillian Esther Herndon    2816 South Shine Street, Orlando, Florida
Charles Ernest Hoequist    326 North Main Street, Orlando, Florida

 

OFFICERS


  

TITLE


  

ADDRESSES


Ernest Eugene Herndon    President   

2816 South Shine Street

Orlando, Florida

Lillian Esther Herndon    Secretary and Treasurer   

2816 South Shine Street

Orlando, Florida

Charles Ernest Hoequist    Vice President   

326 North Main Street

Orlando, Florida


ARTICLE IX

 

The name and post office address of each subscriber of the Articles of Incorporation, and the number of shares of stock which each agrees to take, is as follows; to wit:

 

SUBSCRIBERS


  

ADDRESSES


   NUMBER OF SHARES

Ernest Eugene Herndon

  

2816 South Shine St.

Orlando, Florida

   3 @ $100.00

Lillian Esther Herndon

  

2816 South Shine St.

Orlando, Florida

   1 @ $100.00

Charles Ernest Hoequist

  

326 North Main St.

Orlando, Florida

   1 @ $100.00

 

ARTICLE X

 

The business of the corporation shall be managed, controlled and conducted by a Board of Directors, and by a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Any person may hold one or more offices, except that the President shall not also be the Secretary of the corporation. The Directors shall be chosen annually after the first year of existence of the corporation by the stockholders, at the annual meeting of the stockholders. The officers who shall serve during the first year of the existence of the corporation, or until their successors are elected and have qualified, shall be: Ernest Eugene Herndon, President; Charles Ernest Hoequist, Vice President; and Lillian Esther Herndon, Secretary and Treasurer. The number of Directors and their terms of office and manner of election, as well as their duties, shall be prescribed by the By-Laws. The officers shall be elected by and selected from the Board of Directors.


A majority of the Directors present at any meeting, duly and regularly called, shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of Directors present shall control.

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held at the time and place which shall be set forth in the By-Laws of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority to fix the price for, and to fix limitations upon, the issuance of all stock certificates and for the sale of all stock. All payments for stock shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America; provided, however, that any designated portion of the stock shall be made payable in property, labor or services at a just valuation, to be fixed by the incorporators or by the Directors at a meeting called for such purpose. Property, labor or services may also be purchased or paid for with capital stock at a just valuation of such property, labor or services, to be fixed by the Directors of the corporation at a meeting called for such purpose. All stock issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable. Stock shall be transferable only in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws, and every person becoming a stockholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to-his stock, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder. The By-Laws shall include provisions governing the issuance of stock certificates to replace lost or destroyed stock certificates.

 

Immediately after the adjournment of the annual meeting of the stockholders, the Directors shall hold their annual meeting for the election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Meetings of the stockholders and meetings of the Board of Directors of this corporation may be held within or without the State of Florida. This corporation may have such other places of


business besides the principal place of business, either within or without the State of Florida, as may be deemed desirable.

 

The amount of indebtedness or liability to which this corporation may at any time subject itself shall be unlimited.

 

This corporation shall adopt an appropriate seal, and shall adopt By-Laws for the government of its affairs, not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation and the laws of the State of Florida, which may be amended or repealed as provided in said By-Laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the subscribers hereunto have set their hands and seals the 23rd day of September, A.D. 1959.

 

Signed, Sealed and Delivered

in the presence of:

           
              (SEAL)
       

Ernest Eugene Herndon

   
             
              (SEAL)
       

Lillian Esther Herndon

   
             
              (SEAL)
       

Charles Ernest Hoequist

   


STATE OF FLORIDA   )
COUNTY OF ORANGE   )

 

Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Florida at Large, personally appeared ERNEST EUGENE HERNDON, LILLIAN ESTHER HERNDON and CHARLES ERNEST HOEQUIST, each to me personally well known to be the persons who executed the foregoing Articles Of Incorporation of “HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.”, and they severally acknowledged before me that they executed the same for the purposes therein expressed.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the City of Orlando, County of Orange, State of Florida, this 23rd day of September, A.D. 1959.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Florida at Large

My Commission expires: Sept. 4, 1962


ARTICLES OF MERGER

 

Pursuant to §607.229 of the Florida General Corporation Act, Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Central Florida Transportation, Inc., a Florida corporation, adopt the following articles of merger for the purpose of merging Central Florida Transportation, Inc., into Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., the latter of which is to survive the merger:

 

ARTICLE I

 

That certain plan and agreement of merger (the “agreement”) dated December 21, 1979 by and between Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., a Florida corporation, and Central Florida Transportation, Inc., a Florida corporation, attached and made a part of this instrument, was duly approved by the shareholders of Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., and Central Florida Transportation, Inc., pursuant to §607.221 of the Florida General Corporation Act (the “act”) on December 21, 1979.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Of the 78 outstanding shares of common stock, par value $10.00 per share, of Central Florida Transportation, Inc., entitled to vote as a class upon the agreement, the holders of 78 of those shares voted in favor of and authorized the agreement in accordance with §607.221 of the act.

 

Of the 50 outstanding shares of the common stock, no par value, of Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., entitled to vote as a class upon the agreement, the holders of 50 of these shares have voted in favor of and authorized the agreement in accordance with §607.221 of the act.


ARTICLE III

 

The effective date of these Articles of Merger shall be December 31, 1979.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The articles of incorporation of Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., shall be amended as of the effective date by:

 

1. Striking out all of present Article III and substituting new Article III, which shall read as follows: “The maximum number of shares of stock that this corporation is authorized to have outstanding at any one time is one hundred (100) shares of common stock, having no par value.”

 

2. Striking out all of present Article VII and substituting new Article VII, which shall read as follows: “The Board of Directors of this corporation shall be any number not less than one (1), fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders.”

 

3. Striking out all of present Article X.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to these articles of merger have caused them to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers.

 

HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

By:

   
   

Idus E. Willis, President

 

ATTEST:

  

Herbert A. Perry, Secretary


CENTRAL FLORIDA

TRANSPORTATION, INC.

By:

   
   

Idus E. Willis, President

 

ATTEST:

  

Herbert A. Perry, Secretary

 

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ORANGE

 

Before me personally appeared IDUS E. WILLIS, President and HERBERT A. PERRY, Secretary, of Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., to me well known and known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to and before me that they executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal, this 21st day of December, 1979.

 

 
Notary Public
State of Florida at Large

My Commission Expires:

 

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ORANGE

 

Before Me personally appeared IDUS E. WILLIS, President and HERBERT A. PERRY, Secretary of Central Florida Transportation, Inc., to me well


known and known to me to be the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they acknowledged to and before me that they executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal, this 21st day of December, 1979

 

 
Notary Public
State of Florida at Large

My Commission Expires:


PLAN AND AGREEMENT OF MERGER

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF MERGER dated December 21, 1979, by and between HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. (“Herndon”), and CENTRAL FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION, INC. (“Central”),

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, Herndon is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; and

 

WHEREAS, Central is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida; and

 

WHEREAS, Herndon and Central have agreed that Central shall merge into Herndon upon the terms and conditions in the manner set forth in this agreement and in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of Florida,

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, contained in this agreement and in order to consummate the transactions described above, Herndon and Central, the constituent corporations to this agreement, agree as follows:

 

1. Herndon and Central agree that Central shall be merged into Herndon, as a single corporation, upon the terms and conditions of this agreement and that Herndon shall continue under the laws of the State of Florida as the surviving corporation (“the surviving corporation”), and they further agree as follows:

 

a. The registered agent and the address of the registered office of the surviving corporation shall be as appears on the most recent Annual Report of Herndon as on file with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida. The purposes, name, and duration of the surviving corporation shall be as appears in the articles of incorporation of


Herndon as on file with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida on the date of this agreement. The terms and provisions of the articles of incorporation are incorporated in this agreement. From and after the effective date and until further amended, altered or restated as provided by law, the articles of incorporations separate and apart from this agreement shall be and may be separately certified as the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation.

 

b. The articles of incorporation of Herndon, on the effective date, shall be amended by:

 

1. Striking out all of present Article III and substituting new Article III, which shall read as follows: “The maximum number of shares of stock that this corporation is authorized to have outstanding at any one time is one hundred (100) shares of common stock, having no par value.”

 

2. Striking out all of present Article VII and substituting new Article VII, which shall read as follows: “The Board of Directors of this corporation shall be any number not less than one (1), fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders.”

 

3. Striking out all of present Article X.

 

c. The bylaws of Herndon in effect on the effective date shall be the bylaws of the surviving corporation until they shall be altered, amended or repealed or until new bylaws are adopted as provided in them.

 

d. The persons who upon the effective date of the merger shall constitute the board of directors of the surviving corporation shall be the persons constituting the board of directors of Herndon on the effective date. If on the effective


date of the merger any vacancy exists on the board of directors of the surviving corporation, that vacancy may be filled in the manner provided in the bylaws of the surviving corporation.

 

e. The persons who upon the effective date of the merger shall constitute the officers of the surviving corporation shall be the persons constituting the officers of Herndon on the effective date.

 

2. This agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of Herndon and Central (the “constituent corporations”) for their consent and approval at a meeting of shareholders in accordance with Florida General Corporation Act §607.221 on December 21, 1979 (or such later date as the boards of directors of Herndon and Central shall mutually approve) and, if it is adopted and approved in accordance with the laws of this state, as promptly as practicable thereafter, the fact that this agreement has been adopted and approved as above provided may be certified by their respective secretaries, and this agreement and appropriate articles of merger shall be signed, acknowledged and filed pursuant to the laws of the State of Florida. The merger of Central into Herndon shall become effective as of the close of business on December 31, 1979 after the filing of this agreement and appropriate articles of merger with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida. The date on which the merger of Central into Herndon becomes effective is called in this instrument the “effective date” of the merger.

 

3. When this agreement shall have been approved, signed, acknowledged and filed, the separate existence of Central shall cease and Central shall be merged into the surviving corporation in accordance with this agreement, and the surviving corporation shall continue unaffected and unimpaired by the merger and shall possess all of the


rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses and registrations, both of a public and private nature, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the constituent corporations so merged, and all and singular the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses, and registrations of each of the constituent corporations; and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to either of the constituent corporations on whatever account as well for stock subscriptions as all other things in action or belonging to each of the constituent corporations shall be vested in the surviving corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses and registrations and every other interest thereafter shall be as effectually the property of the surviving corporation as they were of the respective constituent corporations; and the title to any real estate, whether vested by deed or otherwise in either of the constituent corporations under the laws of the State of Florida, or any other state where real estate may be located, shall not revert or in any way be impaired by reason of the merger, provided that all rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of any of the constituent corporations shall be preserved unimpaired; and all debts, liabilities and duties of the constituent corporations shall then attach to the surviving corporation and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if those debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.

 

4. The manner and basis of converting and exchanging the shares of Central shall be as follows:

 

a. On the effective date each share of common stock, par value $10.00 per share (“Central stock”) issued and outstanding immediately before the effective date, by virtue of the merger and without any action on the part of the holder of


shares of Central stock, shall be converted into and exchanged for one-third (1/3) share of Herndon common stock, having no par value (“Herndon stock”).

 

b. Each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value of $10.00 per share, of Central (“Central stock”) shall continue as one-third (1/3) share of common stock having no par value of the surviving corporation. If the outstanding shares of Central stock at any time between the date of this agreement and the effective date shall be changed or exchanged by declaration of a stock dividend, splitup, combination of shares, merger or consolidation, the number and kind of shares into which the Central stock is to be converted shall be appropriately and equitably adjusted.

 

5. As soon as practicable after the effective date, Herndon shall issue and deliver, in accordance with this paragraph 5, to the shareholder of Central, whose name is set forth in Schedule I of this agreement, certificates for the number of whole shares of Herndon stock to which he shall have become entitled under this agreement. After the effective date of the merger, the Central shareholder may surrender his certificate or certificates previously representing Central stock to Herndon, and thereafter shall be entitled to receive in exchange a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Herndon stock into which those shares of Central stock previously represented by the certificate or certificates so surrendered shall have been converted as above stated. Until so surrendered, each outstanding certificate that, before the effective date of the merger, represented shares of Central stock shall be deemed for all corporate purposes, other than payment of dividends, to evidence ownership of the respective shares of Herndon stock into which they shall have been converted. Unless and until that outstanding certificate that, before the effective date of the merger, represented shares of


stock shall be surrendered, no dividends payable to the holders of record of Herndon stock as of any date subsequent to the effective date of the merger shall be paid to the holder of the outstanding certificate, but upon surrender of the outstanding certificate there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificate for shares of Herndon stock into which those shares shall have been converted the amount of dividends that previously were payable from the effective date with respect to those shares of Herndon stock.

 

6. All shares of Herndon stock for and into which shares of Central stock shall have been converted and exchanged pursuant to this agreement shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the converted and exchanged shares, except for rights of appraisal, if any, that the holders may have as dissenting shareholders. Unless the merger is abandoned, ‘the holders of certificates formerly representing shares of Central stock outstanding immediately before the effective date shall cease on the effective date to be shareholders and shall have no rights with respect to the stock except the right to receive payment for it under the laws of the State of Florida, and their sole rights with respect to Herndon stock for and into which their shares of Central stock have been converted and exchanged by the merger shall be to perfect the rights of appraisal, if any., that the holders may have as dissenting shareholders.

 

7. Herndon and Central shall each take all appropriate corporate action to comply with the applicable laws of the State of Florida in connection with the contemplated merger.

 

8. Upon the effective date the transfer books of Central shall be closed and no transfer of shares of Central stock shall be made or consummated thereafter.


9. Prior to and from and after the effective date the constituent corporations shall take all action necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the merger. In case at any time after the effective date the surviving corporation shall determine that any further conveyance, assignment or other document or any further action is necessary or desirable to vest in the surviving corporation full title to all properties, assets, rights, privileges and franchises of Central, the officers and directors of the constituent corporation shall execute and deliver all instruments and take all action the surviving corporation may determine to be necessary or desirable in order to vest in and confirm to the surviving corporation title to and possession of all those properties, assets, privileges and franchises, and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this agreement.

 

10. Central represents and warrants to and agrees with Herndon as follows:

 

a. Central is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and has full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own and lease property, and is duly qualified or authorized to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character and location of the properties owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it makes those qualifications or authorizations necessary. Central is not presently being challenged as to its right to do business as presently conducted in any jurisdiction. The copies of the articles of incorporation, as amended to date, and the bylaws, as amended to date, of Central previously delivered are true, correct and complete copies as now in full force and effect. No provision of those instruments nor any other instrument to which Central is subject


prohibits, limits or otherwise affects the right, power and authority of Central to enter into this agreement or to cause the consummation of the merger.

 

b. The authorized capitalization of Central consists of 100 shares of common stock, par value $10.00 per share, of which 78 shares are presently outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. There are no existing options, warrants, convertible securities or similar rights granted by Central, or any commitments or agreement of a similar nature to which Central is a party, relating to the authorized or issued stock of Central.

 

c. Central presently has no subsidiaries.

 

d. The execution, delivery and performance of this agreement has been duly and effectively authorized by the board of directors of Central and will be submitted to the shareholders of Central for approval under §607.221 of the Florida General Corporation Act.

 

e. Central will deliver to Herndon, identified in writing as Schedule II of this agreement, the audited balance sheet of Central as of December 31, 1979 and the audited statement of operations of Central for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1979 with related notes and schedules. These financial statements, including the related notes and schedules, fairly will present, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, the financial position of Central as of the date of the balance sheet and the results of the operations of Central for the period covered by the statement of operations. Central has no liabilities or obligations whatsoever, liquidated or unliquidated, actual or contingent, that are not disclosed in the balance sheet (including related notes and schedules) or in this agreement, and the balance sheet and statement of


operations disclose all liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that might be or become a charge against the assets or properties of Central.

 

f. Central is not, and by the execution and performance of this agreement by Central, will not be in breach of any term or provision of or in default under, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or action by a third party could result in a default under any outstanding indenture, mortgage, contract or agreement to which Central is a party or to which Central may be subject or under any provision of its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or violate any order, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Central or any of its properties or assets.

 

g. Central owns good and merchantable title free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances, options, charges or assessments to all of its properties and other assets used in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, those reflected in the balance sheet as of December 31, 1979 referred to in subparagraph (e) of this Paragraph 10 or reflected in the lists or descriptions referred to in subparagraph (h) of this Paragraph 10.

 

h. Central has delivered to Herndon lists and descriptions, identified in writing as Schedule III of this agreement, which it certifies to be correct in all material respects, of the following:

 

1. All property owned, leased or otherwise used or occupied by Central.

 

2. All presently existing contracts and commitments (including mortgages, leases, deeds of trust, loan and credit agreements, employment contracts or deferred compensation, pension, profit-sharing or retirement plans, and


contracts or commitments for the purchase or sale of products or services) imposing any obligation on Central or to which any of its properties is subject.

 

3. All policies of insurance in force with respect to Central including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, those covering its officers, properties, building, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, products and operations.

 

4. The name of each bank in which Central has an account or safe deposit box and the names of all persons authorized to draw on or have access to them; and

 

5. A list of all tangible and intangible personal property owned by Central.

 

11. Herndon represents and warrants to and agrees with Central as follows:

 

a. Herndon is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and has full corporate power to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

 

b. Herndon is not, and by the execution and performance of this agreement will not be, in breach of any term or provision of or in default under, and no event has occurred that with the lapse of time or action by a third party could result in a default under any outstanding indenture, contract or agreement to which it is a party or to which it may be subject, or under any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, except for possible defaults that individually or in the aggregate would not have any material adverse effect on the business of Herndon.

 

c. The execution, delivery and performance of this agreement by Herndon have been duly and effectively authorized by the board of directors of Herndon.


d. The shares of Herndon stock to be issued and delivered pursuant to this agreement have been duly authorized for issuance by the board of directors of Herndon and when so issued will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

12. Anything in this agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time prior to the effective date by mutual consent of the board of directors of Herndon and Central.

 

13. In the event of any termination and abandonment as above provided in paragraph 12, notice shall be given to the other parties to this agreement and this agreement then shall become wholly void and of no effect, and there shall be no liability on the part of any party or its board of directors or shareholders.

 

14. Herndon and Central shall separately pay all expenses interred by them in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement. Any expenses incurred by the shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by this agreement shall be paid by those shareholders.

 

15. This agreement embodies the entire agreement between the parties. There have been and are no agreements, covenants, representations or warranties between the parties other than those expressly stated or expressly provided for in this agreement.

 

16. This agreement is made pursuant to and shall be construed under the laws of the State of Florida. It shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon Herndon and Central, and their respective successors and assigns, nothing in this agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies upon or by reason of this agreement.


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

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the duly authorized officers of the constituent corporations Herndon and Central, acting through their duly authorized officers, all parties to this agreement, this December 21, 1979, have signed this plan and agreement of merger.

 

HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.
By:    
   

President

AND

CENTRAL FLORIDA

TRANSPORTATION, INC.

By:    
   

President

 

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ORANGE

 

Before me personally appeared IDUS E. WILLIS, President of Herndon Ambulance Service, Inc., to me well known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to and before me that he executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.


WITNESS my hand and official seal this 21st day of December, 1979.

 

 

Notary Public

State of Florida at Large

My Commission Expires:


STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF ORANGE

 

personally appeared IDUS E. WILLIS, President of CENTRAL FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION, INC., to me well known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to and before me that he executed said instrument for the purposes therein expressed.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal this 21st day of December, 1979.

 

 

Notary Public

State of Florida at Large

My Commission Expires:


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

1. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. is amended to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be FLORIDA RURAL/METRO, INC.

 

2. Article VI of the Articles of Incorporation of HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. is amended to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The address of the registered office of the corporation is 100 East Robinson Street, Orlando, Florida 32802, and the name of the corporation’s registered agent to receive service of process is Steven R. Bechtel.

 

3. The foregoing amendments were adopted by the shareholders of the corporation on the 2nd day of July, 1984.

 

4. The foregoing amendments shall become effective on the 2nd day of July, 1984.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned President and Secretary of the corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment on the 2nd day of July, 1984.

 

 

Ronald C. Butler, President

 

James E. Stenger, Secretary


STATE OF

COUNTY OF

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this day, before me, a Notary Public duly authorized to take acknowledgments, personally appeared RONALD C. BUTLER, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Articles of Amendment of HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. and he acknowledged before me that he subscribed to these Articles of Amendment.

 

WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State named above, this 2nd day of July, 1984.

 

 

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:


ARTICLES OF MERGER

 

The undersigned, being the Officers of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., a Florida corporation, authorized and required by § 607.227, Florida Statutes, to execute those Articles of Merger, do hereby execute this document intending to comply with the corporate requirements of said Statute. It is therefore stated:

 

1. FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., a Florida corporation, through its Directors, and FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC., a Florida corporation, at the direction of its sole shareholder, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., hereby take the necessary steps to merge FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. with and into FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. The surviving corporation shall be named FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

 

2. A copy of the Plan of Merger of the two corporations is attached to these Articles of Merger and hereby incorporated herein by reference, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. having adopted the same through Resolution of the Board of Directors dated May 22 1985.

 

3. Of the 100 outstanding shares of the common stock, no par value, of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC., 100 of such shares are owned by FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. These 100 shares represent all the outstanding stock of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. has caused these Articles of Merger to be executed in its corporate name by its President and Secretary, with the seal of the Corporation affixed, this 11th day of June, 1985.

 

ATTEST:

     

FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

        By:    

Secretary

         

President

(Corporate Seal)

       

 

STATE OF

COUNTY OF

 

BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public, duly authorized in the State and County named above to take acknowledgements, this day personally appeared Ronald C. Butler, to me known and known to me to be the President of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., corporation, and he acknowledged before me that he executed the foregoing Articles of Merger as President on behalf of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. for the purposes therein stated this 11th day of June, 1985.

 

[Notarial Seal]

 

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:


PLAN OF MERGER BETWEEN FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

AND FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC.

 

1. By Purchase Agreement dated September 28, 1984, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., a Florida corporation, acquired all the outstanding shares of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC., a Florida corporation, and remains the sole shareholder of said corporation as of the effective date of this Plan of Merger.

 

2. All the outstanding shares of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. shall be cancelled and marked void as of the effective date of this Plan of Merger.

 

3. All assets and liabilities of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. shall be transferred to and assumed by FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. as of the effective date of this Plan of merger.

 

4. The purposes, the Registered Agent, the address of the Registered Office, number of Directors and the Capital Stock of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. shall remain as appears in the Articles of Incorporation of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. on file with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, until amended, altered or restated as provided by law.

 

5. By-Laws of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. in effect on the effective date shall remain the By-Laws until they shall be altered, amended or repealed, or until new By-Laws are adopted as provided therein.

 

6. The persons who on the effective date of the merger constitute the Board of Directors of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. shall remain the Board of Directors


after the effective date until removed or replaced in the manner provided in the By-Laws of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

 

The Directors of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. are:

 

Ronald C. Butler

James E. Stenger

James H. Bolin

Daniel E. Giblin

 

7. The persons who on the effective date of the merger constitute the Officers of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. shall remain the Officers of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. after the effective date of the Plan of Merger. The Officers of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. are as follows:

 

Ronald C. Butler, President

James E. Stenger, Vice President/Sec.

James H. Bolin, Vice President/Treas.

Daniel E. Giblin, Vice President

 

8. When this Plan of Merger shall have been approved, signed, acknowledged and filed, the separate existence of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. shall cease and FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. shall be merged into FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., which corporation shall continue unaffected and unimpaired by the merger and shall possess all the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses and registrations, both of a public and private nature, and shall be subject to all the restrictions, disabilities and duties of each of the constituent corporations so merged, and


all and singular the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses and registrations of each of the constituent corporations; and all property, real, personal and mixed, and all debts due to either of the constituent corporations on whatever account as well as for stock subscriptions as all other things inaction or belonging to constituent corporations shall be vested in FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.; and all property, rights, privileges, powers, franchises, patents, trademarks, licenses and registrations and every other interest thereafter shall be as effectually the property of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. as if they were of the respective constituent corporations; and the title to any real estate, whether vested by deed or otherwise in either of the constituent corporations under the laws of the State of Florida, or any other state where real estate may be located, shall not revert or in any way be impaired by reason of the merger, provided that all rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of any of the constituent corporations shall be preserved unimpaired; and all debts, liabilities and duties of the constituent corporations shall then attach to FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if those debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.

 

9. Upon the effective date of the Plan, the books of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. shall be closed and no transfer of shares of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. stock shall be made or consummated thereafter.

 

10. Prior to and from and after the effective date, the constituent corporations shall take all action necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the merger. In case at any time after the effective date FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. shall determine that


any further conveyance, assignment or other document or any further action is necessary or desirable to vest in FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. full title to all properties, assets, rights, privileges and franchises of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC., the officers and directors of the constituent corporations shall execute and deliver all instruments and take all action FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. may determine or desirable in order to vest in and confirm to FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. title to and possession of all those properties, assets, privileges and franchises, and otherwise carry out this Plan of Merger.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. has caused this Plan of Merger to be signed in its corporate name by its President and Secretary, with the seal of the Corporation, on this 11th day of June, 1985.

 

[Corporate Seal]

 

ATTEST:

     

FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

        By:    

Secretary

         

President

(Corporate Seal)

       


RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF

FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC., a Florida corporation, purchased all the outstanding shares of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION; INC., a Florida corporation, on September 28, 1984; and

 

WHEREAS, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. remains the owner to date of all the outstanding shares of FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC.; and

 

WHEREAS, the further maintenance of a separate corporate entity for FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC. has been determined to be undesirable; and

 

WHEREAS, FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. desires to continue operating the business which until now has been operated by FLORIDA WHEELCHAIR TRANSPORTATION INC.;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is RESOLVED that:

 

1. The Plan of Merger attached hereto as Enclosure A is hereby approved. The effective date of the Plan shall be May 22, 1985.

 

2. The President and Secretary of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. are directed to execute the Articles of Merger attached hereto as Enclosure B, and the President of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. is directed to sign the acknowledgment on said Articles of Merger.


3. The thirty day waiting period set forth in §607.227(4), Florida Statutes, is hereby waived. Counsel for FLORIDA RURAL/METRO INC. is directed to deliver the original executed Articles of merger to the Florida Department of State, together with the appropriate filing fee.

 

Resolved and enacted this 22nd day of May, 1985.

 

 

Ronald C. Butler

 

James E. Stenger

 

James H. Bolin

 

Daniel E. Giblin


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

FLORIDA RURAL/METRO, INC.

 

1. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO, INC. is amended to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

2. The name of the corporation shall be RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF FLORIDA.

 

The foregoing amendment was adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation on the 26th day of September, 1986.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned President and Secretary of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment on the 4th day of February, 1987.

 

 

President

 

Secretary

 

STATE OF

COUNTY OF

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this day, before me, a Notary Public duly authorized to take acknowledgments, personally appeared Ronald C. Butler, to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing Articles of Amendment of FLORIDA RURAL/METRO, INC., and he acknowledged before me that he subscribed to these Articles of Amendment.


WITNESS my hand and official seal in the County and State named above, this 4th day of February, 1987.

 

 

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

EX-3.102 89 dex3102.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF FLORIDA Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Florida

Exhibit 3.102

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF FLORIDA

 

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

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the first sentence of Article I, Section 1, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 1, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. Number. The Board of Directors of this corporation shall be any number not less than one (1), fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders.

 

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

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of this corporation shall be such date as determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of HERNDON AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. shall be held at the principal office of the corporation in Orlando, Florida, on the first Tuesday in July each year. Notice of such meetings shall be in writing and signed by the President, or Vice President, or Secretary of the corporation. Such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the time when and place where it is to be held. A copy of such notice shall be served upon or mailed to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before such meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to a stockholder at his home address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice duly served or mailed to a stockholder, in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be deemed sufficient, and in the event of a transfer of his stock after such service and prior to the holding of the meeting, it shall not be necessary to serve notice of the meeting upon the transferee. Whenever stockholders who hold two-thirds (2/3) of the voting stock having the right and entitled to vote at any meeting shall be present at such meeting, however called or notified, and shall sign a written consent thereto on the record of the meeting, the acts of such meeting shall be as valid as if legally called and notified.


Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by resolution of the Board of Directors, or by a call signed by the stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation, or by a call of the President of the corporation, and shall be held at the principal office of the corporation in Orlando, Florida. Notice of such special meetings shall be in writing and shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and the time when it is to be held. A copy of such notice shall be served upon or mailed to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting not less than five days nor more than fifteen days before such special meeting; provided, however, that such special meeting may be held at any time or place, regardless of notice, whenever the stockholders who hold two-thirds (2/3) of the voting stock having the right and entitled to vote at any meeting shall be present at such meeting, however called or notified, and shall sign a written consent thereto on the record of the meeting.

 

Section 3. Quorum. A quorum at any meeting of the stockholders shall be stockholders of record who hold at least a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation, not including treasury stock.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Number. The directors shall be three in number and need not be stockholders of record.

 

Section 2. Powers. The directors shall have the general management and control of the business and affairs of the corporation, and shall exercise all the


powers that may be exercised or performed by the corporation under the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws.

 

Section 3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors of the corporation shall be held immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice shall be required of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at the principal office of the corporation in Orlando, Florida, at any time upon the call of the President, the Vice President, the Secretary or Treasurer, upon written notice thereof. Such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which the special meeting is called and the time when it is to be held. A copy of such notice shall be served upon or mailed to each director at his address as the same appears upon the records of the corporation not less than four nor more than ten days before such meeting; provided, however, that such special meeting may be held at any time and place, regardless of notice, when a majority of the directors are present and sign a waiver of notice and consent to such meeting.

 

Section 5. Chairman. The Board of Directors shall elect its own Chairman, who may or may not be the President of the corporation, and the Secretary of the Board of Directors shall be the Secretary of the corporation.

 

Section 6. Quorum. A quorum at any meeting of Directors shall be a majority of the duly elected and qualified Directors of the corporation.


ARTICLE III

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Officers Designated. The officers of this corporation shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Any person may hold two or more offices, except the President shall not also be the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation. All of the said officers shall be elected from the Board of Directors of the corporation. These officers shall be elected and hold office for the term of one year, and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify.

 

Section 2. Duties of President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have general charge of and control over the affairs of the corporation, subject to the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Duties of Vice President. The Vice President shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. In case of the death, disability or absence of the President, he shall perform and be vested with all of the duties of the President.

 

Section 4. Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall countersign all certificates of stock of the corporation. He shall keep a record of the minutes of the proceedings of meeting of stockholders and of Directors, and shall give notice as required by these By-Laws of all meetings. He shall have custody and charge of all books, papers and records of the corporation except such as, by resolution, may be given to the President of the corporation. The books of the corporation, including the stock book containing the names alphabetically arranged with addresses of each stockholder, showing the number of shares of stock by each stockholder held, shall be kept at the


office of the corporation in Orlando, Florida, and shall be available for inspection by any of the stockholders, directors or officers of the corporation, and any such person inspecting said books shall be entitled to make extracts therefrom.

 

Section 5. Duties of Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep accounts of all money of the corporation received or disbursed, and shall deposit all money and valuables in the name of and to the credit of the corporation in such banks and depositories as the Board of Directors shall designate.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1. Vacancies in Office. In case of the death, disability, resignation, or otherwise, of one or more of the officers or directors, the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, shall fill the vacancy or vacancies so created for the unexpired term or terms.

 

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year for this corporation shall be from and including January 1 of each year to and including each succeeding December 31. As promptly as reasonably possible after the end of each fiscal year, the books of account with respect to this corporation, which shall be kept in the office of the corporation, shall be inspected by a firm of accountants unanimously agreed upon by the Directors. Upon the completion of said inspection, each of the stockholders shall be furnished a copy of any report of said accountants showing the receipts and expenditures for the preceding year and the then financial status of the corporation.

 

Section 3. Amendments. These By-Laws may be amended, repealed, or altered, in whole or in part, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or at any special


meeting called for such purpose, upon the unanimous vote of stockholders who hold two-thirds (2/3) of the voting stock and have the right and are entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 4. Lost Stock Certificates. In case of loss or destruction of a certificate of stock, no new certificate shall be issued in lieu thereof except on satisfactory proof to the Board of Directors of such loss or destruction and upon the giving of satisfactory security, by bond or otherwise, against loss to the corporation. Any such new certificate shall be plainly marked “duplicate” upon its face.

EX-3.103 90 dex3103.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee

Exhibit 3.103

 

STATE OF TENNESSEE

 


 

Certificate Of Incorporation

 


 

Name:

   First. The name of this corporation is WEST KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

Address:

   Second. The address of the principal office of this corporation in the State of Tennessee is 10416 Kingston Pike, Concord, Tennessee

Business:

   Third. The general nature of business to be transacted by this ____________ is:
     The operation of a private fire department for the purpose of furnishing fire protection services to its customers and subscribers, and the sale of fire fighting equipment and materials, including fire extinguishers.

Stock, with Classifications and Distinguishing Characteristics,

if any.

  

Fourth. The maximum number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to have outstanding at any time is:

 

Five Hundred (500) Shares of common stock having a per value of One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars per share.


Initial Capital.

   Fifth. The amount of capital which this corporation will begin business shall be (not less than One Thousand) One Thousand and No/100 _____________ Dollars and when such amount so fixed shall have been subscribed for all __________ of the _________ of this corporation shall be enforceable and it may proceed to do business in the ____________ and as fully as though the maximum number of shares authorized under the ______ of the preceding section hereof shall have been subscribed for.


We, the undersigned, apply to the State of Tennessee, by virtue of the laws of the land, the Charter of Incorporation for the purposes and with the powers, etc., declared in the foregoing _______________.

 

Witness our hands this the 11th day of August 1964.

 

Subscribing Witness       /s/ Max M. McTeer
_________________________       /s/Max M. McTeer
         /s/
         

 

STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF KNOX

 

Personally appeared before me John A. Wray, Jr. (Clerk of the County Court or Notary Public) the within named incorporation Max M. McTeer, Elva McTeer and Carl T. Houston with whom I am personally acquainted, and who acknowledged that they executed the within application for a Charter of Incorporation for the purposes therein contained and expressed.

 

Witness my hand and official seal at office in Knoxville, Tennessee this 11th day of August, 1964.

 

/s/ John A. Wray Jr.

 

(If Notary Public) My commission expires 25th day of October, 1965

(Official Title) Notary Public

 

(Certificate of Probate for Subscribing Witness, if not Acknowledged by all of the Incorporation.)


STATE OF TENNESSEE, COUNTY OF                                         

 

Personally appeared before me                                          of said County, the within named                                                               the subscribing witness and incorporator, with whom I am personally acquainted and who acknowledged that he executed the within application for a Charter of Incorporation for the purposes ________ _________ ________ ________ and the said _____________ subscribing witness to the ____________.


I, JOE C. CARR, Secretary of State, do certify that this Charter, with certificate attached, the foregoing of which is a true copy, was this day registered and certified to by me.

 

This the 18th day of August, 1964.

 

 

JOE C. CARR,

SECRETARY OF STATE

 

            FEE: $20.00


ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER

 

OF

 

WEST KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 48-303 of the Tennessee General Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Charter:

 

1. The name of the corporation is WEST KNOXVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

 

2. The amendments adopted are:

 

Paragraphs “FIRST” and “SECOND” of the Charter relating to the name and address of the corporation are deleted and the following inserted:

 

FIRST.

   The name of this corporation is TENNESSEE RURAL
     METRO FIRE DEPT, INC.”

SECOND.

   The address of the principal office of this corporation in the
     State of Tennessee is 10504 Kingston Pike, Knoxville,
     Tennessee 37922.”

 

3. These amendments were duly adopted at a meeting of the shareholders on June 6, 1977.


I, GENTRY CROWELL, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that his amendment to charter, with certificate attached, the foregoing of which is a true copy, was this day registered and certified to by me. This the 21st day of June, 1977.

 

GENTRY CROWELL

SECRETARY OF STATE

FEE $10.00


FILED: May 10, 1978

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER

OF

THE TENNESSEE RURAL METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of § 48-303 of the Tennessee General Corporation Act, the undersigned Corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Charter

 

1. The name of the Corporation is The Tennessee Rural Metro Fire Department, Inc.

 

2. The Amendments adopted are: That Paragraph 3 of the original Charter of the Corporation be deleted in its entirety and that there be substituted in this place the following General Purposes Clause:

 

Third. The general nature of the business to be transacted by this Corporation is:

 

A. The operation of a private fire department for the purpose of furnishing fire protection to its customers, and

 

B. For any other lawful purposes.

 

3. These Amendments were duly adopted at a meeting



I, GENTRY CROWELL, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that this amendment to the charter, with certificate attached, the foregoing of which is a true copy, was this day registered and certified to by me. This the 10th day of May, 1978.

 

GENTRY CROWELL

SECRETARY OF STATE

FEE: $10.00


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER

 

OF

 

TENNESSEE RURAL METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

CHANGING THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 48-303 of the Tennessee General Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following articles of amendment to its charter:

 

1. The name of the corporation is:

 

_______________________________________________________________________________________

 

2. The amendment adopted is: The address of the principal office of the corporation in the State of Tennessee shall be

 

Street:

   6700 Baum Drive
     P.O. Box 10554

City:

   Knoxville,

Zip Code:

   37919

County:

   Knox

 

3. The amendment was duly adopted (at a meeting) of the directors on August 9, 1984. (Strike inapplicable words.)

 

4. The amendment is to be effective when _________________________

EX-3.104 91 dex3104.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE Bylaws of Rural/Metro Corporation of Tennessee

EXHIBIT 3.104

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE

 

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

 

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

 

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


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

THE TENNESSEE RURAL / METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

THE TENNESSEE RURAL / METRO FIRE DEPARTMENT, INC.

 

Article I – Offices

 

1. The principal office shall be in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.

 

2. The Corporation may have offices at such other places within or without the State of Tennessee, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Article II – Stockholders’ Meetings

 

1. Stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the principal office or place of business of this Corporation at Knoxville, Tennessee, or at such other place as the majority of the Directors may designate.

 

2. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders shall be held at either its principal office at Knoxville, Tennessee on the first Monday in October of each year, commencing with the year of 1976, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, or at such other time and place as may be unanimously agreed upon by all the Stockholders. At the said Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, the Board of Directors for the ensuing year shall be elected and such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be transacted.

 

3. Written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be delivered personally or mailed to each Stockholder entitled to vote thereat at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation. Mailed notices shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor


more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting date. Personally delivered notices shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. Provided however, that any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the actions so taken, shall be signed by the holders of all of the outstanding shares entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter of the action.

 

4. Special meetings of the Stockholders, for any purpose herein, or purposes, may be called by the President, or by a majority vote of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of Stockholders owning not less than one-tenth of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at such special meeting. Such notice shall be given in accordance with the same requirements as set forth in Section 5 hereinabove, except that such notice shall state the purpose or purposes for such special meeting of the stockholders as held as per section 708 of Title 48 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.

 

5. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Stockholders for the transaction of business. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it will not be broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any of those present. A meeting may be adjourned despite the absence of a quorum. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally scheduled and notified.


6. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

 

7. At any meeting of the Stockholders, every Stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing signed by such Stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact and bearing a date not more than eleven (11) months prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. Each Stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.

 

Article III – The Board Of Directors

 

1. The number of Directors which shall constitute the Whole Board shall be no less than the number required by law, nor more than five. The Directors shall be of legal age and shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders and each Director shall be elected for a term not to exceed three (3) years. Each Director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he is elected, and thereafter until his successor has been elected and qualified. Election shall be by a plurality of votes cast. Directors need not be Stockholders.

 

2. If the office of any Director or Directors becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, a special meeting of the Stockholders shall be called to fill such vacancy. If the vacancy of


a Director, who is also a Stockholder is caused by death or disability, that Director’s heirs or personal representative shall have the right to vote that Director/Stockholder’s shares at the special meeting of the Stockholder’s called to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors.

 

3. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Stockholders.

 

4. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held promptly after the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present; or they may meet at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors.

 

5. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place either within or without the State of Tennessee, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

 

6. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on ten (10) days notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telegram or by telephonic communication as provided for herein; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the Directors. Attendance of a Director at a special meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice. Any Director may waive notice either before, during, or after a meeting, or by signing of the minutes of the meeting. Neither the business to be


transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board shall be required to be specified in the notice or waiver of notice. Any action taken by the Board of Directors that is normally conducted by either face-to-face confrontation or by written consent may be taken by means of telephonic communication equipment by means of which all members can hear and participate, and such meeting shall constitute presence in person.

 

7. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Directors then in office shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

 

8. Regardless of the quorum requirements, all voting by the Board of Directors must be by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors.

 

9. The Board of Directors shall receive no compensation for their services as Directors, but the Board of Directors may provide that the Directors shall receive a reasonable fee and necessary expenses for actual attendance at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

 

10. Whenever under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Stockholder, shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, depositing the same in the post office or letter box, in a postpaid sealed wrapper, addressed to such Director or Stockholder at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be thus mailed.

 

11. Whenever by statute, to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, the Stockholders or the Board of


Directors are authorized to take any action after notice, such notice may be waived by attendance at the meeting or in writing, before or after the meeting, by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or, in the case of a Stockholder by his attorney-in-fact or proxy holder.

 

12. Whenever the Stockholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken on written consent without a meeting. The written consent shall set forth the action so taken and such consent shall be signed by all of the persons entitled to vote thereon. Directors may take any action which they are required or permitted to take without a meeting in the same manner. The Board may also meet by means of a telephone conference call in the manner permitted by the laws of Tennessee.


Article IV – Officers

 

1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Directors and shall be a President and a Secretary and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Any two of such offices may be combined except that the offices of President and Secretary may not be held by the same person at any one time.

 

2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each Annual Meeting of the Stockholders shall elect the officers for terms not exceeding two (2) years. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead.

 

3. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at anytime with or without cause by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

4. The salaries or compensation of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

5. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and when present, shall preside at all corporate meetings and perform all duties incident to such office and such other duties as the Board of Directors from time to time shall designate. The President, unless some other person is specifically authorized by the vote of the Board of Directors, shall sign all contracts and all other corporate documents which are required to be executed by a corporate officer. The President is authorized to perform all acts on behalf of the corporation which are within the general


course of its business operations as contemplated by its Certificate of Incorporation, as from time to time amended.

 

6. The Vice-President shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

7. The Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all the meetings of the Stockholders and the Board of Directors and shall perform all the duties commonly incidence to the office, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate. The Secretary shall have the duty, jointly with the President, to sign certificates of stock. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

8. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the corporate funds and financial records and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. All moneys and valuable effects collected by and coming into the hands of the Corporation shall be deposited in the name of the Corporation in some bank selected by the Board of Directors and no money shall be withdrawn from the Corporation except by check signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

9. In addition to the foregoing, all officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are normally incident to their office and as the Board of Directors may from time to time provide.


Article v – Certificates And Transfers Of Stock

 

1. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered into books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name, number of shares and class of stock (if more than one class), and shall be signed by the President jointly with the Secretary. The certificates of stock shall show on their face any restrictions upon the sale and/or transfer of the stock.

 

2. Transfer of stock shall be made only on the books of the Corporation, either by registered holders thereof in person or by duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Before any new certificates are issued to make transfer, the old certificates must be surrendered for cancellation, except and provided that the Secretary is authorized to issue duplicate certificates in case the old certificates shall be lost or destroyed, and the same should be established by affidavit or upon other such terms as the Board of Directors shall prescribe to protect the Corporation from any loss through the issuance of any duplicate certificates. Any transfers of stock shall be governed by these By-Laws, any applicable agreement then in force, and any applicable law.

 

Article vi – Dividends And Checks

 

1. To the extent permitted by law, and subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law.

 

2. 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 Directors from


time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

3. 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.

 

Article vii – Indemnification Of Employees,

Officers, Directors, And Agents

 

1. The Corporation shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law, as amended from time to time, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any pending, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate is or was an employee, officer, director or agent of the corporation or services or served any other enterprise in such capacity at the request of the Corporation; provided, any such agent (as opposed to employees, officers and directors) shall be indemnified beyond indemnification required by law only if and to the extent that the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, so determine.

 

2. The Corporation may, to the full extent permitted by law, as amended from time to time, but only to such extent as may be determined by the Board, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability asserted against and incurred by him in or arising out of such capacity or status whether


or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section.

 

3. The provisions of this Article VII, Sections 1 and 2, shall be separable and the invalidity of all or any part thereof as applied to any particular type of liability or any particular person shall not preclude application of any remaining portion thereof to such situation or such person, nor application of the provisions of this Section to any other situation or person.

 

Article viii – Amendments

 

These By-Laws may be altered or repealed at any regular meeting of the Stockholders or at any special meeting of the Stockholders at which all Stockholders present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting and present or represented thereat, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the Board or at any special meeting of the Board.

 

Article ix – Resignations And Removals

 

1. Any officer or director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time is specified, then upon its acceptance by the Board of Directors.

 

article x – Right Of First Refusal

 

In the event that a stockholder desires withdraw from the Corporation and sell his stock, he shall give written notice thereof to the remaining stockholders, each of whom shall have a right, exercisable within 30 days, to purchase such a percentage of


stock offered for sale as the percentage of his stock at that date shall bear to the total amount of stock owned by all the stockholders, excluding that of the withdrawing stockholder, provided, however, that if a stockholder does not purchase his full proportionate share of the stock, the balance of the stock may be purchased by another stockholder.

 

If the stock is not purchased by the stockholders during the option period, the stockholder desiring to withdraw shall offer it at the same price to the Corporation, which shall have an option for a period of thirty (30) days from the receipt of such notice to purchase the stock. The option may be exercised only as to all of such offered stock. Written notice of an election to purchase such stock shall be delivered to the withdrawing stockholder within said thirty (30) day period. Such purchase shall be made at a price determined in accordance with the bona fide purchase offer made to the withdrawing shareholder by a third party, or by agreement between the withdrawing shareholder and the Corporation. If the stock is not purchased by the Corporation or the remaining stockholders, the stockholder desiring to withdraw may seek another bona fide purchaser but shall not sell it without giving the Corporation and the other stockholders the opportunity of purchasing the stock at the price and on the terms offered to such other purchaser.

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EXHIBIT 3.105

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-061 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Arizona.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.

 

SECOND: In order to change the period of existence of the Corporation, Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IV. The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.”

 

THIRD: In order to change the date of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the fifth sentence of Article V is deleted, which presently reads as follows:

 

“Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday in February of each year, commencing with the year 1972.”

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by its Sole Shareholder as of March 31, 1995.

 

FIFTH: The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption was 20,000; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was 20,000.


SIXTH: The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock that were voted for and against the amendment, respectively, is as follows:

 

For


  

Against


20,000

  

None

 

SEVENTH: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

EIGHTH: The amendment does not effect a change in the amount of stated capital of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 31st day of March, 1995.

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

By:

   
   

James H. Bolin, President

By:

   
   

Stevens M. Lee, Secretary


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-1003 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.

 

SECOND: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

THIRD: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted as of the 27th day of May, 1997 by the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by the sole shareholder of the Corporation as of the 27th day of May, 1997.

 

SIXTH: There was one voting group consisting of 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock and that voting group was entitled to 20,000 votes on the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. The total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment was 20,000 and that number was sufficient for approval of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 27th day of May, 1997.

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

By:

   
   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

   

Title:

 

President

By:

   
   

Name:

 

Lorraine Tully

   

Title:

  Assistant Secretary


EXHIBIT A

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Article 1. The name of the corporation is Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Article 2. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Arizona Business Corporation Act of the State of Arizona, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Business Corporation Act”).

 

Article 3. The character of business that the Corporation conducts in the State of Arizona is the business of providing private fire protection, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation and distribution services, and all manner of activity related thereto.

 

Article 4. The Corporation shall have authority to issue a total of Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

Article 5. The name and street address of the statutory agent of the Corporation are CT Corporation System, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

Article 6. The address of the known place of business for the Corporation is 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.


Article 7. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation. The names and addresses of the persons who presently serve as the members of the board of directors are:

 

Name


  

Address


James H. Bolin

   8401 East Indian School Road
     Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Mark E. Liebner

   8401 East Indian School Road
     Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Article 8. The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

Article 9. The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation (an “indemnitee”). This indemnification with respect to directors, officers, employees and agents shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Act, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Act. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act


in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the but interests of the Corporation.

 

Article 10. Unless the bylaws of the Corporation provide otherwise and the statutory agent expressly consent thereto in writing, all records required pursuant to the Business Corporation Act to be kept by the Corporation or its agent shell be kept by the Corporation at the known place of business of the Corporation.


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and for such purpose hereby adopt Articles of Incorporation as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC., and its principal place of business shall be in Maricopa County, Arizona, but other offices for conducting business, both within and without the State of Arizona, may be established, and the Corporation may hold its meetings at such places, both within and without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may designate.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The object and purpose of the Corporation and the nature of the business proposed to be transacted is, to-wit:

 

(a) Primarily to furnish water for fire protection and to supply private fire protection service, to provide, by itself or with others, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation, distribution and related services; including development, manufacture, service and sale of pertinent equipment of any nature or character, both public and private, by franchise, certificate, contract or any other means, both within and without the State of Arizona and United States of America; to engage in the business of leasing, buying, selling, owning, mortgaging, brokering, manufacturing, importing, exporting and franchising all sorts and nature and character of fire, alarm, ambulance, wrecker, water distribution and related apparatus and equipment and all other types, nature and character


of machines, machinery, equipment, electronics and electrical equipment and all other lawful commercial enterprises; to buy, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, by itself or with other companies, private fire protection companies, ambulance, first aid and rescue, and wrecker services, fire, burglar, intrusion and other alarm services, and all sorts, nature and character of assets belonging thereto; and to generally to perform and carry on any other business or transaction whether related or unrelated to the primary business of the corporation, or to any other business then or there done by the corporation.

 

(b) To promote, purchase, lease, construct or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, develop, operate, sell, assign, transfer, exchange, license and deal in, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and encumber real and personal property of every class and description and rights and privileges therein.

 

(c) To draw, make, issue, discount, purchase or otherwise acquire promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, stocks, commodities, or commodity futures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise, in such manner and to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do.

 

(d) To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with, and to act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as financial, commercial collection, purchasing, selling or business agent or representative, general or special, for any business or person (which term as used in this Article shall be deemed to include any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, syndicate, trust, government or subdivision thereof, public or private, domestic or foreign), to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law; and to a like extent to obtain therefrom or otherwise, any powers, privileges, immunities, contracts, franchises, guaranties, patents, inventions, processes, grants, options and concessions, to hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, to undertake and transact any business dependent thereon, and to promote, cause to be promoted and aid in any way any person, firm, association, corporation, syndicate, government or subdivision thereof.

 

(e) To enter into and perform franchises, sublicenses, contracts and agreements of any kind deemed necessary or advantageous to the Corporation; and as surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, to undertake, assume and guarantee


liabilities, obligations, indebtedness and contracts with respect to which the Corporation may have any interest direct or indirect.

 

(f) To acquire by purchase, exchange, or otherwise all or any part of, or any interest in, the properties, assets, business licenses, good will, securities and commodities of any business or person as defined in subparagraph (d) hereinabove; to pay for the same in cash, property, or its own or other securities; to hold, operate, lease, reorganize, liquidate, mortgage, pledge, encumber, sell, exchange, or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part thereof; and in connection therewith, to assume or guarantee performance of any liabilities, obligations or contracts.

 

(g) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the Corporation from time to time to such extent as these Articles permit and, from time to time, to issue and sell its own securities, in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, for such purposes and at such prices as the Board of Directors may determine; and to a like extent, to secure such securities by mortgage upon, or the pledge of, or the conveyance of assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the properties, assets, business and good will of the Corporation, then owned or thereafter acquired; and to purchase, or acquire, hold, dispose of and transfer its own securities (including shares of its capital stock) in any manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Laws of the State of Arizona.

 

(h) To increase or decrease the amount of its capital stock, and to purchase, hold and reissue the shares of its capital stock.

 

(i) To purchase or acquire from any of its directors or stockholders any properties, interests, shares of stock or other assets which the Board of Directors may deem it desirable to acquire, and to pay for the same in stock of the Corporation, or by notes, debentures, bonds or other obligations of the Corporation, or by cash or transfer of property of the Corporation.

 

(j) To carry out all or any part of the foregoing purposes as principal, agent or otherwise, either alone or in association with any other corporations or persons, and in any part of the world, or to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do, as a member of, or as the owner or holder of any stock of, or shares or interest in, any corporation, association, partnership, firm, trust or syndicate; and to a like extent, in connection therewith to make, enter into and perform such contracts or deeds with any person or


persons and to do such acts and things and to exercise such powers as a natural person could lawfully make, enter into, do or exercise.

 

(k) In general, to do everything, either within or without the State of Arizona, necessary, conducive, convenient, or in connection with or incidental to, the accomplishment of the purposes and objects hereinabove enumerated.

 

The hereinabove designations shall not be construed to be a limitation or qualification or in any manner to limit or restrict the objects and purposes of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The authorized capital stock of the Corporation shall be Ten Million (10,000,000) shares denominated as Common Stock of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share, which stock shall be issued and paid for as directed by the Board of Directors. Any portion of the capital stock of the Corporation may be issued in payment for real and/or personal property, labor, services, or any other right or thing of value for the use and purpose of the Corporation, and all such capital stock, when so issued, shall become and be fully paid the same as though paid for in cash, and in the absence of fraud, the directors shall be the sole judges of the value of any property, labor, services, rights or things acquired in exchange for capital stock of the Corporation. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be non-assessable and shall not have preemptive rights.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The time of commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of its original Certificate of Incorporation, and the termination of the Corporation shall be twenty-five (25) years from the date of this amendment, with the privilege of renewal as provided by law.


ARTICLE V

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors of not less than two (2) or more than fifteen (15) members. The directors of the Corporation may increase or decrease the number of directors within the above limits and shall fill any vacancies occurring in the Board in accordance with the By-Laws. The directors need not be shareholders in the Corporation. The following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors and shall serve as directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or until death or resignation if sooner occurring:

 

LOUIS A. WITZEMAN; and

 

LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR.

 

Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday of February of each year, commencing with the year 1972. A president, vice president or vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, any of which offices may be held by the same person, shall be elected by the Board, and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify. The Board, in addition to its general powers, and without any action on the part of the shareholders, shall have power to designate an Executive Committee from its members and to make amend and substitute By-Laws governing the Corporation.

 

Any director may be removed by the shareholders at any time, with or without cause, providing no director shall be removed without cause if the number of shares voted against his removal would be great enough to elect him as a director if the whole Board were to be elected at the time of any such attempted removal, and any


officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed thereby at any time, with or without cause, in each case in such manner as shall be provided in the By-Laws.

 

The Board of Directors shall have power to fix from time to time the amount to be reserved out of the surplus of the Corporation as working capital or for any other lawful purpose, and to determine whether any, and if any, what part, of the surplus of the Corporation shall be declared in dividends.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which the Corporation is at any time to subject itself, shall not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the authorized stock of the Corporation except as to any higher amount as otherwise may be permissable at any time by law.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The private property of each and every shareholder, officer and director of the Corporation, real and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them, is, and shall be forever, exempt from all debts and obligations of the Corporation of any kind whatsoever, and no property of any kind whatsoever of any shareholder, officer or director of the Corporation shall be subject to any time to any Corporate debt whatsoever.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

In the absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no act of the Corporation shall be in any way invalidated or otherwise affected by the fact any one or more of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, or are directors, officers or


shareholders of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation individually, or any firm or association of which any director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation, provided the fact that he individually or as a member of such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to all of the directors of the Corporation who is also a director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if he were not such director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or not so interested. In the absence of fraud, no director, shall be liable to account to the Corporation for any profit realized by him from or through any such contract or transaction by the Corporation authorized as aforesaid by reason of the fact that he or any firm or association of which he is a member, or any corporation of which is an officer, director or shareholder, shall have been interested in any, such contract or transaction.

 

Any person incurring expenses, including legal fees, judgments or penalties levied against him, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against such expense arising for actions or omissions alleged to have been committed by any such person while acting within the scope of his employment as a director or officer of the Corporation, provided the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith that such person did not act, fail to act, or refuse to act willfully or with gross negligence or with fraudulent or criminal intent in regard to the matter involved in the action.


ARTICLE IX

 

The Corporation shall have the right to adopt By-Laws or enter into agreements with its shareholders imposing reasonable restrictions on the sale, assignment or transfer of the shares of its capital stock and giving to the Corporation or the shareholders the preferential right to option to acquire shares of stock in the Corporation of shareholders desiring to sell such shares or obligating the Corporation to redeem or purchase such shares.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The Corporation does hereby appoint LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., whose address is 4320 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, who has been a bona fide resident of the State of Arizona for at least three (3) years, its statutory agent for the State of Arizona, upon whom service of process may be had. The foregoing appointment may be revoked at any time by the filling of the appointment of a successor.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned, hereunto set our hands this 3rd day of January, 1972.

 

 

Louis A. Witzeman

Drawer F

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

 

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

Drawer F
Scottsdale, Arizona 85252
By    
   

President


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 
Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

My Commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, who acknowledged himself to be the president of Rural Fire Protection Company, an Arizona corporation, and that he as such president, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the Corporation by himself as President.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 
Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

My Commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )   

ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 
Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

My Commission Expires Aug. 31, 1974


 

LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR.

Louis G. Jekel, Jr.

4320 North Scottsdale Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

EX-3.106 93 dex3106.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Fire Dept., Inc.

Exhibit 3.106

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

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

 

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

 

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


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Meetings of Shareholders.

 

SECTION 1: Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the shareholders of RURAL/METRO FIRE DEPT., INC., an Arizona corporation, (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona or at such other place within or without the State as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2: Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the 1st Thursday of February of each year (or, if that day shall be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day) at 1:30 P. M., or at such hour as may be specified in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise regulated by statute, may be called by the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President at the request in writing of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or


purposes of the proposed meeting. The business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined solely to the objects stated in the call.

 

SECTION 4: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail, to or personally served upon, each shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation, not less than five (5) nor more than forty (40) days before the meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to each shareholder at his address as it appears on the record books of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request. Such notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, or who shall in writing or by telegraph waive notice thereof prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the shareholders at which every shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation shall be present, in person or by proxy, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose or purposes thereof.

 

SECTION 5: Quorum. Except as other provided by law, the presence in person or by proxy of a majority in voting interest of the voting stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum at each meeting of the shareholders for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum at any such meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, a majority in voting interest of those present in person or by proxy, or in the absence therefrom of all the shareholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of such meeting, may adjourn such


meeting from time to time until a quorum is present thereat. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment shall be taken and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

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

 

ARTICLE II

 

Directors.

 

SECTION 1: General Powers. The Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the “Board”), shall manage the business and affairs of the Corporation and


may exercise all such authority and powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things, including the designation from its number of a Chairman and an Executive Committee, as are not by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Directors shall not be entitled to be represented, counted or vote at meetings of the Board by proxy.

 

SECTION 2: Number, Qualifications and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than two (2) nor more than fifteen (15) as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and in the absence of such determination, shall be in the number as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. All directors shall be of the age of majority and at least one (1) of them shall be a citizen of the United States. The term of office of each of the initial directors shall be as designated in the Articles of Incorporation and of each director thereafter shall be from the time of his election and qualification until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign, or until he shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section 9 of this Article II.

 

SECTION 3: Election of Directors. At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors at which a quorum shall be present, each voting stock shareholder or proxy entitled to vote shall have as many votes as shall equal the number of shares of voting stock owned or represented by him, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two (2) or more of them as he may see fit.


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

 

SECTION 5: Place of Meeting. The Board may hold its meetings at such place within or without the State of Arizona as the Board from time to time may determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

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


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

 

SECTION 8: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the Board, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail to, or personally served upon, each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director if such notice is waived in writing or by telegraph by him prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting at which every member of the Board shall be present, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose and purposes thereof.

 

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

 

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


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

 

ARTICLE III

 

Officers.

 

SECTION 1: Number. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the President, a Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and there may be, in addition, such subordinate officers, agents and employees as shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of these By-Laws. One person may hold the office of, and perform the duties of, any one or more officer. The Board may require any such officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

SECTION 2: Election, Term of Office, Qualification. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board at its annual meetings, each thereof to hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his death or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 4 of these By-Laws.

 

SECTION 3: Subordinate Officers, etc. The Board may appoint such subordinate officers, agents or employees as the Board may deem necessary or advisable,


including one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of who shall hold office for such period, having such authority and perform such duties as provided in these By-Laws or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may delegate to any executive officer or to any committee the power to appoint any such additional officers, agents or employees.

 

SECTION 4: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the whole Board, or, in the case of an officer appointed, by any committee or executive officer upon whom such power or removal may be conferred by the Board.

 

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

 

SECTION 6: The President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board. He shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the shareholders. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He may sign, with the Treasurer or the Secretary, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and he may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing, execution or delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-Laws to designated officers or agents of the Corporation or where any thereof shall be required by law or the Board otherwise to be


signed, executed and delivered, and he may affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument which shall require it. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by these By-Laws by the Board.

 

SECTION 7: Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the President may from time to time prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these By-Laws. At the request of the President, or in case of his absence or inability to act, the Vice President, or, if there shall be more than one Vice President then in office, that one of them who shall be designated for the purpose by the President or by the Board, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

SECTION 8: The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or other depositaries as may be designated by the Board; he 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 President and to the Board at the annual, regular and special meetings of the Board or whenever they may require it, a statement of all his transactions as Treasurer and an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties as


may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates of stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 9: The Secretary. The Secretary shall act as secretary of, and cause to be kept, the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; he shall cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been specifically or generally authorized by the Board; he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization as a corporation, and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept or filed; and he shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates to stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 10: Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the Corporation if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, and none of such officers shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a member of the Board; and any officer who shall also be a member of the Board shall be entitled to vote in the determination of the amount of the salary that shall be paid to him.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Resignations.

 

Any director or other officer may resign his office at any time by giving written notice of his resignation to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation.


Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or if no time be specified therein, at the time of the receipt thereof, and the acceptance thereof shall not be necessary to make it affirmative.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

SECTION 1: Execution of Contracts. In addition to the provisions of Article III, Section 6 of these By-Laws, the Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; except as is provided by Article III, Section 6, of these By-Laws with respect to the powers and authority of the President, and, unless so authorized by the Board or expressly authorized by these By-Laws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power of authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or to any amount.

 

SECTION 2: Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board. When authorized by the Board so to do, any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company, or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds, or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of


the Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

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

 

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

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Transfer. Transfers of capital stock shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder of the shares in person, or by his duly


authorized attorney or legal representative, and upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares. The Board may require satisfactory surety before issuing a new certificate to replace a certificate claimed to have been lost or destroyed.

 

SECTION 3: Closing of Transfer Books. The Board may fix a day not more than forty (40) days prior to the day of holding any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation as the day as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be determined and only such shareholders of record on such day shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting. The books for the transfer of the shares of the Corporation may be closed for the payment of a dividend or dividends or for any other purpose permitted by law during such period, not exceeding forty (40) days, as the Board shall determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by law, the Board may declare dividends on the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or not profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, shall deem proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conductive to the best interests of the Corporation.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Offices and Books.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or the office of the Corporation’s attorneys at law correct books of all the business and transactions of the Corporation, a copy of these By-Laws and the Stock book of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Seal.

 

The Board shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures indicating the year and state in which the Corporation was incorporated and such other words or figures as the Board may approve.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year.

 

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


ARTICLE XI

 

Amendments.

 

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

 

Adopted the 19th day of January, 1972.

 

 

Louis J. Jekel, Jr., Secretary

 

ATTEST:

  

Louis A. Witzeman, President

EX-3.107 94 dex3107.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.107

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FORTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors, which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as


a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 16th day of February, 1999.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.108 95 dex3108.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Hospital Services, Inc.

Exhibit 3.108

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of February 19, 1999


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

2.2 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1999, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.4 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


2.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

2.5 Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


2.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.6 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.8 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

2.9 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.9, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


3.2 Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

3.3 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

3.4 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


3.5 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(i) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(ii) the material facts as to his or her 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.

 

(c) 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 that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.6 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a


dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

3.7 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

3.8 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

3.9 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS

 

4.1 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the


GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

4.2 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

5.2 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

5.3 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the


business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

5.4 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

5.5 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

5.6 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be axed to any instrument requiring it.

 

5.7 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.8 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

5.9 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

6.1 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

6.2 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

6.3 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.7 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


6.4 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

6.5 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

6.6 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

6.7 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.8 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise


involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

8.2 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

9.2 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

9.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

9.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

9.5 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

9.6 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

9.7 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

EX-3.109 96 dex3109.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.

Exhibit 3.109

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FORTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors, which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not


adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 16th day of February, 1999.

 

/s/
Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

 

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EX-3.110 97 dex3110.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Logistics, Inc.

Exhibit 3.110

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of February 19, 1999


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO LOGISTICS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

2.2 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1999, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in


accordance with section 2.4 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

2.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.


2.5 Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.6 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.8 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a


different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

2.9 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3)


judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.9, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.


ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

3.2 Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.


3.3 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

3.4 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

3.5 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(i) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(ii) the material facts as to his or her 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.

 

(c) 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 that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.6 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

3.7 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

3.8 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

3.9 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.


ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS

 

4.1 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice.

 

Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

4.2 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.


5.2 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

5.3 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

5.4 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

5.5 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

5.6 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

5.7 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


5.8 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

5.9 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

6.1 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

6.2 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at


that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

6.3 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.7 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

6.4 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

6.5 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

6.6 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

6.7 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.8 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or


agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

8.2 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

9.2 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

9.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

9.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

9.5 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.


9.6 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

9.7 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous writtenconsent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.112 98 dex3112.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

Exhibit 3.112

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand      this day of             , 1997.

 

  
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.113 99 dex3113.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic, Inc.

Exhibit 3.113

 

BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01 Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 1.01 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05 Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the


adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present


at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

Article III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02 Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone.


The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock;


(3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through


the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.


Section 5.03 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the


disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided


in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred’ by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.


Section 7.06 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.


Section 9.07 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.114 100 dex3114.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.

Exhibit 3.114

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Darren L. Brooks, One E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-1656.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be four (4). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21st day of October, 1997.

 

/s/

Darren L. Brooks, Incorporator

EX-3.115 101 dex3115.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro Mid-Atlantic II, Inc.

Exhibit 3.115

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of October 21, 1997


BYLAWS OF

RURAL/METRO MID-ATLANTIC II, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1998, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of four (4) members, two of whom shall be designated by Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Rural/Metro”), and two of whom shall be designated by Mark Joseph (“Joseph”). The initial directors of the Corporation shall be James H. Bolin and Mark E. Liebner, as the designees of Rural/Metro, and Joseph and Terry Oates, as the designees of Joseph. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) In the event that for any reason any designee shall cease to serve as a director of the board of directors of the corporation, the vacancy resulting thereby shall be filled promptly by the board of directors of the corporation with another individual designated by the party who designated the designee who ceased to serve. Until such vacancy is filled, all actions of the board of directors of the Corporation must be by unanimous vote.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a quorum of the board of directors will consist of at least a majority of the directors, including at least one designee of Rural/Metro and at least one designee of Joseph, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a


dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. Such committees shall consist of at least two directors, an equal number of whom shall be designees of Rural/Metro and Joseph, respectively. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) In the event that for any reason any designee shall cease to serve as a member of a committee of the board of directors, the vacancy resulting thereby shall be filled promptly by the board of directors of the corporation with another individual designated by the party who designated the designee who ceased to serve.

 

(c) Rural/Metro and Joseph may each designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace their respective absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. At meetings of the committees, a quorum of the committee will consist of at least a majority of the committee members, including at least one designee of Rural/Metro and at least one designee of Joseph,

 

(d) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the


books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as


it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as


treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.116 102 dex3116.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.

Exhibit 3.116

 

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated June 3, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner, to form a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.).

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.

 

2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

4. General Partner. The name of the Business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., 8401 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

By:  

/s/

   

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

EX-3.117 103 dex3117.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P.

Exhibit 3.117

 

ACTION BY UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT BY THE

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

IN LIEU OF A SPECIAL MEETING

OF

R/M OF TENNESSEE, G.P., INC.,

AS GENERAL PARTNER OF

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.

 

Effective September 26, 2003

 

The undersigned, being all of the members of the Board of Directors of R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as the General Partner of Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P., by unanimous consent in writing pursuant to the authority contained in Section 141(f) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, without the formality of convening a meeting, do hereby adopt and approve the following resolutions:

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has previously approved the terms and conditions of that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Company, Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), certain of Parent’s subsidiaries (the “Named Subsidiaries”) certain lenders named therein, and Wachovia Bank National Association (“Wachovia”), as agent for lender parties named therein, dated as of September 30, 2002 (the “Amended Credit Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a guarantor under the Amended Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Amended Credit Agreement have agreed to amend certain terms of the Amended Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Board has determined it is in the best interest of the Company to consent to such amendment as set forth in that certain Reaffirmation and First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, Parent, the Named Subsidiaries, Wachovia and certain other lenders named therein (the “First Amendment”), which has been reviewed by the Board and is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board hereby ratifies, confirms and approves all of the terms and conditions of the First Amendment;

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Company is authorized to execute and deliver the First Amendment, including any extensions, modifications, renewals or replacement thereof, and to continue to fulfill its obligations as guarantor under the Amended Credit Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement);


FURTHER RESOLVED, that Jack E. Brucker, President, and John S. Banas III, Secretary (together, the “Authorized Officers”), and each of them hereby is authorized and directed to take any and all action to execute and deliver any documents related to the First Amendment, including any extensions, modifications, renewals or replacements thereof, and to consummate the transactions described therein and to execute any and all documents in the name of and on behalf of the Company deemed necessary or appropriate by any Authorized Officer to consummate the transactions contemplated by the First Amendment;

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers be, and each of them hereby is authorized and directed to take all further action which either Authorized Officer deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the foregoing resolutions; and

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that this written consent may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall deemed one and the same instrument.

 

 

Jack E. Brucker

 

John S. Banas III


 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of RURAL/METRO MID-SOUTH L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is entered into by and between R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc., a Mississippi corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner have formed a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership is Rural/Metro Mid-South, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

8401 E. Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Limited Partner:

 

North Miss. Ambulance Service, Inc.

8401 E. Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partners of limited partnerships under the laws of the State of


Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under § 17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contributions to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions, at such time as determined by the General Partner.

 

12. Assignments. A partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other partner. Neither partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.

 

13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional general or limited partners to the Partnership.

 

(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate


amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 3rd day of June, 1998.

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC.

By:

   
   

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

NORTH MISS. AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

By:

   
   

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

EX-3.118 104 dex3118.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.

Exhibit 3.118

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14th day of November, 1995.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.119 105 dex3119.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Alabama, Inc.

Exhibit 3.119

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of November 14, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF ALABAMA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the


holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3)


judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the


person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the


duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary
EX-3.120 106 dex3120.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.

Exhibit 3.120

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James II. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL, shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this __ day of December, 1996.

 

/s/
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.121 107 dex3121.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arkansas, Inc.

Exhibit 3.121

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of December __, 1996


RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC.

BYLAWS

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I

Offices

    

Section 1.01.

  

Principal Office

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Other Offices

   1
ARTICLE II     
Meetings of Stockholders     

Section 2.01.

  

Place of Meetings

   1

Section 2.02.

  

Annual Meetings

   1

Section 2.03.

  

Special Meetings

   1

Section 2.04.

  

Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver

   2

Section 2.05.

  

Voting List, Right to Examine

   2

Section 2.06.

  

Adjournments

   2

Section 2.07.

  

Quorum

   3

Section 2.08.

  

Voting

   3

Section 2.09.

  

Judges of Election

   4

Section 2.10.

  

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

   4

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

    

Section 3.01.

  

Powers

   5

Section 3.02.

  

Number, Term of Office and Vacancies

   5

Section 3.03.

  

Annual Organizational Meeting

   5

Section 3.04.

  

Regular and Special Meetings

   6

Section 3.05.

  

Quorum; Interested Directors

   6

Section 3.06.

  

Committees

   7

Section 3.07.

  

Action of Directors in Lieu of Meeting

   7

Section 3.08.

  

Attendance Via Telecommunications

   7

Section 3.09.

  

Compensation

   8

ARTICLE IV

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

    

Section 4.01.

  

Notice, What Constitutes

   8

Section 4.02.

  

Waiver of Notice

   8


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ARTICLE V

Officers

    

Section 5.01.

  

Number, Qualifications and Resignation

   9

Section 5.02.

  

Term of Office

   9

Section 5.03.

  

Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents

   9

Section 5.04.

  

The President

   9

Section 5.05.

  

The Vice President

   9

Section 5.06.

  

The Secretary

   10

Section 5.07.

  

The Assistant Secretaries

   10

Section 5.08.

  

The Treasurer

   10

Section 5.09.

  

The Assistant Treasurers

   10

Section 5.10.

  

The Chairman of the Board of Directors

   10

Section 5.11.

  

The Chief Executive Officer

   11

ARTICLE VI

Certificates of Stock

    

Section 6.01.

  

Issuance

   11

Section 6.02.

  

Subscriptions for Shares

   11

Section 6.03.

  

Transfers

   11

Section 6.04.

  

Share Certificate

   11

Section 6.05.

  

Record Holder of Shares

   11

Section 6.06.

  

Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates

   12

Section 6.07.

  

Transfer Agent and Registrar

   12

Section 6.08.

  

Record Date

   12

ARTICLE VII

Indemnification

    

Section 7.01.

  

Right to Indemnification

   12

Section 7.02.

  

Prepayment of Expenses

   13

Section 7.03.

  

Claims

   13

Section 7.04.

  

Nonexclusivity of Rights

   13

Section 7.05.

  

Section 7.05

   13

Section 7.06.

  

Amendment or Repeal

   13

ARTICLE VIII

Amendments

    

Section 8.01.

  

Amendments by Stockholders

   14

Section 8.02.

  

Amendments by Directors

   14


          Page

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

    

Section 9.01.

  

Reserves

   14

Section 9.02.

  

Authorized Signer

   14

Section 9.03.

  

Fiscal Year

   14

Section 9.04.

  

Corporate Seal

   14

Section 9.05.

  

Gender

   14

Section 9.06.

  

Repeal and Amendment

   14

Section 9.07.

  

Severability

   14


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF ARKANSAS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

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(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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

 

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the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

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Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be

 

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given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

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Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

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(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board

 

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of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president

 

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or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

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Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of

 

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any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a parry or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with

 

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respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware. “The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity,

 

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legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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EX-3.122 108 dex3122.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF ARLINGTON, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.

Exhibit 3.122 Certificate of Incorporation

of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARLINGTON, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is


expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14th day of November, 1995.

 

 
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.123 109 dex3123.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF ARLINGTON, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.

Exhibit 3.123 Bylaws of

Rural/Metro of Arlington, Inc.

 

BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF ARLINGTON, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special


meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting,


during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.


(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do


those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(c) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a


majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.


(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a


revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.


ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of


directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary


shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a


vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a


bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of


expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.


ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.124 110 dex3124.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF BREWERTON, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.

Exhibit 3.124

Certificate of Incorporation of

Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF BREWERTON, INC.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is: Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.

 

SECOND: The purposes for which it is formed are:

 

To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the Business Corporation Law provided that the corporation is not formed to engage in any act or activity which requires the consent or approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other body, without such consent or approval first being obtained.

 

THIRD: The office of the corporation is to be located in the County of Onondaga, State of New York.

 

FOURTH: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value.

 

FIFTH: The Secretary of State is designated as the agent of the corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process accepted on behalf of the corporation is: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

 

SIXTH: The name and address of the registered agent which is to be the agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served, are CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011.

 

/s/ John S. Banas III

John S. Banas III

EX-3.125 111 dex3125.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF BREWERTON, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Brewerton, Inc.

Exhibit 3.125

 

RURAL/METRO OF BREWERTON, INC.

 

BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1. The office of the corporation shall be located in the County of Onondaga, State of New York.

 

Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of New York as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of directors, or in the absence of direction by the Board of directors, by the Chairman, President or Secretary of the Corporation, either within or outside the State of New York, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Written or electronic notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE III

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders may be held at such time and place within or without the State of New York as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the President, the board of directors, or the holders of not less than forty percent (40%) of the votes of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 3. Written or electronic notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice should also indicate that it is being issued by, or at the direction of, the person calling the meeting.

 

Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

ARTICLE IV

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

 

Section 1. The presence, in person or by proxy, of persons entitled to vote a majority of the voting shares at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in favor of or against an action shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater or lesser number of shares of stock is required by law or the certificate of incorporation. Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or the specific provision of a bylaw adopted by the shareholders, an abstention shall not constitute a vote cast.

 

Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock having voting power shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy authorized in accordance with law.

 

Section 4. The board of directors in advance of any shareholders’ meeting may appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at a shareholders’ meeting may, and, on the request of any shareholder entitled to vote thereat, shall appoint one or more inspectors. If the corporation has a class of voting stock that is listed on a national securities exchange or authorized for quotation on an interdealer quotation system of a registered national securities association, one or more inspectors shall be appointed as provided herein. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by the board in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties,


shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.

 

Section 5. Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon or, if the certificate of incorporation so permits, signed by the holders of outstanding shares 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. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing.

 

ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. The number of directors shall be not less than one nor more than nine. Directors shall be at least eighteen years of age and need not be residents of the State of New York nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as hereinafter provided, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

Section 2. Any or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the vote of the shareholders at a special meeting called for that purpose.

 

Section 3. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the board of directors and all vacancies occurring in the board of directors, including vacancies caused by removal without cause, may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. However, if the number of directors then in office is less than a quorum, then such newly created directorships and vacancies may be filled by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next meeting of shareholders at which election of directors is the regular order of business, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

Section 4. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.


Section 5. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside the State of New York, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

 

Section 6. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of New York.

 

Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

 

Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

 

Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president on at least forty-eight hours notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.

 

Section 5. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who submits a signed waiver of notice whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater or lesser number is required by law or by the certificate of incorporation. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the vote of a greater number is required by law or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.


Section 7. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

Section 8. Unless the certificate of incorporation provides otherwise, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors or a committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing to the adoption of a resolution authorizing the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, may designate, from among its members, an executive committee and other committees, each consisting of one or more directors, and each of which, to the extent provided in the resolution, or in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, shall have all the authority of the board, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required.

 

ARTICLE VIII

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to shareholders may also be given electronically in accordance with law. Notice to directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication.

 

Section 2. Whenever any notice of a meeting is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Shareholders may also submit waivers of notice electronically in accordance with law.


ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.

 

Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall choose a president, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board.

 

Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. When all the issued and outstanding stock of the corporation is owned by one person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.

 

Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.

 

Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

Section 8. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be


prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, 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 signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

 

Section 9. The assistant secretary or, if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 10. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

 

Section 11. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

Section 12. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

 

Section 13. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

ARTICLE X

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates. Certificates shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board or the president and the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the corporation and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof.


When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any class of preferred shares in series, the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and the authority of the board of directors to designate and fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations of other series.

 

Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of any uncertificated shares there shall be sent to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 508 of the New York Business Corporation Law.

 

Section 2. The signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation, or if the shares are listed on a national security exchange. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of issue.

 

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

 

Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as


provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of New York.

 

Section 7. A list of shareholders as of the record date, certified by the corporate officer responsible for its preparation or by a transfer agent, shall be produced at any meeting upon the request thereat or prior thereto of any shareholder. If the right to vote at any meeting is challenged, the inspectors of election, or person presiding thereat, shall require such list of shareholders to be produced as evidence of the right of the persons challenged to vote at such meeting and all persons who appear from such list to be shareholders entitled to vote thereat may vote at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in shares of the capital stock or in the corporation’s bonds or its property, including the shares or bonds of other corporations subject to any provisions of law and of the certificate of incorporation.

 

Section 2. 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 directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

Section 3. 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.

 

Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, New York”.


The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

 

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. These bylaws may be amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted at any regular or special meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by a majority of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election of any directors, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting. These bylaws may also be amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board. Bylaws adopted by the board of directors may be amended or repealed by the shareholders.

EX-3.126 112 dex3126.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF CALIFORNIA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.

Exhibit 3.126

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARDMORE, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Ardmore, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shallhave authority to issue is Ten thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252-3006.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL/METRO OF ARDMORE, INC.

 

Rural/Metro of Ardmore, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation, amending Article FIRST thereof to read as follows:

 

“FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of California, Inc.”

 

SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of the sole stockholder of the Corporation, the sole stockholder has consented to said amendment in writing, in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisiosn of Section 242 of the Gneeral Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Rural/Metro of Ardmore, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by Steven M. Lee, its Secretary, as of the 24th day of February, 1997.

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARDMORE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

   

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.127 113 dex3127.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF CALIFORNIA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of California, Inc.

Exhibit 3.127

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARDMORE, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of June 26, 1996


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF ARDMORE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the


secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the


holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the


written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting,


except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.


Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.


Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VIII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a


person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be


affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.128 114 dex3128.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.

Exhibit 3.128

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”);

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, P. O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252-3006.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which. shall comprise the initial Board of Directors or the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or Imitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or


protection of a director of the. Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present farm or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 24th day of June, 1996.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.129 115 dex3129.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Alabama, Inc.
                    EXHIBIT 3.129
                    Bylaws of
                    Rural/Metro of
                    Central Alabama, Inc.

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of June 26, 1996


RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.

BYLAWS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I     
Offices     

Section 1.01.

  

Principal Office

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Other Offices

   1
ARTICLE II     
Meetings of Stockholders     

Section 2.01.

  

Place of Meetings

   1

Section 2.02.

  

Annual Meetings

   1

Section 2.03.

  

Special Meetings

   1

Section 2.04.

  

Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver

   2

Section 2.05.

  

Voting List, Right to Examine

   2

Section 2.06.

  

Adjournments

   2

Section 2.07.

  

Quorum

   3

Section 2.08.

  

Voting

   3

Section 2.09.

  

Judges of Election

   4

Section 2.10.

  

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

   4
ARTICLE III     
Board of Directors     

Section 3.01.

  

Powers

   5

Section 3.02.

  

Number, Term of Office and Vacancies

   5

Section 3.03.

  

Annual Organizational Meeting

   5

Section 3.04.

  

Regular and Special Meetings

   6

Section 3.05.

  

Quorum; Interested Directors

   6

Section 3.06.

  

Committees

   7

Section 3.07.

  

Action of Directors in Lieu of Meeting

   7

Section 3.08.

  

Attendance Via Telecommunications

   8

Section 3.09.

  

Compensation

   8
ARTICLE IV     
Notice - Waivers - Meetings     

Section 4.01.

  

Notice, What Constitutes

   8

Section 4.02.

  

Waiver of Notice

   8
ARTICLE V     
Officers     

Section 5.01.

  

Number, Qualifications and Resignation

   9

Section 5.02.

  

Term of Office

   9

Section 5.03.

  

Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents

   9


          Page

Section 5.04.

  

The President

   9

Section 5.05.

  

The Vice President

   9

Section 5.06.

  

The Secretary

   10

Section 5.07.

  

The Assistant Secretaries

   10

Section 5.08.

  

The Treasurer

   10

Section 5.09.

  

The Assistant Treasurers

   10

Section 5.10.

  

The Chairman of the Board of Directors

   10

Section 5.11.

  

The Chief Executive Officer

   11
ARTICLE VI     
Certificates of Stock     

Section 6.01.

  

Issuance

   11

Section 6.02.

  

Subscriptions for Shares

   11

Section 6.03.

  

Transfers

   11

Section 6.04.

  

Share Certificate

   11

Section 6.05.

  

Record Holder of Shares

   11

Section 6.06.

  

Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates

   12

Section 6.07.

  

Transfer Agent and Registrar

   12

Section 6.08.

  

Record Date

   12
ARTICLE VII     
Indemnification     

Section 7.01.

  

Right to Indemnification

   12

Section 7.02.

  

Prepayment of Expenses

   13

Section 7.03.

  

Claims

   13

Section 7.04.

  

Nonexclusivity of Rights

   13

Section 7.05.

  

Other Indemnification

   13

Section 7.06.

  

Amendment or Repeal

   13
ARTICLE VIII     
Amendments     

Section 8.01.

  

Amendments by Stockholders

   14

Section 8.02.

  

Amendments by Directors

   14
ARTICLE IX     
Miscellaneous     

Section 9.01.

  

Reserves

   14

Section 9.02.

  

Authorized Signer

   14

Section 9.03.

  

Fiscal Year

   14

Section 9.04.

  

Corporate Seal

   14

Section 9.05.

  

Gender

   14

Section 9.06.

  

Repeal and Amendment

   14

Section 9.07.

  

Severability

   14


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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

 

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the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

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Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be

 

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given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

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Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

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(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

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Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL” ), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president

 

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or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

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Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of

 

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any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with

 

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respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be

 

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affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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EX-3.130 116 dex3130.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.

Exhibit 3.130

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FORTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors, which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely


affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21st day of May, 1998.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.131 117 dex3131.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Colorado, Inc.

Exhibit 3.131

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of May 22, 1998


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL COLORADO, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

2.2 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1999, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.4 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

2.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

2.5. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.6 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.8 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


2.9 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.9, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all


stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

3.2 Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

3.3 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

3.4 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either


within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

3.5 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(i) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(ii) the material facts as to his or her 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.


(c) 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 that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.6 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

3.7 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

3.8 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.


3.9 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS

 

4.1 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

4.2 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter


after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

5.2 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

5.3 Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

5.4 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

5.5 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.


5.6 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

5.7 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.8 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

5.9 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.


ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

6.1 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

6.2 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

6.3 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.7 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

6.4 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

6.5 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.


6.6 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

6.7 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.8 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or


(c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

8.2 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time


to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

9.2 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

9.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

9.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

9.5 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

9.6 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

9.7 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.132 118 dex3132.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.

Exhibit 3.132

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL” ).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85285.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a


director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator herein above stated, set their hands this 18 day of July, 1995.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.133 119 dex3133.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Central Ohio, Inc.

EXHIBIT 3.133

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 27, 1995


 

BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF CENTRAL OHIO, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April, of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by


the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in


person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the


Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.


Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as


may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by


his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.


Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.


Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.134 120 dex3134.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.

Exhibit 3.134

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors, which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation, shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its ‘stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by lave; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 21st day of May, 1998.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.135 121 dex3135.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Colorado, Inc.

Exhibit 3.135

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Adopted as of May 22, 1998


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         

Page


ARTICLE I    OFFICERS     
1.1      Principal Office    1
1.2      Other Offices    1
ARTICLE II   

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

    
2.1      Place of Meetings    1
2.2     

Annual Meetings

   1
2.3     

Special Meetings

   1
2.4     

Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver

   2
2.5     

Voting List, Right to Examine

   2
2.6     

Adjournments

   2
2.7     

Quorum

   3
2.8     

Voting

   3
2.9     

Judges of Election

   4
2.10   

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting

   4
ARTICLE III   

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    
3.1     

Powers

   5
3.2     

Number, Term of Office and Vacancies

   5
3.3     

Annual Organizational Meeting

   5
3.4     

Regular and Special Meetings

   6
3.5     

Quorum; Interested Directors

   6
3.6     

Committees

   7
3.7     

Action of Directors in Lieu of Meeting

   7
3.8     

Attendance Via Telecommunications

   7
3.9     

Compensation

   8
ARTICLE IV   

NOTICE – WAIVERS – MEETINGS

    
4.1     

Notice, What Constitutes

   8
4.2     

Waiver of Notice

   8
ARTICLE V   

OFFICERS

    
5.1     

Number, Qualifications and Resignation

   9


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5.2     

Term of Office

   9
5.3     

Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents

   9
5.4     

The President

   9
5.5     

The Vice President

   9
5.6     

The Secretary

   10
5.7     

The Assistant Secretaries

   10
5.8     

The Treasurer

   10
5.9     

The Assistant Treasurers

   10
5.10   

The Chairman of the Board of Directors

   10
5.11   

The Chief Executive Officer

   11
ARTICLE VI   

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

    
6.1     

Issuance

   11
6.2     

Subscriptions for Shares

   11
6.3     

Transfers

   11
6.4     

Share Certificate

   11
6.5     

Record Holder of Shares

   11
6.6     

Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates

   12
6.7     

Transfer Agent and Registrar

   12
6.8     

Record Date

   12
ARTICLE VII   

INDEMNIFICATION

    
7.1     

Right to Indemnification

   12
7.2     

Prepayment of Expenses

   13
7.3     

Claims

   13
7.4     

Nonexclusivity of Rights

   13
7.5     

Other Indemnification

   13
7.6     

Amendment or Repeal

   13
ARTICLE VIII   

AMENDMENTS

    
8.1     

Amendments by Stockholders

   14


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8.2     

Amendments by Directors

   14
ARTICLE IX   

MISCELLANEOUS

    
9.1     

Reserves

   14
9.2     

Authorized Signer

   14
9.3     

Fiscal Year

   14
9.4     

Corporate Seal

   14
9.5     

Gender

   14
9.6     

Repeal and Amendment

   14
9.7     

Severability

   14


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF COLORADO, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

1.1 Principal Office. The address of the registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

2.2 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless other wise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1999, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2.3 Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.4 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

2.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

2.5 Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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

 

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Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

2.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.6 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.8 Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

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2.9 Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.9, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

2.10 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all

 

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stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

3.2 Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

3.3 Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

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3.4 Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

3.5 Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if

 

(i) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(ii) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

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(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.

 

(c) 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 that authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.6 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

3.7 Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

3.8 Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by

 

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means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

3.9 Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS

 

4.1 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

4.2 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1 Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

5.2 Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

5.3 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

5.4 The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

5.5 The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of

 

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directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

5.6 The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

5.7 The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.8 The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

5.9 The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

5.10 The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

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5.11 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

6.1 Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

6.2 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

6.3 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.7 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

6.4 Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

6.5 Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing

 

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collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

6.6 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

6.7 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

6.8 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.1 Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The

 

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Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

7.5 Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

8.1 Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

8.2 Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1 Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

9.2 Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

9.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

9.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

9.5 Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

9.6 Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

9.7 Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and

 

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enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

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Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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EX-3.136 122 dex3136.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.

Exhibit 3.136

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the saint exists or may hereafter he amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of mammon stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Hoard of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely


affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 22nd day of December, 1994.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.137 123 dex3137.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Georgia, Inc.

Exhibit 3.137

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of December 23, 1994


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF GEORGIA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Wednesday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1995, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 3:00 p.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be


given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board


of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president


or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any


way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

EX-3.138 124 dex3138.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF GREATER SEATTLE, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.

Exhibit 3.138

 

STATE OF WASHINGTON    ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
SECRETARY OF STATE    WASHINGTON
Ralph Munro, Secretary of State    PROFIT CORPORATION
     (Per Chapter 23B.10 RCW)

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OLYMPIA, WA 98504-0234

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AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

NAME OF CORPORATION (As currently recorded with the Office of the Secretary of State)

 

United Medical Services, Inc.

  UBI NUMBER

 

600     442     853

  

CORPORATION NUMBER (If known)

 

2-321333-3

  

AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION WERE ADOPTED ON

 

June 26, 1998

EFFECTIVE

DATE OF

ARTICLES

OF AMENDMENT

  

(Specified effective date may be up to 90 days AFTER receipt of the document by the Secretary of State)

 

  

¨        Specific Date: __________________

  

x Upon filing by the

      Secretary of State

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT WERE ADOPTED BY (Please check ONE of the following)

 

¨        Incorporators. Shareholders action was not required.

 

¨        Board of Directors. Shareholders action was not required

 

x       Duly approved shareholder action in accordance with Chapter 23B.10 RCW

AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ARE AS FOLLOWS

If amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for

implementing the amendment must be included. If necessary, attach additional amendments or information.

 

Article 1. of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. NAME

 

The name of this Corporation is Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.

SIGNATURE OF OFFICER OR CHAIRPERSON

 

This document is hereby executed under penalties of perjury, and is, to the best of my knowledge, true and correct.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee       Steven M. Lee, SECRETARY   6/26/98
Signature of Officer       Printed Name   Date

 

CORPORATIONS INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE - 360/753-7115 (TDD- 360/753-1485)


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

AND

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

OF THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the Washington Business Corporation Act, hereby certifies and adopts the following Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE 1. NAME

 

The name of this Corporation is UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE 2. SHARES

 

The total authorized number of shares of this Corporation is eleven million (11,000,000) shares of capital stock divided into two classes as follows:

 

  (i) ten million (10,000,000) shares of voting common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share; and

 

  (ii) one million (1,000,000) Class A shares of cumulative redeemable nonvoting preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

ARTICLE 3. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The initial registered agent and registered office of this Corporation are as follows:

 

Registered Agent


  

Registered Office, Street and Mailing Address


Washington Corporate Services, Inc.   

2250 Columbia Center

701 Fifth Avenue

Seattle, Washington 98104

 

ARTICLE 4. INCORPORATOR

 

The name and address of the incorporator is: Bud H. Kopp, 6610 – 208th S.W., Lynnwood, Washington 98036.


ARTICLE 5. DIRECTORS

 

The number of directors of this Corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner specified therein. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) director, and the name and address of the person who shall serve as director until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successors are elected and qualified unless he resigns or is removed is:

 

Bud H. Kopp    6610 – 208th S.W.     
     Lynnwood, WA 98036     

 

ARTICLE 6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to this Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for:

 

  a. Acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct by the director or a knowing violation of law by the director;

 

  b. Conduct violating RCW 23B.08.310 (which involves certain distributions by the Corporation); or

 

  c. Any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property, or services to which the director is not legally entitled.

 

If the Washington Business Corporation Act is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of this Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the shareholders of this Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of this Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE 7. INDEMNIFICATION

 

This Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its Directors, Officers, Agents, and Employees, as follows:

 

  a. Directors and Officers. This Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act now or hereafter in force. However, such indemnity shall not apply on account of: (1) acts or omissions of the director or officer finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (2) conduct of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of RCW 23B.08.310; or (3) any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director or officer personally received a benefit in money, property, or services to which the director or officer was not legally entitled.


This Corporation shall advance expenses for such persons pursuant to the terms set forth in the Bylaws, or in a separate directors’ resolution or contract.

 

  b. Employees and Agents Who Are Not Directors or Officers. This corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its employees and agents who are not directors or officers to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws, and consistent with the law.

 

  c. Implementation. The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification and expense advancement provisions. The Board is expressly empowered to adopt, approve, and amend from time to time such Bylaws, resolutions, contracts, or further indemnification and expense advancement arrangements as may be permitted by law, implementing these provisions. Such Bylaws, resolutions, contracts, or further arrangements shall include but not be limited to implementing the manner in which determinations as to any indemnity or advancement of expenses shall be made.

 

  d. Survival of Indemnification Rights. No amendment or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on any right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

ARTICLE 8. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Preemptive rights shall not exist with respect to shares of stock or securities convertible into shares of stock of this Corporation.

 

ARTICLE 9. CUMULATIVE VOTING

 

The shareholders of this Corporation shall not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

 

ARTICLE 10. MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL

 

If a vote of the shareholders is required to authorize any of the following matters, such matters need be approved only by a majority of all votes of each voting group entitled to be cast on the matter:

 

  a. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation.

 

  b. Plan of Merger or Plan of Share Exchange.

 

  c. Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of this Corporation, other than in the usual and regular course of business.

 

  d. Proposal to dissolve this Corporation.


The undersigned hereby declares that I have examined the foregoing and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete.

 

DATED this 25th day of November, 1996.

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

By  

/s/ Bud H. Kopp Pres.

   

Bud H. Kopp, Its President


CERTIFICATE

 

THIS CERTIFICATE is attached to and forms a part of the Articles of Amendment and Articles of Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation of UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The Articles of Restatement do contain amendments to the Articles of Incorporation which were duly approved by the shareholders in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040 on November 25, 1996.

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

By

 

/s/ Bud H. Kopp Pres.

   

Bud H. Kopp, Its President


Exhibit A

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

AND

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

 

OF THE

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The undersigned, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the Washington Business Corporation Act, hereby certifies and adopts the following Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE 1. NAME

 

The name of this Corporation is UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE 2. SHARES

 

The total authorized number of shares of this Corporation is eleven million (11,000,000) shares of capital stock divided into two classes as follows:

 

  (i) ten million (10,000,000) shares of voting common stock with a par value of $0.01 per share; and

 

  (ii) one million (1,000,000) Class A shares of cumulative redeemable nonvoting preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

ARTICLE 3. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The initial registered agent and registered office of this Corporation are as follows:

 

Registered Agent


  

Registered Office, Street and Mailing Address


Washington Corporate Services, Inc.   

2250 Columbia Center

701 Fifth Avenue

Seattle, Washington 98104


ARTICLE 4. INCORPORATOR

 

The name and address of the incorporator is: Bud H. Kopp, 6610 - 208th S.W., Lynnwood, Washington 98036.

 

ARTICLE 5. DIRECTORS

 

The number of directors of this Corporation shall be fixed by the Bylaws and may be increased or decreased from time to time in the manner specified therein. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) director, and the name and address of the person who shall serve as director until the first annual meeting of shareholders and until his successors are elected and qualified unless he resigns or is removed is:

 

Bud H. Kopp    6610 – 208th S.W.     
     Lynnwood, WA 98036     

 

ARTICLE 6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

A director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to this Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for conduct as a director, except for:

 

  a. Acts or omissions involving intentional misconduct by the director or a knowing violation of law by the director;

 

  b. Conduct violating RCW 23B.08.310 (which involves certain distributions by the Corporation); or

 

  c. Any transaction from which the director will personally receive a benefit in money, property, or services to which the director is not legally entitled.

 

If the Washington Business Corporation Act is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of this Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act, as so amended. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the shareholders of this Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of this Corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE 7. INDEMNIFICATION

 

This Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its Directors, Officers, Agents, and Employees, as follows:

 

  a.

Directors and Officers. This Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act now or hereafter in force. However, such indemnity shall not apply on account of: (1) acts or omissions of the director or officer finally adjudged to be intentional


 

misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (2) conduct of the director finally adjudged to be in violation of RCW 23B.08.310; or (3) any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director or officer personally received a benefit in money, property, or services to which the director or officer was not legally entitled.

 

This Corporation shall advance expenses for such persons pursuant to the terms set forth in the Bylaws, or in a separate directors’ resolution or contract.

 

  b. Employees and Agents Who Are Not Directors or Officers. This Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its employees and agents who are not directors or officers to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors or the Bylaws, and consistent with the law.

 

  c. Implementation. The Board of Directors may take such action as is necessary to carry out these indemnification and expense advancement provisions. The Board is expressly empowered to adopt, approve, and amend from time to time such Bylaws, resolutions, contracts, or further indemnification and expense advancement arrangements as may be permitted by law, implementing these provisions. Such Bylaws, resolutions, contracts, or further arrangements shall include but not be limited to implementing the manner in which determinations as to any indemnity or advancement of expenses shall be made.

 

  d. Survival of Indemnification Rights. No amendment or repeal of this Article shall apply to or have any effect on any right to indemnification provided hereunder with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

ARTICLE 8. PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Preemptive rights shall not exist with respect to shares of stock or securities convertible into shares of stock of this Corporation.

 

ARTICLE 9. CUMULATIVE VOTING

 

The shareholders of this Corporation shall not have the right to cumulate their votes in the election of directors.

 

ARTICLE 10. MAJORITY SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL

 

If a vote of the shareholders is required to authorize any of the following matters, such matters need be approved only by a majority of all votes of each voting group entitled to be cast on the matter:

 

  a. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation.

 

  b. Plan of Merger or Plan of Share Exchange.


  c. Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of this Corporation, other than in the usual and regular course of business.

 

  d. Proposal to dissolve this Corporation.

 

The undersigned hereby declares that I have examined the foregoing and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it is true, correct and complete.

 

DATED this 25th day of November, 1996.

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

By

 

/s/ Bud H. Kopp Pres.

   

Bud H. Kopp, Its President


AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

LHK INCORPORATED

 

Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.10.070 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned adopts the following Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of LHK INCORPORATED filed on May 14, 1982.

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is LHK INCORPORATED.

 

SECOND: The following Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, was adopted by the Director of the Corporation on July 1, 1996, as follows:

 

Article 1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. NAME

 

The name of this Corporation is UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

THIRD: The foregoing Amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: Except as modified herein, the Articles of Incorporation of LHK INCORPORATED as may have been amended, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the Corporation’s Director, in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.020. Shareholder action was not required.

 

I certify that I am the President of LHK INCORPORATED, and am authorized to execute the foregoing Amendment to Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the Corporation.

 

DATED: July 31, 1996

 

LHK INCORPORATED

By

 

/s/ Bud H. Kopp

   

Bud H. Kopp

   

Its President


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

LHK INCORPORATED

 

Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.10 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation:

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is LHK INCORPORATED.

 

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was proposed by the directors and adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation:

 

Article IV is amended to add the following:

 

. . .

 

The holders of any preferred shares shall have the right to elect a majority of the Board of the Corporation upon a cumulative default, whether consecutive or not, of dividend payments for two years, and such right shall continue until the full payment of all arrears in dividends on such preferred shares.

 

THIRD: The foregoing amendment will not result in any exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation on the 1st day of August, 1992.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment was duly approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040.

 

I certify that I am an officer of LHK Incorporated and am authorized to execute these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the Corporation.

 

DATED: August 1, 1992.

 

LHK INCORPORATED

By  

/s/ Bud H. Kopp Pres.

   

Bud H. Kopp

   

Its President


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

LHK INCORPORATED

 

Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 23B.10 of the Washington Business Corporation Act, the undersigned hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation:

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is LHK INCORPORATED.

 

SECOND: The following amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was proposed by the directors and adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation:

 

Article IV is amended to read as follows:

 

. . .

 

The total number of shares of stock which this Corporation is authorized to issue is seventy thousand (70,000) shares of capital stock divided into two classes as follows:

 

(i) fifty thousand (50,000) shares of voting common stock with a par value of $1.00 per share; and

 

(ii) twenty thousand (20,000) shares of cumulative redeemable nonvoting preferred stock with a par value of $20 per share.

 

THIRD: The foregoing amendment will not result in any exchange, reclassification, or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment was adopted by the shareholders of the Corporation on the 1st day of June, 1992.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment was duly approved by the shareholders of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of RCW 23B.10.030 and 23B.10.040.

 

I certify that I am an officer of LHK Incorporated and am authorized to execute these Articles of Amendment on behalf of the Corporation.

 

DATED: June 2, 1992.

 

LHK INCORPORATED
By  

/s/ Bud H. Kopp

   

Bud H. Kopp

   

Its President


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

of

 

LHK INCORPORATED

 

THE UNDERSIGNED, of the age of eighteen years, or more, desirous of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Washington, does hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

The name of this corporation shall be LHK INCORPORATED.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

This corporation shall have perpetual existence.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

The purpose of the corporation is: conduct an ambulance service and further to engage in all forms and any such activity pertaining thereto not forbidden to corporations by the Constitution, statutes or common law of the State of Washington.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

The capital stock of this corporation shall be $50,000 consisting of $50,000 shares of common stock (of the par value of $1.00 per share).* Capital stock may be issued by the corporation from time to time for such consideration, including (without limitation) labor, services, money or property, as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

No holder of shares of stock of this corporation shall be entitled as such as a matter of right to subscribe for, purchase, or otherwise acquire any share of stock of this corporation of any class whether now or hereafter authorized, or any securities convertible into shares of stock of this corporation.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

This corporation shall not commence business until consideration of the value of at least Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) has been received for the issuance of shares.


* Delete if inappropriate.


ARTICLE VI

 

The address of the initial registered office of the corporation is 21000A 70th W. Edmonds, WA 98020.

 

The name of its initial registered agent at such office is Lloyd H. Kopp.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The number of directors of this corporation shall be such number, not less than three (3) except where all shares are owned of record by fewer than three (3) shareholders, in which case the number of directors shall not be less than the number of such shareholders and such number of directors shall be determined from time to time by the shareholders of the corporation. The names and post office addresses of the first directors, who will manage the affairs of the corporation from the time of its organization until their successors are elected and qualified at the first annual meeting are as follows:

 

Lloyd H. Kopp 7009 210th SW Lynnwood, Wa 98036

 


 


 


 


 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The name and address of the incorporator is: Lloyd H. Kopp 7009 210th SW Lynnwood, Wa 98036.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

The authority to make by-laws and to repeal and amend the same is vested in the Board of Directors, subject to the power of the shareholders to change or repeal the same: provided however that the Board of Directors shall not make or alter any by-laws fixing their numbers, qualifications, classifications, terms of office or compensation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and seal in duplicate this 26th day of April, 1982.

 

State of Washington      

ss.

  /s/ Lloyd H. Kopp
County of Snohomish      

x

 

/s/ Bonnie Crawford

EX-3.139 125 dex3139.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF GREATER SEATTLE, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Greater Seattle, Inc.

Exhibit 3.139

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of February 28, 1998:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Section 2.1 of Article II of the Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation shall be held each year on April 1 for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. The failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated in these Bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.”


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE 1. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the Corporation shall be located at the principal place of business or such other place as the Board of Directors (“Board”) may designate. The Corporation may have such other offices, either in or out of the State of Washington, as the Board may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

ARTICLE 2. SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders of this Corporation shall be held each year during the month of February for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business as may come before the meeting. The failure to hold an annual meeting at the time stated in these Bylaws does not affect the validity of any corporate action.

 

2.2 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, special meetings of shareholders of this Corporation shall be held whenever called by any officer or the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall also be held whenever the holders of at least ten percent (10%) of all of the votes entitled to be cast on any issue presented for consideration at the proposed special meeting, sign, date and deliver to the Corporation’s Secretary one (1) or more written demands for the meeting, describing the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be held. Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by the Washington Business Corporation Act may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

 

2.3 Place of Meetings. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place in or out of the State of Washington as determined by the Board of Directors, pursuant to proper notice.

 

2.4 Record Date. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine the record date for one (1) or more voting groups in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If the Board has not determined a record date, it shall be fixed as follows:

 

(a) If the Board of Directors has not fixed the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting, it shall be the day before the first notice is delivered to shareholders.

 

(b) If the Board has not fixed the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a share dividend, it shall be the date the Board of Directors authorizes the share dividend.


(c) If the Board has not fixed the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving a purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares, it shall be the date the Board authorizes the distribution.

 

(d) If the Board has not fixed a record date for determining the shareholders entitled to demand a special meeting, it shall be the date the first shareholder signs the demand.

 

A record date may not be more than sixty (60) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders.

 

A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

2.5 Shareholders’ List For Meeting. After fixing a record date for a meeting, an alphabetical list shall be prepared of the names of all of the Corporation’s shareholders on the record date who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

The shareholders’ list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning ten (10) days prior to the meeting and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, the shareholder’s agent, or the shareholder’s attorney is entitled to inspect the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection. The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, the shareholder’s agent, or the shareholder’s attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment. Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list shall not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

2.6 Notice. Written notice of each shareholders’ meeting stating the date, time, and place and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, shall be given by the Corporation not less than ten (10) (unless a greater period of notice is required by law in a particular case) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote unless required by law to send notice to all shareholders regardless of whether or not such shareholders are entitled to vote, to the shareholder’s address as it appears on the current record of shareholders of this Corporation.

 

Notice of a special meeting must include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time, or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time, and place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the


adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 2.4 of this Article 2, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given under this Section to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.

 

2.7 Waiver of Notice. A shareholder may waive any notice required to be given by these Bylaws, or the Articles of Incorporation of this Corporation, or any provision of the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, before or after the meeting that is the subject of such notice. A valid waiver is created by any of the following three methods:

 

(a) In writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in its corporate records;

 

(b) Attendance at the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; or

 

(c) Failure to object at the time of presentation of a matter not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice.

 

2.8 Quorum of Shareholders. At any meeting of shareholders, a majority in interest of all the shares entitled to vote on a matter, represented by shareholders of record in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter.

 

Once a share is represented at a meeting, other than to object to holding the meeting or transacting business, it is deemed to be present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting pursuant to Section 2.4 of this Article 2. At such reconvened meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as original notified.

 

If a quorum exists, action on a matter is approved by a voting group if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast within the voting group opposing the action, unless the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws of this Corporation, require a different vote.

 

2.9 Proxies. Shareholders of record may vote at any meeting either in person or by proxy executed in writing. A proxy is effective when received by the person authorized to tabulate votes for the Corporation. A proxy is valid for eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided in the proxy.

 

2.10 Voting. Subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Washington, and unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting.

 

2.11 Adjournment. A majority of the shares represented at the meeting, even if less than a quorum, may adjourn the meeting from time to time. At such reconvened meeting at


which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

ARTICLE 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

3.1 General Powers. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, a Board of Directors (at times referred to herein as the “Board”), except as otherwise provided by its Articles of Incorporation.

 

3.2 General Standards For Directors.

 

(a) A director shall discharge the duties of a director, including duties as a member of a committee:

 

(1) In good faith;

 

(2) With the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances; and

 

(3) In a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

(b) In discharging the duties of a director, a director is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by:

 

(1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

 

(2) Legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons as to matters the director reasonably believes are within the person’s professional or expert competence; or

 

(3) A committee of the board of directors of which the director is not a member if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.

 

(c) A director is not acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by subsection (b) of this Section 3.2 unwarranted.

 

(d) A director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if the director performed the duties of the director’s office in compliance with this Section 3.2.

 

3.3 Number and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of at least one (1) individual; provided, however, that the number of directors may be increased or decreased


from time to time to any number not less than one (1) by the shareholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.

 

A director need not be a resident of the State of Washington nor a shareholder of the Corporation.

 

3.4 Election and Term of Office.

 

(a) Directors shall be elected at the first annual shareholders’ meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter.

 

(b) The terms of the initial directors of the corporation expire at the first shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected.

 

(c) The terms of all other directors expire at the next annual shareholders’ meeting following their election.

 

(d) The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected.

 

(e) A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten an incumbent director’s term.

 

(f) Despite the expiration of a director’s term, each director shall continue to serve until the director’s respective successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

 

3.5 Meetings and Action of the Board.

 

(a) Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold regular meetings at such times and at such places in or out of the State of Washington, as the Board by vote may determine, and if so determined, no notice thereof need be given.

 

(b) Special Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold special meetings in or out of the State of Washington, at any time or place, whenever called by any officer or two (2) or more directors, notice thereof being given to each director by the officer calling or by the officer directed to call the meeting.

 

(c) Any or all directors may participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating can hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

3.6 Notice.

 

(a) No notice is required for regular meetings of the Board of Directors.


(b) Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given at least two (2) days prior to the date of the meeting, stating the date, time, and place thereof. Such notice may be oral or written. The purpose of the meeting need not be given in the notice.

 

3.7 Waiver of Notice. A director may waive notice of a special meeting of the Board of Directors either before or after the meeting, and such waiver shall be deemed to be the equivalent of giving notice. The waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in its corporate records. Attendance at or participation in a meeting shall constitute waiver of any required notice to the director of the meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director’s arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

3.8 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) A majority of the members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

 

(b) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise required by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws.

 

3.9 Adjournment. A majority of the directors present, even if less than a quorum, may adjourn a meeting and continue it to a later time. Notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted there, other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, shall not be necessary. At an adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

3.10 Resignation and Removal.

 

(a) Any director of this Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, its Chairperson, the President, or Secretary of this Corporation. Any such resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date.

 

(b) The shareholders, at a special meeting called expressly for that purpose, may remove from office with or without cause one or more directors and elect their successors.

 

3.11 Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided by the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, in the case of any vacancy in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the remaining directors, whether constituting a quorum or not, or the shareholders, may fill the vacancy. If the directors in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the Board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors in office.


3.12 Compensation. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid expenses, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving this Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

3.13 Presumption of Assent. A director who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors when action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless:

 

(a) The director objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the director’s arrival, to holding it or transacting business at the meeting;

 

(b) The director’s dissent or abstention from the action is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or

 

(c) The director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation within a reasonable time after adjournment of the meeting.

 

The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

 

3.14 Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors may designate from among its members an Executive Committee and one or more other committees, each of which:

 

(a) Must have two (2) or more members;

 

(b) Must be governed by the same rules regarding meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements as applied to the Board of Directors; and

 

(c) To the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors, except no such committee shall have the authority to:

 

(1) Authorize or approve a distribution except according to a general formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors;

 

(2) Approve or propose to shareholders action which the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, requires to be approved by the shareholders;

 

(3) Fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or on any of its committees;

 

(4) Amend the Articles of Incorporation;

 

(5) Adopt, amend, or repeal these Bylaws;


(6) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval; or

 

(7) Authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and relative rights, preferences, and limitations on a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize a committee, or a senior executive officer of the Corporation, to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 4. SPECIAL MEASURES

APPLYING TO BOTH SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

AND DIRECTORS MEETINGS

 

4.1 Action by Written Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or the Board of Directors may be accomplished without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, or by all of the members of the Board of Directors, as the case may be. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action to be taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, or by all directors, as the case may be, and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes. Directors’ consents may be signed either before or after the action taken.

 

A shareholder may withdraw consent only by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Corporation prior to the time that all consents are in the possession of the Corporation. A director may not withdraw consent.

 

Action taken by unanimous written consent is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a later effective date. Action taken by unanimous written consent of the shareholders is effective when all consents are in possession of the Corporation, unless the consent specifies a later effective date.

 

If the corporate laws of the State of Washington require that notice of a proposed action be given to nonvoting shareholders and the action is to be taken by unanimous consent of the voting shareholders, the Corporation must give its nonvoting shareholders written notice of the proposed action at least ten (10) days before the action is taken. The notice must contain or be accompanied by the same material that would have been required to be sent to the nonvoting shareholders in a notice of meeting at which the proposed action would have been submitted to such shareholders for action.

 

4.2 Conference Telephone. Meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors may be effectuated by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

4.3 Oral and Written Notice. Oral notice may be communicated in person or by telephone, wire or wireless equipment, which does not transmit a facsimile of the notice. Oral notice is effective when communicated.


Written notice may be transmitted by mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; telegraph or teletype; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment which transmits a facsimile of the notice. Written notice is effective at the earliest of the following:

 

(a) When received;

 

(b) five (5) days after its deposit in the U. S. mail if mailed with first-class postage; or

 

(c) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, written notice by the Corporation to a shareholder is effective when mailed, if it is in comprehensible form and if mailed with first-class postage and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown on the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

ARTICLE 5. OFFICERS

 

5.1 Positions. The officers of this Corporation may be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, and a Treasurer, as appointed by the Board. The Board of Directors shall appoint a Secretary. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be necessary may be appointed by the Board or by a duly appointed officer to whom such authority has been delegated by Board resolution. No officer need be a shareholder or a director of this Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

The Board of Directors in its discretion may elect a Chairman from among its members to serve as Chairman of the Board, who, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, and who shall have such other powers as the Board may determine. The Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. If the Board fails to elect a Chairman, the President of the Corporation shall be its chief executive officer as well as its chief operating officer.

 

5.2 Appointment and Term of Office. The officers of this Corporation shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If officers are not appointed at such meeting, such appointment shall occur as soon as possible thereafter. Each officer shall hold office until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified or until said officer’s earlier death, resignation, or removal.

 

5.3 Powers and Duties. If the Board appoints persons to fill the following officer positions, such officers shall have the powers and duties set forth below:

 

(a) President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of this Corporation and, subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors, shall have general supervision of the business of this Corporation. Unless a Chairman of the Board of Directors has been elected and is present, the President shall preside at meetings of the Board and shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The President or any Vice-President or such other


persons as are specifically authorized by vote of the Board shall sign all bonds, deeds, mortgages, and any other agreements, and such signatures shall be sufficient to bind this Corporation. The President shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall designate.

 

(b) Vice-President. During the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-President (or in the event that there be more than one Vice-President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board of Directors) shall exercise all functions of the President, except as limited by resolution of the Board of Directors. Each Vice-President shall have such duties as may be assigned from time to time to such Vice President by the President or by the Board of Directors.

 

(c) Secretary. The Secretary shall:

 

(1) Prepare minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and keep them in one or more books provided for that purpose;

 

(2) Authenticate records of the Corporation;

 

(3) See that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law;

 

(4) Be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation (if any), and affix the seal of the Corporation to all documents as may be required;

 

(5) Keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the Secretary by such shareholder;

 

(6) Sign with the President, or a Vice-President, certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors;

 

(7) Have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and

 

(8) In general, perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors. In the Secretary’s absence, an Assistant Secretary may perform the Secretary’s duties.

 

(d) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the money, funds, and securities of the Corporation, shall account for the same, and shall have and exercise, under the supervision of the Board of Directors, all the powers and duties commonly incident to this office.

 

5.4 Salaries and Contract Rights. The salaries, if any, of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. The appointment of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.


5.5 Resignation or Removal. Any officer of this Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, or to any officer of this Corporation. Any such resignation is effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later date, and shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of such officer.

 

The Board of Directors, by majority vote, may remove any officer or agent appointed by it, with or without cause. The removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

5.6 Vacancies. If the office of any officer becomes vacant by any reason, the directors may appoint a successor or successors who shall hold office for the unexpired term.

 

ARTICLE 6. CONTRACTS, LOANS,

CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

6.1 Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

6.2 Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

6.3 Loans to Officers and Directors. No loans shall be made by the Corporation to its officers or directors, unless first approved by the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the shares, and no loans shall be made by the Corporation secured by its shares.

 

6.4 Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents, of the Corporation and in such manner as is from time to time determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

6.5 Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors may select.

 

ARTICLE 7. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

7.1 Issuance of Certificates for Shares. No shares of this Corporation shall be issued unless authorized by the Board of Directors. Such authorization shall include the maximum number of shares to be issued, the consideration to be received, and a statement that the Board considers the consideration to be adequate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, and shall state:

 

(a) The name of the Corporation and that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Washington;


(b) The name of the person to whom issued; and

 

(c) The number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents.

 

7.2 Transfer of Stock. Shares of stock may be transferred by delivery of the certificate accompanied by either an assignment in writing on the reverse side of the certificate or by a written power of attorney to assign and transfer the same on the books of this Corporation. The shares shall be transferable on the books of this Corporation upon surrender thereof so assigned or endorsed.

 

7.3 Loss or Destruction of Certificates. In case of the loss, mutilation, or destruction of a certificate of stock, a duplicate may be issued upon such terms as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

7.4 Record Date and Transfer Books. As set forth in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken.

 

7.5 Voting Record. As set forth in Section 2.5 of these Bylaws, the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of this Corporation shall make at least ten (10) days before each meeting of shareholders a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each.

 

ARTICLE 8. BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

8.1 Minute Book, Books of Accounts, and Share Register. The Corporation:

 

(a) Shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and the Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or the Board without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the Board exercising the authority of the Board on behalf of the Corporation;

 

(b) Shall maintain appropriate accounting records;

 

(c) Or its agent shall maintain a record of the shareholders of the Corporation, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each; and


(d) Shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:

 

(1) The Articles or Restated Articles of Incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(2) The Bylaws or Restated Bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(3) The minutes of all shareholders’ meetings, and records of all actions taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three (3) years;

 

(4) Its financial statements for the past three (3) years, including balance sheets showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the Corporation as of the close of each fiscal year, and an income statement showing the results of its operations during each fiscal year prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, or, if not, prepared on a basis explained therein;

 

(5) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years;

 

(6) A list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and

 

(7) Its most recent annual report delivered to the Washington Secretary of State.

 

8.2 Copies of Resolutions. Any person dealing with the Corporation may rely upon a copy of any of the records of the proceedings, resolutions, or votes of the Board of Directors or shareholders, when certified by the President or Secretary of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE 9. FISCAL YEAR

AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

9.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year end of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

9.2 Financial Statements. Not later than four months after the close of each fiscal year, and in any event prior to the annual meeting of shareholders, the Corporation shall prepare:

 

(a) A balance sheet showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the Corporation as of the close of its fiscal year; and

 

(b) An income statement showing the results of the Corporation’s operation during its fiscal year.

 

Such statements may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate. If financial statements are prepared by the Corporation for any purpose on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual statements must also be prepared, and disclose that they are prepared, on that basis. If financial


statements are prepared only on a basis other than generally accepted accounting principles, they must be prepared, and disclose that they are prepared, on the same basis as other reports and statements prepared by the Corporation for the use of others.

 

Upon written request, the Corporation shall promptly mail to any shareholder a copy of the most recent balance sheet and income statement. If prepared for other purposes, the Corporation shall also furnish upon written request a statement of sources and applications of funds, and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity, for the most recent fiscal year.

 

If the annual financial statements are reported upon by a public accountant, the accountant’s report must accompany them. If not, the statements must be accompanied by a statement of the President or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(a) Stating the person’s reasonable belief whether the statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(b) Describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the basis used for statements prepared for the preceding year.

 

For purposes of this section, “shareholder” includes a beneficial owner whose shares are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on the beneficial owner’s behalf.

 

ARTICLE 10. CORPORATE SEAL

 

The seal of this Corporation, if the Corporation has a corporate seal, shall consist of the name of the Corporation, the state of its incorporation and the year of its incorporation.

 

ARTICLE 11. INDEMNIFICATION OF

DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

 

11.1 Definitions. As used in this Article 11:

 

(a) “Act” means the Washington Business Corporation Act, now or hereafter in force.

 

(b) “Corporation” means this Corporation, and any domestic or foreign predecessor entity which, in a merger or other transaction, ceased to exist.

 

(c) “Director” means an individual who is or was a director of the Corporation or an individual who, while a director of the Corporation, is or was serving at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise. “Director” includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director.

 

(d) “Expenses” include counsel fees.


(e) “Indemnitee” means an individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, and who possesses indemnification rights pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or other corporate action. If the Articles of Incorporation so provide, the term shall also include, for officers, employees, or agents, service at the Corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise. “Indemnitee” shall also include the heirs, executors, and other successors in interest of such individuals.

 

(f) “Liability” means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding.

 

(g) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, and whether formal or informal.

 

11.2 Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents. The Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers, agents, and employees, as follows:

 

(a) Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Washington Business Corporation Act now or hereafter in force. However, such indemnity shall not apply on account of:

 

(1) Acts or omissions of the director or officer finally adjudged to be intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

 

(2) Conduct of the director or officer finally adjudged to be in violation of RCW 23B.08.310; or

 

(3) Any transaction with respect to which it was finally adjudged that such director or officer personally received a benefit in money, property, or services to which the director was not legally entitled.

 

(b) Employees and Agents Who Are Not Directors. The Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to its employees and agents who are not directors to the same extent as directors and officers against liability arising out of a proceeding to which such individual was made a party because the individual is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation.

 

(c) Advance for Expenses. The Corporation shall advance expenses incurred by such persons who are parties to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding pursuant to the terms set forth in these Bylaws, or in a separate directors’ resolution or contract.


11.3 Procedure for Seeking Indemnification and/or Advancement of Expenses.

 

(a) Notification and Defense of Claim. Indemnitee shall promptly notify the Corporation in writing of any proceeding for which indemnification could be sought under this Article. In addition, Indemnitee shall give the Corporation such information and cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee’s power.

 

With respect to any such proceeding as to which Indemnitee has notified the Corporation:

 

(1) The Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense;

 

(2) Except as otherwise provided below, to the extent that it may wish, the Corporation, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to Indemnitee. Indemnitee’s consent to such counsel will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

After notice from the Corporation to Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense, the Corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee under this Article for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such defense. However:

 

    Indemnitee shall continue to have the right to employ its counsel in such proceeding, at Indemnitee’s expense; and

 

    If:

 

(i) The employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Corporation;

 

(ii) Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of such defense; or

 

(iii) The Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such proceeding, the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s counsel shall be at the expense of the Corporation.

 

The Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the defense of any proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation or as to which Indemnitee shall reasonably have made the conclusion that a conflict of interest may exist between the Corporation and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense.

 

(b) Information to be Submitted and Method of Determination and Authorization of Indemnification. For the purpose of pursuing rights to indemnification under this Article, the Indemnitee shall submit to the Board of Directors:

 

    A sworn statement requesting indemnification; and


    Reasonable evidence of all amounts for which indemnification is requested (together, constitutes “Indemnification Statement”).

 

Submission of an Indemnification Statement to the Board of Directors shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification hereunder, and the Corporation shall, within sixty (60) calendar days thereafter, make payments requested in the Indemnification Statement to or for the benefit of the Indemnitee, unless

 

(i) Within such sixty (60) calendar day period it shall be determined by the Corporation that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Article;

 

(ii) Such vote shall be based upon clear and convincing evidence (sufficient to rebut the foregoing presumption); and

 

(iii) The Indemnitee shall receive notice in writing of such determination, which notice shall disclose with particularity the evidence upon which the determination is based.

 

At the election of the President, the foregoing determination may be made either:

 

    The written consent of the shareholders owning a majority of the stock of the Corporation;

 

    A committee chosen by written consent of a majority of the directors of the Corporation, and consisting solely of two (2) or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding; or

 

    As provided by RCW 23B.08.550, as amended.

 

Any determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, and any failure to make the payments requested in the Indemnification Statement shall be subject to judicial review by any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(c) Special Procedure Regarding Advance for Expenses. An indemnitee seeking payment of expenses in advance of a final disposition of the proceeding must furnish the Corporation, as part of the Indemnification Statement:

 

(1) A written affirmation of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct required to be eligible for indemnification; and

 

(2) A written undertaking, constituting an unlimited general obligation of the Indemnitee, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the director did not meet the required standard of conduct.

 

If the Corporation determines that indemnification is authorized, the Indemnitee’s request for advance of expenses shall be granted.


(d) Settlement. The Corporation is not liable to indemnify Indemnitee for any amounts paid in settlement of any proceeding without the Corporation’s written consent. The Corporation shall not settle any proceeding in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent. Neither the Corporation nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold its consent to a proposed settlement.

 

11.4 Contract and Related Rights.

 

(a) Contract Rights. The right of an Indemnitee to indemnification and advancement of expenses is a contract right upon which the Indemnitee shall be presumed to have relied in determining to serve or to continue to serve in his or her capacity with the Corporation. Such right shall continue as long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any possible proceeding. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an Indemnitee with respect to any acts or omissions of such Indemnitee occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

(b) Optional Insurance, Contracts, and Funding. The Corporation may:

 

(1) Maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Indemnitee against any liability, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under RCW 23B.08.510 or .520, or successor statute;

 

(2) Enter into contracts with any Indemnitee in furtherance of this Article and consistent with the Act; and

 

(3) Create a trust fund, grant a security interest, or use other means (including without limitation a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this Article.

 

(c) Severability. If any provision or application of this Article shall be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Article and its remaining applications shall not be affected thereby, and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

(d) Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under this Article:

 

    For indemnification is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days; or

 

    For advancement of expenses is not paid in full by the Corporation within twenty (20) days,

 

after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnitee may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. To the extent successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to also be paid the expense (to be proportionately prorated if the Indemnitee is only partially successful) of prosecuting such claim.


Neither:

 

(1) The failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its shareholders, or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such proceeding that indemnification of or reimbursement or advancement of expenses to the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances, nor

 

(2) An actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its shareholders, or independent legal counsel) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or to the reimbursement or advancement of expenses,

 

shall be a defense to the proceeding or create a presumption that the Indemnitee is not so entitled.

 

(e) Contribution. If the indemnification provided in Section 11.2 of this Article is not available to be paid to Indemnitee for any reason other than those set forth in subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) of Section 11.2 of this Article (for example, because indemnification is held to be against public policy even though otherwise permitted under Section 11.2) then in respect of any proceeding in which the Corporation is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such proceeding), the Corporation shall contribute to the amount of loss paid or payable by Indemnitee in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect:

 

    The relative benefits received by the Corporation on the one hand and the Indemnitee on the other hand from the transaction from which such proceeding arose, and

 

    The relative fault of the Corporation on the one hand and the Indemnitee on the other hand in connection with the events which resulted in such loss, as well as any other relevant equitable consideration.

 

The relative benefits received by and fault of the Corporation on the one hand and the Indemnitee on the other shall be determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction (which may be the same court in which the proceeding took place) with reference to, among other things, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent the circumstances resulting in such loss. The Corporation agrees that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section was determined by prorata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the foregoing equitable considerations.

 

11.5 Exceptions. Any other provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Corporation shall not be obligated pursuant to the terms of these Bylaws to indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with respect to any proceeding:

 

(a) Claims Initiated by Indemnitee. Initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings brought to establish or enforce a right to indemnification under these Bylaws or any other statute or law or as otherwise


required under the statute; but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may be provided by the Corporation in specific cases if the Board of Directors finds it to be appropriate.

 

(b) Lack of Good Faith. Instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret this Agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by Indemnitee in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous.

 

(c) Insured Claims. For which any of the expenses or liabilities for indemnification is being sought have been paid directly to Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of officers’ and directors’ liability insurance maintained by the Corporation.

 

(d) Prohibited by Law. If the Corporation is prohibited by the Washington Business Corporation Act or other applicable law as then in effect from paying such indemnification and/or advancement of expenses. For example, the Corporation and Indemnitee acknowledge that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has taken the position that indemnification is not possible for liabilities arising under certain federal securities laws, and federal legislation prohibits indemnification for certain ERISA violations. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the Corporation has undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the SEC to submit the question of indemnification to a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the Corporation’s right under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.

 

ARTICLE 12. AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS

 

12.1 By the Shareholders. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast, at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders if notice of the proposed amendment is contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

12.2 By the Board of Directors. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors at any meeting of the Board, if notice of the proposed amendment is contained in the notice of the meeting. However, the directors may not modify the Bylaws fixing their qualifications, classifications, or term of office.

 

ARTICLE 13. RULES OF ORDER

 

The rules contained in the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of order, newly revised, shall govern all meetings of shareholders and directors where those rules are not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or other rules of order of this Corporation.

 

The undersigned Secretary of UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. does hereby certify that the above and foregoing Bylaws of said Corporation were adopted by the Board of Directors on the 22nd day of November, 1996, as the Bylaws of UNITED MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., and the same do now constitute the Bylaws of this Corporation.

 

DATED: November 22, 1996.

 

/s/

Secretary

EX-3.140 126 dex3140.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.

Exhibit 3.140

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14 day of November, 1995.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14 day of November, 1995.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.141 127 dex3141.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Indiana, Inc.

Exhibit 3.141

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of November 14, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the


secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in


writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and


vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the


adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) or the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.


Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended


from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the


Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner


thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have


or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.


Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee, Secretary

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.142 128 dex3142.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P.

Exhibit 3.142

 

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated December 26, 1995, is being duly executed and filed by Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc., an Indiana corporation, as general partner, to form a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.).

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P.

 

  2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. General Partner. The name of the business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc., an

Indiana corporation

By:

   

Name:

   

Its:

   


 

AMENDMENT TO

THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P.

 

The undersigned, desiring to amend the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P., pursuant to the provision of Section 17-202 of the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

 

FIRST: The Certificate of Limited Partnership for Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P. was duly filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, State of Delaware, on December 26, 1995.

 

SECOND: Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc., an Indiana corporation, the initial sole general partner, has withdrawn from the Partnership.

 

THIRD: The name and address of the new sole general partner of the Partnership is The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executed this Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership on the 19 day of January, 1996.

 

General Partner:

The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc., a

Delaware corporation

By:

   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President


 

AMENDMENT TO

THE

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P.

 

The undersigned, desiring to amend the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P., pursuant to the provision of Section 17-202 of the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Delaware, does hereby certify as follows:

 

FIRST: The Certificate of Limited Partnership for Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P. was duly filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, State of Delaware, on December 26, 1995.

 

SECOND: Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc., an Indian corporation, the initial sole general partner, has withdrawn from the Partnership.

 

THIRD: The name and address of the new sole general partner of the Partnership is The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned executed this Amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership on the 19 day of January, 1996.

 

General Partner:

The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc., a

Delaware corporation

By:

   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

EX-3.143 129 dex3143.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO INDIANA,LP Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro Indiana,LP

Exhibit 3.143

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of is entered into by and between, AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC., an Indiana corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and THE AID COMPANY, INC., an Indiana corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby form a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of Indiana, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


Limited Partner:

 

The Aid Company, Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or a part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under §17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. At the time determined by the General Partner, but at least once during each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute any cash held by it which is not reasonably necessary for the operation of the Partnership. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions.

 

12. Assignments. A Partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other Partner. Neither Partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.


13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional limited partners to the Partnership.

 

(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 26th day of December, 1995.

 

THE AID COMPANY, INC., an Indiana

corporation:

   

/s/ James H. Bolin

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY,

INC., an Indiana corporation:

   

/s/ James H. Bolin

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

EX-3.144 130 dex3144.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.

Exhibit 3.144

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 09:00 AM 11/17/1998

981444001 - 2583983

 

 

FILE NO.: 2583983 

 


 

STATE OF DELAWARE

CERTIFICATE TO RESTORE TO GOOD

STANDING A DELAWARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Pursuant to Title 6, Sec. 17-1109)

 


 

 

1. Name of Limited Partnership:

 

 

     RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L. P.                                                                             

 

 

 

2. Date of original filing with Delaware Secretary of State: January 19, 1996

 

 

 

I, Steven M. Faggella, General Partner or Liquidating Trustee of the above named limited partnership do hereby certify that this limited partnership is paying all annual taxes, penalties and interest due to the State of Delaware.

 

 

I do hereby request this limited partnership be restored to Good Standing.

 

 

By:    
    General Partner
    or
    Liquidating Trustee
     
Name:    Steven M. Faggella
    Type or Print
   

Signed by Steven M. Faggella

As Assistant Secretary for the Aid

Ambulance Company, Inc.

General Partner of

Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.


 

STATE OF INDIANA

 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION

 

 

Whom These Presents Come, Greetings:

 

I, TODD ROKITA, Secretary of State of Indiana, do hereby certify that I am, by virtue of the laws of the State of Indiana, the custodian of the corporate records, and proper official to execute this certificate.

 

I further certify that records of this office disclose that

 

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L.P.

 

duly filed the requisite documents to commence business activities under the laws of State of Indiana on February 23, 1996, and was in existence or authorized to transact business in the State of Indiana on February 11, 2005.

 

I further certify this Foreign Limited Partnership (LP) has filed its most recent report required by Indiana law with the Secretary of State, or is not yet required to file such report, and that no notice of withdrawal, dissolution or expiration has been filed or taken place.

 

 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State of Indiana, at the city of Indianapolis, this Eleventh Day of February, 2005.

 

 

TODD ROKITA, Secretary of State

 

 

LP 96020042/2005021154197

EX-3.145 131 dex3145.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P.

Exhibit 3.145

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF INDIANA II, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is entered into by and between THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC., an Indiana corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby form a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of Indiana II, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


Limited Partner:

 

Aid Ambulance at Vigo County, Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or a part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under §17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. At the time determined by the General Partner, but at least once during each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute any cash held by it which is not reasonably necessary for the operation of the Partnership. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions.

 

12. Assignments. A Partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other Partner.


Neither Partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.

 

13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional limited partners to the Partnership.

 

(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 26th day of December, 1995.

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation:

By:   

   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

AID AMBULANCE AT VIGO COUNTY, INC., an Indiana corporation:

By:   

   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

EX-3.146 132 dex3146.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.

Exhibit 3.146

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL” ).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely


affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended arc granted subject to the rights reserved is this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 18th day of November, 1996.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.147 133 dex3147.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Kentucky, Inc.

Exhibit 3.147

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of November 18, 1996


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF KENTUCKY, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section


2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the


meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the


adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or


(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.


(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.


Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation.


The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The


treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of


directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other


distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a parry or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the


indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such


other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.148 134 dex3148.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.

Exhibit 3.148

 

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF

CORPORATIONS

FILED 04:00 PM 10/31/1997

971370908 - 2815574

       

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations maybe organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.


NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 31st day of October, 1997.

 

 
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.149 135 dex3149.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Mississippi, Inc.

Exhibit 3.149

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of Oct. 31, 1997


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be


given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if.

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of


directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president


or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be


affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 
Steven M. Lee, Secretary
EX-3.150 136 dex3150.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.

Exhibit 3.150

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 18th day of July, 1994.

 

 
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.151 137 dex3151.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Nebraska, Inc.

Exhibit 3.151

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 19, 1994


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF NEBRASKA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Thursday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 1:00 p.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the


holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3)


judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the


person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the


duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin
James H. Bolin, Secretary
EX-3.152 138 dex3152.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.

Exhibit 3.152

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exits or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) share designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing addresses of the incorporators are as follows:

 

Mark E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

William R. Crowell

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be Three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not be adversely affect any right or protection of a director of


the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, director or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hand this 24th day of January, 1994.

 

/s/ Mark E. Liebner

Mark E. Liebner, Incorporator

/s/ William R. Crowell

William R. Crowell, Incorporator

EX-3.153 139 dex3153.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of New York, Inc.

Exhibit 3.153

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF NEW YORK, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may have offices also at the other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Thursday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 8:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and the number of voting shares registered in the name of each. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) or more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or


committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail,


postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from its membership a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall be officers of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.


Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any


agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation


or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation as of January 27, 1994.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

EX-3.154 140 dex3154.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC. Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.

Exhibit 3.154

 

        J70558
        FILED
        Apr 30 | 25 PM ‘87
        SECRETARY OF STATE
        TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

of

 

ARTICLE I - NAME

 

The name of this corporation shall be, Gulf Coast Patient Transport Services, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II - PURPOSE

 

This corporation is organized for the purpose of supplying transport services, specifically to invalid patients and any other individuals needing specialized transportation.

 

ARTICLE III - CAPITAL STOCK

 

This corporation is authorized to issue one hundred (100) shares at one dollar ($1.00) par value of each share.

 

ARTICLE IV - INITIAL REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT

 

The street address of the initial registered office of this corporation is 523 Wisteria Drive, Milton, Florida 32570, and the name of the initial registered agent of this corporation at that address is, Jack R. Sloan.

 

ARTICLE V - INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

This corporation shall have one (1) director initially. The number of directors may be increased from time to time by the By-Laws. The name and address of the initial director of this corporation is: Jack R. Sloan, 523 Wisteria Drive, Milton, Florida 32570.

 

ARTICLE VI - INCORPORATOR

 

The name and address of the person signing these articles is: Jack R. Sloan, 523 Wisteria Drive, Milton, Florida 32570.

 

ARTICLE VII - INDEMNIFICATION

 

The corporation shall indemnify any officer or director or any former officer or director to the full extent permitted by law. Jack R. Sloan, 523 Wisteria Drive, Milton, Florida 32570, the initial registered agent and Kathy E. Sloan, 523 Wisteria Drive, Milton, Florida 32570, who shall serve as the secretary of this corporation are the two persons who shall sign checks and conduct the business of this corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII - AMENDMENT

 

This corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in these Articles of Incorporation or any amendment thereto.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned subscriber has executed ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION this 29th day of April, 1987.

 

/s/ Jack R. Sloan

Subscriber

 

STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF SANTA ROSA

 

Before me, a Notary Public authorized to take acknowledgments in the State and County set forth above, personally appeared Jack P. Sloan, known to me and known by me to be the person who executed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation and he acknowledged before me that he executed those Articles of Incorporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, in the State and County aforesaid this 29th day of April, 1987.

 

Notary Public, State of Florida

 

My Commission Expires


AMENDMENT

 

to the

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

of

 

Gulf Coast Patient Transport Services, Inc.

 

As of March 11, 1991, this ARTICLE I of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation shall read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I - Name

 

The name of this corporation shall be: Gulf Coast Ambulance Services, Inc.

 

This change shall is the result of a unanimous vote of the directors, officers, and shareholders of this corporation held on March 11, 1991, in Milton, Florida.

 

Signed by the officers of this corporation this twelfth day of March, 1991, in Milton, Florida.

 

/s/ Charles R. Sloan

Charles R. Sloan, President

 

/s/ Kathy E. Sloan

Kathy E. Sloan, Vice-President

 

/s/ Margaret R. Sloan

Margaret R. Sloan, Secretary-Treasurer


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

 

Gulf Coast Ambulance Services, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 607.1006 of the 1989 Florida Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is Gulf Coast Ambulance Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: In order to change the name of the Corporation to Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc., ARTICLE I of the Articles of Incorporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I - NAME

 

The name of the corporation shall be Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

THIRD: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by unanimous vote of the board of directors and the sole shareholder as of November 30, 1995.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 30th day of November, 1995.

 

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ James H. Brolin

   

James H. Bolin, President

 

By:

 

/s/ Lorraine Tully

   

Lorraine Tully, Assistant Secretary

EX-3.155 141 dex3155.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF NORTH FLORIDA, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of North Florida, Inc.

Exhibit 3.155

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.01 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.01. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day in April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting, the shareholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the votes cast by those shareholders entitled to vote in the election where a quorum is present. The shareholders may also transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

 

a Florida corporation

 

Dated January 28, 1994


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01 Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Florida shall be located in the City of Milton, or at such other location as may be established by a vote of a majority of the board of directors in office.

 

Section 1.02 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of Florida as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Shareholders

 

Section 2.01 Annual Meeting. The board of directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day in October of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting the shareholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the votes cast by those shareholders entitled to vote in the election where a quorum is present. The shareholders may also transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be called at any time by the president, the board of directors or any member thereof, or the shareholders of not fewer than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, unless otherwise prohibited by the 1989 Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida (the “BCA”), as may be amended from time to time.

 

Section 2.03 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) A notice of meeting stating the place, day and hour of meetings and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either (i) personally, by facsimile or by mail, if in writing, or (ii) by telephone or in person, if given orally. The notice of meeting shall be given by or at the direction of the president, the secretary or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when mailed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation with postage thereon prepaid. If notice is given orally, such notice shall be deemed to be effective when communicated directly to the person to be notified. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


(b) A shareholder may waive the notice of meeting by attendance at the meeting either in person or by proxy or by so stating in writing, either before or after such meeting. Attendance at a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened shall not constitute a waiver of notice.

 

Section 2.04 Quorum, Manner of Acting, and Adjournment.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law or the articles of incorporation, a majority of the shares entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. All shares represented and entitled to vote on any single subject matter which may be brought before the meeting shall be counted for the purposes of a quorum. Business may be conducted once a quorum is present and may continue until adjournment of the meeting, notwithstanding the withdrawal or temporary absence of sufficient shares to reduce the number present to less than a quorum.

 

(b) Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the elections of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor counted for quorum purposes. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the right of the Corporation to vote its own stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) Unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by statute, the articles of incorporation, or these bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares then represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders; provided, however, that if the shares then represented are less than required to constitute a quorum, the affirmative vote must be such as would constitute a majority if a quorum were present.

 

(d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares then present in person or by proxy is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Notice need not be given of the 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 one hundred twenty (120) days from the original meeting date, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.05 Record Date.

 

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than


seventy days nor less than ten days before the date of the meeting, nor more than seventy days nor less than ten days prior to any such other action.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders 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 and further provided that the adjournment or adjournments do not exceed one hundred twenty (120) days in the aggregate.

 

Section 2.06 Presiding Officer; Order of Business. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the board of directors, if there be one, or if the chairman is not present, by the vice chairman of the board of directors, if there be one, or if the vice chairman is not present, by the president, or if the president is not present, by a vice president in the order designated by the board of directors, or if the vice president is not present, by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy. The secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 2.07 Voting.

 

(a) Except with respect to the election of directors, each shareholder of record (except the holder of shares that have been called for redemption by a proper notice of redemption and with respect to which an irrevocable deposit of funds sufficient to redeem such shares has been made) shall have the right, at every shareholders’ meeting, to one (1) vote for every share, and to a corresponding fraction of a vote with respect to every fractional share, of stock of the Corporation standing in his name on the books of the Corporation, subject, however, to any provisions respecting voting rights as may be contained in the articles of incorporation or any amendments thereto.

 

(b) Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact and the original, photocopy or facsimile thereof shall be filed with, or transmitted to, the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation before the taking of any vote on the issue as to which the proxy intends to act.

 

Section 2.08 Voting Lists.

 

(a) A complete list of the shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and number of shares owned by, each such shareholder shall be prepared by the secretary, or other officer of the Corporation having charge of the share transfer books. This shareholders’ list shall be produced and kept open for a period of ten days prior to the meeting, at the principal office or such other place as specified in the notice of meeting, subject to the requirements of F.S. section 607.1602, and at the time and place of the meeting and shall be


subject to inspection by any shareholder, or shareholder’s agent or attorney, at any time during the meeting for the purposes thereof.

 

(b) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such meeting of the shareholders.

 

Section 2.09 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action which may be taken at an annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote if (i) a consent in writing is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof, or (ii) the action is taken by the holders of outstanding stock of each voting group entitled to vote thereon have not less than the minimum number of votes with respect to each voting group that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all voting groups and shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. In order to be effective the action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, dated and signed by approving shareholders having the requisite number of votes of each voting group entitled to vote thereon, and delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its principal office in Florida, its principal place of business, the corporate secretary, or another officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the date of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section, written consents signed by the number of holders required to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery as set forth in this section.

 

(b) Any written consent may be revoked prior to the date that the Corporation receives the required number of consents to authorize the proposed action. No revocation is effective unless in writing and until received by the Corporation at its principal office or received by the corporate secretary or other officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded.

 

(c) If the written consent of shareholders was not unanimous, then within 10 days after obtaining authorization by written consent, notice must be given to those shareholders who have not consented in writing or who are not entitled to vote on the action. The notice shall fairly summarize the material features of the authorized action, and if the action be such for which dissenters’ rights are provided under the BCA, the notice shall contain a clear statement of the right of shareholders dissenting therefrom to be paid the fair value of their shares upon compliance with further provisions of the BCA regarding the rights of dissenting shareholders.

 

(d) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.

 

(e) Whenever action is taken pursuant to this section, the written consent of the shareholders consenting thereto or the written reports of inspectors appointed to tabulate such consents shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of shareholders.


ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01 Powers. The board of directors shall have full power to conduct, manage, and direct the business and affairs of the Corporation, except as specifically reserved or granted to the shareholders by statute, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.

 

Section 3.02 Number and Term of Office. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than nine (9), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders and each director shall serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

 

Section 3.03 Qualification and Election.

 

(a) All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least 18 years of age, and need not be residents of Florida or shareholders in the Corporation. Except in the case of vacancies, directors shall be elected by the shareholders. Upon the demand of any shareholder at any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the chairman of the meeting shall call for and shall afford a reasonable opportunity for the making of nominations for the office of director. If the board of directors is classified with respect to the power of shareholders to elect directors or with respect to the terms of directors and if, due to a vacancy or vacancies or otherwise, directors of more than one class are to be elected, each class of directors to be elected at the meeting shall be nominated and elected separately. Any shareholder may nominate as many persons for the office of director as there are positions to be filled. If nominations for the office of director have been called for as herein provided, only candidates who have been nominated in accordance herewith shall be eligible for election.

 

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Each shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has a right to vote. Shareholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes for directors.

 

Section 3.04 Presiding Officer. Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if there be one, or if the chairman is not present, by the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, or if the vice chairman is not present, by the president, or if the president is not present, by a vice president, in the order designated by the board of directors, or if the vice president is not present, by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting. The secretary of the corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the chairman shall choose any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.


Section 3.05 Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board of directors or its chairman or to the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 3.06 Vacancies.

 

(a) Any vacancy occurring in the board 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 shareholders at any regular or special meeting. The director so elected shall continue in office until the next election of directors when such director’s successor is elected and qualified. Any newly created directorship shall be deemed a vacancy.

 

(b) When one or more directors shall resign from the board, effective at a future time, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of directors when such director’s successor is elected and qualified

 

Section 3.07 Removal.

 

(a) At a special meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of removing directors, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, unless the articles of incorporation provide that removal may only be for cause, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors except that a director may be removed only if the number of votes cast to remove him/her exceeds the number of votes cast not to remove him/her.

 

(b) Whenever the holders of the shares of any class or voting group are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the articles of incorporation, the provisions of section 3.07(a) of these bylaws shall apply, in respect to the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or voting group and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

 

(c) In case the board or such class of the board or any one or more directors is so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting. If the shareholders fail to elect persons to fill the unexpired term or terms of the director or directors removed, such unexpired terms shall be considered vacancies on the board to be filled by the remaining directors in accordance with section 3.06(a) of these bylaws.

 

Section 3.08 Place of Meeting.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold its meetings at such place or places as the board of directors may from time to time appoint, or as may be designated in the notice calling the meeting.


(b) Meetings may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.09 Organizational Meeting. Within 30 days after each annual election of directors or other meeting at which the entire board of directors is elected, the newly elected board of directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, for the election of such officers as they wish to consider at the time, and for the transaction of any other business. Notice of organizational meetings need not be given. Such organizational meeting may be held at any other time which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.10 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. If the date fixed for any regular meeting is a legal holiday under the laws of the place where such meeting is to be held, then the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day, not a Saturday or Sunday, or at such other time as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors. At regular meetings, the directors shall transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.

 

Section 3.11 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or two or more of the directors. Notice of special meetings shall be given to each director in writing or orally, and communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile, electronic communication, or by mail at least one hour before the time at which the meting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting, but need not state the purpose of, or the business to be transacted at, such meeting.

 

Section 3.12 Quorum, Manner of Acting, and Adjournment. A majority of the directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise specified in the articles of incorporation or these bylaws or provided by statute, 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. The directors shall act only as a board and the individual directors shall have no power as such; provided, however, that any action which may be taken at a meeting of the board or of a committee may be taken without a meeting if all directors or committee members, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote.

 

Section 3.13 Executive and Other Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors, may designate from among its members an Executive Committee and one or more other committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors. 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 the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member, and the alternate or alternates, if any, designated for such member,


of any committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Executive Committee shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and any other committee shall have and exercise the authority of the board to the extent provided in the resolution designating the committee, except as otherwise required by law. The board of directors, with or without cause, may dissolve any such committee or remove any member thereof at any time.

 

(c) No such committee of the board shall have the authority of the board in reference to:

 

(i) The amendment or repeal of the bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws;

 

(ii) The filling of vacancies on the board of directors or in any committee of the board of directors;

 

(iii) The fixing of compensation of directors for serving on the board or on any committee of the board of directors; or

 

(iv) The submission to shareholders of any action that requires shareholder approval by law.

 

(d) Sections 3.10, 3.11 and 3.12 shall be applicable to committees of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.14 Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, and also shall be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in attending such meetings. Any director receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 3.15 Dividends. Except as limited by statute and the articles of incorporation, the board of directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if so, what part, of the funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared in dividends and paid to the shareholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may fix a sum which may be set aside or reserved over and above the paid-in capital of the Corporation for working capital or as a reserve for any proper purpose, and from time to time may increase, diminish and vary such fund.

 

Section 3.16 Minutes. The Corporation shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its board of directors and committees thereof.


Section 3.17 Director Conflicts of Interest.

 

(a) No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or any other corporation, firm, association or entity in which one or more of its directors are directors or officers or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable because of such relationship or interest or because such director or directors are present at the meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction or because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

(i) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the board of directors or committee which authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or consents of such interested directors; or

 

(ii) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by vote or written consent; or

 

(iii) The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time the contract or transaction is authorized, approved or ratified, by the board of directors, a committee, or the shareholders, in the light of circumstances known to those entitled to vote thereon at that time.

 

(b) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers

 

Section 4.01 Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice to any person is required by the articles of incorporation, these bylaws, or statute, it may be given to such person either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail to his address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail.

 

Section 4.02 Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director by the articles of incorporation, these bylaws, or statute, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01 Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, one or more vice-presidents as may be designated by resolution of the board of directors, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers or assistant officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 hereof. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board a chairman of the board and a vice chairman of the board who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board specifically designates them as officers at the time of election.

 

Section 5.02 Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected by delegated authority pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, shall be elected by the board of directors, and each such officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Section 5.03 Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors from time to time may elect such other officers and appoint such committees, employees or other agents as the business of the Corporation may require, including one or more assistant secretaries, and one or more assistant treasurers, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws, or as the board of directors from time to time may determine. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and to retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04 Resignations. Any officer or agent may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 5.05 Removal. Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed by the board of directors at any time with or without cause. Such removal shall not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed with the Corporation. An officer’s resignation does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 5.06 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled by the board of directors or by the officer or committee to which the power to fill such office has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, as the case may be. A pending vacancy may be filled by the board of directors prior to the effective date of the vacancy if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date of the vacancy.

 

Section 5.07 General Powers. All officers and agents of the Corporation, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in


the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these bylaws, or as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors, or by direction of any officer authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers, not inconsistent with these bylaws.

 

Section 5.08 The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The chairman of the board, or in the chairman’s absence, the vice chairman of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.09 The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform such duties as from time to time may be requested by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.10 The President. The president shall have general supervision over the business and operation of the Corporation, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president shall sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments, authorized by the board of directors, except in cases where the board of directors or these bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation. In general, the president shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11 The Vice Presidents. The vice presidents, in the order designated by the board of directors, shall perform the duties of the president in the president’s absence or disability. Each vice president shall have such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 5.12 The Secretary. The secretary or an assistant secretary shall, to the extent possible, (i) attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (ii) record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (iii) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (iv) be the custodian of the seal of the Corporation, (v) authenticate the records of the Corporation, if required, and, in general, (vi) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 5.13 The Treasurer. The treasurer or an assistant treasurer shall (i) have or provide for the custody of the funds or other property of the Corporation and keep a separate book account of the same, (ii) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipts of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (iii) deposit all funds in his or her custody as treasurer in such banks or other places of deposit as the board of directors from time to time may designate, (iii) whenever so required by the board of directors, render an accounting showing his or her transactions as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, (iv) discharge such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.


Section 5.14 Salaries. The salaries, if any, of the officers elected by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as may be designated by resolution of the board. The salaries or other compensation of any other officers, employees and other agents shall be fixed from time to time by the officer or committee to which the power to elect such officers or to retain or appoint such employees or other agents has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that such officer also is a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01 Issuance. The interest of each shareholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president, and may also be signed by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be engraved, printed or a facsimile. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed a share certificate shall have ceased to be such officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, the certificate is nevertheless valid.

 

Section 6.02 Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time made, shall be paid in full at such time as determined by the board of directors. All calls made by the board of directors for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class or as to all shares of the same series, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.03 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent or registrar appointed as provided in Section 6.06 hereof, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in Florida.

 

Section 6.04 Share Certificates. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation.

 

Section 6.05 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft


of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 6.06 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Indemnification

 

The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as an officer or director of the Corporation in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the BCA.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 8.01 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form of a circle containing the name of the Corporation, the year of incorporation and such other details as may be approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.02 Checks. All checks, notes, bills of exchange or other orders in writing shall be signed by such person or persons as the board of directors from time to time may designate.

 

Section 8.03 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 8.04 Deposits. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the board of directors may approve or designate, and all such funds shall be withdrawn only upon checks signed by such one or more officers or employees as the board of directors from time to time shall determine.

 

Section 8.05 Reports. The board of directors shall present at the annual meeting of shareholders a report of the financial condition of the Corporation as of the closing date of the preceding fiscal year. Such report shall be in such form as shall be approved by the board of directors and shall be available for the inspection of shareholders at the annual meeting. Unless required by statute, the board of directors shall not be required to cause such report to be sent to the shareholders. Unless required by statute, the board of directors may, but shall not be required


to, have such report prepared and verified by an independent certified public accountant or by a firm of practicing public accountants.

 

Section 8.06 Corporate Records.

 

(a) There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and of the directors, and the original or a copy of the bylaws including all amendments or alterations thereto to date, certified by the secretary of the Corporation. An original or duplicate share register also shall be kept at the registered office or principal place of business of the Corporation, or at the office of a transfer agent or registrar, giving the names of the shareholders, their respective addresses and the number and class of shares held by each. The Corporation also shall keep appropriate, complete and accurate books or records of account, which may be kept at the office of its statutory agent or at its principal place of business.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of F.S. Sections 607.1602 through 607.1604, any person who shall have been a holder of record of shares or of a voting trust beneficial interest therefor at least six months immediately preceding a demand or shall be the holder of record of, or the holder of record of a voting trust beneficial interest for, at least five percent of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation, upon written demand directed to the Corporation at its principal office or its statutory agent, shall have the right to examine, in person, or by agent or attorney, at any reasonable time or times, for any proper purpose the Corporation’s relevant books and records of accounts, minutes, and record of shareholders and to make copies of or extracts therefrom. In every instance where any attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the shareholder.

 

Section 8.07 Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.

 

Section 8.08 Amendment of Bylaws. Except as may otherwise be provided in the articles of incorporation, these bylaws may be amended or replaced, or new bylaws may be adopted, by the board of directors of the Corporation at any regular or special meeting of directors, subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders. It shall not be necessary to set forth such proposed amendment, repeal or new bylaws, or a summary thereof, in any notice of such meeting, whether annual, regular or special.

EX-3.156 142 dex3156.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF NORTH TEXAS, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P.

Exhibit 3.156

 

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF NORTH TEXAS, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated April 6 , 1999, is being duly executed and filed by R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner, to form a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. §17-101, et seq.).

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P.

 

  2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. General Partner. The name and the business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.

a Delaware corporation

By:    

Name:

 

Jack E. Brucker

Its:

 

President

EX-3.157 143 dex3157.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, LP Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, LP

Exhibit 3.157

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF NORTH TEXAS, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is entered into by and between R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”), and RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner (collectively, the “Partners”) hereby form a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of North Texas, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

  2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

  3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

  5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

R/M of Texas G.P., Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Limited Partner:

 

Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and


powers provided to a general partner under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or a part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up at the earliest of the date that (a) any Partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act and the Limited Partner does not elect to continue the business of the Partnership and appoint a new general partner within 90 days of such withdrawal, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under § 17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The Partners have contributed the following amounts, in cash (the “Initial Capital Contributions”) , and no other property, to the Partnership:

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No Partner shall be required to make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership without such Partner’s consent.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1.

 

11. Distributions. At the time determined by the General Partner, but at least once during each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute any cash held by it that is not reasonably necessary for the operation of the Partnership. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the Partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions.

 

12. Assignments. A Partner may assign all or any part of its Partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other Partner. Neither Partner has the right to grant an assignee of its Partnership interest the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.

 

13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional limited partners to the Partnership.

 

(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.


(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 6th day of April, 1999.

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:    

Name:

 

Jack E. Brucker

Its:

 

President

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC.,

a Delaware corporation

By:    

Name:

 

Jack E. Brucker

Its:

 

President

EX-3.158 144 dex3158.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF NORTHERN OHIO, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.

Exhibit 3.158

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

PHAS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is PHAS, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporators are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholder at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 18th day of July, 1994.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

James H. Bolin, Incorporator


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

PHAS, INC.

 

PHAS, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by unanimous written consent of its members, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, amending Article FIRST thereof to read as follows:

 

“FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Physicians Ambulance Service, Inc. (the “Corporation”).”

 

SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders of the Corporation, the Stockholders have unanimously consented to said amendment in writing in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PHAS, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by Robert H. Manschot, its President, as of the 9th day of September, 1994.

 

PHAS, INC.

By:

   

/s/ Robert H. Manschot

Robert H. Manschot, President


CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

PHYSICIANS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Physicians Ambulance Service, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by unanimous written consent of its members, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, amending Article FIRST thereof to read as follows:

 

“FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.”

 

SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders of the Corporation, the Stockholders have unanimously consented to said amendment in writing in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Physicians Ambulance Service, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by Mark E. Liebner, its Vice President, as of the 21st day of December, 1998.

 

PHYSICIANS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

/s/ Mark E. Liebner

By:

 

Mark E. Liebner

Its:

 

Vice President

EX-3.159 145 dex3159.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF NORTHERN OHIO, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Northern Ohio, Inc.

Exhibit 3.159

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

GULF COAST AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.01 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.01. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation at 10:00 a.m. on the first day in April of each year. If that day is a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day which is not a legal holiday. At that meeting, the shareholders shall elect directors by a plurality of the votes cast by those shareholders entitled to vote in the election where a quorum is present. The shareholders may also transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PHYSICIANS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PHAS, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 19, 1994


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

PHAS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Thursday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 5:00 p.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting Last, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the


Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the


person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.05. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.


Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or


returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of


another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

EX-3.160 146 dex3160.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.

Exhibit 3.160

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL`).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its Stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GC 1- Any repeal or ‘modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 194A day of July, 1994.

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.161 147 dex3161.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Ohio, Inc.

Exhibit 3.161

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of July 19, 1994


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF OHIO, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Thursday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1994, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 3:00 p.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and


shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that


would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.


Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president


or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and


enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Secretary

EX-3.162 148 dex3162.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC. Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.

Exhibit 3.162

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity (Delaware, which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14 day of June, 1995.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.163 149 dex3163.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC. Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Oregon, Inc.

Exhibit 3.163

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of June 14, 1995


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF OREGON, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the


secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.


Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.


(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that


would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the teen of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as


shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.


Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president


or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be


affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.164 150 dex3164.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF ROCHESTER, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc

Exhibit 3.164

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

 

the George Heisel Corporation

 

under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

 

(1) The name of the proposed corporation is THE GEORGE HEISEL CORPORATION

 

(2) The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed, are as follows, to wit:

 

To acquire by subscription, purchase or otherwise, to hold for investment or for resale; to sell, pledge, hypothecate and in all ways deal with: stocks, shares, script, bonds, consols, debentures, mortgages, notes, trust receipts, certificates of indebtedness, interim receipts and other obligations and securities of corporations, private, public quasipublic or municipal, foreign or domestic. To collect the interest and dividends on its holdings and the principal thereof when due. To do all things suitable and proper for the protection, conservation or enhancement of the value of stocks, shares, securities, evidences of indebtedness or other properties held by it, including the exercise of the right to vote thereon. To bid upon and purchase at foreclosure or at other sales, whether public or private, real property and rights or interest of all kinds.

 

This corporation may purchase, acquire, hold and dispose of the stocks, shares, bonds and other evidence of indebtedness of any corporation, domestic or foreign, and issue in exchange therefore its shares, bonds or other obligations.


To acquire such property, real and personal, as may be necessary to the conduct of such business.

 

To do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment, attainment or furtherance of, to do every other act or thing incidental to, appurtenant to, growing out of or connected with, the purposes, objects or powers set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation, whether alone or in association with others; to possess all the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of New York upon a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York and, in general, to carry on any of the activities and to do any of the things herein set forth to the same extent and as fully as a natural person or partnership might or could do; provided, that nothing herein set forth shall be construed as authorizing the Corporation to possess any purpose, object, or power, or to do any act or thing forbidden by law to a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York.

 

(3) The office of the corporation is to be located in the City of Rochester County of Monroe State of New York.

 

(4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is 1,000 shares with a par value of $1.00 each.

 

(5) The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the corporation served upon him is 177 University Ave., Rochester, New York.

 

The undersigned incorporator is of the age of twenty-one years or over.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been subscribed this 1st day of April, 1971, by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.

 

 

Sandra L. Walby

170 Washington Ave., Albany, New York 12210


 

Certificate of Incorporation of

The George H easel Corporation

 

Filed by:

 

Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald

1033 Time Sq. Bldg.

Rochester, New York

EX-3.165 151 dex3165.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF ROCHESTER, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Rochester, Inc

Exhibit 3.165

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

THE GEORGE HEISEL CORPORATION

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Sole Shareholder of the Corporation as of April 1, 1995:

 

RESOLVED, that the first three sentences of Article I, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, deleted in their entirety and the following sentences substituted therefor:

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 5 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 5. - Vice Presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors or the president, and to the extent designated by the Board of Directors, the duties of the president in the president’s absence or disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, those individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department.


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

THE GEORGE HEISEL CORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

 

Section 1. — Annual Meeting.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the 30th day of April of each year, at two o’clock in the after noon, at the principal office of the corporation, or such place as the Board of Directors shall authorize. The meeting shall be for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such business as may be brought before it. If such date should be a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next business day following, at the same hour. Notice of such meeting shall be given by the Secretary as required by law; by serving personally or mailing not less than ten days and not more than fifty days previous to such meeting, postage prepaid, a copy of such notice, addressed to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Any and all notices of such meeting may be waived by any shareholder by written waiver or by attendance thereat, whether in person or by proxy.

 

Section 2. — Special Meetings.

 

Special meetings of shareholders may be called by the Board of Directors or by the President, and must be called by the President at the request in writing by shareholders owning a majority of the shares issued and outstanding. Notice of such special meetings shall be given by the President or the Secretary, and shall be served personally or by mail addressed to each shareholder of record at his last known address no less than ten days prior to the date of such meeting.


The notice of such meeting shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted thereat. No business other than that specified in the notice of the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. Notice of special meeting may be waived by any shareholder by written waiver or by attendance thereat, in person or by proxy.

 

Section 3. — Voting.

 

Shareholders entitled to vote at meetings may do so in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney. Each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share registered in his name on the books of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 4. — Quorum.

 

At any meeting of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum. However, a lesser number when not constituting a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented.

 

Section 5. — Voting at Shareholders’ Meetings.

 

At any meeting of the shareholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting.


 

ARTICLE II DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. — Number.

 

The affairs and the business of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be managed by a Board of Two Directors.

 

Section 2. — How Elected.

 

At the annual meeting of shareholders, the persons duly elected by the votes cast at the election held thereat shall become the directors for the ensuing year.

 

Section 3. — Term of Office.

 

The term of office of each of the directors shall be until the next annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until a successor has been elected and qualified.

 

Section 4. — Duties of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors shall have the control and general management of the affairs and business of the Corporation unless otherwise provided in the certificate of Incorporation. Such directors shall in all cases act as a Board regularly convened by a majority, and they may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings, and the management and business of the Corporation as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with these By-Laws and the Laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 5. — Directors’ Meetings.

 

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meetings of the shareholders, and at such other times as the Board of Directors may determine. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by


the President at any time and must be called by the President or the Secretary upon the written request of two Directors.

 

Section 6. — Notice of Special Meetings.

 

Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be served personally or by mail addressed to each Director at his last known address no less than five days prior to the date of such meeting. The notice of such meeting shall contain a statement of the business to be transacted thereat. No business other than that specified in the call for the meeting shall be transacted at any such special meeting. Notice of special meeting may be waived by any Director by written waiver or by personal attendance thereat without protest of lack of notice to him.

 

Section 7. — Quorum.

 

At any meeting of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, a majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum. However, a lesser number when not constituting a quorum may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present or represented.

 

Section 8. — Voting.

 

Except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the transaction of any item of business thereat.


Section 9. — Vacancies.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies in the Board of Directors occurring between annual meetings of the shareholders shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining Directors, even though less than a quorum exists.

 

Section 10. — Removal of Directors.

 

Any or all of the directors may be removed, either with or without cause at any time by a vote of the shareholders at any meeting called for such purpose.

 

ARTICLE III. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. — Number of Officers.

 

The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer and Secretary, and any officer may hold more than one office, except the same person may not hold the offices of President and Secretary. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers, agents and employees as in their sole discretion they shall deem advisable, who shall be subject to recall at all times by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. — Election of Officers.

 

Officers of the Corporation shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors. Thereafter, and unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its meeting held immediately after the annual meeting of shareholders and shall hold office for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.


Section 3. — Removal of Officers.

 

Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, and a successor elected, by vote of the Board of Directors, regularly convened at a regular or special meeting. Any officer elected by the shareholders may be removed, with or without cause, and a successor elected, by vote of the shareholders, regularly convened at an annual or special meeting.

 

Section 4. — President.

 

The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general charge of the business, affairs and property thereof, subject to direction of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision over its officers and agents. He shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors in the absence of a Chairman of the Board and at all meetings of shareholders. He may do and perform all acts incident to the office of President.

 

Section 5. — Vice-President.

 

In the absence of or inability of the President to act, the Secretary shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other functions as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 6. — Secretary.

 

The Secretary shall:

 

a) Keep the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the shareholders in appropriate books.

 

b) Give and serve all notice of all meetings of the Corporation.


c) Be custodian of the records and of the seal of the Corporation and affix the latter to such instruments or documents as may be authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

d) Keep the shareholder records in such a manner as to show at any time the amount of shares, the manner and the time the same was paid for, the names of the owners thereof alphabetically arranged and their respective places of residence, or their Post Office addresses, the number of shares owned by each of them and the time at which each person became owner, and keep such shareholder records available daily during the usual business hours at the office of the Corporation subject to the inspection of any person duly authorized, as prescribed by law.

 

e) Do and perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary.

 

Section 7. — Treasurer.

 

The Treasurer shall:

 

a) Have the care and custody of and be responsible for all of the funds and securities of the Corporation and deposit of such funds in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such a bank and safe deposit vaults as the Directors may designate.

 

b) Exhibit at all reasonable times his books and accounts to any Director or shareholder of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours.

 

c) Render a statement of the condition of the finances of the Corporation at each stated meeting of the Board of Directors if called upon to do so, and a full financial report at the annual meeting of shareholders. He shall keep at the office of


the Corporation correct books of account of all of its business and transactions and such books of account as the Board of Directors may require. He shall do and perform all other duties incident to the office of Treasurer.

 

Section 8. — Duties of Officers May Be Delegated.

 

In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any reason the Board may deem sufficient, the Board may, except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, delegate the powers or duties of such officers to any other officer or any Director for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concur therein.

 

Section 9. — Vacancies - How Filled.

 

Should any vacancy in any office occur by death, resignation or otherwise, the same shall be filled, without undue delay, by the Board of Directors at its next regular meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 10. — Compensation of Officers.

 

The officers shall receive such salary or compensation as may be fixed and determined by the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in the certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IV. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES

 

Section 1. — Issue of Certificates Representing Shares.

 

The President shall cause to be issued to each shareholder one or more certificates, under the seal of the Corporation, signed by the President (or Vice-President) or Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board and the Treasurer (or Secretary) certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation.


Section 2. — Transfer of Shares.

 

The shares of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the registered holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. The former certificates must be surrendered to the Secretary, or to such other person as the Directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. No transfer of shares shall be made within ten days next preceding the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 3. — Lost Certificates.

 

If the holder of any shares shall lose the certificate thereof, he shall immediately notify the Corporation of such fact and the Board of Directors may then cause a new certificate to be issued to him subject to the deposit of a bond or other indemnity in such form and with such sureties if any as the Board may require.

 

ARTICLE V. SEAL

 

The seal of the Corporation shall be as follows:

 

ARTICLE VI. DIVIDENDS OR OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS

 

The Corporation, by vote of the Board of Directors, may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions in cash or its bonds or its property on its outstanding shares to the extent as provided and permitted by law, unless contrary to any restriction contained in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE VII. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

 

All checks, notes or other negotiable instruments shall be signed on behalf of this Corporation by such of the officers, agents and employees as the Board of


Directors may from time to time designate, except as otherwise provided in the certificate of Incorporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII. FISCAL YEAR

 

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

 

ARTICLE IX. OFFICES

 

The principal office of the Corporation shall be located in the City of Rochester, County of Monroe, State of New York. The Board of Directors may from time to time designate such other offices within or without the State of New York as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS

 

By-laws may be amended, repealed or adopted by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any Directors, and may be amended, repealed or adopted as otherwise provided by law.

EX-3.166 152 dex3166.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc

Exhibit 3.166

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc.

 

SECOND: The name of the Corporation’s initial agent for service of process in the State of California is C T Corporation System.

 

THIRD: The Corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is ten thousand (10,000), par value one cent ($.01) per share.

 

FOURTH: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession, permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code.

 

FIFTH: The liability of the directors of the Corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under California.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed these Articles of Incorporation this 23rd day of April, 1997.

 

 

Steven M. Lee

Incorporator

EX-3.167 153 dex3167.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of San Diego, Inc

Exhibit 3.167

 

RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.

 

BYLAWS

 

Adopted as of April 24, 1997


RURAL/METRO OF SAN DIEGO, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1. The principal executive office shall be located in Scottsdale, Arizona.

 

Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in Scottsdale, Arizona, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

 

Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders, commencing with the year 1998, shall be held on the 1st of April if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:0 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which the shareholders shall


elect by a plurality vote a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders’ meeting.

 

ARTICLE III

 

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the articles of incorporation, may be called by the president, the board of directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting and if the corporation has a chairman of the board of directors, special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the chairman.

 

Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders’ meeting.


Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

 

Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

 

Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

 

In all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section


708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the shareholder’s shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of director unless such candidates’ names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes.

 

Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action, except election of directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares 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. Except to fill a vacancy in the board of directors not filled by the directors, directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. Any election of a director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. The number of directors shall be 2. Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been


elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation any vacancy created by the removal of a director shall be filled by the shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by directors and are not filled by the directors, may be filled by the shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

 

Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

 

Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.


ARTICLE VI

 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of California.

 

Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

 

Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.

 

Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president on 3 days’ notice to each director, either personally, by mail, by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.

 

Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting 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 board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.


Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws or otherwise, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the executive committee. The executive committee shall not have authority to: (1) approve any action which will also require the shareholders’ approval; (2) fill vacancies on the board or in any committee; (3) fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board or on any committee; (4) amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws; (5) amend or repeal any


resolution of the board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) make a distribution to the shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board; or (7) appoint other committees of the board or the members thereof.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the corporation for such shareholder, notice may be given to such shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a shareholders’ meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders’ meeting, notice may be by third-class mail.

 

Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by


the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. The officers of the corporation, except those elected in accordance with Section 210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary and a chief financial officer. The board of directors may also choose additional vice presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.

 

Section 2. The board of directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders, shall choose a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a chief financial officer, none of whom need be a member of the board.

 

Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 6. The president shall preside at all meetings of shareholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf


of the corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

Section 7. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 8. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president, the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of shareholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 9. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the


other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 10. The chief financial officer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president, the chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The chief financial officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The chief financial officer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The chief financial officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the “Treasurer, “ deemed to be the treasurer of the corporation.

 

Section 11. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the chief financial officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief financial officer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.


Section 12. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 13. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

Section 1. Every holder of shares in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice-president and the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him in the corporation. If the shares of the corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (1) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles of incorporation and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law.


Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed 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 an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

LOST CERTIFICATES

 

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

 

CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS

 

Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action.


A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting.

 

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the articles of incorporation and the California General Corporation Law.

 

Section 2. 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 directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other


purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

CHECKS

 

Section 3. 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.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

SEAL

 

Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal, California”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board.

 

The board of directors shall not make or alter any bylaw specifying a fixed number of directors or the maximum or minimum number of directors and the directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the bylaws. The board of directors shall not


change a bylaw, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

DIRECTORS’ ANNUAL REPORT

 

Section 1. The directors shall cause to be sent to the shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by any report thereon of independent accountants or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the corporation shall have less than 100 shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders’ meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the corporation, if it has more than 100 shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly:

 

(1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of $40,000 (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the corporation or its


parent or subsidiary was a parry and in which any director or officer of the corporation or of a subsidiary or (if known to the corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person’s relationship to the corporation, the nature of such person’s interest in the transaction and, where practicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law.

 

(2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than $10,000 paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need be made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.168 154 dex3168.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc

Exhibit 3.168

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be three (3). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporators hereinabove stated, set their hands this 21st day of February, 1995.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.169 155 dex3169.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Carolina, Inc

Exhibit 3.169

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article II, Section 2.02 of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of February 22, 1995


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first Wednesday of October of each calendar year, commencing in 1995, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 1:00 p.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The


committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail,


postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.


Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.


Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.


Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of


another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin

James H. Bolin, Secretary

EX-3.170 156 dex3170.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc

Exhibit 3.170

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Fire Protection Services, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19841. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are John B. Furman, One E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona 95012-1656,

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 25th day of January, 1995.

 

 

John B. Furman, Incorporator


 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

 

Fire Protection Services, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

 

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of the Corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable a proposed amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, amending Article FIRST thereof to read as follows:

 

“FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc.”

 

SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of Stockholders of the Corporation, the Stockholders have unanimously consented to said amendment in writing, in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation. Law of the State of Delaware.

 

THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provision of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Fire Protection Services, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by James H. Bolin, its President, as of the 29th day of March, 1996.

 

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

By:

   
   

James H. Bolin, President

EX-3.171 157 dex3171.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of South Dakota, Inc

Exhibit 3.171

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of January 25, 1996


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting Last, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the


Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these


Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the


duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.172 158 dex3172.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTHERN OHIO, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc

Exhibit 3.172

 

C-101 Prescribed by Secretary of State – Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr.

 

Incorporated

12-29-80

 

Articles of Incorporation

 

– OF –

 

City Wide Ambulance Service, Inc.

(Name of Corporation)

 

The undersigned, a majority of whom are citizens of the United States, desiring to form a corporation, for profit, under Sections 1701.01 et seq. of the Revised Code of Ohio, do hereby certify:

 

FIRST. The name of said corporation shall be City Wide Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

SECOND. The place in Ohio where its principal office is to be located is Norwood, Hamilton County.

                                                                                      (City, Village or Township)

 

THIRD. The purposes for which it is formed are:

 

To engage in any lawful act, activity or business not contrary to and for which a corporation may be formed under the laws of the State of Ohio, and to have and exercise all powers, rights and privileges conferred by the laws of Ohio on corporations, including, but not limited to, buying, leasing or otherwise acquiring and holding, using or otherwise enjoying and selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any interest in any property, real or personal, of whatever nature and wheresoever situated, and buying and selling stocks, bonds, or any other security of any issuer as the corporation by action of its board of directors may, at any time and from time to time, deem advisable.


MAR-30-1999 15:11

   CT Phoenix          
LOGO    Prescribed by         Charter No.                                             
   BOB TAFT, Secretary of State         Approved                                                
   30 East Broad Street, 14th Floor         Date                                                          
   Columbus, Ohio 43266-0418         Fee
   Form SH-AMD (January 1991)                                                                             

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

by Shareholders to the Articles of Incorporation of

 

City Wide Ambulance Service, Inc.    

(Name of Corporation)

 

 

Mark E. Liebner, who is

 

             

¨ Chairman of the Board            

 

 

¨ President

 

 

x Vice President (check one)

 

 

and

               

Steven M. Lee, who is:

 

x Secretary

 

¨ Assistant Secretary (Check one)

of the above named Ohio corporation for profit do hereby certify that: (check the appropriate box and complete the appropriate statements)

 

¨        a meeting of the shareholders was duly called for the purpose of adopting this amendment and held on                     , 19     at
  which meeting a quorum of the shareholders was present in person or by proxy, and by the affirmative vote of the holders of
  shares entitling them to exercise         % of the voting power of the corporation.

 

x        in a writing signed by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting held for that purpose, the following
  resolution to amend the articles was adopted:

 

“RESOLVED, that the sole shareholder of the Corporation hereby approves amending the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Articles of Incorporation”), to change the name of the Corporation to Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc., by amending Article First of the Articles of Incorporation in its entirety to read as follows:

 

First. The name of the corporation shall be Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc.”

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the above named officers, acting for and on the behalf of the corporation, have hereto subscribed their names this 30th day of March, 1999.

 

COPY  

By

  LOGO
     

Mark E. Liebner, Vice President

   

By

  LOGO
       

Steven M. Lee Secretary

 

NOTE: Ohio law does not permit one officer to sign in two capacities, Two separate signatures are required, even if this necessitates the election of a second officer before the filing can be made.

 

(OHIO – 613 – 3/4/91)

EX-3.173 159 dex3173.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF SOUTHERN OHIO, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Southern Ohio, Inc

Exhibit 3.173

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

CODE OF REGULATIONS

 

OF

 

CITY WIDE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Code of Regulations was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of May 18, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Code of Regulations of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article One, Section 1.01 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1.01. Annual Meetings.

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m.”

 

2. A new Article One, Section 1.14 is added to the Code of Regulations of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 1.14. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

Action required or permitted by law to be taken at shareholder’s meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote.”

 

3. Article Two, Section 2.02 of the Code of Regulations of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2.02. Number of Directors.

 

The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders.”


4. A new Article Two, Section 2.14 is added to the Code of Regulations of the Corporation to read as follows:

 

“Section 2.14. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.”


CODE OF

REGULATIONS

OF

CITY WIDE AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE

 

ONE Meeting of Shareholders

 

Section 1.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Shareholders for the election of Directors, for the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held on such day and at such hour as may be fixed from time to time by the Directors.

 

Section 1.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders may be held on any date. Calls for Special Meetings shall specify the time, place and object or objects thereof, and no business other than that specified in the call therefor shall be considered at any such meetings.

 

Section 1.03. Calling of Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or, in case of the President’s absence, death or disability, the Vice President authorized to exercise the authority of the President, the Secretary, the Directors by action at a meeting, or a majority of the Directors acting without a meeting, or the holders of fifty percent (50%) of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote thereat.

 

Section 1.04. Place of Meetings. All meetings of Shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided by action of the Directors. Meetings of Shareholders may be held at any place within or without the State of Ohio.

 

Section 1.05. Notice of Meetings.

 

(A) Written notice stating the time, place and purpose of a meeting of the Shareholders shall be given by or at the direction of the President or Secretary, either by personal delivery or by mail not less than seven nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each Shareholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be addressed to the Shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of adjournment of a meeting need not be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned are fixed and announced at such meeting. In the event of a transfer of shares after the record date for determining the Shareholders who are entitled to receive notice of a meeting of Shareholders, it shall not be necessary to give notice to the transferee. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the setting of a record date in the manner provided by law, the Articles or the Regulations for the determination of Shareholders who are entitled to receive notice of or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders or for any purpose required or permitted by law.


(B) Following receipt by the President or the Secretary of a request in writing, specifying the purpose or purposes for which the persons properly making such request have called a meeting of the Shareholders, delivered either in person or by registered mail to such Officer by any persons entitled to call a meeting of Shareholders, such Officer shall cause to be given to the Shareholders entitled thereto notice of a meeting to be held on a date not less than seven nor more than sixty days after the receipt of such request, as such Officer may fix. If such notice is not given within twenty-one days after the receipt of such request by the President or the Secretary, then, and only then, the persons properly calling the meeting may fix the time of meeting and give notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations.

 

Section 1.06. Waiver of Notice. Notice of the time, place and purpose or purposes of any meeting of Shareholders may be waived in writing, either before or after the holding of such meeting, by any Shareholder, which writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of such meeting. The attendance of any Shareholder, in person or by proxy, at any such meeting without protesting the lack of proper notice prior to or at the commencement of the meeting shall be deemed to be a waiver by such Shareholder of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 1.07. Quorum. At any meeting of Shareholders, the holders of a majority in amount of the voting shares of the Corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for such meeting. The holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, or the Chairman of the Board, the President or the officer of the Corporation acting as Chairman of the meeting, may adjourn such meeting from time to time and, if a quorum is present at such adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted as if the meeting had been held as originally called.

 

Section 1.08. Votes Required. At all elections of Directors, the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. Any other matter submitted to the Shareholders for their vote shall be decided by the vote of a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy entitled to vote upon such matter or such other proportion of the shares, or of any class of shares, or of each class, as is required by law, the Articles or the Regulations.

 

Section 1.09. Order of Business. The order of business at any meeting of Shareholders shall be determined by the officer of the Corporation acting as Chairman of such meeting unless otherwise determined by a vote of the holders of a majority of the voting shares of the Corporation present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 1.10. Voting by Shareholders. At any meeting of the Shareholders, each Shareholder of the Corporation shall, except as otherwise provided by law or by the express terms of such shares, be entitled to one vote either in person or by proxy, for each share of the Corporation registered in his name on the books of the Corporation (1) on the date fixed by the Board of Directors as the record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, notwithstanding the prior or subsequent sale or other disposition of such share or shares or transfer of the same on the books of the Corporation after the date so fixed, or (2) if no such record date shall have been fixed, then as of the day next preceding the date of the meeting.


Section 1.11. Record Date. The Directors may fix a record date for any lawful purpose, including without limitation, the determination of Shareholders entitled to (1) receive notice of or to vote at any meeting, (2) receive payment of any dividend or distribution, (3) receive or exercise rights of purchase of or subscription for, or exchange or conversion of, shares or other securities, subject to any contract right with respect thereto, or (4) participate in the execution of written consents, waivers or releases. Said record date shall not be a date earlier than the date on which it is fixed, and shall not be more than sixty days preceding the date of such meeting, the date fixed for payment of any dividend or distribution, or the date fixed for the receipt or exercise of rights, as the case may be.

 

Section 1.12. Proxies. At meetings of the Shareholders, any Shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat or to execute consents, waivers and releases may be represented at such meeting or vote thereat, and may execute consents, waivers and releases and exercise any of his other rights by proxy or proxies appointed by an instrument in writing signed by such Shareholder, but such instrument shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before the person holding such proxy shall be allowed to vote thereunder.

 

Section 1.13. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of Shareholders, the Directors may appoint inspectors of election to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof; if inspectors are not so appointed, the Officer of the Corporation acting as Chairman of any such meeting may make such appointment. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled only by appointment made by the Directors in advance of such meeting or, if not so filled, at the meeting by the Officer of the Corporation acting as Chairman of such meeting. No other person or persons may appoint or require the appointment of inspectors of election.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

Directors

 

Section 2.01. Authority and Qualifications. Except where the law, the Articles or the Regulations otherwise provide, all authority of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. Directors need not be Shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.02. Number of Directors. The number of Directors may be determined from time to time by the Directors, but the number of Directors shall not be reduced so as to abolish the office of a Director during his term. The number of Directors may also be determined at any meeting of the Shareholders called for the purpose of electing Directors, at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares that are represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the proposal. The number of Directors shall be not less than three nor more than fifteen unless all of the shares of the Corporation are owned of record by one or two shareholders, in which event the number of directors may be less than three, but not less than the number of Shareholders. In the event the Directors fail to fix the number of directors, there shall be three. By a vote of a majority of those Directors in office, the Directors may fill any Director’s office that is created by an increase in the number of Directors.


Section 2.03. Term of Office. Except as hereinafter provided, Directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified.

 

Section 2.04. Election. At each annual meeting of Shareholders for the election of Directors, the successors to the Directors shall be elected, but if the annual meeting is not held or if one or more of such Directors is not elected thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose.

 

Section 2.05. Removal.

 

(A) The Directors may remove any Director if, by order of court, he has been found to be of unsound mind.

 

(B) All the Directors or any individual Director may be removed from office, without assigning any cause, by the vote of the holders of three-fourths (3/4) of the voting power entitling them to elect Directors in place of those to be removed, provided that unless all the Directors are removed, no individual Director shall be removed in case the votes of a sufficient number of shares are cast against his removal which, if cumulatively voted at an election of all the Directors, would be sufficient to elect at least one Director. In case of any such removal, a new Director may be elected at the same meeting for the unexpired term of each Director removed.

 

Section 2.06 Vacancies. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall exist in the event (1) a Director dies or resigns, (2) a Director is removed by the Board of Directors, (3) a Director is removed by the Shareholders and the Shareholders fail to elect a new Director to fill the unexpired term, (4) the Shareholders fail at any time to elect the whole authorized number of Directors, or (5) the Directors increase the number of Directors. The remaining Directors, though less than a majority of the whole authorized number of Directors, may, by a vote of the majority of their number, fill any vacancy in the Board of Directors for the unexpired term.

 

Section 2.07. Meetings. The Directors shall hold such meetings as may from time to time be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any two Directors. Meetings of Directors shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the State of Ohio as the Directors may from time to time determine. Meetings of the Directors may be held through any communications equipment if all persons participating can hear each other and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence at such meeting.


Section 2.08. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of each meeting of Directors for which such notice is required by law, the Articles, the Regulations or the Bylaws shall be given to each of the Directors by any of the following methods:

 

  (1) In a writing mailed not less than three days before such meeting and addressed to the residence or usual place of business of a Director, as such address appears on the records of the Corporation; or

 

  (2) By telegraph, cable, radio, wireless or a writing sent or delivered to the residence or usual place of business of a Director as the same appears on the records of the Corporation, not later than two days before the date on which such meeting is to be held; or

 

  (3) Personally or by telephone not later than the day before the date on which such meeting is to be held.

 

Notice given to a Director by any one of the methods specified in the Regulations shall be sufficient, and the method of giving notice to all Directors need not be uniform. Notice of any meeting of Directors may be given only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. No such notice need specify the purpose or purposes of the meeting. Notice of adjournment of a meeting of Directors need not be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned are fixed and announced at such meeting.

 

Section 2.09. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of Directors may be waived in writing, either before or after the holding of such meeting, by any Director, which writing shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting. The attendance of any Director at any meeting of Directors without protesting, prior to or at the commencement of the meeting, the lack of proper notice, shall be deemed to be a waiver by him of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 2.10. Quorum. A majority of the whole authorized number of Directors shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for a meeting of Directors, except that a majority of the Directors in office shall constitute a quorum for filling a vacancy in the Board. The act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board, except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles or the Regulations.

 

Section 2.11. Executive Committee. The Directors may create an Executive Committee or any other committee of Directors, to consist of not less than three Directors, and may authorize the delegation to such Executive Committee or other committees of any of the authority of the Directors, however conferred, other than that of filling vacancies among the Directors or in the Executive Committee or in any other committee of the Directors. The Executive Committee or any other committee of Directors shall serve at the pleasure of the Directors, shall act only in the intervals between meetings of the Directors and shall be subject to the control and direction of the Directors. The Executive Committee or other committee of Directors may act by a majority of its members at a meeting or by a writing or writings signed by all of its members. The Executive Committee and any other committee shall keep records of its proceedings. Any act or authorization of an act by the Executive Committee or any other committee within the authority delegated to it shall be as effective for all purposes as the act or authorization of the Directors. No notice of a meeting of the Executive Committee or of any other committee of Directors shall be required. A meeting of the Executive Committee or of any


other committee of Directors may be called only by the President or by a member of such Executive or other committee of Directors, and may be held through any communications equipment if all persons participating can hear each other. Participation in a meeting by communications equipment shall constitute presence at such a meeting. An Executive Committee or other committee, once created and appointed, shall continue in office until expressly dissolved, terminated, reorganized or replaced.

 

Section 2.12. Compensation. The Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority in office and irrespective of any personal interest of any of them, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation for any Director or Officer, for services rendered or to be rendered to the Corporation, including, but not limited to the following types of programs: short-term incentives, stock-related long-term incentives, performance-related long-term incentives, deferred compensation plans, disability benefits, death benefits, insurance and other fringe benefits.

 

Section 2.13. Bylaws. The Directors may adopt, and amend from time to time, Bylaws for their own government, which Bylaws shall not be inconsistent with the law, the Articles or the Regulations.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

Officers

 

Section 3.01. Officers. The Officers of the Corporation to be elected by the Directors shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other Officers and assistant Officers as the Directors may from time to time elect. A Chairman of the Board, if elected, must be a Director. Officers of the Corporation may be paid such compensation as the Board of Directors may determine. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no Officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, the Articles, the Regulations or the Bylaws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more Officers.

 

Section 3.02. Tenure of Office. The Officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the Directors. Any Officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Directors then in office; such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 3.03. Duties. Officers shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are determined by the Directors.


ARTICLE FOUR

 

Shares

 

Section 4.01. Certificates. Certificates evidencing ownership of shares of the Corporation shall be issued to those entitled to them. Each certificate evidencing shares of the Corporation shall bear a distinguishing number, the signatures of the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (except that when any such certificate is countersigned by an incorporated transfer agent or registrar, such signatures may be facsimile, engraved, stamped or printed), and such recitals as may be required by law.

 

Section 4.02. Transfers. Where a certificate evidencing a share or shares of the Corporation is presented to the Corporation or its proper agents with a request to register transfer, the transfer shall be registered as requested if:

 

  (1) An appropriate person signs on each certificate so presented or signs on a separate document an assignment or transfer of shares evidenced by each such certificate, or signs a power to assign or transfer such shares, or when the signature of an appropriate person is written without more on the back of each such certificate; and

 

  (2) Reasonable assurance is given that the endorsement of each appropriate person is genuine and effective; the Corporation or its agents may refuse to register a transfer of shares unless the signature of each appropriate person is guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company; and

 

  (3) All applicable laws relating to the collection of transfer or other taxes have been complied with; and

 

  (4) The Corporation or its agents are not otherwise required or permitted to refuse to register such transfer.

 

Section 4.03. Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Directors may appoint one or more agents to transfer or to register shares of the Corporation, or both.

 

Section 4.04. Lost, Wrongfully Taken or Destroyed Certificates. Except as otherwise provided by law, where the owner of a certificate evidencing shares of the Corporation claims that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Officers must cause the Corporation to issue a new certificate in place of the original certificate if the owner:

 

  (1) So requests before the Corporation has notice that such original certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser; and


  (2) Provides the Corporation with an affidavit of lost stock certificate in form satisfactory to the Corporation if the Corporation is willing or if the owner files with the Corporation or its agents any indemnity bond requested by the Corporation, with surety or sureties satisfactory to the Corporation, in such sum as the Officers may, in their discretion, deem reasonably sufficient as indemnity against any loss or liability that the Corporation may incur by reason of the issuance of each such new certificate; and

 

  (3) Satisfies any other reasonable requirements which may be imposed by the Officers or Directors, in their discretion.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

Indemnification and Insurance

 

Section 5.01. General Indemnification. The Corporation (1) shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director of the Corporation, or while a Director of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, and (2) may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was an Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or while an Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 5.02. Suits By The Coloration. The Corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in


its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation. No such indemnification shall be made in respect of (1) any claim, issue or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper; or (2) any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a Director is pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code.

 

Section 5.03. Indemnification for Expenses. To the extent that a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 5.01 and 5.02, including any action or suit brought against a Director pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorney’s fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding.

 

Section 5.04. Determination Required. Any indemnification under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification of the director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 5.01 and 5.02. Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who were not and are not parties to, or threatened with, such action, suit or proceeding; (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable or if a majority of a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services for the Corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past five years; (3) by the Shareholders; or (4) by the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit or proceeding was brought. Any determination made by the disinterested Directors or by independent legal counsel under this Section 5.04 shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation under Section 5.02, and such person shall have the right, within ten days after receipt of such notification, to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such determination.


Section 5.05. Advances for Expenses.

 

(A) Expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by a Director in defending any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of this Article Five, except where the only liability asserted against a Director is pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Ohio Revised Code, shall be paid by the Corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Director in which he agrees to (1) repay such amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the Corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the Corporation; and (2) reasonably cooperate with the Corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding.

 

(B) Expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent in defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of this Article Five, including any action or suit brought against a Director pursuant to Section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, may be paid by the Corporation as they are incurred in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent to repay such amount, if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

 

Section 5.06. Article Five Not Exclusive. The indemnification authorized by this Article Five shall not be deemed exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification under the Articles, common law, the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio, the Regulations or any agreement, vote of Shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

Section 5.07. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to trust funds, letters of credit or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a Director, Officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article Five. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person in which the Corporation has a financial interest.

 

Section 5.08. Sections 5.01 and 5.02 Not Exclusive. The authority of the Corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of this Article Five does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance or other protection that


may be provided pursuant to any other Section of this Article Five. Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of this Article Five do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the Corporation under any other Section of this Article Five.

 

Section 5.09. Definition of “the Corporation”. As used in this Article Five, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations in a consolidation or merger and the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of such a constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, trustee, fiduciary, officer, employee, partner, joint venturer or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article Five with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

Seal

 

Section 6.01. Seal Not Required. The Corporation shall not be required to have a seal; provided, however, the Officers may provide a suitable seal. A duplicate seal or seals may be kept and used by any Officers of the Corporation or by any transfer agent of the Corporation’s shares.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

Action Without a Meeting

 

Section 7.01. Action by Shareholders or Directors Without a Meeting. Anything contained in the Regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, any action which may be authorized or taken at a meeting of the Shareholders or of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors, as the case may be, may be authorized or taken without a meeting with the affirmative vote or approval of, and in a writing or writings signed by, all the Shareholders who would be entitled to notice of a meeting of the Shareholders held for such purpose, or all the Directors, or all the members of such committee of the Directors, respectively, which writings shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE EIGHT

 

Amendments to Regulations

 

Section 8.01. Amendments at a Meeting. The Regulations may be amended, or new Regulations may be adopted, at a meeting of Shareholders held for such purpose, by the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal, or the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of each class or classes of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on such


proposal as a class, provided that such amendment or adoption is recommended for approval by at least three-fourths (3/4) of the Directors of the Corporation. Unless at least three-fourths (3/4) of the Directors of the Corporation recommend the approval of such amendment or adoption, the affirmative vote of holders of shares entitling them to exercise at least three-fourths (3/4) of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal or of three-fourths (3/4) of the voting power of each class or classes of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote on such proposal as a class shall be required.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments Without a Meeting. The Regulations may be amended or new Regulations may be adopted without a meeting by the written consent of holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation on such proposal or by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the voting power of each class or classes of the Corporation entitled to vote on such proposal as a class.

EX-3.174 160 dex3174.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF TENNESSEE, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 04:30 PM 12/26/1995

950308174 - 2575843

       

 

Exhibit 3.174

 

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TENNESSEE, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated December 26, 1995, is being duly executed and filed by R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner, to form and limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C.§ 17-101, et seq.).

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby in Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.

 

  2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. General Partner. The name of the business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc., a Delaware

corporation

By:  

/s/ James H. Bolin

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

EX-3.175 161 dex3175.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF TENNESSEE, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P.

Exhibit 3.175

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TENNESSEE, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of is entered into by and between R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC., a Delaware corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby form a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of Tennessee, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

R/M of Tennessee G.P., Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Limited Partner:

 

R/M of Tennessee L.P., Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or a part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under §17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

Limited Partner

   $ 990

General Partner

   $ 10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. At the time determined by the General Partner, but at least once during each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute any cash held by it which is not reasonably necessary for the operation of the Partnership. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions.

 

12. Assignments. A Partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other Partner. Neither Partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.


13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional limited partners to the Partnership.

 

(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 26th day of December, 1995.

 

R/M OF TENNESSEE G.P., INC., a Delaware corporation:
By:    
   

Name: James H. Bolin

   

Its: President

R/M OF TENNESSEE L.P., INC., a Delaware corporation:
By:    
   

Name: James H. Bolin

   

Its: President

EX-3.176 162 dex3176.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc

Exhibit 3.176

 

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 12:30 PM 08/11/1995

950182431 – 2533049

       

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85285.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such Removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any


repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prier to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorised by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, set their hands this 31st day of July, 1995.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

EX-3.177 163 dex3177.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro of Texas, Inc

Exhibit 3.177

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of August 11, 1995


 

BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the 1st day of April, of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.


(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.


Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be


given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.


Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.

 

Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.


Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president


or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.


Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of


any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with


respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity,


legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.178 164 dex3178.htm CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.
       

STATE OF DELAWARE

SECRETARY OF STATE

DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS

FILED 04:30 PM 12/26/1995

950308341 - 2575949

 

Exhibit 3.178

 

CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated December 26, 1995, is being duly executed and filed by R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner, to form a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.).

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby in Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.

 

  2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware in The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. General Partner. The name of the business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation

By:

   

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President


CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated December 26, 1995, is being duly executed and filed by R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation, as general partner, to form a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.).

 

  1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby in Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.

 

  2. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  3. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware in The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.

 

  4. General Partner. The name of the business address of the sole general partner of the Partnership is R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

R/M of Texas G.P., Inc., a Delaware corporation

By:    

Name:

   

Its:

   
EX-3.179 165 dex3179.htm AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P. Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P.

Exhibit 3.179

 

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

RURAL/METRO OF TEXAS, L.P.

 

THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of is entered into by and between R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC., a Delaware corporation, as general partner (the “General Partner”) and R/M OF TEXAS L.P., INC., a Delaware corporation, as limited partner (the “Limited Partner”).

 

The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby form a limited partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. § 17-101, et seq.) (the “Act”), and hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Name. The name of the limited partnership formed hereby is Rural/Metro of Texas, L.P. (the “Partnership”).

 

2. Purpose. The Partnership is organized for the object and purpose of, and the nature and the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership shall be, any business which may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership formed pursuant to the Act.

 

3. Registered Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.

 

5. Partners. The names and addresses of the General Partner and the Limited Partner are as follows:

 

General Partner:

 

R/M of Texas G.P., Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Limited Partner:

 

R/M of Texas L.P., Inc.

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251


6. Powers. The General Partner shall have the full, exclusive and complete power to manage and control the business and affairs of the Partnership, all of the rights and powers provided to general partnerships under the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as any other rights and powers necessary to accomplish the purpose of the Partnership. In addition, the General Partner shall have the exclusive and complete power to transfer, assign, convey, dispose, encumber, mortgage or pledge all or a part of the assets of the Partnership, whether or not in the ordinary course of business.

 

7. Term. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, on December 31, 2050 (unless continued by the agreement of both Partners), or at such earlier date as (a) any partner of the Partnership requests in writing, (b) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of its interest in all or substantially all of its property, (c) an event of withdrawal of the General Partner has occurred under the Act, or (d) any entry of a decree of judicial dissolution has occurred under §17-802 of the Act.

 

8. Capital Contributions. The partners of the Partnership have contributed the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the Partnership (the “Initial Capital Contributions”):

 

    Limited Partner          $990

    General Partner            $10

 

9. Additional Contributions. No partner of the Partnership is required to make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership.

 

10. Allocations of Profits and Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be allocated in proportion to the Initial Capital Contributions of the partners of the Partnership. Capital accounts shall be maintained, and profits and losses shall be determined, in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulations section 1.704(b).

 

11. Distributions. At the time determined by the General Partner, but at least once during each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute any cash held by it which is not reasonably necessary for the operation of the Partnership. Cash available for distribution shall be distributed to the partners of the Partnership in the same proportion as their Initial Capital Contributions.

 

12. Assignments. A Partner may assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership only with the consent of the other Partner. Neither Partner has the right to grant an assignee of its partner interest in the Partnership the right to become a substituted partner of the Partnership.

 

13. Additional Partners.

 

(a) The General Partner may admit additional limited partners to the Partnership.


(b) After the admission of any additional limited partners pursuant to this Section 13, the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership under the Act.

 

(c) The admission of additional limited partners to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 13 shall be accomplished by the amendment and restatement of this Agreement of Limited Partnership and, if required by the Act, the filing of an appropriate amendment of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

14. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware, all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the 26th day of December, 1995.

 

R/M OF TEXAS G.P., INC., a Delaware

corporation:

By:

 

/s/

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

 

R/M OF TEXAS L.P., INC., a Delaware

corporation:

By:

 

/s/

Name:

 

James H. Bolin

Its:

 

President

EX-3.180 166 dex3180.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO PROTECTION SERVICES, INC Articles of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.180

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-1006 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc.

 

SECOND: To change the name of the Corporation to Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc., Article 1 of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

Article 1. The name of the corporation is Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc. (the “Corporation”);

 

THIRD: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation effective as of December 23, 1997.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by the shareholders. There was one voting group eligible to vote on the amendment.


SIXTH: The voting group consisting of 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock (“Common Voting Group”) was entitled to 20,000 votes and there were 20,000 votes represented at the meeting.

 

SEVENTH: The total member of undisputed votes cast for the amendment by the Common Voting Group was 20,000 and that number was sufficient for approval of the amendment.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Corporation has executed these Articles of Amendment this 23rd day of December, 1997.

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

By:

   
   

James H. Bolin, President


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-1003 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc.

 

SECOND: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

THIRD: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted as of the 27th day of May, 1997 by the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

FIFTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by the sole shareholder of the Corporation as of the 27th day of May, 1997.

 

SIXTH: There was one voting group consisting of 20,000 outstanding shares of common stock and that voting group was entitled to 20,000 votes on the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. The total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment was 20,000 and that number was sufficient for approval of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 27th day of May, 1997.

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

By:

   
   

Name:

 

  James H. Bolin

   

Title:

 

President

By:

   
   

Name:

 

  Lorraine Tully

   

Title:

 

Assistant Secretary


EXHIBIT A

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Article 1. The name of the corporation is Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Article 2. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Arizona Business Corporation Act of the State of Arizona, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Business Corporation Act”).

 

Article 3. The character of business that the Corporation conducts in the State of Arizona is the business of providing private fire protection, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation and distribution services, and all manner of activity related thereto.

 

Article 4. The Corporation shall have authority to issue a total of Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

Article 5. The name and street address of the statutory agent of the Corporation are CT Corporation System, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

Article 6. The address of the known place of business for the Corporation is 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.


Article 7. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation. The names and addresses of the persons who presently serve as the members of the board of directors are:

 

Name


  

Address


James H. Bolin

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Mark: E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Article 8. The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

Article 9. The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director, officer, employee nr agent of the Corporation (an “indemnitee”). This indemnification with respect to directors, officers, employees and agents shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Act, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Act. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act


in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Article 10. Unless the bylaws of the Corporation provide otherwise and the statutory agent expressly consents thereto in writing, all records required pursuant to the Business Corporation Act to be kept by the Corporation or its agent shall be kept by the Corporation at the known place of business of the Corporation.


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-061 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Arizona.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Metropolitan Fire Dept., Inc.

 

SECOND: In order to change the period of existence of the Corporation, Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“ARTICLE IV. The duration of the Corporation shall be perpetual.”

 

THIRD: In order to change the date of the annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation, the fifth sentence of Article V is deleted, which presently reads as follows:

 

“Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday in February of each year, commencing with the year 1972.”

 

FOURTH: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by its Sole Shareholder as of March 31, 1995.

 

FIFTH: The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption was 20,000; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was 20,000.


SIXTH: The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock that were voted for and against the amendment, respectively, is as follows:

 

For


   Against

20,000

   None

 

SEVENTH: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

EIGHTH: The amendment does not effect a change in the amount of stated capital of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 31st day of March, 1995.

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

By:

   
   

James H. Bolin, President

By:

   
   

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

 

We, the undersigned, hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and for such purpose hereby adopt Articles of Incorporation as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC., and its principal place of business shall be in Maricopa County, Arizona, but other offices for conducting business, both within and without the State of Arizona, maybe established, and the Corporation may hold its meetings at such places, both within and without the State of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may designate.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The object and purpose of the Corporation and the nature of the business proposed to be transacted is, to-wit:

 

(a) Primarily to furnish water for fire protection and to supply private fire protection service, to provide, by itself or with others, ambulance, security and security patrol, fire, burglar and intrusion alarm, wrecker, water transportation, distribution and related services; including development, manufacture, service and sale of pertinent equipment of any nature or character, both public and private, by franchise, certificate, contract or any other means, both within and without the State of Arizona and United States of America; to engage in the business of leasing, buying, selling, owning, mortgaging, brokering, manufacturing, importing, exporting and franchising all sorts and nature and character of fire, alarm, ambulance, wrecker, water distribution and related apparatus and equipment and all other types, nature and character of machines, machinery, equipment,


electronics and electrical equipment and all other lawful commercial enterprises; to buy, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, by itself or with other companies, private fire protection companies, ambulance, first aid and rescue, and wrecker services, fire, burglar, intrusion and other alarm services, and all sorts, nature and character of assets belonging thereto; and to generally to perform and carry on any other business or transaction whether related or unrelated to the primary business of the corporation, or to any other business then or there done by the corporation.

 

(b) To promote, purchase, lease, construct or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, develop, operate, sell, assign, transfer, exchange, license and deal in, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of and encumber real and personal property of every class and description and rights and privileges therein.

 

(c) To draw, make, issue, discount, purchase or otherwise acquire promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, stocks, commodities, or commodity futures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise, in such manner and to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do.

 

(d) To make, enter into and carry out any arrangements with, and to act in any and all parts of the world in any capacity whatsoever as financial, commercial collection, purchasing, selling or business agent or representative, general or special, for any business or person (which term as used in this Article shall be deemed to include any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, syndicate, trust, government or subdivision thereof, public or private, domestic or foreign), to the extent now or hereafter permitted by law; and to a like extent to obtain therefrom or otherwise, any powers, privileges, immunities, contracts, franchises, guaranties, patents, inventions, processes, grants, options and concessions, to hold, own, exercise, exploit, dispose of and realize upon the same, to undertake and transact any business dependent thereon, and to promote, cause to be promoted and aid in any way any person, firm, association, corporation, syndicate, government or subdivision thereof.


(e) To enter into and perform franchises, sublicenses, contracts and agreements of any kind deemed necessary or advantageous to the Corporation; and as surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, to undertake, assume and guarantee liabilities, obligations, indebtedness and contracts with respect to which the Corporation may have any interest direct or indirect.

 

(f) To acquire by purchase, exchange, or otherwise all or any part of, or any interest in, the properties, assets, business licenses, good will, securities and commodities of any business or person as defined in subparagraph (d) hereinabove; to pay for the same in cash, property, or its own or other securities; to hold, operate, lease, reorganize, liquidate, mortgage, pledge, encumber, sell, exchange, or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part thereof; and in connection therewith, to assume or guarantee performance of any liabilities, obligations or contracts.

 

(g) To borrow money for any of the purposes of the Corporation from time to time to such extent as these Articles permit and, from time to time, to issue and sell its own securities, in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, for such purposes and at such prices as the Board of Directors may determine; and to a like extent, to secure such securities by mortgage upon, or the pledge of, or the conveyance of assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the properties, assets, business and good will of the Corporation, then owned or thereafter acquired; and to purchase, acquire, hold, dispose of and transfer its own securities (including shares of its capital stock) in any manner and to the extent now or hereafter permitted by the Laws of the State of Arizona.

 

(h) To increase or decrease the amount of its capital stock, and to purchase, hold and reissue the shares of its capital stock.

 

(i) To purchase or acquire from any of its directors or stockholders any properties, interests, shares of stock or other assets which the Board of Directors may deem it desirable to acquire, and to pay for the same in stock of the Corporation, or by notes, debentures, bonds or other obligations of the Corporation, or by cash or transfer of property of the Corporation.


(j) To carry out all or any part of the foregoing purposes as principal, agent or otherwise, either alone or in association with any other corporations or persons, and in any part of the world, or to such extent as a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Arizona may now or hereafter lawfully do, as a member of, or as the owner or holder of any stock of, or shares or interest in, any corporation, association, partnership, firm, trust or syndicate; and to a like extent, in connection therewith to make, enter into and perform such contracts or deeds with any person or persons and to do such acts and things and to exercise such powers as a natural person could lawfully make, enter into, do or exercise.

 

(k) In general, to do everything, either within or without the State of Arizona, necessary, conducive, convenient, or in connection with or incidental to, the accomplishment of the purposes and objects hereinabove enumerated.

 

The hereinabove designations shall not be construed to be a limitation or qualification or in any manner to limit or restrict the objects and purposes of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

The authorized capital stock of the Corporation shall be Ten Million (10,000,000) shares denominated as Common Stock of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share, which stock shall be issued and paid for as directed by the Board of Directors. Any portion of the capital stock of the Corporation may be issued in payment for real and/or personal property, labor, services, or any other right or thing of value for the use and purpose of the Corporation, and all such capital stock, when so issued, shall become and be fully paid the same as though paid for in cash, and in the absence of fraud, the directors shall be the sole judges of the value of any property, labor, services, rights


or things acquired in exchange for capital stock of the Corporation. The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be non-assessable and shall not have preemptive rights.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The time of commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of its original Certificate of Incorporation, and the termination of the Corporation shall be twenty-five (25) years from the date of this amendment, with the privilege of renewal as provided by law.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors of not less than two (2) or more than fifteen (15) members. The directors of the Corporation may increase or decrease the number of directors within the above limits and shall fill any vacancies occurring in the Board in accordance with the By-Laws. The directors need not be shareholders in the Corporation. The following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors and shall serve as directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified or until death or resignation if sooner occurring:

 

LOUIS A. WITZEMAN; and

 

LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR.

 

Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, which shall be held on the first Thursday of February of each year, commencing with the year 1972. A president, vice president or vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, any of which offices may be held by the same person, shall be elected by the Board, and shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualify.


The Board, in addition to its general powers, and without any action on the part of the shareholders, shall have power to designate an Executive Committee from its members and to make, amend and substitute By-Laws governing the Corporation.

 

Any director may be removed by the shareholders at any time, with or without cause, providing no director shall be removed without cause if the number of shares voted against his removal would be great enough to elect him as a director if the whole Board were to be elected at the time of any such attempted removal, and any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed thereby at any time, with or without cause, in each case in such manner as shall be provided in the By-Laws.

 

The Board of Directors shall have pourer to fix from time to time the amount to be reserved out of the surplus of the Corporation as working capital or for any other lawful purpose, and to determine whether any, and if any, what part, of the surplus of the Corporation shall be declared in dividends.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which the Corporation is at any time to subject itself, shall not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the authorized stock of the Corporation except as to any higher amount as otherwise may be permissable at any time by law.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The private property of each and every shareholder, officer and director of the Corporation, real and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired by any of them, is, and shall be forever, exempt from all debts and obligations of the Corporation of any kind whatsoever, and no property of any kind whatsoever of


any shareholder, officer or director of the Corporation shall be subject to any time to any Corporate debt whatsoever.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

In the absence of fraud, no contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no act of the Corporation shall be in any way invalidated or otherwise affected by the fact any one or more of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, or are directors, officers or shareholders of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation individually, or any firm or association of which any director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation, provided the fact that he individually or as a member of such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to all of the directors of the Corporation who is also a director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof which shall authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if he were not such director, officer or shareholder of such other corporation or not so interested. In the absence of fraud, no director shall be liable to account to the Corporation for any profit realized by him from or through any such contract or transaction by the Corporation authorized as aforesaid by reason of the fact that he or any firm or association of which he is a member, or any corporation of which he is an officer, director or shareholder, shall have been interested in any such contract or transaction.


Any person incurring expenses, including legal fees, judgments or penalties levied against him, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against such expense arising for actions or omissions alleged to have been committed by any such person while acting within the scope of his employment as a director or officer of the Corporation, provided the Board of Directors shall determine in good faith that such person did not act, fail to act, or refuse to act willfully or with gross negligence or with fraudulent or criminal intent in regard to the matter involved in the action.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

The Corporation shall have the right to adopt By-Laws or enter into agreements with its shareholders imposing reasonable restrictions on the sale, assignment or transfer of the shares of its capital stock and giving to the Corporation or the shareholders the preferential right to option to acquire shares of stock in the Corporation of shareholders desiring to sell such shares or obligating the Corporation to redeem or purchase such shares.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The Corporation does hereby appoint LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., whose address is 4320 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251, who has been a bona fide resident of the State of Arizona for at least three (3) years, its statutory agent for the State of Arizona, upon whom service of process may be had. The foregoing appointment may be revoked at any time by the filling of the appointment of a successor.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the undersigned, hereunto set our hands this 3rd day of January, 1972.

 

 

Louis A. Witzeman

Drawer F

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

RURAL/METRO CORPORATION

Drawer F

Scottsdale, Arizona 85252

By

   
    President


STATE OF ARIZONA   )
    ) ss.
County of Maricopa   )

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

           
        Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

       
           

 

STATE OF ARIZONA    )
     ) ss.
County of Maricopa    )

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, who acknowledged himself to be the president of Rural Fire Protection Company, an Arizona corporation, and that he as such president, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained, by signing the name of the Corporation by himself as President.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

           
        Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

       
           


STATE OF ARIZONA    )
     ) ss.
County of Maricopa    )

 

On this 30th day of December, 1971, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS G. JEKEL, JR., known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

           
        Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

       
           
EX-3.181 167 dex3181.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO PROTECTION SERVICES, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro Protection Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.181

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

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

 

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

 

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


BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Meetings of Shareholders.

 

SECTION 1: Place of Meetings. Every meeting of the shareholders of METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPT., INC., an Arizona corporation, (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona or at such other place within or without the State as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

SECTION 2: Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on the 1st Thursday of February of each year (or, if that day shall be a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day) at 3:30 P.M., or at such hour as may be specified in a waiver of notice thereof signed by all the shareholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise regulated by statute, may be called by the President of the Corporation, and shall be called by the President at the request in writing of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined solely to the objects stated in the call.

 

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


in the United States mails by regular mail, to or personally served upon, each shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation, not less than five (5) nor more than forty (40) days before the meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed to each shareholder at his address as it appears on the record books of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request. Such notice shall not be required to be given to any shareholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, or who shall in writing or by telegraph waive notice thereof prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the shareholders at which every shareholder of the voting stock of the Corporation shall be present, in person or by proxy, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose or purposes thereof.

 

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

 

SECTION 6: Voting. Each holder of record of shares of the voting stock of the Corporation having voting power shall at each meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one (1) vote for every share of the voting stock of the Corporation standing in his name on the books of the Corporation and may vote either in person or by proxy. At all meetings of shareholders, a quorum being present, all matters, except those the


manner of deciding upon which is otherwise expressly regulated by law or by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or these By-Laws, shall be decided by the vote of a majority, excluding abstentions, in voting interest of the voting stock cast by shareholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat. At the direction of the President of the Corporation or upon demand by twenty percent (20%) or more in voting interest of the voting stock represented and entitled to vote at a meeting, a vote by ballot on any question shall be taken. On a vote by ballot each ballot shall be signed by the shareholder or proxy voting and it shall show the number of shares voted. Except as otherwise required by law or by these By-Laws all voting may be viva voce.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Directors.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Number, Qualifications and Term of Office. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than two (2) nor more than fifteen (15) as shall from time to time be determined by the Board and in the absence of such determination, shall be in the number as designated in the Articles of Incorporation. All directors shall be of the age of majority and at least one (1) of them shall be a citizen of the United States. The term of office of each of the initial directors shall be as designated in the Articles of Incorporation and of each director thereafter shall be from the time of his election and qualification until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, or until his death, or until he shall resign, or until he shall have been removed in the manner provided in Section 9 of this Article II.


SECTION 3: Election of Directors. At each meeting of shareholders for the election of directors at which a quorum shall be present, each voting stock shareholder or proxy entitled to vote shall have as many votes as shall equal the number of shares of voting stock owned or represented by him, multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them among the number to be voted for, or any two (2) or more of them as he may see fit.

 

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

 

SECTION 5: Place of Meeting. The Board may hold its meetings at such place within or without the State of Arizona as the Board from time to time may determine or as shall be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

 

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


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

 

SECTION 8: Notice of Meetings. Notice of each meeting of the Board, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be deposited in the United States mails by regular mail to, or personally served upon, each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director if such notice is waived in writing or by telegraph by him prior or subsequent to the meeting time, and any business may be transacted by the Board at a meeting at which every member of the Board shall be present, though the meeting is held without notice thereof and/or of the purpose and purposes thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

SECTION 11: Compensation. Each director, in consideration of his serving as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such compensation or fees for attendance at directors’ meetings, or both, as the Board shall from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reason able expenses incurred by him in connection with the performance of his duties. Nothing contained in this Section shall


preclude any director from serving the Corporation, its affiliates or subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Officers.

 

SECTION 1: Number. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be the President, a Vice President or Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and there may be, in addition, such subordinate officers, agents and employees as shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 3 of these By-Laws. One person may hold the office of, and perform the duties of, any one or more officer. The Board may require any such officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.

 

SECTION 2: Election, Term of Office, Qualification. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen annually by the Board at its annual meetings, each thereof to hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen and shall qualify, or until his death or until he shall resign, or shall have been removed in accordance with the provisions of Article III, Section 4 of these By-Laws.

 

SECTION 3: Subordinate Officers, etc. The Board may appoint such subordinate officers, agents or employees as the Board may deem necessary or advisable, including one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries, each of who shall hold office for such period, having such authority and perform such duties as provided in these By-Laws or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Board may delegate to any executive officer or to any committee the power to appoint any such additional officers, agents or employees.

 

SECTION 4: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time, by resolution duly adopted by a majority of the whole Board, or, in the case of an officer appointed, by any committee or executive officer upon whom such power or removal may be conferred by the Board.


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

 

SECTION 6: The President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board. He shall, if present, preside at each meeting of the shareholders. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. He may sign, with the Treasurer or the Secretary, certificates of stock of the Corporation; and he may sign, execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation all deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments authorized by the Board, except in cases where the signing, execution or delivery thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-Laws to designated officers or agents of the Corporation or where any thereof shall be required by law or the Board otherwise to be signed, executed and delivered, and he may affix the seal of the Corporation to any instrument which shall require it. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by these By-Laws by the Board.

 

SECTION 7: Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board or the President may from time to time prescribe and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these By-Laws. At the request of the President, or in case of his absence or inability to act, the Vice President, or, if there shall be more than one Vice President then in office, that one of them who shall be designated for the purpose by the President or by the Board, shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.

 

SECTION 8: The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to


the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name of and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or other depositaries as may be designated by the Board; he 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 President and to the Board at the annual, regular and special meetings of the Board or whenever they may require it, a statement of all his transactions as Treasurer and an account of the financial condition of the Corporation; and, in general, he shall perform all the duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates of stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 9: The Secretary. The Secretary shall act as secretary of, and cause to be kept, the minutes of all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; he shall cause to be given notice of all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall affix the seal, or cause it to be affixed, to all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation and to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal shall have been specifically or generally authorized by the Board; he shall have charge of the stock book and also of the other books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization as a corporation, and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law are properly kept or filed; and he shall in general perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board. He may sign, with the President, certificates to stock of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 10: Salaries. The salaries of the officers of the Corporation if any, shall be fixed from time to time by the Board, and none of such officers shall be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he is also a member of the Board; and any officer who shall also be a member of the Board shall be entitled to vote in the determination of the amount of the salary that shall be paid to him.


ARTICLE IV

 

Resignations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE V

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

SECTION 1: Execution of Contracts. In addition to the provisions of Article III, Section 6 of these By-Laws, the Board may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; except as is provided by Article III, Section 6, of these By-Laws with respect to the powers and authority of the President, and, unless so authorized by the Board or expressly authorized by these ByLaws, no officer or agent or employee shall have any power of authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose or to any amount.

 

SECTION 2: Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no negotiable paper shall be issued in its name unless authorized by resolution of the Board. When authorized by the Board so to do, any officer or agent of the Corporation thereunto authorized may effect loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company, or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory notes, bonds, or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and may pledge, hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the Corporation as security for any such loans or advances. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.


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

 

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

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock.

 

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

 

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

 

SECTION 3: Closing of Transfer Books. The Board may fix a day not more than forty (40) days prior to the day of holding any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation as the day as of which shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at


such meeting shall be determined and only such shareholders of record on such day shall be entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting. The books for the transfer of the shares of the Corporation may be closed for the payment of a dividend or dividends or for any other purpose permitted by law during such period, not exceeding forty (40) days, as the Board shall determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and to the extent permitted by law, the Board may declare dividends on the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation at such times and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, the Board may set aside out of the surplus or not profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, shall deem proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conductive to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Offices and Books.

 

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

 

SECTION 2: Books. There shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation or the office of the Corporation’s attorneys at law correct books of all the business and transactions of the Corporation, a copy of these By-Laws and the Stock book of the Corporation.


ARTICLE IX

 

Seal.

 

The Board shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures indicating the year and state in which the Corporation was incorporated and such other words or figures as the Board may approve.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year.

 

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

 

ARTICLE XI

 

Amendments

 

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

 

Adopted the 19th day of January, 1972.

 

 

Louis G. Jekel, Jr., Secretary

 

ATTEST:

  

Louis A. Witzeman, President

EX-3.182 168 dex3182.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc

Exhibit 3.182

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator is James H. Bolin, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252-3006.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 24th day of June, 1996.

 

 

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.183 169 dex3183.htm BYLAWS OF RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC Bylaws of Rural/Metro Texas Holdings, Inc

Exhibit 3.183

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of June 26, 1996


BYLAWS

OF

RURAL/METRO TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1997, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders


owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.


(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.


(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3)


judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the


written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of


stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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


(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified


from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.


 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.


 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the


duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of


stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in


the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.


Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.


Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.


Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal,


Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.184 170 dex3184.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC Articles of Incorporation of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc

Exhibit 3.184

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

 

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

 

We, the undersigned, natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or more acting as incorporators of a corporation under the South Dakota Business Corporation Act hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation:

 

FIRST

 

The name of such corporation is Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.

 

SECOND

 

The period of its duration is perpetual.

 

THIRD

 

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are to own and operate an ambulance and livery service and for any other purpose incident or necessary thereto; to receive property by gift, deed or will, and generally to do any and everything not prohibited to such corporation. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to limit or deprive this corporation of the powers granted to such corporations by said South Dakota Business Corporation Act.

 

FOURTH

 

The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of common capital stock of the par value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per share.

 

FIFTH

 

The corporation shall not commence business until at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) has been received by it as consideration for the issuance of shares.


SIXTH

 

Provisions limiting or denying to shareholders the preemptive right to acquire additional or treasury shares of the corporation are: None.

 

SEVENTH

 

Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation are: None.

 

EIGHTH

 

The address of the registered office of the corporation is Room 310, 100 North Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and the name of its registered agent at such address is Leroy S. Hoss.

 

NINTH

 

The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors of the corporation is three and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and shall qualify are:

 

NAME


  

ADDRESS


Leroy S. Hoss   

Room 310, 100 North

Phillips

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Perdean C. Davidson   

1107 First Street South

Moorhead, Minnesota

Richard J. Auld   

2905 South Elmwood

Sioux Falls, South Dakota


TENTH

 

The name and address of each incorporator is:

 

NAME


  

ADDRESS


Leroy S. Hoss   

Room 310, 100 North

Phillips

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Perdean C. Davidson   

1107 First Street South

Moorhead, Minnesota

Richard J. Auld   

2905 South Elmwood

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

 

/s/ Leroy S. Hoss

/s/ Perdean C. Davidson

/s/ Richard J. Auld

Incorporators


STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

  )     
    :    SS

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA

  )     

 

I, J. B. Shultz, a Notary Public, hereby certify that on the 6th day of November, 1967, personally appeared before me Leroy S. Hoss, Perdean C. Davidson and Richard J. Auld, who, being by me first duly sworn, severally declare that they are the persons who signed the foregoing document as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are true.

 

/s/ J. B. Shultz

J. B. Shultz

Notary Public – South Dakota.

 

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

  )     
    :    SS

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA

  )     

 

Leroy S. Hoss and Perdean C. Davidson, being duly sworn, each for himself, deposes and says: That he is one of the persons described in and who signed the foregoing Articles of Incorporation as an incorporator therein; that he has read the said Articles and knows the contents thereof; that the incorporators intend in good faith to form a corporation for the purpose of promotion of a lawful business as set forth in said Articles and not for the purpose of enabling any corporation or corporations to avoid the provisions of Chapter 13.18 of the South Dakota Code of 1939 of the State of South Dakota relating to unlawful trusts and combinations and laws amendatory thereto.

 

/s/ Leroy S. Hoss

Leroy S. Hoss

/s/ Perdean C. Davidson

Perdean C. Davidson

 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of November, 1967.

/s/ J. B. Shultz

J. B. Shultz

Notary Public – South Dakota.


STATEMENT OF CANCELLATION

 

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

 

Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc. has pursuant to the Redemption Agreement, attached as Exhibit A and authorized by special meeting of the Board of Directors of the corporation held on June 27, 1975, acquired twenty-two (22) shares of the common capital stock of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc. At a special meeting of the Board of Directors on July 7, 1975, the Board adopted a resolution canceling the twenty-two (22) shares of common capital stock of the corporation acquired by the corporation pursuant to the June 27, 1975, Stock Redemption Agreement. A copy of the cancellation resolution is attached as Exhibit B.

 

The aggregate number of shares still issued after giving effect to the cancellation will be eighteen (18). All shares are of single class - namely, the common capital stock of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc. The stated capital of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc. after giving effect to the cancellation of the twenty-two (22) shares, will be One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00).

 

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

By

 

/s/

   

Its President

By

 

/s/

   

Its Secretary

   

Filed this 31st day of

July, 1975

Lorna B. Herseth,

SECRETARY OF STATE


STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

  )     
    :    SS

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA

  )     

 

Leo T. Flynn, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the President of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc.; that he has read the foregoing Statement of Cancellation and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true of his own knowledge except as to matters therein stated upon information and belief, and as to those matters he believes the same to be true.

/s/

 

SUBSCRIBED and sworn to before me this 25th day of July, 1975.

/s/

Notary Public - South Dakota

My commission expires: 4-22-83


STOCK REDEMPTION AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made this 27th day of June, 1975, between P. C. DAVIDSON, of Fargo, North Dakota, hereinafter referred to as “Seller”, and SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC., a South Dakota corporation, hereinafter referred to as “Company”,

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Seller is the owner of twenty-two (22) shares of the issued and outstanding stock of the Company and is desirous of withdrawing from the management and ownership of the Company and wishes to sell and liquidate all of his interest therein; and

 

WHEREAS, Company, by action of its Board of Directors at their meeting on June 27, 1975, has agreed to purchase and redeem the Seller’s shares for the full sum of $104,760.00; and

 

WHEREAS, it is contemplated that this redemption shall be in complete redemption of all of the stock of “Seller” actually and constructively owned and he shall not after the date of closing have any interest whatsoever in the Company except as a creditor with respect to the unpaid purchase price of his stock,

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:

 

1. Sale of Stock. Seller shall sell, and Company shall purchase and redeem twenty-two (22) shares of the common capital stock of Company now owned and held by Seller, for a total purchase price of $10,760.00.

 

2. Payment of Purchase Price and Loan. Company shall pay the total purchase price at the time of closing. Seller shall transfer 22 shares of the common capital stock of the Company to Company at time of closing.

 

3. Closing. Closing shall occur in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on June 27, 1975.


4. Warranties of Seller. In order to induce Company to enter into this agreement, Seller warrants and represents:

 

  A. That he owns 22 shares of the common capital stock of Company, of which 40 shares are issued and outstanding, and that his shares are free and clear of all encumbrances, and that he has the right to sell the said shares.

 

  B. Between the date hereof and the closing, Company will not modify or reduce its authorized shares, will not consolidate or merge with any other business, will not distribute any of its assets, or pay or declare any dividends in cash or in property or in any of its shares, will not redeem any of its outstanding shares, and will not sell, mortgage, encumber or dispose of any of its property except in the regular course of its business.

 

5. Warranties of Company. In order to induce Seller to enter into this agreement, Company warrants and represents:

 

  A. That it will proceed with due diligence to arrange bank financing and will make every reasonable effort to obtain such financing.

 

  B. That Company, between the date of this agreement and closing, will not modify or change the basic operations of Company, will not encumber or dispose of any of the assets, will not make any major adjustments in salaries or enter into any leases or contracts which are not in the ordinary course of business, and will not buy or sell any major assets without the consent of Seller. However, this does not restrict Company from approaching the County of Minnehaha and the City of Sioux Falls to make adjustments in the existing subsidy contract.


6. Seller’s Withdrawal from Company. As of date of closing, Seller tenders his stock for redemption, resigns and withdraws as director, officer and employee of Company, and undertakes and agrees that he will not acquire any such interest or position for a ten-year period running from the date of closing.

 

7. Non-Competition. Seller agrees not to compete with Company by providing ambulance service in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for a period of ten years from the date of this agreement, so long as company does not breach its existing contract with the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Seller may compete with Company within the ten-year period only in the event that the City Commission of Sioux Falls requests his provision of ambulance service in Sioux Falls for reason of Company’s inability to provide adequate ambulance service for Sioux Falls.

 

This agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties, their legal representatives and assigns.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and official seals the day and year first above written.

 

/s/ P. C. Davidson

P. C. Davidson

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

By

 

/s/

EX-3.185 171 dex3185.htm BYLAWS OF SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC Bylaws of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc

Exhibit 3.185

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of April 30, 1996:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Article II, Section 1 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 1. Annual Meeting. Annual meetings of shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

2. Article III, Section 2 of the Bylaws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Section 2. Number, Term of Office and Removal.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of shareholders, except as provided in Section 9 of this Article III, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be shareholders.

 

(b) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the shareholders at the time of the removal.”


BY-LAWS

OF

SIOUX FALLS AMBULANCE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I. OFFICES

 

Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The principal office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota shall be located in the City of Sioux Falls, County of Minnehaha. The corporation may have such other offices either within or without the State of South Dakota as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

Section 2. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation required by the South Dakota Business Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of South Dakota may, but need not, be identical with the principal office in the State of South Dakota, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE II. SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the first Tuesday in the month of November in each year, at the hour of ten o’clock a.m. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the State of South Dakota, such meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day.

 

Section 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The Board of Directors, or in the absence of action by the Board the President, may designate any place either within or without the State of


South Dakota as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting. If no designation is made, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation in the State of South Dakota.

 

Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETING. Unless waived as provided in Article X, written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or the Secretary, or the persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.

 

Section 5. VOTING LISTS. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. Such list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting for the purposes thereof.

 

Section 6. QUORUM. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of the shareholders. If a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders.

 

Section 7. PROXIES. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney in


fact. Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 8. VOTING OF SHARES. Except as otherwise provided by law, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 9. INFORMAL ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

Section 10. CUMULATIVE VOTING. At each election for Directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such Directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

 

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. GENERAL POWERS. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. The number of directors of the corporation shall be three at least one of whom shall be a resident of South Dakota. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be shareholders of the corporation.


Section 3. REGULAR MEETINGS. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this by-law immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or any two Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either within or without the State of South Dakota, as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.

 

Section 5. NOTICE. Notice of any special meeting shall be given either verbally (including by telephone) or in writing a sufficient length of time before the time set for holding such special meeting to enable them to attend such meeting. Alternatively, notice may be given at least two days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed to each Director at his business address or by telegram. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any Director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting 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 Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.


Section 6. QUORUM. A majority of the number of Directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 7. MANNER OF ACTING. The act of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 8. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action that may be taken by the Board of Directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so to be taken, shall be signed before such action by all of the Directors.

 

Section 9. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the Board 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. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Directors may be filled by election by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of Directors by the shareholders.

 

Section 10. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT. A Director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such action.


ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

 

Section 1. NUMBER. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice-Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors. Such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.

 

Section 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment, the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 4. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. The officers shall perform such duties as naturally appertain to their respective offices and in addition such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time impose upon them.


ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS

 

The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

 

Section 1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the President or a Vice-President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered, other than the corporation itself or one of its employees. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. All certificates surrendered to the corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

 

Section 2. TRANSFER OF SHARES. Transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person


in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

ARTICLE VII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

The Board of Directors by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board may designate two or more of its members to constitute an executive committee which committee except as otherwise limited by the resolution of the Board or by law shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII. DIVIDENDS

 

The Board of Directors may, from time to time, declare and the corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner, and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its articles of incorporation.

 

ARTICLE IX. CORPORATE SEAL

 

The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

ARTICLE X. WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation under the provisions of these By-Laws or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or under the provisions of the South Dakota Business Corporation Act, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice

 

ARTICLE XI. AMENDMENTS

 

These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new By-Laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.


STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

   )
     : SS

COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA

   )

 

We, the undersigned, being all of the directors of Sioux Falls Ambulance, Inc., a corporation of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, do hereby consent in writing to the adoption by the Board of Directors of the foregoing By-Laws numbered from Article I through Article XI, inclusive, on this 13th day of November, 1967, and do hereby certify that the foregoing are the By-Laws of the corporation so adopted by such consent in writing.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands this 13th day of November, 1967.

 

/s/ Leroy S. Hoss

Leroy S. Hoss

 

/s/ Perdean C. Davidson

Perdean C. Davidson

 

/s/ Richard J. Auld

Richard J. Auld

EX-3.186 172 dex3186.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC Articles of Incorporation of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.186

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

FOR

 

SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

I.

 

The name of the corporation is: SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., and the certificate showing that said name is available is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

 

II.

 

The number of shares of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue shall be 1,000 shares.

 

III.

 

The initial registered office of the corporation is located in Brooks County, Georgia, and the address is 205 E. Johnson, Quitman, Georgia 31643. The initial registered agent of the corporation is TOMMY K. BUSSEY, and the consent of said registered agent to serve in such capacity for the corporation is hereunto annexed as Exhibit “B”.

 

IV.

 

The names and addresses of the incorporators are:

 

William T. Willis

   Tommy K. Bussey

Rt. 3, Box 406

   Rt. 3, Box 738

Valdosta, GA 31601

   Valdosta, GA 31601

 

V.

 

The mailing address of the initial principal office of the corporation shall be: SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. 205 E. Johnson Quitman, Georgia 31643


VI.

 

The corporation is organized for the purpose of transporting sick and injured persons from one hospital to another, as well as answering emergency calls, and engaging in and carrying on any and all activities and businesses incidental, related, or connected thereto; engaging in and carrying on any other business or activity allowed by law; and exercising all powers, rights, duties and privileges now or hereafter granted to business corporations in the State of Georgia.

 

VII.

 

The number of members of the Board of Directors shall be as provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation, but the initial Board of Directors shall consist of three members whose names and addresses are as follows:

 

William T. Willis

   Tommy K. Bussey

Route 3, Box 406

   Rt. 3, Box 738

Valdosta, GA 31601

   Valdosta, GA 31601

Tom Davis

1009 N. Patterson St.

Valdosta, GA 31601

    
  

 

VIII.

 

The incorporator has attached hereto as Exhibit “C” the required certificate verifying that the request for publication for a Notice of Intent to File the Articles of Incorporation and payment therefor has been made with The Quitman Free Press.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the incorporators have executed the Articles of Incorporation by and through their attorney, J. CAROL SHERWOOD, JR., this 26th day of December, 1990.

 

 

/s/ J. Carol Sherwood, Jr.

J. CAROL SHERWOOD, JR.

Attorney for Incorporators

 

DOVER, SHERWOOD & SHELTON

504 N. Patterson Street

P. O. Box 921

Valdosta, GA 31603-0921

(912) 244-6721

State Bar Number 642600

EX-3.187 173 dex3187.htm BYLAWS OF SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC Bylaws of South Georgia Emergency Medical Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.187

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BY LAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of August 14, 1997:

 

RESOLVED, that the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. The Section entitled “OFFICES” in Article One of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

OFFICES

 

The Registered Office and Registered Agent of the Corporation shall continue as fixed in the Articles of Incorporation until changed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, change the Registered Office of the Corporation to another address either within and without the State of Georgia.”

 

2. The Section entitled “SHAREHOLDERS MEETING” in Article Two of the By-laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

 

Annual meetings of shareholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1998, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.”

 

3. The Section entitled “NUMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS” in Article Four of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

 

The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected a the annual meeting of shareholders, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Directors need not be shareholders.”


4. Article Seven of the By-Laws of the Corporation is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

Article Seven

 

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

 

Except as may otherwise be provided in the Georgia Business Corporation Code, these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the board of directors of the Corporation at any regular or special meeting of directors, subject to the shareholders, in amending or repealing a particular bylaw, expressly providing that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw. The shareholders of the Corporation may amend or repeal these bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.”


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES, INC.

 

A GEORGIA CORPORATION

 

Stockholders Annual Meeting: 1st Friday in January

 

Fiscal year Begins:                                                               and Ends                                                                                   

 

Registered Agent: Tommy K. Bussey

 

Corporate Office Address: 205 E. Johnson, Quitman, GA


ARTICLE ONE

 

OFFICES

 

The Registered Office and Registered Agent of the Corporation shall continue as fixed in the Articles of Incorporation until changed by the Board of Directors may, from time to time, change the Registered Office of the Corporation to another address in the County of Brooks or elsewhere in the State of Georgia.

 

BRANCH OFFICES

 

The Board of Directors may establish branch offices and places of business within and without the State of Georgia and may qualify the Corporation to do business in states other than Georgia as the Board shall see fit.

 

ARTICLE TWO

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

Certificates of Stock shall be numbered in the order in which they are issued. They shall be signed by the President and Secretary and the Seal of the Corporation shall be affixed thereto. Stock Certificates shall be bound in a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom. On the stub of each Certificate shall be entered the name on the Stock Book.

 

STOCK TRANSFER

 

Transfer of Stock shall be made on the Stock Books of the Corporation by the holder in person or by power of attorney, on surrender of the old Certificate for such shares, duly assigned.

 

ARTICLE THREE

 

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

 

The annual meeting of Shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at 10:00 o’clock A.M. on the 1st Friday in January of each year. All meetings of the Shareholders shall be held at the Registered Office of the Corporation unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors as to any particular annual or special meeting and the place so fixed is stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

STOCK VOTE

 

At all meetings of the Shareholders, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in their name, either in person or by written proxy.

 

SPECIAL MEETINGS

 

Special meetings of the Shareholders may be called at any time by the President, the Board of Directors or any holder or holders of as much as one-third of the outstanding Capital Stock of the Corporation.


NOTICE OF MEETINGS

 

Notice of the place, day and hour of the annual meeting of the Shareholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail to each Shareholder of record and entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) days nor more than fifty (50) days before the date of the meeting. The same notice shall be given as to special meetings of the Shareholders, and, in addition, the notice of the special meeting shall state the purpose of the meeting. All notices shall be given by or at the direction of the President, Secretary or the Officer or persons calling the meeting.

 

QUORUM

 

At all meetings of Shareholders, a majority of the outstanding shares of Stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and no resolution or business shall be transacted without the favorable vote of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote and all questions shall be determined by such majority unless another majority is required by law, by the By-Laws or by the Articles of Incorporation hereinafter called “Article”. A lesser number may adjourn from day to day.

 

ALTERNATE ANNUAL MEETINGS

 

If any annual meeting is not held at the time provided in Section entitled “Shareholders Meeting”, the meeting may be held on any later date fixed by the President or by the Board of Directors, whichever acts first.

 

WAIVER OF FORMALITIES

 

The presence of a Shareholder at any meeting of the Shareholders without objection thereto shall be a waiver of all formalities of the meeting including call, notice, time and place of the meeting.

 

CONSENT

 

Any action which may be taken by the Shareholders in a Shareholders meeting may be taken without meeting if all Shareholders entitled to vote thereon shall consent thereto in writing. Any such consent shall be entered in the minutes of the Corporation.

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Notice of a Shareholders meeting may be waived in writing by any Shareholder before or after the meeting. Any such waiver shall also constitute a waiver of all formalities of the meeting and approval of all action taken at the meeting.


ARTICLE FOUR

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Subject to all applicable law, the Articles, these By-Laws and any lawful agreement between the Shareholders or between the Shareholders and the Corporation, the full and entire management of the affairs and business of the Corporation shall be vested in the Board of Directors, which shall have and may exercise all of the powers that may be exercised or performed by the Corporation, except as otherwise provided by these By-Laws, the Articles, applicable law or any such agreement.

 

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

 

The Board of Directors shall consist of 3 members who shall be elected annually at the annual meeting of the Shareholders and serve for a term of one (1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified or until removed. Vacancies shall be filled by the remaining Directors, or the remaining Director, as to the case may be.

 

DIRECTORS QUORUM

 

A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All resolutions adopted and all business transacted by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at the meeting.

 

DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING

 

The Directors shall meet annually following the annual meeting of the Shareholders and at such other time as the Directors may provide. Special meetings of the Directors may be called at any time by the President, or by any Director, on two (2) days’ notice by mail, in person, or by telephone. The notice shall state the time and place of meeting. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the Registered Office of the Corporation but may be held elsewhere in the United States if so provided by the Board of Directors or if so stated in the call and notice of the meeting.

 

DIRECTORS CONSENT

 

Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors. All such consents shall be entered in the minutes of the Corporation.

 

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETINGS

 

No notice shall be required of regular meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

DIRECTORS PRESENCE

 

The presence of a Director at a meeting of the Board of Directors without objection thereto shall be a waiver of all formalities of the meeting including call, notice, time and place of the meeting.


DIRECTORS WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Notice of a Board of Directors meeting may be waived in writing by any Director before or after the meeting. Any such waiver shall also constitute a waiver of all formalities of the meeting and approval of all action taken at the meeting.

 

REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR

 

Any Director may be removed from office with or without cause by the vote of a simple majority in interest of the Shareholders.

 

ARTICLE FIVE

 

OFFICERS

 

The fixed Officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected by the Board of Directors at their annual meeting and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Any person may hold more than one office except the same person shall not be both President and Secretary.

 

PRESIDENT

 

The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have general and active management of the operation of the Corporation. The President shall be responsible for the supervision of the policies and personnel of the Corporation, general and active management of the financial affairs of the Corporation, and shall execute bonds, mortgages or other contracts under the Seal of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and of the Board of Directors.

 

SECRETARY

 

The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of the Stockholders and Board of Directors and have charge of the Minute Books, Stock Books and Seal of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may from time to time be delegated to him by the President or the Board of Directors.

 

TREASURER

 

The Treasurer shall have such duties as shall be delegated to him by the Board of Directors or the President.

 

VICE PRESIDENT

 

The Vice President shall act in the place of the President in the absence of the President and have such duties as shall be delegated to him by the Board of Directors or the President.


ADDITIONAL OFFICERS

 

The Board of Directors may appoint such additional Officers and prescribe their duties as the Board shall see fit. The President may also delegate duties and authority to other Officers and employees. The Board of Directors may also delegate all, or part of, the chief executive duties and powers of the Corporation to Officers or persons other than the President.

 

ARTICLE SIX

 

SEAL

 

The Seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. In event it is inconvenient to use such a Seal at any time, the signature of the Corporation followed by the word “Seal”, enclosed in parentheses or scroll, shall be deemed the Seal of the Corporation. The Seal shall be in the custody of the Secretary and affixed by him on the Certificates of Stock and such other papers as may be directed by Law, by these By-Laws, by the Board of Directors, or by the President.

 

ARTICLE SEVEN

 

AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS

 

These By-Laws may be amended only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding at the time.

 

The foregoing By-Laws adopted by the initial Board of Directors as the By-Laws of SOUTH GEORGIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC. on January 10th, 1991.

 

/s/

Secretary TOM DAVIS

EX-3.188 174 dex3188.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC Articles of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc

Exhibit 3.188

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC

 

Article 1. The name of the corporation shall be Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

 

Article 2. The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is the transaction of any and all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Arizona Business Corporation Act, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Business Corporation Act”).

 

Article 3. The character of business that the Corporation initially intends to conduct in the State of Arizona is ambulance transportation and emergency medical services, and all manner of activity related thereto.

 

Article 4. The Corporation shall have authority to issue One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock, par value One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

Article 5. The name and street address of the initial statutory agent of the Corporation are CT Corporation System, 3225 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85012.

 

Article 6. The initial street address of the known place of business for the Corporation is 222 East Main Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201.


Article 7. The initial board of directors shall consist of two (2) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth in the bylaws of the Corporation. The names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the members of the initial board of directors until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal are:

 

Name


  

Address


John B. Furman

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Mark E. Liebner

  

8401 East Indian School Road

Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

 

Article 8. The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

Article 9. The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person, who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director of the Corporation. This indemnification with respect to directors shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Act, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Act. In addition, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, except where indemnification is mandatory pursuant to the Business Corporation Act, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent required by the Business Corporation Act.


Article 10. The names and positions of the persons who are to serve as the initial officers of the Corporation, until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal are:

 

Name


  

Office


Jack Brucker

  

President

Mark E. Liebner

  

Vice President

Dean P. Hoffman

  

Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

Steven M. Lee

  

Secretary

William R. Crowell

  

Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

Steven M. Faggella

  

Assistant Secretary

 

Article 11. The name and address of the sole Incorporator of the Corporation is Steven M. Lee, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251. All powers, duties and responsibilities of the sole incorporator shall cease at the time of delivery of these Articles of Incorporation to the Arizona Corporation Commission.

 

Dated: September 14, 1998.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Incorporator

 

The undersigned, having been designated to act as statutory agent, hereby consents to act in that capacity until removed or resignation is submitted in accordance with the Arizona Revised Statutes.

 

CT Corporation System

By:

   

Name:

 

Vickie M. Prince

Its:

 

Assistant Secretary

EX-3.189 175 dex3189.htm BYLAWS OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance and Rescue of Arizona, Inc

Exhibit 3.189

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC.,

 

an Arizona corporation

 

Adopted as of Sept. 22, 1998


BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE AND RESCUE OF ARIZONA, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Arizona shall be located at 222 East Main Street, in Maricopa County, Arizona or at such other location as may be established by the board of directors.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation also may have offices at other places within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Shareholders

 

Section 2.01. Annual Meeting. The board of directors may determine the place, date and time of the annual meetings of the shareholders, but if no such place, date and time is fixed, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held at the Corporation’s known place of business at 10:00 a.m. on the first day of April of each year, commencing in 1999. If that day is not a “Business day” (as that term is deemed in the Arizona Business Corporation Act, as amended from time to time (the “BCA”)), the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business day. At that meeting the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be called at any time by the president, the secretary, two or more directors, or the holders of not fewer than one-tenth (1/10) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, unless otherwise prohibited by Section 10-2703 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as it may be amended from time to time, or by law.

 

Section 2.03. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the date, time and place of meetings and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by an officer of the Corporation at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be

 

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delivered when mailed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the BCA, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at or participation in a meeting (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; or (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 2.04. Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment.

 

(a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting of shareholders only if the quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless otherwise provided by law or the articles of incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting. If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting group is approved if the votes cast within the voting group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the articles of incorporation or the BCA require a greater number of affirmative votes.

 

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned directly or indirectly by a second corporation, domestic or foreign, and the Corporation owns directly or indirectly a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the second corporation. This section does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then present is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another date, time and place. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the date, 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than one hundred twenty (120) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 2.05. Record Date.

 

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote or to take any other action, the board of directors may fix a future date as the record date, which may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. If not otherwise fixed, the

 

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record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

Section 2.06. Presiding Officer; Order of Business. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the chair of the board of directors, if there be one, or if the chair is not present, by the vice chair of the board of directors, if there be one, or if the vice chair is not present, by the president, or if the president is not present, by a vice president in the order designated by the board of directors, or if the vice president is not present, by a chair to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy. The secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 2.07. Voting.

 

(a) Except with respect to the election of directors, each shareholder of record (except the holder of shares that have been called for redemption and with respect to which an irrevocable deposit of funds sufficient to redeem such shares has been made) shall have the right, at every shareholders’ meeting, to one (1) vote for every share, and to a corresponding fraction of a vote with respect to every fractional share, of stock of the Corporation standing in his or her name on the books of the Corporation, subject, however, to any provisions respecting voting rights as may be contained in the articles of incorporation or any amendments thereto.

 

(b) Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy. Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact and shall be filed with the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation before the taking of any vote on the issue as to which the proxy intends to act.

 

Section 2.08. Voting Lists.

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of its shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of shares, and shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office, the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent if specified in the meeting notice or at another place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, its agent or its attorney on written demand

 

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may inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 10-1602 of the BCA, may copy the list, during regular business hours and at its expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

 

(c) The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, its agent or its attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

(d) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 2.09. Participation in Shareholders’ Meeting. Unless the articles of incorporation or these bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all shareholders to participate in an annual or special shareholders’ meeting by or conduct the meeting through use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. If the board of directors in its sole discretion elects to permit participation by such means of communication, the notice of the meeting shall specify how a shareholder may participate in the meeting by such means of communication. The participation may be limited by the board of directors in its sole discretion to specified locations or means of communications. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting. Action required or permitted by law to be taken at a shareholder’s meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof or by law, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent. Unless otherwise specified in the consent or consents, the action is effective on the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents. Any shareholder may revoke its consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The Corporation shall have a board of directors, which shall have full power to conduct, manage, and direct the business and affairs of the Corporation, except as specifically reserved or granted to the shareholders or otherwise limited by law, the articles of incorporation, these bylaws or an agreement authorized under Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 3.02. Number and Term of Office. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Except as hereinafter provided,

 

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directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders and each director shall serve until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

Section 3.03. Qualification and Election.

 

(a) All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least 18 years of age, and need not be residents of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise. Except in the case of vacancies, directors shall be elected by the shareholders. Upon the demand of any shareholder at any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the chair of the meeting shall call for and shall afford a reasonable opportunity for the making of nominations for the office of director. If the board of directors is classified with respect to the power of shareholders and/or voting groups to elect directors or with respect to the terms of directors and if, due to a vacancy or vacancies or otherwise, directors of more than one class are to be elected, each class of directors to be elected at the meeting shall be nominated and elected separately. Any shareholder may nominate as many persons for the office of director as there are positions to be filled. If nominations for the office of director have been called for as herein provided, only candidates who have been nominated in accordance herewith shall be eligible for election.

 

(b) At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has a right to vote, or to cumulate the shareholder’s votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of the shareholder’s shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of such candidates. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes from each class or group of classes entitled to elect directors separately up to the number of directors to be elected in the same election by such class or group of classes shall be elected.

 

Section 3.04. Presiding Officer. Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chair of the board, if there be one, or if the chair is not present, by the vice chair of the board, if there be one, or if the vice chair is not present, by the president, or if the president is not present, by a vice president, in the order designated by the board of directors, or if the vice president is not present, by a chair to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting. The secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the chair of the meeting shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 3.05. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the board of directors or its chair, or to the president or secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective when it is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

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Section 3.06. Vacancies.

 

(a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders may fill the vacancy or the board of directors may fill the vacancy. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the directors remaining in office. Except, however, if the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is to be filled by the shareholders.

 

(b) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs. However, the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

(c) If at any time by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation has no directors in office, any officer or any shareholder may call a special meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 3.07. Removal.

 

(a) The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause unless the articles of incorporation provide that directors may be removed only for cause. If a director is elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the shareholders of that voting group may participate in the vote to remove the director. If less than the entire board is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal.

 

(b) A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

Section 3.08. Place of Meeting.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold its meetings within or without the State of Arizona at such place or places as the board of directors may from time to time appoint, or as may be designated in the notice calling the meeting.

 

(b) Meetings may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear each other during the meeting, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

Section 3.09. Regular Meetings. Within thirty (30) days after each annual election of directors or other meeting at which the entire board of directors is elected, the newly elected board of directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, for the election of such officers as they wish to consider at the time and for the transaction of any other business. Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. If the date fixed for any regular meeting is a legal holiday

 

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under the laws of the place where such meeting is to be held, then the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day, or at such other time as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors. At regular meetings, the directors shall transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.

 

Section 3.10. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chair of the board, the president or two or more of the directors. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director by telephone or in writing at least twenty-four (24) hours (in the case of notice by telephone) or forty-eight (48) hours (in the case of notice by telegram) or three (3) days (in the case of notice by mail) before the time at which the meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the date, time and place of the meeting, but need not describe the purpose of the meeting unless required by the articles of incorporation, these bylaws or provided by law.

 

Section 3.11. Quorum, Manner of Acting, Adjournment, and Action Without Meeting. A majority of the directors in office immediately before the meeting begins shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise specified in the articles of incorporation or these bylaws or provided by law, 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. The directors shall act only as a board and the individual directors shall have no power as such; provided, however, that any action that may be taken at a meeting of the board or of a committee may be taken without a meeting if all directors or committee members, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous meeting vote, and is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.

 

Section 3.12. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may create one or more committees and may appoint members of the board of directors to serve on them. Each committee member shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The creation of committees, the designation of authority of committees, the dissolution of committees and the appointment and removal of members of committees shall be approved by the greater of (i) a majority of all of the directors in office when the action is taken and (ii) a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, each committee shall have and exercise all or any of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, as provided in a resolution of the board of directors.

 

(c) No committee of the board of directors shall have the authority of the board of directors with respect to:

 

(i) Authorizing distributions;

 

(ii) Approving or submitting to shareholders any action that requires shareholder approval;

 

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(iii) Filling vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;

 

(iv) Amending the articles of incorporation;

 

(v) Adopting, amending or repealing bylaws;

 

(vi) Approving a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(vii) Authorizing or approving reacquisition of the Corporation’s shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors;

 

(viii) Authorizing or approving the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares or determining the designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares, except according to a formula or method specifically prescribed by the board of directors; or

 

(ix) Fixing the compensation of directors for serving on the board of directors or on any committee of the board of directors.

 

(d) Sections 3.08, 3.10, 3.11, and 3.13 shall be applicable to committees of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.13. Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, and also shall be entitled to reimbursement for any reasonable expenses incurred in attending such meetings. Any director or member of any committee of the board of directors receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 3.14. Dividends. Except as limited by law and the articles of incorporation, the board of directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if so, what part, of the funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared in dividends and paid to the shareholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may fix a sum that may be set aside for working capital or as a reserve for any proper purpose, and from time to time may increase, diminish or vary such fund.

 

Section 3.15. Minutes. The Corporation shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its board of directors and committees thereof.

 

Section 3.16. Notice. A director may waive any notice required by the BCA, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as described below, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him or her of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on his or her arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

Notice

 

Whenever any written notice to any person is required by the articles of incorporation, these bylaws, or law, it may be given to such person either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be as designated by resolution of the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board a chair of the board and a vice chair of the board, who shall be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board specifically determines otherwise at the time of election.

 

Section 5.02. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected by delegated authority pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, shall be elected by the board of directors, and each such officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such officer’s death, resignation or removal. Election or appointment of an officer shall not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers. The board of directors from time to time may elect such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, including, without limitation, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws, or as the board of directors from time to time may determine. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers.

 

Section 5.04. Resignations. An officer may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, or to the president or the secretary of the Corporation. Any resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered, unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. If a resignation is made effective at a later date or event and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.

 

Section 5.05. Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed by the board of directors with or without cause. Such removal shall not affect the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

 

Section 5.06. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled by the board of directors or by the

 

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officer or committee to which the power to fill such office has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof, as the case may be.

 

Section 5.07. General Powers. All officers of the Corporation, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these bylaws, or as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors not inconsistent with these bylaws.

 

Section 5.08. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Board. The chair of the board, or in the chair’s absence, the vice chair of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.09. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform such duties as from time to time may be requested by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.10. The President. The president shall have general super-vision over the business and operations of the Corporation, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president shall sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other proper instruments, except in cases where the board of directors or these bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation. In general, the president shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Vice Presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president. The vice presidents, in the order designated by the board of directors, shall perform the duties of the president in the president’s absence or disability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, those individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 5.12. The Secretary. The secretary or an assistant secretary shall, to the extent possible, (a) attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (b) record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (c) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (d) authenticate records of the Corporation, and, in general, (e) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 5.13. The Treasurer. The treasurer or an assistant treasurer shall (a) have or provide for the custody of the funds or other property of the Corporation and keep a separate book account of the same, (b) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipts of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (c) deposit all funds in

 

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his or her custody as treasurer in such banks or other places of deposit as the board of directors from time to time may designate, (d) whenever so required by the board of directors, render an accounting showing his or her transactions as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, (e) in general, and (f) discharge such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 5.14. Officers’ Bonds. Any officer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of such officer’s duties in such sum, if any, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors shall require.

 

Section 5.15. Salaries. The salaries of the officers elected by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as may be designated by resolution of the board. The salaries or other compensation of any other officers, employees and other agents may be fixed from time to time by the officer or committee to which the power to elect such officers or to retain or appoint such employees or other agents has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.03 hereof. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that such officer also is a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each shareholder of the Corporation may be evidenced, but need not be represented, by certificates for shares of stock. All share certificates of the Corporation shall be signed either manually or in facsimile by one or more officers of the Corporation designated in the articles of incorporation or by the board of directors, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. If a person who signed either manually or in facsimile a share certificate no longer holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate is nonetheless valid.

 

Section 6.02. Shares Without Certificates. Unless the articles of incorporation or these bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors of the Corporation may authorize the issuance of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. Notwithstanding such authorization by the board of directors, every holder of uncertificated shares is entitled to receive a certificate that complies with the requirements in the BCA, on request to the Corporation. The authorization does not affect shares already represented by certificates until such certificates are surrendered to the Corporation.

 

Section 6.03. Subscriptions for Shares. The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions of shares, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. Any call made by the board of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as far as practicable as to all shares of the same class or series, unless the subscription agreement specifies otherwise. A subscription for shares, whether entered into before or after incorporation, is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed by the party to be charged or its agent.

 

Section 6.04. Transfers. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, shall be made on the books of the Corporation on surrender of the certificate or certificates, if any, for such shares properly

 

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endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid. No transfer shall be made that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in Arizona.

 

Section 6.05. Share Certificates; Share Record Books. Certificates for shares of the Corporation, if any, shall be in such form as provided by law and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. The Corporation or an agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders and in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 7.01. Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form of a circle containing the name of the Corporation, the year of incorporation and such other details as may be approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Checks. All checks, notes, bills of exchange or other orders in writing shall be signed by such person or persons as the board of directors from time to time may designate.

 

Section 7.03. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 7.04. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the board of directors may approve or designate, and all such funds shall be withdrawn only upon checks signed by such one or more officers or employees as the board of directors from time to time shall determine.

 

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Section 7.05. Financial Statements.

 

(a) The Corporation shall furnish to the shareholders annual financial statements of the Corporation (and, if applicable, its subsidiaries) that include a balance sheet as of the end of the Corporation’s fiscal year, an income statement for the year then ended and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year then-ended, unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. Such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles if financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on that basis. If such financial statements are reported on by a certified public accountant, such report shall accompany such financial statements. If such financial statements are not reported on by a certified public accountant, such financial statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(i) Stating that person’s reasonable belief whether such financial statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(ii) Describing any respects in which such financial statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the prior years’ financial statements.

 

Such financial statements shall be mailed to each shareholder within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of the Corporation’s fiscal year. On written request from a shareholder, the Corporation shall mail that shareholder the latest annual financial statements.

 

(b) If the Corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director pursuant to the BCA, the Corporation shall report the indemnification or advance in writing to the shareholders with or before the annual financial statements required by Section 7.05(a) above. Failure to report under this section does not invalidate otherwise valid indemnification.

 

Section 7.06. Corporate Records.

 

(a) There shall be kept at the Corporation’s known place of business or at the office of an agent an original or duplicate record of:

 

(i) The articles of incorporation (as amended);

 

(ii) The bylaws (as amended);

 

(iii) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

 

(iv) Minutes of all shareholders’ meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;

 

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(v) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years, including financial statements furnished within such period;

 

(vi) A list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current directors and officers;

 

(vii) The most recent annual report delivered to the Arizona Corporation Commission; and

 

(viii) Any agreement among shareholders pursuant to Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

(b) The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

 

(c) All corporate records shall be in written form, or another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

(d) Any shareholder who shall have been a holder of record of shares or of a voting trust beneficial interest therefor at least six (6) months immediately preceding a demand, or will be the holder of record of, or the holder of record of a voting trust beneficial interest for, at least five percent (5%) of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation, upon five (5) business days’ written demand directed to the Corporation, is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, at the Corporation’s principal office, the Corporation’s books and records set forth in Section 7.06(a).

 

(e) Any shareholder who shall have been a holder of record of shares or of a voting trust beneficial interest therefor at least six (6) months immediately preceding its demand, or will be the holder of record of, or the holder of record of a voting trust beneficial interest for, at least five percent (5%) of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation, upon five (5) business days’ written demand directed to the Corporation, is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours, at the principal office of the Corporation, the following books and records of the Corporation:

 

(i) Excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of committees, minutes of any shareholders’ meetings and records of action taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection in accordance with section 7.06(4);

 

(ii) Accounting records of the Corporation;

 

(iii) The record of shareholders; and

 

(iv) The Corporation’s most recent financial statements showing in reasonable detail its assets and liabilities and the results of its operations

 

if such shareholder’s demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose, such shareholder describes with reasonable particularity its purpose and the records it desires to inspect and the records are directly connected with the shareholder’s purpose.

 

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(f) A shareholder’s agent or attorney shall have the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder he or she represents.

 

(g) The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge to cover the costs of labor and material for copies of documents provided to such shareholder, which charge shall not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.

 

Section 7.07. Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other corporations in which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.

 

Section 7.08. Amendment of Bylaws.

 

(a) Except as may otherwise be provided in the articles of incorporation or the BCA, these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the board of directors of the Corporation at any regular or special meeting of directors, subject to the shareholders, in amending or repealing a particular bylaw, expressly providing that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw. The shareholders of the Corporation may amend or repeal these bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

 

(b) Bylaw provisions that require super majority voting to effectuate shareholder or director action shall only be amended in accordance with Sections 10-1021 and 10-1022 of the BCA.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing bylaws were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation as of the 22nd day of September, 1998.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

 

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EX-3.190 176 dex3190.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc

Exhibit 3.190

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

We, the undersigned, voluntarily associate ourselves to form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is: SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE AND INITIAL BUSINESS

 

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

The initial business shall be to provide emergency medical services to individuals and organizations in the area of Casa Grande, Arizona.

 

ARTICLE III

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

 

The corporation shall have the authority to issue one million shares of common stock at one ($1.00) dollar par value.

 

Any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property, rights to or interests in property, services or any thing of value to the corporation. When issued the shares shall be fully paid as if paid in cash at par. In the absence of fraud, the Directors shall be the sole judge of the value of the property, services, right or thing acquired for the shares. The shares of this corporation shall be non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE IV

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Shareholders of the common stock of this corporation shall have preemptive rights as to common stock whenever it is authorized to be issued, including the right of treasury stock, unless they have waived or forfeited their right of preemption.

 

No resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of stock to which preemptive rights shall attach may require such rights to be exercised within less than thirty (30) days.


ARTICLE V

STATUTORY AGENT

 

The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the corporation is: Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Attorney at law, 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VI

KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS

 

The known place of business of the corporation shall be: 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040

 

ARTICLE VII

INCORPORATORS AND INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The name of the persons who shall serve as incorporators and the initial two member Board of Directors until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified are: Barry Landon, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040; Robert A. L’Ecuyer, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL SURPLUS

 

The Board of Directors of the corporation may distribute a portion of its assets, in cash or in property, to its shareholders on a pro rata basis out of the capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

 

Subject to the by-laws of the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any person who incurs expenses by reason of the fact he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation. This indemnification shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE X

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

The corporation may purchase its own shares to the extent of its unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus.

 

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ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

The private property of shareholders, directors and officers of this corporation shall be exempt from the debts and obligations of the corporation to the maximum extent provided by law.

 

Dated and signed this 17th day of March 1992

 

/s/

Barry Landon, Incorporator

/s/

Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Incorporator

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

  )    
    :  

SS.

County of Maricopa

  )    

 

The foregoing Articles of Incorporation were signed and acknowledged before me this 17th day of March 1992 by Barry Landon and Robert A. L’Ecuyer.

 

/s/

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

My Commission Expires Sept. 26, 1992

 

CONSENT OF STATUTORY AGENT

 

I, Robert A. L’Ecuyer, designated to act as statutory agent, consent to act in that capacity until removal or resignation is submitted as provided by law.

 

/s/

Robert A. L’Ecuyer

 

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EX-3.191 177 dex3191.htm FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC First Amended and Restated Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc

Exhibit 3.191

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

We, the undersigned, voluntarily associate ourselves to form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is: SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE AND INITIAL BUSINESS

 

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

The initial business shall be to provide emergency medical services to individuals and organizations in the area of Casa Grande, Arizona.

 

ARTICLE III

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

 

The corporation shall have the authority to issue one million shares of common stock at one ($ 1.00) dollar par value.

 

Any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property, rights to or interests in property, services or any thing of value to the corporation. When issued the shares shall be fully paid as if paid in cash at par. In the absence of fraud, the Directors shall be the sole judge of the value of the property, services, right or thing acquired for the shares. The shares of this corporation shall be non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE IV

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Shareholders of the common stock of this corporation shall have preemptive rights as to common stock whenever it is authorized to be issued, including the right of treasury stock, unless they have waived or forfeited their right of preemption.

 

No resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of stock to which preemptive rights shall attach may require such rights to be exercised within less than thirty (30) days.


ARTICLE V

STATUTORY AGENT

 

The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the corporation is: Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Attorney at law, 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VI

KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS

 

The known place of business of the corporation shall be: 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040

 

ARTICLE VII

INCORPORATORS AND INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The name of the persons who shall serve as incorporators and the initial two member Board of Directors until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified are: Barry Landon, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040; Robert A. L’Ecuyer, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL SURPLUS

 

The Board of Directors of the corporation may distribute a portion of its assets, in cash or in property, to its shareholders on a pro rata basis out of the capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

 

Subject to the by-laws of the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any person who incurs expenses by reason of the fact he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation. This indemnification shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE X

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

The corporation may purchase its own shares to the extent of its unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus.


ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

The private property of shareholders, directors and officers of this corporation shall be exempt from the debts and obligations of the corporation to the maximum extent provided by law.

 

Dated and signed this 17th day of March 1992

 

/s/ Barry Landon

Barry Landon, Incorporator

/s/ Robert A. L’Ecuyer

Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Incorporator

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

 

)

   

: SS.

County of Maricopa

 

)

 

The foregoing Articles of Incorporation were signed and acknowledged before me 17th day of March 1992 by Barry Landon and Robert A. L’Ecuyer.

 

/s/ Marjorie A. West

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

Sept. 26, 1992

 

CONSENT OF STATUTORY AGENT

 

I, Robert A. L’Ecuyer, designated to act as statutory agent, consent to act in that capacity until removal or resignation is submitted as provided by law.

 

/s/ Robert A. L’Ecuyer

Robert A. L’Ecuyer


FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE INC.

 

an Arizona corporation

 

Dated as of June 30, 1997


FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

 

The following definitions shall apply to these Bylaws:

 

Section 1.1 Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA. Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA mean Title 10, Chapters 1 through 17, inclusive, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.2 Business Day. Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday in the State of Arizona.

 

Section 1.3 Corporation. Corporation means Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

Notice

 

Section 2.1 Form. Notice must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Oral notice is not permitted if written notice is required under the BCA.

 

Section 2.2 Method. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.

 

Section 2.3 Shareholder Notices. Written notice to the shareholders, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when mailed, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

Section 2.4 Effective Written Notice. Except as provided in Section 2.3 hereof, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:

 

(a) When received.

 

(b) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

 

(c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.


Section 2.5 Effective Oral Notice. When permitted, oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

 

ARTICLE III

Office and Agent

 

Section 3.1 Place of Business and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of Arizona both a known place of business that may be the address of its statutory agent, and a statutory agent.

 

Section 3.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE IV

Shares

 

Section 4.1 Subscription for Shares. The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for shares, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A subscription for shares is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed by the person to be charged or the person’s agent.

 

Section 4.2 Consideration. The board of directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation including cash, services performed or other securities of the Corporation, except that neither promissory notes nor future services constitute valid consideration. Before the Corporation issues shares, the board of directors must determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. A certificate shall not be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.

 

Section 4.3 Certificates. Shares may be (but upon authorization by the board of directors need not be) represented by certificates. Unless the BCA or another Arizona statute expressly provides otherwise, the rights and obligations of the shareholders are identical whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

 

Section 4.4 Execution of Certificates. Each share certificate shall be signed either manually or in facsimile by the president and secretary or such other officer or officers designated by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.5 Shares without Certificates. Every holder of uncertificated shares, on request to the Corporation, is entitled to receive a certificate that complies with the requirements in the BCA. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of all of the information required by the BCA to appear on certificates.

 

Section 4.6 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by the registered owner’s agent, shall be made on the books of the Corporation on surrender of the share certificate(s), if any, properly endorsed.


Section 4.7 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any share certificate(s) of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the share certificate(s) therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new share certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the share certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated share certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the share certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 4.8 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all share certificates to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE V

Distributions to Shareholders

 

Section 5.1 Authorization. The board of directors may authorize and the Corporation may make distributions to the shareholders subject to restriction by the BCA.

 

Section 5.2 Record Date. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares, it is the date the board of directors authorizes the distribution.

 

ARTICLE VI

Shareholders

 

Section 6.1 Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April of each calendar year at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(b) At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 6.2 Special Meetings.

 

(a) The Corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders on the call of (i) the board of directors, (ii) the president, (iii) the holders of not fewer than twenty percent (20%) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or (iv) such other person or persons authorized in these Bylaws, the BCA or any other Arizona statute.


(b) The person or persons calling for a special shareholders’ meeting shall deliver a demand for a special shareholders’ meeting to the Corporation’s secretary. Within thirty (30) days after the date the demand for a special shareholders’ meeting is delivered to the Corporation’s secretary, the Corporation shall determine the date, time and place of the special shareholders’ meeting and shall give notice of the special shareholders’ meeting in accordance with these Bylaws. Special shareholders’ meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(c) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by Section 6.4 hereof may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 6.3 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted by the BCA to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent.

 

(c) Unless otherwise specified in the consent or consents, the action is effective on the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents. Any shareholder may revoke its consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 6.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) The Corporation shall notify the shareholders of the date, time and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date.

 

(b) Unless the BCA requires otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(c) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to the shareholders.

 

(d) If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 6.5 hereof, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.


(e) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 6.5 Record Date.

 

(a) The board of directors of the Corporation may fix a future date as the record date. A record date fixed under this Section may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. If not otherwise fixed in accordance with this Section, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

Section 6.6 Participation in Shareholders’ Meeting. The board of directors may permit any or all shareholders to participate in an annual or special shareholders’ meeting by or conduct the meeting through use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. If the board of directors in its sole discretion elects to permit participation by such means of communication, the notice of the meeting shall specify how a shareholder may participate in the meeting by such means of communication. The participation may be limited by the board of directors in its sole discretion to specified locations or means of communications. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 6.7 Voting Lists.

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of the shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office, the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent if specified in the meeting notice or at another place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, its agent or its


attorney on written demand may inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 10-1602 of the BCA, may copy the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

 

(c) The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, its agent or its attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

(d) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 6.8 Voting.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or any Arizona statute, each outstanding share is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

 

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned directly or indirectly by another corporation, domestic or foreign, and the Corporation owns directly or indirectly a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the other corporation. The foregoing sentence does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) Redeemable shares are not deemed to be outstanding and are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and an amount sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with any bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the certificates representing the shares, in the case of certificated shares.

 

Section 6.9 Proxies.

 

(a) A shareholder may vote its shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for it by signing an appointment form, either personally or by its attorney-in-fact.

 

(b) An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven (11) months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest.

 

Section 6.10 Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the BCA, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.

 

(b) Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed


present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

 

(c) If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the BCA requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

 

(d) A majority of the votes then present and entitled to be cast is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another date, time and place.

 

Section 6.11 Voting for Directors. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. At each election for directors, the shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes by multiplying the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and casting the product for a single candidate or distributing the product among two or more candidates.

 

Section 6.12 Presiding Officer. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then by the chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the president, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy, in that order. The person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then the secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

Board of Directors

 

Section 7.1 Powers. The Corporation shall have a board of directors. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in an agreement authorized under Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 7.2 Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.3 Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.


Section 7.4 Resignations. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairman, or the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. The acceptance of a resignation is not necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 7.5 Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

Section 7.6 Vacancies.

 

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders may fill the vacancy or the board of directors may fill the vacancy. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the directors remaining in office.

 

(b) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

(c) If at any time by reason of death or resignation or other cause the Corporation has no directors in office, any officer or any shareholder may call a special meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7.7 Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(b) The board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

(c) Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting, in that order. The presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

(d) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.


(e) Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or two or more of the directors.

 

Section 7.8 Action by Directors Without Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted to be taken at a directors’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) Action taken under this Section is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Any director may revoke a consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date the last director signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 7.9 Notice. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. Special meetings of board of directors shall be preceded by at least two (2) days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

 

Section 7.10 Waiver of Notice. A director may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as in the case of attendance at or participation in a meeting, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to that director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7.11 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) A quorum of board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

 

(b) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless either (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting, (ii) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next Business Day after the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.


Section 7.12 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may create one or more committees and may appoint members of the board of directors to serve on them. Each committee shall have one (1) or more members, and each member of a committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by a majority of all of the directors in office when the action is taken. The board of directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.12, each committee may exercise the authority of the board of directors to the extent specified by the board of directors.

 

(c) A committee shall not take any of the following actions:

 

(i) Authorize distributions;

 

(ii) Approve or submit to shareholders any action that requires shareholder approval;

 

(iii) Fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;

 

(iv) Amend the articles of incorporation;

 

(v) Adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws;

 

(vi) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(vii) Authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors;

 

(viii) Authorize or approve the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares except that the board of directors may authorize a committee or an executive officer of the Corporation to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the board of directors; or

 

(ix) Fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors.

 

(d) Sections 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 shall apply to committees and their members.

 

Section 7.13 Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for, and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be approved from time to time by the board of directors. Any director or


member of any committee of the board of directors receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 7.14 General Standards for Directors. A director’s duties, including duties as a member of a committee, shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Officers

 

Section 8.1 Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.2 Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 8.3 Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

Section 8.4. Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.5 The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.

 

Section 8.6 The President. The board of directors shall appoint a president. The president shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president may sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other proper instruments, except in cases where the board of directors or these Bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation.


Section 8.7 The Vice Presidents. The board of directors may appoint a vice president or vice presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president (individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department) and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.8 The Secretary. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the secretary shall (a) to the extent possible attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (b) to the extent possible, record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (c) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (d) authenticate records of the Corporation, and, in general, (e) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.9 The Treasurer. The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the treasurer shall (a) have or provide for the custody of the funds and other property of the Corporation and keep accurate records thereof, (b) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (c) whenever so requested by the board of directors, render an accounting showing the transactions accounted for as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, (d) perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.10 Other Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 8.11 Resignations. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. If a resignation is made effective at a later date or event and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

 

Section 8.12 Removal. The board of directors may remove an officer at any time with or without cause. An officer’s removal does not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.

 

Section 8.13 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 8.14 Compensation. The compensation of the officers appointed by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as


may be designated by resolution of the board of directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.1 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these Bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 9.2 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any person to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument for or on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 9.3 Financial Statements.

 

(a) The Corporation shall furnish to its shareholders annual financial statements that may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, and that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements shall also be prepared on that basis. If the annual financial statements are reported on by a certified public accountant, that report must accompany them. If the annual financial statements are not reported on by a certified public accountant, the financial statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(i) Stating that person’s reasonable belief whether such financial statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(ii) Describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.

 

The Corporation shall mail the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year. On written request from a shareholder the Corporation shall mail that shareholder the latest annual financial statements.

 

Section 9.4 Corporate Records.

 

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the Corporation.


(b) The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

 

(c) The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders and in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.

 

(d) The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

 

(e) The Corporation shall keep a copy of all of the following records at its known place of business:

 

(i) The articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(ii) These Bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(iii) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

 

(iv) The minutes of all shareholders’ meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three (3) years;

 

(v) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years, including financial statements furnished for the past three (3) years under Section 9.3 above;

 

(vi) A list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current directors and officers;

 

(vii) The most recent annual report delivered to the Arizona Corporation Commission; and

 

(viii) Any agreement among shareholders pursuant to Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 9.5 Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other entities in which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.


Section 9.6 Amendment of Bylaws.

 

(a) The Corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws unless either (i) the BCA reserves this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part, or (ii) the shareholders in amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.

 

(b) The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation as of the 30th day of June, 1997.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


BY-LAWS

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

Table of Contents

 

SECTION


   PAGE

I

   CORPORATE OFFICES AND PURPOSES    1

1.01

  

Principal Office

   1

1.02

  

Other Offices

   1

1.03

  

Purpose

   1

II

  

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

   1

2.01

  

Place of Meeting

   1

2.02

  

Annual Meeting

   1

2.03

  

Fixing Record Date

   1

2.04

  

Notice of Annual Meeting

   1

2.05

  

Failure to Call Annual Meeting

   1

2.06

  

Quorum

   2

2.07

  

Voting by Proxy

   2

2.08

  

Cumulative Voting

   2

2.09

  

Voting by Ballot

   2

2.10

  

Unpaid Installments

   2

2.11

  

Evidence of Right to Vote

   2

2.12

  

Judges of Election

   2

2.13

  

Special Meeting of Shareholders

   3

2.14

  

Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders

   3

2.15

  

Limitation of Business at Special Meeting

   3

2.16

  

Order of Business

   3

III

  

DIRECTORS

   3

3.01

  

Number and Qualifications

   3

3.02

  

Election and Term

   3

3.03

  

General Powers and Authority

   3

3.04

  

Place of Meetings

   3

3.05

  

Meeting of Newly Elected Board

   4

3.06

  

Regular Meeting of Board

   4

3.07

  

Special Meeting of Board

   4

3.08

  

Quorum and Voting

   4

3.09

  

Compensation and Expenses of Directors

   4

3.10

  

Order of Business

   4

3.11

  

Removal of Directors

   4

3.12

  

Resignation of Directors

   4


SECTION


   PAGE

IV

  

OFFICERS

   4

4.01

  

Titles and Qualifications

   4

4.02

  

Compensation

   5

4.03

  

Term and Removal from Office

   5

4.04

  

Powers and Duties of Chairman and President

   5

4.05

  

Powers and Duties of Vice President

   5

4.06

  

Powers and Duties of Secretary

   5

4.07

  

Powers and Duties of Treasurer

   5

V

   VACANCIES    5

5.01

  

Office of an Officer

   5

5.02

  

Board of Directors

   6

VI

   CORPORATE DIRECTORS    6

6.01

  

Location

   6

6.02

  

Examination by Shareholders

   6

VII

   CAPITAL STOCK    6

7.01

  

Share Certificates

   6

7.02

  

Lost or Destroyed Certificates

    

7.03

  

Ownership and Transfer of Shares

    

7.04

  

Restriction on Transfer of Stock

    

7.05

  

Endorsement of Stock Certificates

    

7.06

  

Dividends

    

VIII

   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS     

8.01

  

Signing of Checks, Drafts and Notes

    

8.02

  

Fiscal Year

   6

8.03

  

Form and Service of Written Notice

   6

8.04

  

Waiver of Notice

   6

IX

   SEAL    7

X

   AMENDMENTS    7
     SIGNATURES     


BY-LAWS

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF CASA GRANDE, INC.

 

I CORPORATE OFFICE AND PURPOSES

 

1.01 Principal Office: The principal office of the corporation shall be at Phoenix, Arizona.

 

1.02 Other Offices: The corporation may change the principal office within the State of Arizona and may also have offices at other places within or without the state as the Board of Director (Board) may determine.

 

1.03 Purpose: The primary purpose of this corporation shall be to provide services and products related to medicine to individuals and organizations. All actions of the corporation shall be through its authorized representatives.

 

II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.01 Place of Meetings: Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at any other place within the state as the Board may select, provided notice or a waiver of notice of a meeting which calls for a place other than the principal office shall designate the place of the meeting.

 

2.02 Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders shall be on the second Saturday of December annually at a time determined by the Board for the election of Directors and the transaction of any other proper business.

 

2.03 Fixing of Record Date: To determine shareholders entitled to notice or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or at any adjourned meetings of shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or to determine shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board may in advance fix a date of record. The record date may not be more than seventy (70) days and not less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting or action. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed the record date shall be four o’clock in the afternoon on the day before the notice of meeting is mailed. If notice is waived for a shareholder meeting, the record date is set for the commencement of the meeting.

 

When a determination of a shareholder entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provide in the section that determination shall apply to any adjournments of that meeting.

 

2.04 Notice of Annual Meeting: Written notice of the annual meeting shall be delivered by the Secretary or any other officer to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address for the shareholder which appears on the corporate books not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the meeting date.

 

2.05 Failure to Call Annual Meeting: If the annual meeting is not called and held within six (6) months after the designated time any shareholder may call the meeting by notice as provided in Section 2.04 above.

 

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2.06 Quorum: The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum of the shareholders at all meetings for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation (Articles), or by these By-Laws.

 

If a quorum is not present or represented by proxy those present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting at any time without notice, other than an announcement of the meeting, until a quorum of shares is present.

 

In any meeting called for the election of Directors, those who attend a second adjourned meeting although less than a quorum shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for election of Directors provided not less than one third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote must be present.

 

2.07 Votes by Proxy: At each meeting of the shareholders each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by the shareholder (s) and delivered to the Secretary at the meeting.

 

An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after six (6) months from the date of its execution unless a longer time is expressed in the proxy. In no event shall a proxy unless coupled with an interest be voted after one (1) year from the date of its execution.

 

2.08 Cumulative Voting: In all elections for Directors cumulative voting shall be allowed.

 

2.09 Voting by Ballot: At any election of Directors on demand by a shareholder before the voting begins the election shall be by ballot.

 

2.10 Unpaid Installments: No share shall be voted at any meeting if any installment owing on it is due and unpaid.

 

2.11 Evidence of Right to Vote: The original share ledger or transfer book or a duplicate kept in this state is primae facie evidence of the right of the person named to vote the shares listed in that name.

 

2.12 Judges of Election: In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at the meeting or any adjournment.

 

If judges of election are not appointed, the Chair of the meeting may, and on request of a shareholder shall at the meeting, appoint judges.

 

The number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3). If appointed at a meeting at the request of a shareholder or proxies of the majority of shares present shall determine whether the number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3).

 

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On request of the Chair of the meeting, any shareholder or proxy, the judges shall report in writing any challenge or question determined by them and execute a certification of any fact found. No person who is a candidate for office shall be a judge.

 

2.13 Special Meeting of Shareholders: Special meetings of shareholders maybe called at any time by the President, the Board or the holders of not fewer than one tenth (1/10) of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

2.14 Notice of Special Meetings of Shareholders: On request of any person or persons entitled to call of special meeting, the Secretary, or on failure of the Secretary, the person entitled to call the special meeting shall mail a written notice of the meeting postage prepaid to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address on the corporate books stating the time, place and general subject of the meeting.

 

Notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting, unless otherwise required by law.

 

2.15 Limitation of Business at a Special Meeting: Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the subjects stated in the notice or waiver of notice and matters which are germane to those subjects.

 

2.16 Order of Business: The order of business shall be as follows to the extent the Chair of the meeting deems necessary.

 

  a. Roll call;

 

  b. Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice;

 

  c. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting;

 

  d. Reports of Officers;

 

  e. Reports of Committees;

 

  f. Election of Directors;

 

  g. Old business;

 

  h. New business;

 

  I. Valuation of stock for redemption purposes.

 

III DIRECTORS

 

3.01 Number and Qualifications: The business of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of not less than two (2) nor more than seven (7) Directors.

 

3.02 Election and Term: Directors shall be elected by the shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each Director shall be elected for the term of one (1) year or until a successor is elected and qualifies.

 

3.03 General Power and Authority: In addition to the power and authority expressly conferred on them by the Articles and Bylaws, the Board may exercise all powers which are not required by law to be done by the shareholders.

 

3.04 Place of Meetings: Meetings of the Board may be held at any place within the State of Arizona as a majority of the Board may designate or as designated in the notice of meeting or the waiver of notice.

 

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3.05 Meeting of Newly Elected Board: Each newly elected Board may meet at anyplace and time fixed by the shareholders at the meeting at which the Directors are elected. No notice shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors to legally convene the meeting, or they may meet at the time and place fixed by written consent of all Directors.

 

3.06 Regular Meetings of the Board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at the place and time determined by the Board.

 

3.07 Special Meetings of the Board. Special meetings of the Board maybe called by the Chairman, President, Secretary or any two (2) Directors on a less than five (5) day notice to each Director personally, by mail or by telephone.

 

3.08 Quorum and Voting: A majority of the Directors in office is a quorum to conduct business. If a quorum is present, a majority of the Directors present has the power to act.

 

3.09 Compensation and Expenses of Directors: Directors shall receive no salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board a fixed sum and the expenses of attendance may be allowed for each regular or special meeting attended.

 

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a Director from being compensated for serving the corporation in any other capacity.

 

3.10 Order of Business: The order of business of all Board meetings shall be as follows as deemed necessary by the Chair of the meeting:

 

  a. Roll call;

 

  b. Reading the minutes of the preceding meeting;

 

  c. Reports of Officers;

 

  d. Reports of Committees;

 

  e. Selection of Officers;

 

  f. Old business;

 

  g. New business.

 

3.11 Removal of Directors: Any or all Directors may be removed for cause by vote of the shareholders or by the Board. Directors may be removed without cause only by the shareholders.

 

3.12 Resignation of Directors: Directors may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, President or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the notice the resignation shall take effect on receipt by the addressee. Acceptance is not necessary for the resignation to be effective.

 

IV OFFICERS

 

4.01 Titles and Qualifications: The Board shall elect the executive officers: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

 

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The Board may also choose other officers, prescribe their duties and set their terms. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person except President and Secretary.

 

4.02 Compensation: The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary because of membership on the Board.

 

4.03 Term and Removal from Office: The Officers shall hold office for one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified. Any officer elected appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board at its discretion.

 

4.04 Powers and Duties of the Chairman: The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board and shall manage the business of the corporation and administer its affairs. The Chairman shall be responsible for executing all orders and resolutions of the Board. Provided: the Board may delegate any specific powers, unless limited by law, to any other officer or officers.

 

4.04 Powers and Duties of the President: The President shall be the Vice Chairman of the Board. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments in writing requiring a seal. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

 

4.05 Powers and Duties of Vice President: The Vice President shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the President in the event of a vacancy, absence or disability of the President. The Vice President shall perform other duties as directed by the Board.

 

4.06 Powers and Duties of Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and Directors’ meetings in the book provided for that purpose. The Secretary shall be responsible for all notices required by these By-Laws and shall be the custodian of the corporate records and the seal of the corporation.

 

The Secretary shall keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder as furnished to the corporation and have custody of the stock transfer book and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary as assigned by the President and the Board.

 

4.07 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities. If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for faithful discharge of duties in the sum and with sureties as the Board shall determine.

 

The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts for the corporation and shall disburse funds as ordered by the Board with proper records. The Treasurer shall render an account of all transactions and the financial condition of the corporation to the President and the Board whenever required.

 

V VACANCIES

 

5.01 Office of an Officer: If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the Board may choose a successor who shall hold the office for the unexpired term.

 

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5.02 Board of Directors: Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board even though that may be less than a quorum. Each person elected shall serve as Director until a successor is selected by the shareholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

 

VI CORPORATE RECORDS

 

6.01 Location: At the principal office of the corporation or at the office of the corporate attorney there shall be kept: either an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board; the By-Laws; the names and addresses of the shareholders; a record of the numbers of classes of shares held by each shareholder the number and date of the certificates issued for the shares; and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

6.02 Examination by Shareholders: Every shareholder shall have a right to examine in person or by his agent or attorney at any reasonable time during regular business hours for any reasonable purpose the share register, books of account, records of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board, and to make extracts from them.

 

VII CAPITAL STOCK

 

7.01 Share Certificates: The share certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and notes of the corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers designated by the Board.

 

8.02 Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall end the date designated by the Board.

 

8.03 Form and Service of Written Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to that person personally, by sending a copy through the mail or by fax or telegram charges prepaid to the address appearing on the books of the corporation.

 

If the notice is sent by mail, fax or telegram, it shall be deemed to be given to the person entitled to it when deposited in the U.S. Mail or placed for transmission to the person. The notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and for a special meeting, the subject of the meeting.

 

8.04 Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute or by the Articles or By-Laws of this corporation a waiver in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice before or after the time stated shall be deemed the equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

Except for a special meeting the waiver need not state the subject of the meeting.

 

Attendance at a meeting by a person or by a proxy constitutes a waiver of notice of that meeting except to a person may attend a meeting specifically to object to the transaction of business in a meeting alleged not to be lawfully called or convened.

 

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No call or notice of a meeting of the Board will be necessary if it is waived by each of the Directors in writing or by attendance. Any meeting when properly called and noticed after a quorum is formed may be adjourned to another time and place by a majority of those in attendance.

 

IX SEAL

 

9.01 The Board may provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed on it the name of the corporation, the state of incorporation, the year of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal.”

 

X AMENDMENTS

 

10.01 These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the shares issued and outstanding, if notice of the proposed change is contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

By-Laws of Southwest Ambulance of Casa Grande, Inc.

 

SIGNED AND APPROVED this 17th day of March 1992.        
           
       

Secretary

APPROVED:

       
           

Chairman

       

 

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EX-3.192 178 dex3192.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF NEW MEXICO, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc

Exhibit 3.192

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

The undersigned, acting as incorporator(s) to form a corporation under the New Mexico Business Corporation Act (53-11-1 to 53-18-12 NMSA 1978), adopts the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation:

 

ARTICLE ONE: The name of the corporation Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc.

 

ARTICLE TWO: The period of its duration is Perpetual

 

ARTICLE THREE: The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are:

 

To provide emergency and non-emergency transportation services.

 

ARTICLE FOUR: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue:

 

(ATTACH SCHEDULE, IF NEEDED)

 

One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, having a par value of $.01 per share.

 

ARTICLE FIVE: Any provision limiting or denying to shareholders the preemptive right to acquire unissued or treasury shares, or securities convertible into such shares or carrying a right to subscribe to or to acquire shares is:

 

NONE.

 

ARTICLE SIX: The name of its initial registered agent is: C T Corporation System

 

and the street address (P.O. Box is unacceptable unless geographical location is given), city and zip code of its initial registered office in New Mexico is:

 

c/o C T Corporation System 123 East Marcy, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501


ARTICLE SEVEN: The number constituting the initial board of directors is 2 and the names and addresses of the persons who have consented to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:

 

NAME


  

ADDRESS


John S. Banas III   

8401 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Jack E. Brucker   

8401 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

ARTICLE EIGHT: The name and address of each incorporator is:

 

NAME


  

ADDRESS


John S. Banas III   

8401 E. Indian School Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

 

Date: March 27, 2003

 

 

/s/     

John S. Banas III

 
Signature of Incorporator(s)
EX-3.193 179 dex3193.htm BYLAWS OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF NEW MEXICO, INC Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of New Mexico, Inc

Exhibit 3.193

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF NEW MEXICO, INC.

 

BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1. The registered office shall be located in the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of New Mexico as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of New Mexico as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 2. Annual meetings of the shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. At the annual meeting, shareholders shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

ARTICLE III

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of New Mexico as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the articles of incorporation, may be called by the president, the board of directors, or the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, the secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

 

Section 5. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

 

Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number of shares of stock is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

 

Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.

 

In all elections for directors every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him, for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit.

 

Section 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.


ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. The number of directors shall be not less than two (2) and no more than five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of New Mexico nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the board 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. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.

 

Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of New Mexico, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

 

Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of New Mexico.

 

Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

 

Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.


Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman, president or the secretary or any member of the Board to each director, either personally, by telegram, facsimile transmission, by telephone, by mail or at least twenty-four (24) hours (in the case of notice in person, by telegram, facsimile transmission, or by telephone) or forty-eight (48) hours (in case of notice by mail) before the time at which the meeting is to be held.

 

Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting 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 board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 6. A majority of the membership of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum and the concurrence of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to conduct the business of the Board, unless a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

 

Section 8. Unless otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment whereby all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 

Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required.


ARTICLE VIII

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

 

Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

 

ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chairman of the board, chief executive officer, additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member of the board.

 

Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors.

 

Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect.


Section 7. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

 

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

 

Section 8. The chairman of the board, if one shall have been appointed and be serving, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of shareholders, and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the board of directors.

 

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS

 

Section 9. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

 

Section 10. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, 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 signature or by the signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the fixing by his signature.

 

Section 11. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

 

Section 12. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.


Section 13. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

Section 14. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

 

Section 15. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

ARTICLE X

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates or shall be uncertificated shares. Certificates shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors or the president or a vice-president and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary, or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. When the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the certificate representing shares, or the certificate representing shares shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.

 

Section 2. Any or all of the signatures of the officers of the corporation upon a certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such 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 he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of its issue.


LOST CERTIFICATES

 

Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

 

Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate representing shares or the equivalent in uncertificated shares, if authorized, shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled and issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the corporation.

 

CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS

 

Section 5. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period but not to exceed, in any case, fifty days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such books shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the board of directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than fifty days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution! of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

 

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive-dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner


of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of New Mexico.

 

LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 7. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for shares shall make at least ten days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each and the number of shares held by each, which list, for a period of ten days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if any, distributions may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Distributions may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the articles of incorporation.

 

Section 2. Before payment of any distribution there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for distributions such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing distributions or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

CHECKS

 

Section 3. 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.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

SEAL

 

Section 5. The corporation shall not have a corporate seal.


ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board.

 

C E R T I F I C A T E

 

The undersigned, the duly elected and acting Secretary of SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF NEW MEXICO, INC., a New Mexico corporation, does hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws constitute the Bylaws of the Corporation as approved by a Unanimous Consent In Lieu of Organizational Meeting executed by the Board of Directors dated as of March 28, 2003.

 

DATED this 28th day of March 2003.

 

/s/

John S. Banas III

Secretary

EX-3.194 180 dex3194.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON, INC Articles of Incorporation of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc

Exhibit 3.194

 

EXHIBIT “A”

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

TO THE

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Article V of the Articles of Incorporation shall be amended to read:

 

“V

 

The corporation shall have perpetual existence.”


NEW SHAREHOLDER’S CONSENT TO ELECTION

UNDER 1954 CODE SECTION 1372(A)

 

Name of corporation KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Number of Street 28 N. Fremont Ave. P.O. Box 4633

 

City or Town Tucson Postal Zone 5719 State Arizona

 

Taxable year for which effective 1-66, 12-66 Date of Original Election June 3, 1966

 

I consent to the election of the above named corporation under 1954 Code Section 1372(A) to taxation as a “Small Business Corporation” effective as previously elected.

 

This consent is made with respect to the following shares of stock and includes all corporation shares which I owned as of this date:

 

Number of Shares


  

Date(s) Acquired


  

Name and address of person(s) from whom acquired


20,000

   June 3, 1966    Original issue
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           

 

Name of Shareholder


        Signature of New Shareholder

   Date Signed

Number and Street

   Husband and Wife-Community Property, Joint
Tenancy, Tenancy by the Entirety, Tenancy in
Common – CONSENT SIGNATURE OF SPOUSE

City or town


   Postal Zone

   State

  

Name of Spouse


________________

   ________________    ________________   

________________

    

________________

   ________________    ________________   

________________

    

________________

   ________________    ________________   

________________

    
          Signature of Spouse

   Date Signed

          _____________________________________    ________________


which were filed in the office of the Arizona Corporation Commission on the              of              May, 1966                      as provided by law.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,

 

   

Case No. 110794

   

PLAINTIFF’S EXHIBIT NO.________________

   

Iden.________________

   

Adm.________________

   

DEFENDANT’S EXHIBIT NO. K-S F

   

Iden. 7-12-71

   

Adm.________________

   

Frances C. Gibbons, Clerk

   

By S. Anderson


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ILLEGIBLE

 

ILLEGIBLE

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation shall be:

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

 

The names and addresses of the incorporators are:

 

William C. Kordsiemon

   James F. Ronstadt

2111 E. Montevista Drive

   2112 E. Montevista Drive

Tucson, Arizona

   Tucson, Arizon
      

John M. Montano, Jr.

1827 E. Mabel

Tucson, Arizona

 

ARTICLE III

 

The principal place of business of this corporation shall be Tucson, Pine County, Arizona, and such other branch offices as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time either within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The general structure and purpose of the business to be tranasacted is as follows:

 

(a) To engage in the general business of an ambulance service, transporting sick, injured or deceased persons.

 

(b) To engage in the general business of providing ambulance services for: Pima County, the city of Tuscon, funeral homes, mortuaries, medical schools, nursing homes, hospitals, or any other person or persons, either within or without the


state of Arizona, who may wish to utilize an ambulance service; and, in conjunction therewith to lease, sell, rent, service, or otherwise deal in ambulances, limousines, hearses, flower             , and any and all types of medical, mortuary, or ambulance equipment.

 

(c) To establish, maintain, carry on and conduct a general ambulance service; and in conjunction therewith to own, operate and engage in an escort service to lead, direct and supervise funeral professions, motorcades or parades by means of, but not limited to, motor cycle, motor scooter or motor vehicle.

 

(d) To engage in the general business of providing an escort service for funeral homes, mortuaries or any other person using the public streets or highways of the State of Arizona, who may need or desire an escort and where such an escort may be lawful to render.

 

(e) To issue, purchase, hold, sell, cancel, and transfer the shares of its own capital stock; provided it shall not use its funds or property for the purchase of its own shares of capital stock, when such use would cause an impairment of its capital, except as otherwise permitted by Law; provided further that shares of its own capital stock belonging to it shall not be voted upon directly or indirectly. To issue bonds, debentures, or obligations of this corporation from time to time for any of the objects or purposes of this corporation and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise.

 

(f) To establish, purchase, carry on, maintain, conduct and dispose of any type of business as natural person is empowered to do, to perform any acts with respect to any such business that a natural person is empowered to perform, not inconsistent with the Law existing at the time and place the set or acts is performed. And in conjunction therewith, to acquire all or any part of the good will, rights, property and business of any person, syndicate, partnership, association, corporation or any other entity engaged in any business; to pay for the same in cash or in stock, bonds, or other obligations of this corporation or otherwise; to hold, utilize or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part of the rights or property so acquired; and to assume, in connection therewith, any liabilities of any such person, syndicate, partnership, association, corporation or other entity; to conduct in any Lawful manner the whole or any part of the business, thus acquired.

 

(g) To become a member of any partnership, syndicate, association, corporation or other entity for sharing profits, union of interest, reciprocal concessions or other cooperation in the carrying on of any business.

 

(h) To borrow or raise monies for any of the purpose of the corporation and from time to time to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute, and issue promissory notes, drafts, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or non-negotiable instruments and evidences of indebtedness and to secure the payment thereof and the interest thereon by mortgage on, pledge of, conveyances, or assignment in trust of


the whole or any part of the             , real, personal or mixed, including contract rights, whether in the                      or thereafter acquired of this corporation, and                      ,              or otherwise dispose of such security or other obligations of the corporation for its corporate purpose.

 

(i) To buy, sell, own, vote, and generally deal in and with, as fully as a natural person is empowered to do, the shares, bonds, or debentures of any other corporation or business.

 

(j) To do any act that a natural person is empowered to do, not inconsistent with the purposes set forth above—including, but not limited to, purchasing life insurance on its officers and buy employees; to establish stock options, pension plans, profit sharing plans for the benefit of its officers, directors, and employees.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The commencement of this corporation shall be the date of issuance to it of a certificate of incorporation by the Arizona Corporation Commission, and it shall endure for the full term of 25 years thereafter, with the privilege of renewal as provided by law.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors who shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall be selected at the first organizational meeting of the incorporation. The number of directors shall not be less than 3 and shall be fixed from time to time by the by-laws or Resolutions of the Board of Directors of this corporation, and the number of said directors may be altered as therein provided. Any vacancy in the Board of Directors may be filled by the remaining directors, and the persons so elected shall hold office for the unexpired term of the retiring director, and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders of this corporation shall be held on the 1st Friday of June of each calendar year, or at each other time as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and not inconsistent with law at that date. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, alter and rescind by-laws for the government of this corporation; sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber and otherwise deal with or dispose of any of the property and assets, tangible or intangible, of this corporation, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may deem proper. The Board of Directors shall exercise all powers not expressly withheld from it by Law or by these articles of incorporation, and shall prescribe and direct the policy of, and manner in which, all business of said corporation shall be transacted.


ARTICLE VIII

 

The officers of this corporation shall be as prescribed by the by-law of this corporation. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of the             , said officers shall hold office for one year and until such time as their members have been duly elected and qualified. The first officers of this corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting after the election of its members by the incorporators, as herein-before provided.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

The amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be 600,000.00 Dollars, divided into six hundred thousand shares of common stock of $1.00 par value. At such time or times as the Board of Directors may require or direct, said capital stock shall be paid into the corporation, either in cash, or by the sale, transfer or                      to it of real or personal property, contracts, services, or any other valuable right or thing, for the use and purposes of this corporation in payment for which shares of the capital stock of this corporation so issued, shall thereupon and thereby become, and be, fully paid and accessesable forever; and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value of the rights, contracts, the property purchased, transferred or services rendered, shall be conclusive. The maximum indebtedness to which this corporation shall be the maximum limitation imposed by law.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The private property of the stockholders of this corporation is to be forever exempt from the debts, liabilities or obligations of any type, manner or character whatsoever of this corporation.

 

ARTICLE X

 

Michael J. Brown, of 222 North Court, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, who has been a bona fide resident of the State of Arizona for more than 3 years last              is hereby appointed the Statutory Agent for this corporation for all purposes required by Law. The Board of Directors may revoke such appointment and shall have the power to fill such vacancy.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the incorporation have hereunder              their hands and seals this 28th day of April, 1966.

 

 

WILLIAM C. KORDSIEMON

 
 

JAMES F. RONSTADT

 
 

JOHN M. MONTANO, Jr.

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )    ss.

County of Pima

   )     

 

Before me, this 28th day of April, 1966, personally appeared WILLIAM C. KORDSIEMON, JAMES F. RONSTADT, and JOHN M. MONTANO, JR. known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that they executed the same for the purposes therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

11/9/67


STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )    ss.

County of Pima

   )     

 

I, Anna Sullinger, County Recorder in and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Articles of Incorporation of Kord’s Ambulance Service, Inc. filed and recorded in my office on 4th of May, 1966, in Book No. 2737 of Dockets at Page 197-203, Inc. thereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal of office, this 30th day of December, 1969

 

ANNA SULLINGER, COUNTY RECORDER

By

   
    Deputy


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

1. The name of the corporation is KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A. Is the text of each amendment adopted.

 

3. The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.

 

4. The amendment was adopted on the 23rd day of May, 1997.

 

5. The amendment was approved by the shareholders. There is one voting group. There are 36,387 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and all 36,387 shares are eligible to vote on the amendment. All 36,387 shares were cast in favor of the amendment. No shares were cast in opposition. The number of shares in favor was sufficient for approval of the amendment.

 

DATED this 23rd day of May, 1997

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

By    

   
   

Chairman of the Board of Directors

By    

   
   

Secretary

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

   )     
     )    ss.

County of Maricopa

   )     

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 23rd day of May 1997 by Robert Ramsey, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Barry Landon, Secretary of KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., on behalf of the corporation.

 

/s/ Jacque Tenge

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires: 2-6-98


EXHIBIT “A”

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Article “FIRST” is amended to read:

 

FIRST

“The name of the corporation is SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON, INC.


STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

OF

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 10-1007 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. The name of the corporation is “Kord’s Ambulance Service, Inc.”

 

2. The corporation has restated its Articles of Incorporation. The Restated Articles of incorporation of the corporation are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference.

 

DATED: March 14, 1996.

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.,

an Arizona corporation

By:

   
     


EXHIBIT A

 

RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation is Kord’s Ambulance Service, Inc.

 

SECOND: The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 600,000 common shares, all of which shares shall be of a single class and shall have a $1.00 par value.

 

THIRD: The character of business which the corporation initially intends actually to conduct in the State of Arizona is ambulance service.

 

FOURTH: The names. and then applicable addresses of the initial directors were: William C. Kordsiemon, 2111 East Monte Vista Drive, Tucson, Arizona; James F. Ronstadt, 2112 East Monte Vista Drive, Tucson, Arizona; and John M. Montano, 1827 East Mabel, Tucson, Arizona.

 

FIFTH: The name and then applicable address of the initial statutory agent were: Michael J. Brown, 222 North Court, Tucson, Arizona.

 

SIXTH: The street address of the known place of business of the corporation is 4755 East 22nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 85711.

 

SEVENTH: The names and then applicable addresses of the incorporators were: William C. Kordsiemon, 2111 East Monte Vista Drive, Tucson, Arizona; James F. Ronstadt, 2112 East Monte Vista Drive, Tucson, Arizona; and John M. Montano, 1827 East Mabel, Tucson, Arizona.


EIGHT: To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for damages, monetary or otherwise, for breach of any duty, including fiduciary duty, is hereby eliminated.

 

NINTH: To the full extent now or hereafter permitted by law, the corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers.

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., an

Arizona corporation

By:

   
   

President


STATE OF ARIZONA

CERTIFICATE ACCOMPANYING

ARTICLES OF RESTATEMENT

OF

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 10-1007(1) and (2) of the Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation hereby certifies as follows:

 

1. The Restated Articles of Incorporation of Kord’s Ambulance Service, inc., an Arizona corporation, attached to the Articles of Restatement of even date herewith (the “Restated Articles”) contain amendments to the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation which require shareholder approval.

 

2. The text of the amendments is set forth in the Restated Articles (which are incorporated herein by reference) and is summarized as follows:

 

a. Clarifying the character of the corporation’s initial business (Article THIRD).

 

b. Clarifying the corporation’s known place of business (Article SIXTH).

 

c. Adding a provision (Article SIXTH) regarding elimination of personal liability of a director.

 

d. Adding a provision (Article SEVENTH) regarding indemnification.

 

e. Deleting prior provisions that are not necessary for inclusion in the Articles Of Incorporation under the Arizona Business Corporations Act, which became effective January 1, 1996.


f. Making various changes in grammar, syntax, punctuation, order and numbering.

 

3. The Restated Articles were recommended by the corporation’s Board of Directors on March 14, 1996, and adopted by the corporation’s shareholders on March 14, 1996.

 

4. The number of shares of the corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption and entitled to vote thereon was 36,387 shares of common stock. The common stock is of a single class. The number of votes of the common stock holders indisputably represented in the vote was 36,387.

 

5. The number of shares voting for the amendment was 36,387, and the number of shares voting against the amendment was -0-. The number of votes cast by the holders of common stock was sufficient for approval by that sole voting group.

 

DATED: March 14, 1996.

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC., an

Arizona corporation

By:   

   
   

President

EX-3.195 181 dex3195.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON, INC Amended and Restated Bylaws of Southwest Ambulance of Tucson, Inc

Exhibit 3.195

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY LAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE OF TUCSON, INC.

 

The following amendments to the Amended and Restated Bylaws were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of December 24, 1997.

 

RESOLVED, that the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation be, and they hereby are, amended as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.


EXHIBIT A

 

1. Section 3.01 of Article III of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

3.01 Annual Meetings. The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on April 1 at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day (as defined in the Arizona Revised Statutes), the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day. At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

2. Section 4.01 of Article IV of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

4.01 Membership.

 

(a) Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b) Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.

 

(c) Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.


3. Section 5.01 of Article V of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

5.01 Elections and Appointments.

 

(a) Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

(b) Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

(c) Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

(d) Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

4. Section 6.01 of Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

6.01 Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.


AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KORD’S AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

I. CORPORATION ARTICLES

 

1.01 References to Articles. Any reference herein made to the corporation’s articles will be deemed to refer to its articles of incorporation or its restated articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto as at any given time on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission, together with any and all certificates filed by the corporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission (or any successor to its functions) pursuant to applicable law.

 

1.02 Seniority. The articles will in all respects be considered senior and superior to these bylaws, with any inconsistency to be resolved in favor of the articles, and with these bylaws to be deemed automatically amended from time to time to eliminate any such inconsistency which may then exist.

 

II. CORPORATION OFFICES

 

2.01 Known Place of Business. The known place of business of the corporation in the State of Arizona shall be the office of its statutory agent unless otherwise designated in the articles or in a written statement or document duly executed and filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Arizona, as the board of directors may designate or as the business of the corporation may require from time to time.

 

2.02 Change Thereof. The board of directors may change the corporation’s known place of business or its statutory agent from time to time by filing a statement with the Arizona Corporation Commission pursuant to applicable law.

 

III. SHAREHOLDERS

 

3.01 Annual Meetings. Each annual meeting of the shareholders is to be held on the first Tuesday in the month of March of each year or such other day in March as may be designated by the board of directors, commencing with the year 1996 (unless that day be a legal holiday, in which event the annual meeting will be held on the next succeeding business day) at a time and place as determined by the board of directors or, in the absence of action by the board, as set forth in the notice given, or waiver signed, with respect to such meeting pursuant to Section 3.03 below. At the annual meeting, shareholders shall elect a board of directors and transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. If any annual meeting is for any reason not held on the date determined as aforesaid, a deferred annual meeting may thereafter be called and held in lieu thereof, at which the same proceedings may be conducted. Any director elected at any annual meeting, deferred annual meeting or special meeting will continue in office until the election of his successor, subject to his earlier resignation pursuant to Section 7.01 below.


3.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be held whenever and wherever called for by the chairman of the board, the president or the board of directors, or by the written demand of the holders of not less than 50% of all issued and outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote at any such meeting. Any written demand by shareholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting, and business to be transacted at any such meeting shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice thereof, and to such additional matters as the chairman of the meeting may rule to be germane to such purposes.

 

3.03 Notices. Not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days (inclusive of the date of meeting) before the date of any meeting of the shareholders and at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting, the secretary of the corporation will cause a written notice setting forth the time, place and general purposes of the meeting to be given by facsimile or by deposit in the mail, with first class or airmail postage prepaid, addressed to each shareholder of record at his last address as it appears on the corporation’s records on the applicable record date. Notice shall be effective when sent or when mailed. Any shareholder may waive call or notice of any annual, deferred annual or special meeting (and any adjournment thereof) at any time before, during which or after it is held. Attendance of a shareholder at any such meeting in person or by proxy will automatically evidence his waiver of call and notice of such meeting (and any adjournment thereof) unless he or his proxy is attending the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the meeting has not been properly called or noticed.

 

3.04 Shareholders of Record. For each meeting, or consent to corporate action without a meeting, of shareholders (and at any adjournment of such meeting), or in order to make a determination of shareholders for determining those shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or for any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix in advance a record date which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting or other action.

 

If no record date is fixed by the board of directors for determining shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be at four o’clock in the afternoon on the day before the notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the commencement of the meeting. If no record date is fixed for determining shareholders entitled to express written consent to corporate action without a meeting, the record date shall be the time of the day on which the first written consent is served upon an officer or director of the corporation.

 

A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of, and to vote at, a meeting of shareholders 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, and further provided that the adjournment or adjournments of any such meeting do not exceed thirty (30) days in the aggregate.

 

3.05 Shareholder Record. The officer or agent having charge of the stock ledger books for the corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (and at any


adjournment thereof) , arranged in alphabetical order by voting group and class or series of share within each voting group, showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such record shall be produced and kept open at the office of the corporation beginning two days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting. In addition, the list shall be made available at the meeting for inspection or copying. The record shall be subject to the inspection rights of shareholders as set forth at A.R.S. § 10-720(B).

 

3.06 Proxies. Any shareholder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy at any meeting of the shareholders (and at any adjournment thereof) which is specified in such proxy, provided that his or her proxy is executed in writing by such shareholder or his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact and received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise specifically provided therein. The burden of proving the validity of any undated, irrevocable or otherwise contested proxy at a meeting of the shareholders will rest with the person seeking to exercise the same. A telegram or cablegram appearing to have been transmitted by a shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact may be accepted as a sufficiently written and executed proxy.

 

3.07 Voting. Except for the election of directors (which will be governed by cumulative voting pursuant to applicable law) and except as may otherwise be required by the corporation’s articles, these bylaws or by statute, each issued and outstanding share of the corporation (specifically excluding shares held in the treasury of the corporation) represented at any meeting of the shareholders in person or by a proxy given pursuant to Section 3.06 above, will be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the shareholders at such meeting. Unless otherwise required by the corporation’s articles or by applicable law, any question submitted to the shareholders will be resolved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, provided that such votes constitute a majority of the quorum of that particular meeting, whether or not such quorum is then present. Voting will be by ballot on any question as to which a ballot vote is demanded prior to the time the voting begins by any person entitled to vote on such question; otherwise, a voice vote will suffice. No ballot or change of vote will be accepted after the polls have been declared closed following the ending of the announced time for voting.

 

3.08 Quorum. At any meeting of the shareholders, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares of the corporation issued, outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting will constitute a quorum of the shareholders for all purposes. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting may be adjourned from time to time by its chairman, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is formed. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. Once a quorum has been formed at any meeting, the shareholders from time to time remaining in attendance may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the prior departure of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. If an adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


3.09 Election Inspectors. The board of directors, in advance of any meeting of the shareholders, may appoint an election inspector or inspectors to act at such meeting (and at any adjournment thereof). If an election inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, or upon request of any person entitled to vote at the meeting will, make such appointment. If any person appointed as an inspector fails to appear or to act, a substitute may be appointed by the chairman of the meeting. If appointed, the election inspector or inspectors (acting through a majority of them if there be more than one) will determine the number of shares outstanding, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies and the number of shares represented at the meeting in person and by proxy; they will receive and count votes, ballots and consents and announce the results thereof; they will hear and determine all challenges and questions pertaining to proxies and voting; and, in general, they will perform such acts as may be proper to conduct elections and voting with complete fairness to all shareholders. No such election inspector need be a shareholder of the corporation.

 

3.10 Organization and Conduct of Meetings. Each meeting of the shareholders will be called to order and thereafter chaired by the chairman of the board of directors if there is one; or, if not, or if the chairman of the board is absent or so requests, then by the president; or if both the chairman of the board and the president are unavailable, then by such other officer of the corporation or such shareholder as may be appointed by the board of directors. The corporation’s secretary will act as secretary of each meeting of the shareholders; in his or her absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person (whether a shareholder or not) to act as secretary for the meeting. After calling a meeting to order, the chairman thereof may require the registration of all shareholders intending to vote in person and the filing of all proxies with the election inspector or inspectors, if one or more have been appointed (or, if not, with the secretary of the meeting). After the announced time for such filing of proxies has ended, no further proxies or changes, substitutions or revocations of proxies will be accepted. If directors are to be elected, a tabulation of the proxies so filed will, if any person entitled to vote in such election so requests, be announced at the meeting (or adjournment thereof) prior to the closing of the election polls. Absent a showing of bad faith on his part, the chairman of a meeting will, among other things, have absolute authority to fix the period of time allowed for the registration of shareholders and the filing proxies, to determine the order of business to be conducted at such meeting and to establish reasonable rules for expediting the business of the meeting (including any informal, or question and answer portions thereof).

 

3.11 Shareholder Approval or Ratification. The board of directors may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of the shareholders (the notice of which either includes mention of the proposed submittal or is waived pursuant to Section 3.03 above) or by unanimous written consent to corporate action without a meeting pursuant to Section 3.13 below. If any contract or act so submitted is approved or ratified by a majority of the votes cast thereon at such meeting or by such unanimous written consent, the same will be valid and as binding upon the corporation and all of its shareholders as it would be if it were the act of its shareholders.

 

3.12 Informalities and Irregularities. All informalities or irregularities in any call or notice of a meeting of the shareholders or in the areas of credentials, proxies, quorums, voting and similar matters, will be deemed waived if no objection is made at the meeting.


3.13 Action by Shareholders Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matters thereof. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the shareholders of the corporation at a meeting duly called and noticed.

 

IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

4.01 Membership. The board of directors will be comprised of six members who need not be shareholders of the corporation, unless a smaller or greater size is mutually agreed upon by, on the one hand, William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. and Margaret Kordsiemon, husband and wife, in their capacity as a shareholder (“Kordsiemon”), and, on the other hand, Southwest Ambulance of Pima, Inc., in its capacity as a shareholder (“Southwest”). Kordsiemon and Southwest shall each be entitled to nominate two persons in addition to William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. and Robert Ramsey, respectively, to serve on the board of directors, and Kordsiemon and Southwest shall vote their shares so as to elect each such person so nominated. The directors will regularly be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders, but directors may be elected at any other meeting of the shareholders. Any vacancy created by the departure of a director nominated by Kordsiemon or Southwest shall be filled with an individual designated by that same shareholder. The board of directors will have the power to increase or decrease its size within the aforesaid limits and to fill any vacancies which may occur in its membership, whether resulting from an increase in the size of that board or otherwise, and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders. Each director elected by the shareholders or the board of directors shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

 

4.02 Regular Meetings. A regular annual meeting of the board of directors is to be held as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual meeting of the shareholders, either at the place of the shareholders meeting or at such other place as the directors elected at the shareholders meeting may have been informed of at or prior to the time of their election. Additional regular meetings may be held at regular intervals at such places and at such times as the board of directors may determine.

 

4.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be held whenever and wherever called for by the chairman of the board, the president or the number of directors which would be required to constitute a quorum.

 

4.04 Notices. No notice need be given of regular meetings of the board of directors. Written notice of the time and place (but not necessarily the purpose or all of the purposes) of any special meeting will be given to each director in person or via mail or telegram addressed to him at his latest address appearing on the corporation’s records. Notice to any director of any such special meeting will be deemed given sufficiently in advance when (i) if given by mail, the same is deposited in the mail, with first class or airmail postage prepaid, at least four days before the meeting date, or (ii) if personally delivered or given by telegram, the same is handed to the director, or the telegram is delivered to the telegraph office for fast transmittal, at least 48 hours prior to the convening of the meeting. Any director may waive call


or notice of any meeting (and any adjournment thereof) at any time before, during which or after it is held. Attendance of a director at any meeting will automatically evidence his waiver of call and notice of such meeting (and any adjournment thereof) unless he is attending the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the meeting has not been properly called or noticed. Any meeting, once properly called and noticed (or as to which call and notice have been waived as aforesaid) and at which a quorum is formed, may be adjourned to another time and place by a majority of those in attendance.

 

4.05 Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting or adjourned meeting of the board of directors will consist of a majority of those then in office. Once a quorum has been formed, the directors from time to time remaining in attendance at such meeting prior to its adjournment will continue to be legally competent to transact business properly brought before the meeting, notwithstanding the prior departure from the meeting of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

4.06 Voting. Any matter submitted to a meeting of the board of directors will be resolved by a majority of the votes cast thereon.

 

4.07 Executive Committee. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may name one or more of its members as an executive committee. Such executive committee will have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation while the board is not in session, subject to such limitations as may be included in the board’s resolution; provided, however, that such executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of directors in reference to the matters prohibited by applicable law. Any member of the executive committee may be removed, with or without cause, by the board of directors. In the event any vacancy occurs in the executive committee, it shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

4.08 Other Committees. The board of directors, from time to time, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may appoint other standing or temporary committees from its membership and vest such committees with such powers as the board may include in its resolution; provided, however that such committees shall be restricted in their authority as specifically set forth with respect to the executive committee in Section 4.07 above.

 

4.09 Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee at which action is taken on any matter will be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless (a) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting and promptly on the directors’ arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; (b) the directors’ dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next business day after the meeting. A right to dissent will not be available to a director who voted in favor of the action.

 

4.10 Compensation. By resolution of the board of directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or of any committee, and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each such meeting and/or a stated


salary as a director or committee member. No such payment will preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

4.11 Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the board of directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all directors or committee members, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the directors or committee members of the corporation at a meeting duly called and noticed.

 

4.12 Meetings by Conference Telephone. Any member of the board of directors or of a committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the board or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment whereby all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Such participation shall constitute attendance in person, unless otherwise stated as provided in Section 4.04 above.

 

V. OFFICERS - GENERAL

 

5.01 Elections and Appointments. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Robert Ramsey shall serve as chief executive officer and chairman of the board (with his responsibilities including management of the emergency business), and William C. Kordsiemon, Sr. shall serve as president (with his responsibilities including management of the non-emergency business). The board of directors may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer, and shall choose a chairman of the board. The regular election or appointment of officers will take place at each annual meeting of the board of directors, but elections of officers may be held at any other meeting of the board. A person elected or appointed to any office will continue to hold that office until the election or appointment of his successor, subject to action earlier taken pursuant to Section 5.04 or 7.01 below. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

5.02 Additional Appointments. In addition to the officers contemplated in Section 5.01 above, the board of directors may elect or appoint other corporate or divisional officers or agents with such authority to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the board or directors, by the president or by the superior officer of any person so elected or appointed. Each of such persons (in the order designated by the board) will be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the duties of his or her superior officer in the event of such superior officer’s absence or disability.

 

5.03 Bonds and Other Requirements. The board of directors may require any officer to give bond to the corporation (with sufficient surety, and conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or her office) and to comply with such other conditions as may from time to time be required of him or her by the board.

 

5.04 Removal; Delegation of Duties. The board of directors may, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, remove any officer or agent of the corporation or temporarily delegate his powers and duties to any other officer or to any director. Such removal or delegation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or whose powers and duties have been delegated. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.


5.05 Salaries. The salaries of officers may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors. No officer will be prevented from receiving a salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the corporation.

 

VI. SPECIFIC OFFICERS

 

6.01 Chairman of the Board. The board of directors shall elect a chairman to serve as a general executive officer of the corporation, and, if specifically designated as such by the board, as the chief executive officer of the corporation. If elected, the chairman will preside at all meetings of the board of directors and be vested with such other powers and duties as the board may from time to time delegate to him or her.

 

6.02 President and Vice Presidents. The president will supervise the business and affairs of the corporation and the performance by all of its other officers of their respective duties, subject to the control of the board of directors (and of its chairman, if the chairman has been specifically designated as chief executive officer of the corporation). One or more vice presidents may be elected by the board of directors to perform such duties as may be designated by the board or be assigned or delegated to them by the chief executive officer. The chief executive officer or any one of the vice presidents as authorized by the board will be vested with all of the powers and charged with all of the duties of the president in the event of his or her absence or inability to act. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a resolution of the board of directors, the president, chief executive officer, or any vice president will be a proper officer to sign on behalf of the corporation any deed, bill of sale, assignment, option, mortgage, pledge, note, bond, evidence of indebtedness, application, consent, (to service of process or otherwise), agreement, indenture or other instrument of any significant importance to the corporation as specifically required by the board of directors by means of resolution which shall set maximum authority limits including without limitation borrowing limits, check-signing limits, leases, bonds, pledge of collateral or the sale of assets. The president, chief executive officer, or any vice president may represent the corporation at any meeting of the shareholders of any other corporation in which this corporation then holds shares, and may vote this corporation’s shares in such other corporation in person or by proxy appointed by him or her, provided that the board of directors may from time to time confer the foregoing authority upon any other person or persons.

 

6.03 Secretary. The secretary will authenticate records of the corporation, keep the minutes of meetings of the shareholders, board of directors and any committee, and all unanimous written consents of the shareholders, board of directors and any committee of the corporation, and will see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law. The secretary will be custodian of the corporate seal and corporate records, and, in general, perform all duties incident to the office. Except as may otherwise be specifically provided in a resolution of the board of directors, the secretary and each assistant secretary will be a proper officer to take charge of the corporation’s stock transfer books and to compile the voting record pursuant to Section 3.05 above, and to impress the corporation’s seal on any instrument signed by the president, any vice president or any other duly authorized person, and to attest to the same.


6.04 Treasurer. The treasurer will keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and will cause all money and other valuable effects to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositaries, subject to withdrawal in such manner, as may be designated by the board of directors. He or she, will render to the president, the directors and the shareholders at proper times an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. The treasurer shall be responsible for preparing and filing such financial reports, financial statements and returns as may be required by law.

 

VII. RESIGNATIONS AND VACANCIES

 

7.01 Resignations. Any director, committee member or officer may resign from his or her office at any time by written notice delivered or addressed to the corporation at its known place of business. Any such resignation will be effective upon its receipt by the corporation unless some later time is therein fixed, and then from that time; the acceptance of a resignation will not be required to make it effective.

 

7.02 Vacancies. If the office of any director, committee member or officer becomes vacant by reason of his or her death, resignation, disqualification, removal or otherwise, the board of directors may choose a successor to hold office for the unexpired term.

 

VIII. SEAL

 

8.01 Form Thereof. The board of directors may provide for a seal of the corporation which will have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the state and year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal”.

 

IX. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES

 

9.01 Form Thereof. Each certificate representing shares of the corporation will be in such form as may from time to time be approved by the board of directors, will be consecutively numbered and will exhibit such information as may be required by applicable law.

 

9.02 Signatures and Seal Thereon. All certificates issued for shares of the corporation (whether new, reissued or transferred) will bear the signatures of the president or a vice president, and of the secretary or an assistant secretary, and the impression of the corporation’s corporate seal, if any. The signatures of such officers of the corporation and the impression of its corporate seal may be in facsimile form on any certificate which is countersigned by a transfer agent and/or registered by a registrar duly appointed by the corporation and other than the corporation itself or one of its employees. If a supply of unissued certificates bearing the facsimile signature of a person remains when that person ceases to hold the office of the corporation indicated on such certificates, they may still be countersigned, registered, issued and delivered by the corporation’s transfer agent and/or registrar thereafter, the same as though such person had continued to hold the office indicated on such certificate.

 

9.03 Ownership. The corporation will be entitled to treat the registered owner of any share as the absolute owner thereof and, accordingly, will not be bound to recognize any beneficial, equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it has notice thereof, except as may expressly be provided by applicable law.


9.04 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the corporation may be made on the stock transfer books of the corporation only at the direction of the person named in the certificate therefor (or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact) and upon the surrender of such certificate.

 

9.05 Lost Certificates. In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate representing shares of the corporation or of any predecessor corporation, the corporation may issue (or, in the case of any such shares as to which a transfer agent and/or registrar have been appointed, may direct such transfer agent and/or registrar to countersign, register and issue) a new certificate, and cause the same to be delivered to the owner of the shares represented thereby, provided that the owner shall have submitted such evidence showing the circumstances of the alleged loss, theft or destruction, and his ownership of the certificate, as the corporation considers satisfactory, together with any other facts which the corporation considers pertinent, and further provided that, if so required by the corporation, the owner shall provide a bond in form and amount satisfactory to the corporation (and to its transfer agent and/or registrar, if applicable). The corporation may act through its president or any vice president for any purpose of this Section 9.05.

 

X. DIVIDENDS

 

10.01 Subject to such restrictions or requirements as may be imposed by applicable law or the corporation’s articles or as may otherwise be binding upon the corporation, the board of directors may from time to time declare and the corporation may pay dividends on shares of the corporation outstanding on the dates of record fixed by the board, to be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the corporation on or as of such payment or distribution dates as the board may prescribe.

 

XI. AMENDMENTS

 

11.01 These bylaws may be altered, amended, supplemented, repealed or temporarily or permanently suspended, in whole or in part, or new bylaws may be adopted, at any duly constituted meeting of the board of directors (the notice of which meeting either includes mention of the proposed action relative to the bylaws or is waived pursuant to Section 4.04 above) or, alternatively, by unanimous written consent to corporate action without a meeting of the board of directors pursuant to Section 4.11 above. If, however, any such action arises as a matter of necessity at any such meeting and is otherwise proper, no notice thereof will be required.

 

Adopted and Approved by the shareholders of the corporation this 14th day of March, 1996.

 

/s/

Secretary

EX-3.196 182 dex3196.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC Articles of Incorporation of Southwest General Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.196

 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

We, the undersigned, voluntarily associate ourselves to form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of the corporation is: SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE AND INITIAL BUSINESS

 

The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona.

 

The initial business shall be to provide ambulance related account management and collection services.

 

ARTICLE III

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL

 

The corporation shall have the authority to issue one million shares of common stock at one ($ 1.00) dollar par value.

 

Any portion of the capital stock may be issued in payment for real or personal property, rights to or interests in property, services or any thing of value to the corporation. When issued the shares shall be fully paid as if paid in cash at par. In the absence of fraud, the Directors shall be the sole judge of the value of the property, services, right or thing acquired for the shares. The shares of this corporation shall be non-assessable.

 

ARTICLE IV

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

 

Shareholders of the common stock of this corporation shall have preemptive rights as to common stock whenever it is authorized to be issued, including the right of treasury stock, unless they have waived or forfeited their right of preemption.

 

No resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of stock to which preemptive rights shall attach may require such rights to be exercised within less than thirty (30) days.


ARTICLE V

STATUTORY AGENT

 

The initial statutory agent of the corporation is: Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Attorney at law, 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VI

KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS

 

The known place of business of the corporation shall be: 3933 East LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040

 

ARTICLE VII

INCORPORATORS AND INITIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

The name of the persons who shall serve as incorporators and the initial two member Board of Directors until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified are Randall J. Craig, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040; Robert A. L’Ecuyer, 3933 E. LaSalle, Phoenix, Arizona 85040.

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL SURPLUS

 

The Board of Directors of the corporation may distribute a portion of its assets, in cash or in property, to its shareholders on a pro rata basis out of the capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

 

Subject to the by-laws of the corporation, the corporation shall indemnify any person who incurs expenses by reason of the fact he or she is or was an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation. This indemnification shall be mandatory in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE X

REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

The corporation may purchase its own shares to the extent of its unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus.


ARTICLE XI

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

The private property of shareholders, directors and officers of this corporation shall be exempt from the debts and obligations of the corporation to the maximum extent provided by law.

 

Dated and signed this 5th day of April 1994

 

/s/

Randall J. Craig, Incorporator

/s/

Robert A. L’Ecuyer, Incorporator


STATE OF ARIZONA

     )     
       :   

SS.

County of Maricopa

     )     

 

The foregoing Articles of Incorporation of SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC. were signed and acknowledged before me this 5th day of April 1994 by Randall J. Craig and Robert A. L’Ecuyer.

 

/s/

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

My Commission Expires Sept. 26, 1996

 

CONSENT OF STATUTORY AGENT

 

I, Robert A. L’Ecuyer, designated to act as statutory agent, consent to act in that capacity until removal or resignation is submitted as provided by law.

 

/s/

Robert A. L’Ecuyer

EX-3.197 183 dex3197.htm FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC First Amended and Restated Bylaws of Southwest General Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.197

 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

an Arizona corporation

 

Dated as of June 30, 1997


FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

 

The following definitions shall apply to these Bylaws:

 

Section 1.1 Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA. Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA mean Title 10, Chapters 1 through 17, inclusive, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.2 Business Day. Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday in the State of Arizona.

 

Section 1.3 Corporation. Corporation means Southwest General Services, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

Notice

 

Section 2.1 Form. Notice must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Oral notice is not permitted if written notice is required under the BCA.

 

Section 2.2 Method. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.

 

Section 2.3 Shareholder Notices. Written notice to the shareholders, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when mailed, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

Section 2.4 Effective Written Notice. Except as provided in Section 2.3 hereof, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:

 

(a) When received.

 

(b) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

 

(c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.

 

Section 2.5 Effective Oral Notice. When permitted, oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.


ARTICLE III

Office and Agent

 

Section 3.1 Place of Business and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of Arizona both a known place of business that may be the address of its statutory agent, and a statutory agent.

 

Section 3.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE IV

Shares

 

Section 4.1 Subscription for Shares. The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for shares, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A subscription for shares is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed by the person to be charged or the person’s agent.

 

Section 4.2 Consideration. The board of directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation including cash, services performed or other securities of the Corporation, except that neither promissory notes nor future services constitute valid consideration. Before the Corporation issues shares, the board of directors must determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. A certificate shall not be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.

 

Section 4.3 Certificates. Shares may be (but upon authorization by the board of directors need not be) represented by certificates. Unless the BCA or another Arizona statute expressly provides otherwise, the rights and obligations of the shareholders are identical whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

 

Section 4.4 Execution of Certificates. Each share certificate shall be signed either manually or in facsimile by the president and secretary or such other officer or officers designated by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.5 Shares without Certificates. Every holder of uncertificated shares, on request to the Corporation, is entitled to receive a certificate that complies with the requirements in the BCA. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of all of the information required by the BCA to appear on certificates.

 

Section 4.6 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by the registered owner’s agent, shall be made on the books of the Corporation on surrender of the share certificate(s), if any, properly endorsed.


Section 4.7 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any share certificate(s) of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the share certificate(s) therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new share certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the share certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated share certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the share certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 4.8 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all share certificates to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE V

Distributions to Shareholders

 

Section 5.1 Authorization. The board of directors may authorize and the Corporation may make distributions to the shareholders subject to restriction by the articles of incorporation and the BCA.

 

Section 5.2 Record Date. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares, it is the date the board of directors authorizes the distribution.

 

ARTICLE VI

Shareholders

 

Section 6.1 Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April, commencing in 1998, at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(b) At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 6.2 Special Meetings.

 

(a) The Corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders on the call of (i) the board of directors, (ii) the president, (iii) the holders of not fewer than twenty percent (20%) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or (iv) such other person or persons authorized in these Bylaws, the BCA or any other Arizona statute.


(b) The person or persons calling for a special shareholders’ meeting shall deliver a demand for a special shareholders’ meeting to the Corporation’s secretary. Within thirty (30) days after the date the demand for a special shareholders’ meeting is delivered to the Corporation’s secretary, the Corporation shall determine the date, time and place of the special shareholders’ meeting and shall give notice of the special shareholders’ meeting in accordance with these Bylaws. Special shareholders’ meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(c) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by Section 6.4 hereof may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 6.3 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted by the BCA to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent.

 

(c) Unless otherwise specified in the consent or consents, the action is effective on the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents. Any shareholder may revoke its consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 6.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) The Corporation shall notify the shareholders of the date, time and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date.

 

(b) Unless the BCA requires otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(c) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to the shareholders.

 

(d) If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 6.5 hereof, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.


(e) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 6.5 Record Date.

 

(a) The board of directors of the Corporation may fix a future date as the record date. A record date fixed under this Section may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. If not otherwise fixed in accordance with this Section, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

Section 6.6 Participation in Shareholders’ Meeting. The board of directors may permit any or all shareholders to participate in an annual or special shareholders’ meeting by or conduct the meeting through use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. If the board of directors in its sole discretion elects to permit participation by such means of communication, the notice of the meeting shall specify how a shareholder may participate in the meeting by such means of communication. The participation may be limited by the board of directors in its sole discretion to specified locations or means of communications. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 6.7 Voting Lists.

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of the shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office, the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent if specified in the meeting notice or at another place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, its agent or its


attorney on written demand may inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 10-1602 of the BCA, may copy the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

 

(c) The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, its agent or its attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

(d) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 6.8 Voting.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or any Arizona statute, each outstanding share is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

 

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned directly or indirectly by another corporation, domestic or foreign, and the Corporation owns directly or indirectly a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the other corporation. The foregoing sentence does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) Redeemable shares are not deemed to be outstanding and are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and an amount sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with any bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the certificates representing the shares, in the case of certificated shares.

 

Section 6.9 Proxies.

 

(a) A shareholder may vote its shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for it by signing an appointment form, either personally or by its attorney-in-fact.

 

(b) An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven (11) months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest.

 

Section 6.10 Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the BCA, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.


(b) Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

 

(c) If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the BCA requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

 

(d) A majority of the votes then present and entitled to be cast is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another date, time and place.

 

Section 6.11 Voting for Directors. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. At each election for directors, the shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes by multiplying the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and casting the product for a single candidate or distributing the product among two or more candidates.

 

Section 6.12 Presiding Officer. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then by the chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the president, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy, in that order. The person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then the secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

Board of Directors

 

Section 7.1 Powers. The Corporation shall have a board of directors. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in an agreement authorized under Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 7.2 Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.3 Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.


Section 7.4 Resignations. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairman, or the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. The acceptance of a resignation is not necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 7.5 Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

Section 7.6 Vacancies.

 

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders may fill the vacancy or the board of directors may fill the vacancy. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the directors remaining in office.

 

(b) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

(c) If at any time by reason of death or resignation or other cause the Corporation has no directors in office, any officer or any shareholder may call a special meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7.7 Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(b) The board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

(c) Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting, in that order. The presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

(d) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.


(e) Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or two or more of the directors.

 

Section 7.8 Action by Directors Without Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted to be taken at a directors’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) Action taken under this Section is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Any director may revoke a consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date the last director signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 7.9 Notice. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. Special meetings of board of directors shall be preceded by at least two (2) days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

 

Section 7.10 Waiver of Notice. A director may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as in the case of attendance at or participation in a meeting, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to that director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7.11 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) A quorum of board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

 

(b) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless either (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting, (ii) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next Business Day after the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.


Section 7.12 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may create one or more committees and may appoint members of the board of directors to serve on them. Each committee shall have one (1) or more members, and each member of a committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by a majority of all of the directors in office when the action is taken. The board of directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.12, each committee may exercise the authority of the board of directors to the extent specified by the board of directors.

 

(c) A committee shall not take any of the following actions:

 

(i) Authorize distributions;

 

(ii) Approve or submit to shareholders any action that requires shareholder approval;

 

(iii) Fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;

 

(iv) Amend the articles of incorporation;

 

(v) Adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws;

 

(vi) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(vii) Authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors;

 

(viii) Authorize or approve the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares, except that the board of directors may authorize a committee or an executive officer of the Corporation to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the board of directors; or

 

(ix) Fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors.

 

(d) Sections 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 shall apply to committees and their members.

 

Section 7.13 Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for, and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be approved from time to time by the board of directors. Any director or


member of any committee of the board of directors receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 7.14 General Standards for Directors. A director’s duties, including duties as a member of a committee, shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Officers

 

Section 8.1 Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.2 Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 8.3 Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

Section 8.4 Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.5 The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and shall be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.

 

Section 8.6 The President. The board of directors shall appoint a president. The president shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president may sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other proper instruments, except in cases where the board of directors or these Bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation.


Section 8.7 The Vice Presidents. The board of directors may appoint a vice president or vice presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president (individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department) and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.8 The Secretary. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the secretary shall (a) to the extent possible attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (b) to the extent possible, record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (c) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (d) authenticate records of the Corporation, and, in general, (e) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.9 The Treasurer. The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the treasurer shall (a) have or provide for the custody of the funds and other property of the Corporation and keep accurate records thereof, (b) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (c) whenever so requested by the board of directors, render an accounting showing the transactions accounted for as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, (d) perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.10 Other Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 8.11 Resignations. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. If a resignation is made effective at a later date or event and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

 

Section 8.12 Removal. The board of directors may remove an officer at any time with or without cause. An officer’s removal does not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.

 

Section 8.13 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 8.14 Compensation. The compensation of the officers appointed by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as


may be designated by resolution of the board of directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.1 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these Bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 9.2 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any person to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument for or on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 9.3 Financial Statements.

 

(a) The Corporation shall furnish to its shareholders annual financial statements that may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, and that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements shall also be prepared on that basis. If the annual financial statements are reported on by a certified public accountant, that report must accompany them. If the annual financial statements are not reported on by a certified public accountant, the financial statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(i) Stating that person’s reasonable belief whether such financial statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(ii) Describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.

 

The Corporation shall mail the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year. On written request from a shareholder the Corporation shall mail that shareholder the latest annual financial statements.

 

Section 9.4 Corporate Records.

 

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the Corporation.


(b) The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

 

(c) The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders and in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.

 

(d) The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

 

(e) The Corporation shall keep a copy of all of the following records at its known place of business:

 

(i) The articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(ii) These Bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to the currently in effect;

 

(iii) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

 

(iv) The minutes of all shareholders’ meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three (3) years;

 

(v) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years, including financial statements furnished for the past three (3) years under Section 9.3 above;

 

(vi) A list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current directors and officers;

 

(vii) The most recent annual report delivered to the Arizona Corporation Commission; and

 

(viii) Any agreement among shareholders pursuant to Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 9.5 Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other entities in which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.


Section 9.6 Amendment of Bylaws.

 

(a) The Corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws unless either (i) the BCA reserves this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part, or (ii) the shareholders in amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.

 

(b) The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation as of the 30th day of June, 1997.

 

/s/ Steven M. Lee, Secretary

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


BY-LAWS

OF

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

Table of Contents

 

SECTION


        PAGE

I

  

CORPORATE OFFICES AND PURPOSES

   1

    1.01

  

    Principal Office

   1

    1.02

  

    Other Offices

   1

    1.03

  

    Purpose

   1

II

  

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

   1

    2.01

  

    Place of Meeting

   1

    2.02

  

    Annual Meeting

   1

    2.03

  

    Fixing Record Date

   1

    2.04

  

    Notice of Annual Meeting

   1

    2.05

  

    Failure to Call Annual Meeting

   2

    2.06

  

    Quorum

   2

    2.07

  

    Voting by Proxy

   2

    2.08

  

    Cumulative Voting

   2

    2.09

  

    Voting by Ballot

   2

    2.10

  

    Unpaid Installments

   2

    2.11

  

    Evidence of Right to Vote

   2

    2.12

  

    Judges of Election

   2

    2.13

  

    Special Meeting of Shareholders

   3

    2.14

  

    Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders

   3

    2.15

  

    Limitation of Business at Special Meeting

   3

    2.16

  

    Order of Business

   3

III

  

DIRECTORS

   3

    3.01

  

    Number and Qualifications

   3

    3.02

  

    Election and Term

   3

    3.03

  

    General Powers and Authority

   3

    3.04

  

    Place of Meetings

   4

    3.05

  

    Meeting of Newly Elected Board

   4

    3.06

  

    Regular Meeting of Board

   4

    3.07

  

    Special Meeting of Board

   4

    3.08

  

    Quorum and Voting

   4

    3.09

  

    Compensation and Expenses of Directors

   4

    3.10

  

    Order of Business

   4

    3.11

  

    Removal of Directors

   4

    3.12

  

    Resignation of Directors

   4


SECTION


        PAGE

IV

  

OFFICERS

   4

    4.01

  

    Titles and Qualifications

   4

    4.02

  

    Compensation

   5

    4.03

  

    Term and Removal from Office

   5

    4.04

  

    Powers and Duties of Chairman and President

   5

    4.05

  

    Powers and Duties of Vice President

   5

    4.06

  

    Powers and Duties of Secretary

   5

    4.07

  

    Powers and Duties of Treasurer

   5

V

  

VACANCIES

   5

    5.01

  

    Office of an Officer

   5

    5.02

  

    Board of Directors

   6

VI

  

CORPORATE DIRECTORS

   6

    6.01

  

    Location

   6

    6.02

  

    Examination by Shareholders

   6

VII

  

CAPITAL STOCK

   6

    7.01

  

    Share Certificates

   6

    7.02

  

    Lost or Destroyed Certificates

   6

    7.03

  

    Ownership and Transfer of Shares

   6

    7.04

  

    Restriction on Transfer of Stock

   6

    7.05

  

    Endorsement of Stock Certificates

   7

    7.06

  

    Dividends

   7

VIII

  

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   7

    8.01

  

    Signing of Checks, Drafts and Notes

   7

    8.02

  

    Fiscal Year

   7

    8.03

  

    Form and Service of Written Notice

   7

    8.04

  

    Waiver of Notice

   7

IX

  

SEAL

   8

X

  

AMENDMENTS

   8
    

SIGNATURES

    


BY-LAWS

OF

SOUTHWEST GENERAL SERVICES, INC.

 

I CORPORATE OFFICE AND PURPOSES

 

1.01 Principal Office: The principal office of the corporation shall be at Phoenix, Arizona.

 

1.02 Other Offices: The corporation may change the principal office within the State of Arizona and may also have offices at other places within or without the state as the Board of Director (Board) may determine.

 

1.03 Purpose: The primary purpose of this corporation shall be to provide services and products related to medicine, including account management and collection to individuals and organizations. All actions of the corporation shall be through its authorized representatives.

 

II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

2.01 Place of Meetings: Meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation or at any other place within the state as the Board may select, provided notice or a waiver of notice of a meeting which calls for a place other than the principal office shall designate the place of the meeting.

 

2.02 Annual Meeting: The annual meeting of shareholders shall be on the second Saturday of December annually at a time determined by the Board for the election of Directors and the transaction of any other proper business.

 

2.03 Fixing of Record Date: To determine shareholders entitled to notice or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or at any adjourned meetings of shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or to determine shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board may in advance fix a date of record. The record date may not be more than seventy (70) days and not less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting or action. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date is fixed the record date shall be four o’clock in the afternoon on the day before the notice of meeting is mailed. If notice is waived for a shareholder meeting, the record date is set for the commencement of the meeting.

 

When a determination of a shareholder entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provide in the section that determination shall apply to any adjournments of that meeting.

 

2.04 Notice of Annual Meeting: Written notice of the annual meeting shall be delivered by the Secretary or any other officer to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address for the shareholder which appears on the corporate books not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before the meeting date.

 

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2.05 Failure to Call Annual Meeting: If the annual meeting is not called and held within six (6) months after the designated time any shareholder may call the meeting by notice as provided in Section 2.04 above.

 

2.06 Quorum: The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum of the shareholders at all meetings for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation (Articles), or by these By-Laws.

 

If a quorum is not present or represented by proxy those present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting at any time without notice, other than an announcement of the meeting, until a quorum of shares is present.

 

In any meeting called for the election of Directors, those who attend a second adjourned meeting although less than a quorum shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for election of Directors provided not less than one third (1/3) of the shares entitled to vote must be present.

 

2.07 Votes by Proxy: At each meeting of the shareholders each shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by the shareholder (s) and delivered to the Secretary at the meeting.

 

An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after six (6) months from the date of its execution unless a longer time is expressed in the proxy. In no event shall a proxy unless coupled with an interest be voted after one (1) year from the date of its execution.

 

2.08 Cumulative Voting: In all elections for Directors cumulative voting shall be allowed.

 

2.09 Voting by Ballot: At any election of Directors on demand by a shareholder before the voting begins the election shall be by ballot.

 

2.10 Unpaid Installments: No share shall be voted at any meeting if any installment owing on it is due and unpaid.

 

2.11 Evidence of Right to Vote: The original share ledger or transfer book or a duplicate kept in this state is primae facie evidence of the right of the person named to vote the shares listed in that name.

 

2.12 Judges of Election: In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at the meeting or any adjournment.

 

If judges of election are not appointed, the Chair of the meeting may, and on request of a shareholder shall at the meeting, appoint judges.

 

The number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3). If appointed at a meeting at the request of a shareholder or proxies of the majority of shares present shall determine whether the number of judges shall be one (1) or three (3).

 

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On request of the Chair of the meeting, any shareholder or proxy, the judges shall report in writing any challenge or question determined by them and execute a certification of any fact found. No person who is a candidate for office shall be a judge.

 

2.13 Special Meeting of Shareholders: Special meetings of shareholders maybe called at any time by the President, the Board or the holders of not fewer than one tenth (1/10) of all shares outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

2.14 Notice of Special Meetings of Shareholders: On request of any person or persons entitled to call of special meeting, the Secretary, or on failure of the Secretary, the person entitled to call the special meeting shall mail a written notice of the meeting postage prepaid to each shareholder entitled to vote at the address on the corporate books stating the time, place and general subject of the meeting.

 

Notice shall be mailed not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting, unless otherwise required by law.

 

2.15 Limitation of Business at a Special Meeting: Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the subjects stated in the notice or waiver of notice and matters which are germane to those subjects.

 

2.16 Order of Business: The order of business shall be as follows to the extent the Chair of the meeting deems necessary.

 

a. Roll call;

 

b. Proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice;

 

c. Reading of minutes of preceding meeting;

 

d. Reports of Officers;

 

e. Reports of Committees;

 

f. Election of Directors;

 

g. Old business;

 

h. New business;

 

i. Valuation of stock for redemption purposes.

 

III DIRECTORS

 

3.01 Number and Qualifications: The business of this corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of not less than two (2) nor more than seven (7) Directors.

 

3.02 Election and Term: Directors shall be elected by the shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders. Each Director shall be elected for the term of one (1) year or until a successor is elected and qualifies.

 

3.03 General Power and Authority: In addition to the power and authority expressly conferred on them by the Articles and Bylaws, the Board may exercise all powers which are not required by law to be done by the shareholders.

 

3


3.04 Place of Meetings: Meetings of the Board may be held at any place within the State of Arizona as a majority of the Board may designate or as designated in the notice of meeting or the waiver of notice.

 

3.05 Meeting of Newly Elected Board: Each newly elected Board may meet at anyplace and time fixed by the shareholders at the meeting at which the Directors are elected. No notice shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors to legally convene the meeting, or they may meet at the time and place fixed by written consent of all Directors.

 

3.06 Regular Meetings of the Board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at the place and time determined by the Board.

 

3.07 Special Meetings of the Board. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman, President, Secretary or any two (2) Directors on a less than five (5) day notice to each Director personally, by mail or by telephone.

 

3.08 Quorum and Voting: A majority of the Directors in office is a quorum to conduct business. If a quorum is present, a majority of the Directors present has the power to act.

 

3.09 Compensation and Expenses of Directors: Directors shall receive no salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board a fixed sum and the expenses of attendance may be allowed for each regular or special meeting attended.

 

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a Director from being compensated for serving the corporation in any other capacity.

 

3.10 Order of Business: The order of business of all Board meetings shall be as follows as deemed necessary by the Chair of the meeting:

 

a. Roll call;

 

b. Reading the minutes of the preceding meeting;

 

c. Reports of Officers;

 

d. Reports of Committees;

 

e. Selection of Officers;

 

f. Old business;

 

g. New business.

 

3.11 Removal of Directors. Any or all Directors may be removed for cause by vote of the shareholders or by the Board. Directors may be removed without cause only by the shareholders.

 

3.12 Resignation of Directors: Directors may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, President or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified in the notice the resignation shall take effect on receipt by the addressee. Acceptance is not necessary for the resignation to be effective.

 

IV OFFICERS

 

4.01 Titles and Qualifications: The Board shall elect the executive officers: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

 

4


The Board may also choose other officers, prescribe their duties and set their terms. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person except President and Secretary.

 

4.02 Compensation: The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board. No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary because of membership on the Board.

 

4.03 Term and Removal from Office: The Officers shall hold office for one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified. Any officer elected appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board at its discretion.

 

4.04 Powers and Duties of the Chairman: The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board and shall manage the business of the corporation and administer its affairs. The Chairman shall be responsible for executing all orders and resolutions of the Board. Provided: the Board may delegate any specific powers, unless limited by law, to any other officer or officers.

 

4.04a Powers and Duties of the President: The President shall be the Vice Chairman of the Board. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments in writing requiring a seal. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

 

4.05 Powers and Duties of Vice President: The Vice President shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the President in the event of a vacancy, absence or disability of the President. The Vice President shall perform other duties as directed by the Board.

 

4.06 Powers and Duties of Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the shareholders’ and Directors’ meetings in the book provided for that purpose. The Secretary shall be responsible for all notices required by these By-Laws and shall be the custodian of the corporate records and the seal of the corporation.

 

The Secretary shall keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder as furnished to the corporation and have custody of the stock transfer book and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary as assigned by the President and the Board.

 

4.07 Powers and Duties of the Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities. If required by the Board, the Treasurer shall give a bond for faithful discharge of duties in the sum and with sureties as the Board shall determine.

 

The Treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate accounts for the corporation and shall disburse funds as ordered by the Board with proper records. The Treasurer shall render an account of all transactions and the financial condition of the corporation to the President and the Board whenever required.

 

V VACANCIES

 

5.01 Office of an Officer: If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the Board may choose a successor who shall hold the office for the unexpired term.

 

5


5.02 Board of Directors: Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the Board even though that may be less than a quorum. Each person elected shall serve as Director until a successor is selected by the shareholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose.

 

VI CORPORATE RECORDS

 

6.01 Location: At the principal office of the corporation or at the office of the corporate attorney there shall be kept: either an original or duplicate record of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board; the By-Laws; the names and addresses of the shareholders; a record of the numbers of classes of shares held by each shareholder the number and date of the certificates issued for the shares; and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

 

6.02 Examination by Shareholders: Every shareholder shall have a right to examine in person or by his agent or attorney at any reasonable time during regular business hours for any reasonable purpose the share register, books of account, records of the proceedings of the shareholders and the Board, and to make extracts from them.

 

VII CAPITAL STOCK

 

7.01 Share Certificates: The share certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer book of the corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the President and Secretary and may bear the corporate seal.

 

7.02 Lost of Destroyed Certificates: Any person claiming a share certificate is lost or destroyed shall make an affidavit or affirmation of the fact and meet the other requirements set by the Board including an indemnity bond with sufficient surety to protect the corporation or any person injured by the issuance of a new certificate.

 

On completion of the requirements, a new certificate may be issued for the same number of shares as the one alleged lost or destroyed, subject to the approval of the Board.

 

7.03 Ownership and Transfer of Shares: Following the death, insanity, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, expulsion, termination or other legal disqualification of a shareholder, all of the shares of that shareholder shall be transferred to or acquired by persons qualified to own those shares or by the corporation, if approved by the Board.

 

All shares of stock of the corporation, whenever issued, are subject to redemption and acquisition by the corporation or qualified individuals as provided by these By-Laws, according to the terms, conditions, price and payment schedule set by the Board. The corporation shall not purchase its own shares if it is insolvent or the purchase would make it insolvent.

 

7.04 Restrictions on Transfer of Stock: No shareholder shall sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber, in any way, any interest in all or any part of the capital stock of the corporation held by the shareholder without the prior written consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of all shareholders.

 

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If a transfer is made after obtaining consent of all other shareholders, the transferee of the shares shall be subject to all obligations under these By-Laws and shall accept the shares subject to all restrictions, terms, and conditions contained in these By-Laws.

 

7.05 Endorsement of Stock Certificates: All certificates of capital stock issued by the corporation shall be endorsed as follows:

 

“These shares are restricted and may not be sold without first obtaining the written permission of fifty-one (51) percent of the Class A shareholders of this Corporation.”

 

7.06 Dividends: The Board may periodically declare and the corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and on the terms and conditions provided by law.

 

VIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

8.01 Signing of Checks, Drafts and Notes: All checks, drafts, demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers designated by the Board.

 

8.02 Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the corporation shall end the date designated by the Board.

 

8.03 Form and Service of Written Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to that person personally, by sending a copy through the mail or by fax or telegram charges prepaid to the address appearing on the books of the corporation.

 

If the notice is sent by mail, fax or telegram, it shall be deemed to be given to the person entitled to it when deposited in the U.S. Mail or placed for transmission to the person. The notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and for a special meeting, the subject of the meeting.

 

8.04 Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute or by the Articles or By-Laws of this corporation a waiver in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice before or after the time stated shall be deemed the equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

Except for a special meeting the waiver need not state the subject of the meeting.

 

Attendance at a meeting by a person or by a proxy constitutes a waiver of notice of that meeting except to a person may attend a meeting specifically to object to the transaction of business in a meeting alleged not to be lawfully called or convened.

 

No call or notice of a meeting of the Board will be necessary if it is waived by each of the Directors in writing or by attendance. Any meeting when properly called and noticed after a quorum is formed may be adjourned to another time and place by a majority of those in attendance.

 

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IX SEAL

 

9.01 The Board may provide a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have inscribed on it the name of the corporation, the state of incorporation, the year of incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal.”

 

X AMENDMENTS

 

10.01 These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed at any regular or special meeting of shareholders by the affirmative vote of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the shares issued and outstanding, if notice of the proposed change is contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

By-Laws of Southwest General Services, Inc.

 

SIGNED AND APPROVED this 5th day of April 1994.

 

/s/

Secretary

 

APPROVED:

/s/

Chairman

 

8

EX-3.198 184 dex3198.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF SW GENERAL, INC Certificate of Incorporation of SW General, Inc

Exhibit 3.198

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SW GENERAL, INC.

 

SW General, Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-1006 of the Arizona Business Corporation Act.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is SW General, Inc.

 

SECOND: The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended to include Article VII and Article VIII in their entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The personal liability of any director of the Corporation to the Corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action as a director is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

The Corporation shall indemnify, and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as a director of the Corporation. This indemnification with respect to directors shall be mandatory, subject to the requirements of the Business Corporation Act, in all circumstances in which indemnification is permitted by the Business Corporation Act. In addition, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion, indemnify and advance expenses to, to the fullest extent allowed by the Business Corporation Act, any person who incurs liability or expense by reason of such person acting as an officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, except where indemnification is mandatory pursuant to the Business Corporation Act, in which case the Corporation shall indemnify to the fullest extent required by the Business Corporation Act.


THIRD: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by its Sole Shareholder as of June 30, 1997.

 

FOURTH: The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption was 1,000,000; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was 1,000,000.

 

FIFTH: The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock that were voted for and against the amendment, respectively, is as follows:

 

For


 

Against


1,000,000

  None

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these Articles of Amendment this 30th day of June, 1997.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin

/s/

Mark E. Liebner

CONSTITUTING ALL OF THE
DIRECTORS OF SW GENERAL, INC.


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE, INC.

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10-061, Arizona Revised Statutes, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation:

 

FIRST: The name of the corporation before the adoption of the amendment is:

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE, INC.

 

SECOND: The document attached hereto as Exhibit “A” sets forth the amendments the Articles of Incorporation which were adopted by the shareholders of the corporation at their meeting on December 20, 1994 in the manner prescribed by law.

 

THIRD: the number of shares of stock outstanding at the time of such adoption was one million shares; and the number of shares entitled to vote on the amendment was one million.

 

FOURTH: There was only one class or series of shares authorized at the time of the vote.

 

CLASS OR SERIES


 

NUMBER OF SHARES


common

  1,000,000

 

FIFTH: The number of shares entitled to vote thereon which voted for or against such amendment was:

 

CLASS OR SERIES


 

NUMBER FOR


 

NUMBER AGAINST


common

 

940,958.81

  -0-

 

DATED: December 20, 1994

 

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE, INC.

By:

 

/s/

   

Robert E. Ramsey, Jr.

   

President

 

Attest:

/s/

Barry Landon

Secretary

EX-3.199 185 dex3199.htm FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF SW GENERAL, INC First Amended and Restated Bylaws of SW General, Inc

Exhibit 3.199

 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SW GENERAL, INC.

 

an Arizona corporation

 

Dated as of June 30, 1997


FIRST AMENDED & RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

SW GENERAL, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions

 

The following definitions shall apply to these Bylaws:

 

Section 1.1 Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA. Arizona Business Corporation Act and BCA mean Title 10, Chapters 1 through 17, inclusive, of the Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.2 Business Day. Business Day means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other legal holiday in the State of Arizona.

 

Section 1.3 Corporation. Corporation means SW General, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II

Notice

 

Section 2.1 Form. Notice must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Oral notice is not permitted if written notice is required under the BCA.

 

Section 2.2 Method. Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile or other form of wire or wireless communication or by mail or private carrier. If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.

 

Section 2.3 Shareholder Notices. Written notice to the shareholders, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when mailed, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the shareholder’s address shown in the Corporation’s current record of shareholders.

 

Section 2.4 Effective Written Notice. Except as provided in Section 2.3 hereof, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:

 

(a) When received.

 

(b) Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.

 

(c) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and if the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.


Section 2.5 Effective Oral Notice. When permitted, oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.

 

ARTICLE III

Office and Agent

 

Section 3.1 Place of Business and Agent. The Corporation shall continuously maintain in the State of Arizona both a known place of business that may be the address of its statutory agent, and a statutory agent.

 

Section 3.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within or without the State of Arizona.

 

ARTICLE IV

Shares

 

Section 4.1 Subscription for Shares. The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for shares, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A subscription for shares is not enforceable unless it is in writing and signed by the person to be charged or the person’s agent.

 

Section 4.2 Consideration. The board of directors may authorize shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation including cash, services performed or other securities of the Corporation, except that neither promissory notes nor future services constitute valid consideration. Before the Corporation issues shares, the board of directors must determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to be issued is adequate. A certificate shall not be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.

 

Section 4.3 Certificates. Shares may be (but upon authorization by the board of directors need not be) represented by certificates. Unless the BCA or another Arizona statute expressly provides otherwise, the rights and obligations of the shareholders are identical whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

 

Section 4.4 Execution of Certificates. Each share certificate shall be signed either manually or in facsimile by the president and secretary or such other officer or officers designated by the board of directors.

 

Section 4.5 Shares without Certificates. Every holder of uncertificated shares, on request to the Corporation, is entitled to receive a certificate that complies with the requirements in the BCA. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of all of the information required by the BCA to appear on certificates.

 

Section 4.6 Transfers. Transfers of shares of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by the registered owner’s agent, shall be made on the books of the Corporation on surrender of the share certificate(s), if any, properly endorsed.


Section 4.7 Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any share certificate(s) of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the share certificate(s) therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new share certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder in case of mutilation of the share certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated share certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the share certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as the board of directors may direct.

 

Section 4.8 Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all share certificates to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

ARTICLE V

Distributions to Shareholders

 

Section 5.1 Authorization. The board of directors may authorize and the Corporation may make distributions to the shareholders subject to restriction by the BCA.

 

Section 5.2 Record Date. If the board of directors does not fix the record date for determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporation’s shares, it is the date the board of directors authorizes the distribution.

 

ARTICLE VI

Shareholders

 

Section 6.1 Annual Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may determine the date, time and place of the annual meetings of the shareholders. The annual meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona. If no such date, time and place is fixed by the board of directors, the annual meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first day of April of each calendar year at 10:00 a.m. at the Corporation’s known place of business. If that day is not a Business Day, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

(b) At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote shall elect such directors and transact such business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 6.2 Special Meetings.

 

(a) The Corporation shall hold a special meeting of shareholders on the call of (i) the board of directors, (ii) the president, (iii) the holders of not fewer than twenty percent (20%) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, or (iv) such other person or persons authorized in these Bylaws, the BCA or any other Arizona statute.


(b) The person or persons calling for a special shareholders’ meeting shall deliver a demand for a special shareholders’ meeting to the Corporation’s secretary. Within thirty (30) days after the date the demand for a special shareholders’ meeting is delivered to the Corporation’s secretary, the Corporation shall determine the date, time and place of the special shareholders’ meeting and shall give notice of the special shareholders’ meeting in accordance with these Bylaws. Special shareholders’ meetings may be held in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(c) Only business within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice required by Section 6.4 hereof may be conducted at a special shareholders’ meeting.

 

Section 6.3 Consent of Shareholders in Lieu of Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted by the BCA to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the action and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first shareholder signs the consent.

 

(c) Unless otherwise specified in the consent or consents, the action is effective on the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents. Any shareholder may revoke its consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date that the last shareholder signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 6.4 Notice and Purpose of Meetings, Waiver.

 

(a) The Corporation shall notify the shareholders of the date, time and place of each annual and special shareholders’ meeting at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days before the meeting date.

 

(b) Unless the BCA requires otherwise, notice of an annual meeting need not include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of a special meeting shall include a description of the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

(c) If not otherwise fixed in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof or by the BCA, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to the shareholders.

 

(d) If an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. However, if a new record date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed under Section 6.5 hereof, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date.


(e) A shareholder may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting (i) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (ii) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

 

Section 6.5 Record Date.

 

(a) The board of directors of the Corporation may fix a future date as the record date. A record date fixed under this Section may not be more than seventy (70) days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. If not otherwise fixed in accordance with this Section, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at an annual or special shareholders’ meeting is the day before the effective date of the first notice to shareholders.

 

(b) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders’ meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

Section 6.6 Participation in Shareholders’ Meeting. The board of directors may permit any or all shareholders to participate in an annual or special shareholders’ meeting by or conduct the meeting through use of any means of communication by which all shareholders participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. If the board of directors in its sole discretion elects to permit participation by such means of communication, the notice of the meeting shall specify how a shareholder may participate in the meeting by such means of communication. The participation may be limited by the board of directors in its sole discretion to specified locations or means of communications. A shareholder participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

Section 6.7 Voting Lists.

 

(a) After fixing a record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all of the shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.

 

(b) The shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning two (2) business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office, the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent if specified in the meeting notice or at another place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, its agent or its


attorney on written demand may inspect and, subject to the requirements of Section 10-1602 of the BCA, may copy the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.

 

(c) The Corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting, and any shareholder, its agent or its attorney may inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

 

(d) Refusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 6.8 Voting.

 

(a) Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or any Arizona statute, each outstanding share is entitled to one (1) vote on each matter voted on at a shareholders’ meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote.

 

(b) Absent special circumstances, the shares of the Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned directly or indirectly by another corporation, domestic or foreign, and the Corporation owns directly or indirectly a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors of the other corporation. The foregoing sentence does not limit the power of the Corporation to vote any shares, including its own shares, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

(c) Redeemable shares are not deemed to be outstanding and are not entitled to vote after notice of redemption is mailed to the holders and an amount sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited with any bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay the holders the redemption price on surrender of the certificates representing the shares, in the case of certificated shares.

 

Section 6.9 Proxies.

 

(a) A shareholder may vote its shares in person or by proxy. A shareholder may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for it by signing an appointment form, either personally or by its attorney-in-fact.

 

(b) An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. An appointment is valid for eleven (11) months unless a different period is expressly provided in the appointment form. An appointment of a proxy is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest.

 

Section 6.10 Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment.

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the BCA, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter constitutes a quorum for action on that matter.


(b) Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is deemed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

 

(c) If a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the BCA requires a greater number of affirmative votes.

 

(d) A majority of the votes then present and entitled to be cast is sufficient in all cases to adjourn a meeting to another date, time and place.

 

Section 6.11 Voting for Directors. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. At each election for directors, the shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes by multiplying the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and casting the product for a single candidate or distributing the product among two or more candidates.

 

Section 6.12 Presiding Officer. Meetings of the shareholders shall be presided over by the person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then by the chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board of directors, if there is one, or by the president, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting who are present in person or by proxy, in that order. The person selected by the board of directors, or if the board of directors does not select such a person then the secretary of the Corporation, or, in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the secretary nor an assistant secretary is present, the presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

ARTICLE VII

Board of Directors

 

Section 7.1 Powers. The Corporation shall have a board of directors. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in an agreement authorized under Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 7.2 Number and Qualification. The board of directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15), as may be determined from time to time by the shareholders or the board of directors. All directors of the Corporation shall be natural persons of at least eighteen (18) years of age, and need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.3 Terms. The terms of all directors expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting following their election. A decrease in the number of directors does not shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of a director elected to fill a vacancy expires at the next shareholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. Despite the expiration of a director’s term, a director shall continue to hold office until the director’s successor is elected and qualifies, until the director’s resignation or removal or (subject to the second sentence of this Section) until there is a decrease in the number of directors.


Section 7.4 Resignations. A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairman, or the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. The acceptance of a resignation is not necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 7.5 Removal. The shareholders may remove one or more directors with or without cause. If less than the entire board of directors is to be removed, a director shall not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director’s removal. A director may be removed by the shareholders only at a meeting, and the meeting notice shall state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.

 

Section 7.6 Vacancies.

 

(a) If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, either the shareholders may fill the vacancy or the board of directors may fill the vacancy. If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the directors remaining in office.

 

(b) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date by reason of a resignation effective at a later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs.

 

(c) If at any time by reason of death or resignation or other cause the Corporation has no directors in office, any officer or any shareholder may call a special meeting of shareholders.

 

Section 7.7 Meetings.

 

(a) The board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of the State of Arizona.

 

(b) The board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by or conduct the meeting through the use of any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

 

(c) Meetings of the board of directors shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if there is one, or by the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, or by a chairman to be chosen by a majority of the board of directors at the meeting, in that order. The presiding officer shall choose any person present to act as recording secretary of the meeting.

 

(d) Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.


(e) Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman of the board, the president or two or more of the directors.

 

Section 7.8 Action by Directors Without Meeting.

 

(a) Action required or permitted to be taken at a directors’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all of the directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each director and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. A consent signed under this Section has the effect of a meeting vote.

 

(b) Action taken under this Section is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. Any director may revoke a consent by delivering a signed revocation of the consent to the president or secretary before the date the last director signs the consent or consents.

 

Section 7.9 Notice. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice of the date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. Special meetings of board of directors shall be preceded by at least two (2) days’ notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose of the special meeting.

 

Section 7.10 Waiver of Notice. A director may waive any notice required by the BCA or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as in the case of attendance at or participation in a meeting, the waiver shall be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice and filed with the minutes or corporate records. A director’s attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to that director of the meeting unless the director at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

Section 7.11 Quorum and Voting.

 

(a) A quorum of board of directors consists of a majority of the number of directors prescribed, or if no number is prescribed, the number in office immediately before the meeting begins. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of a majority of directors present is the act of the board of directors unless these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of directors.

 

(b) A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors when corporate action is taken is deemed to have assented to the action taken unless either (i) the director objects at the beginning of the meeting or promptly on the director’s arrival to holding it or transacting business at the meeting, (ii) the director’s dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting, or (iii) the director delivers written notice of the director’s dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the Corporation before 5:00 p.m. on the next Business Day after the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.


Section 7.12 Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may create one or more committees and may appoint members of the board of directors to serve on them. Each committee shall have one (1) or more members, and each member of a committee shall serve at the pleasure of the board of directors. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it shall be approved by a majority of all of the directors in office when the action is taken. The board of directors may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section 7.12, each committee may exercise the authority of the board of directors to the extent specified by the board of directors.

 

(c) A committee shall not take any of the following actions:

 

(i) Authorize distributions;

 

(ii) Approve or submit to shareholders any action that requires shareholder approval;

 

(iii) Fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;

 

(iv) Amend the articles of incorporation;

 

(v) Adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws;

 

(vi) Approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval;

 

(vii) Authorize or approve reacquisition of shares, except according to a formula or method prescribed by the board of directors;

 

(viii) Authorize or approve the issuance, sale or contract for sale of shares except that the board of directors may authorize a committee or an executive officer of the Corporation to do so within limits specifically prescribed by the board of directors; or

 

(ix) Fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board of directors or any committee of the board of directors.

 

(d) Sections 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10 and 7.11 shall apply to committees and their members.

 

Section 7.13 Compensation. Directors, and members of any committee of the board of directors, shall be entitled to such reasonable compensation for, and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with, their services as directors and members of any such committee as may be approved from time to time by the board of directors. Any director or


member of any committee of the board of directors receiving compensation under these provisions shall not be barred from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation for such other services.

 

Section 7.14 General Standards for Directors. A director’s duties, including duties as a member of a committee, shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Officers

 

Section 8.1 Number, Qualifications and Designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the board of directors. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the Corporation. Officers may, but need not, be directors or shareholders of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.2 Term. An officer shall hold office until that officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of such officer’s death, resignation or removal. The appointment of an officer does not itself create contract rights.

 

Section 8.3 Duties of Officers. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the board of directors or by direction of an officer authorized by the board of directors to prescribe the duties of other officers.

 

Section 8.4 Standards of Conduct for Officers. An officer’s duties shall be discharged (a) in good faith, (b) with the care an ordinary prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 8.5 The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board. The board of directors may appoint a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, or in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall perform such duties as may be assigned in these Bylaws and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board must be directors, and be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically determines otherwise at the time of appointment.

 

Section 8.6 The President. The board of directors shall appoint a president. The president shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incident to the office of president, subject to the control of the board of directors. The president may sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the Corporation, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other proper instruments, except in cases where the board of directors or these Bylaws delegate to, or authorize the signing and execution thereof by, some other officer or agent of the Corporation.


Section 8.7 The Vice Presidents. The board of directors may appoint a vice president or vice presidents. Vice presidents shall perform all duties incident to the office of vice president (individuals who are appointed vice president of a certain area or department, such as vice president of marketing, shall perform only those duties incident to such area or department) and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.8 The Secretary. The board of directors shall appoint a secretary. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the secretary shall (a) to the extent possible attend all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, (b) to the extent possible, record all the votes of the shareholders and the directors and prepare the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders, the board of directors and committees of the board of directors in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, (c) see that notices are given and records and reports are properly kept and filed by the Corporation as required by law, (d) authenticate records of the Corporation, and, in general, (e) perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.9 The Treasurer. The board of directors shall appoint a treasurer. Unless the board of directors or president determines otherwise, the treasurer shall (a) have or provide for the custody of the funds and other property of the Corporation and keep accurate records thereof, (b) collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of monies earned by or in any manner due to or received by the Corporation, (c) whenever so requested by the board of directors, render an accounting showing the transactions accounted for as treasurer and the financial condition of the Corporation, and, in general, (d) perform all duties incident to the office of treasurer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors or the president.

 

Section 8.10 Other Officers. The board of directors may appoint such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 8.11 Resignations. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date or event. If a resignation is made effective at a later date or event and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the board of directors may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board of directors provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date. An officer’s resignation does not affect the Corporation’s contract rights, if any, with the officer.

 

Section 8.12 Removal. The board of directors may remove an officer at any time with or without cause. An officer’s removal does not affect the officer’s contract rights, if any, with the Corporation.

 

Section 8.13 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 8.14 Compensation. The compensation of the officers appointed by the board of directors may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as


may be designated by resolution of the board of directors. No officer shall be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.1 Corporate Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal in the form approved by the board of directors. Nothing in these Bylaws shall require the impression of a corporate seal to establish the validity of any document executed on behalf of the Corporation.

 

Section 9.2 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any person to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument for or on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 9.3 Financial Statements.

 

(a) The Corporation shall furnish to its shareholders annual financial statements that may be consolidated or combined statements of the Corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries, as appropriate, and that include a balance sheet as of the end of the fiscal year, an income statement for that year and a statement of changes in shareholders’ equity for the year unless that information appears elsewhere in the financial statements. If financial statements are prepared for the Corporation on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles, the annual financial statements shall also be prepared on that basis. If the annual financial statements are reported on by a certified public accountant, that report must accompany them. If the annual financial statements are not reported on by a certified public accountant, the financial statements shall be accompanied by a statement of the president or the person responsible for the Corporation’s accounting records:

 

(i) Stating that person’s reasonable belief whether such financial statements were prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of preparation; and

 

(ii) Describing any respects in which the statements were not prepared on a basis of accounting consistent with the statements prepared for the preceding year.

 

The Corporation shall mail the annual financial statements to each shareholder within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year. On written request from a shareholder the Corporation shall mail that shareholder the latest annual financial statements.

 

Section 9.4 Corporate Records.

 

(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the Corporation.


(b) The Corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

 

(c) The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders and in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.

 

(d) The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

 

(e) The Corporation shall keep a copy of all of the following records at its known place of business:

 

(i) The articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(ii) These Bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;

 

(iii) Resolutions adopted by the board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;

 

(iv) The minutes of all shareholders’ meetings and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting for the past three (3) years;

 

(v) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three (3) years, including financial statements furnished for the past three (3) years under Section 9.3 above;

 

(vi) A list of the names and business addresses of the Corporation’s current directors and officers;

 

(vii) The most recent annual report delivered to the Arizona Corporation Commission; and

 

(viii) Any agreement among shareholders pursuant to Section 10-732 of the BCA.

 

Section 9.5 Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, the president shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of security holders of other entities in which the Corporation may hold securities. At such meeting the president shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities which the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if it had been present. The board of directors from time to time may confer similar powers upon any other person or persons.


Section 9.6 Amendment of Bylaws.

 

(a) The Corporation’s board of directors may amend or repeal these Bylaws unless either (i) the BCA reserves this power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part, or (ii) the shareholders in amending or repealing a particular bylaw provide expressly that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.

 

(b) The Corporation’s shareholders may amend or repeal these Bylaws even though these Bylaws may also be amended or repealed by the board of directors.

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were duly adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation as of the 30th day of June, 1997.

 

/s/

Steven M. Lee, Secretary


BYLAWS

OF

SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1. Principal Offices. The principal office of the corporation in the State of Arizona shall be located in the City of Phoenix, the County of Maricopa.

 

Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation may maintain other offices, either within or without the State of Arizona, as determined by the board of directors, whereat all business of the corporation may be transacted.

 

Section 3. Known Place of Business. The known place of business of the corporation, as required by A.R.S. § 10-012 to be maintained in the State of Arizona, may be, but need not be, identical with the office of its statutory agent in the State of Arizona. The address of the known place of business may be changed from time to time by the board of directors in accordance with A.R.S. § 10-013.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Shareholders

 

Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meetings of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held at Phoenix, Arizona on the first Tuesday in the month of November in each year, commencing with the year 1982, or at such other time on such other day within such month as shall be fixed by the board of directors, for the purpose of electing a board of directors for the ensuing year and for the transacting of such other business properly coming before said meeting. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein for any annual meeting of the shareholders, or at any adjournment thereof, the board of directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the shareholders as soon thereafter as conveniently possible.

 

Section 2. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the president or by a majority of the board of directors, and shall be called by the president at the request in writing of the holders of not fewer than one-tenth (1/10) of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

 

Section 3. Place of Meetings. The board of directors may designate any place, either within or without the State of Arizona, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting. A waiver of notice signed by all shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting may designate any place, either within or without the State of Arizona, as the place for the holding of such a meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the known place of business of the corporation in the State of Arizona.


Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, be delivered not less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by an officer of the corporation at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when mailed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the corporation.

 

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the 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 five (5) days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 5. Fixing Date for Determination of Shareholders of Record. In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors of the corporation may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to any other action.

 

A determination of the shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment or adjournments of the meeting held within five (5) days of the meeting; provided, however, that in its discretion the board of directors may fix a new record date for any adjourned meeting.

 

Section 6. Voting Record. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make a complete record of the shareholders entitled to vote at each meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and the number of shares held by each. Such record shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting for the purposes thereof.

 

Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. All shares represented and entitled to vote on any single subject matter which may be brought before the meeting shall be counted for the purposes of a quorum. Only those shares entitled to vote on a particular subject matter shall be counted for the purposes of voting on that subject matter. Business may be conducted once a quorum is present and may continue until adjournment of the meeting notwithstanding the withdrawal or temporary absence of sufficient shares to reduce the number present to less than a quorum. Unless required by law, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on a


subject matter shall be the act of the shareholders; provided, however, that if the shares then represented are less than required to constitute a quorum, the affirmative vote must be such as would constitute a majority if a quorum were present and, provided further, that the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares then present is sufficient in all cases to adjourn the meeting.

 

Section 8. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the share itself or an interest in the corporation generally. A proxy is not revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted or a quorum is determined, written notice of the death or incapacity is given to the corporation.

 

Section 9. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares of its own stock belonging to the corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the elections of directors of such other corporation is held by the corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the right of the corporation to vote its own stock held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

 

Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such other corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such other corporation may determine.

 

Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee, other than a trustee in bankruptcy, may be voted by him either in person or by proxy, but no such trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name.

 

Shares standing in the name of a receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or assignee for the benefit of creditors may be voted by such representative, either in person or by proxy. Shares held by or under the control of such a receiver or trustee may be voted by such receiver or trustee, either in person or by proxy, without the transfer thereof into his name if authority so to do be contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such receiver or trustee was appointed.

 

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

 

If shares stand in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or tenants by community property or otherwise, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship with respect to the same shares, unless the corporation is given written notice to the


contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the effect of (a) if only one votes, his act binds, (b) if more than one votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all, and (c) if more than one votes, but the vote is evenly split on any one particular matter, each fraction may vote the shares in question proportionally.

 

Shares standing in the name of a married woman but not also standing in the name of her husband with such a designation of the mutual relationship on the certificate, may be voted and all rights incident thereto may be exercised in the same manner as if she were unmarried.

 

Section 10. Voting Rights. Each outstanding share or fraction thereof shall be entitled to one vote or corresponding fraction thereof on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders, except as may be otherwise provided by law.

 

At each election for directors every shareholder entitled to vote at such election shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election he has a right to vote, or to cumulate his votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors multiplied by the number of his shares shall equal, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of such candidates.

 

Section 11. Action by Shareholders Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consent shall have the same effect as the unanimous vote of the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Directors

 

Section 1. Powers of Directors. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors.

 

Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors of the corporation shall be five (5). The number of directors may be altered from time to time by the amendment of these Bylaws. Each director shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. The directors need not be residents of the State of Arizona or shareholders of the corporation.

 

Section 3. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining directors though not less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and any so chosen shall hold office until the next election of directors when his successor is elected and qualified. Any newly created directorship shall be deemed a vacancy. When one or more directors shall resign from the board, effective at


a future time, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote there on to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as herein provided in the filling of other vacancies.

 

Section 4. Removal. At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose and by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of the directors, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause. If less than the entire board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors.

 

Section 5. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, the majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

 

Section 6. Manner of Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors.

 

Section 7. Regular and Special Meetings. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the state, and may be held by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, their participation in such a meeting to constitute presence in person.

 

Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held with or without notice as otherwise prescribed for special meetings hereinafter. Said regular meetings shall be held immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders.

 

Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or a majority of the board of directors.

 

Section 8. Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least three (3) days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally, by telegram, or mailed to each director at his business address. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company.

 

Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regor special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Section 9. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting, may be taken without a meeting if all directors consent thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote.


Section 10. Compensation. By resolution of the board of directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity such as an office of specifically designated agent and receiving compensation therefor.

 

Section 11. Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered or certified mail to the secretary of the corporation before 5:00 of the afternoon of the next day which is not a holiday or a Saturday after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Officers

 

Section 1. Number. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice-presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the board of directors), a secretary, and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. Such other officers, assistant officers and agents as may be deemed necessary may be elected or appointed by the board of directors. Any two or more officers may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary.

 

Section 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently possible. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or until he shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3. Removal. Any officer or agent may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other reason, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

 

Section 5. President. The president shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and, subject to the control of the board of directors, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation duly authorized by the board of directors, certificates of


stock, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, instruments of conveyance, checks, drafts, notes, and other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be otherwise expressly delegated by the board of directors, these Bylaws or law. The president, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors from time to time.

 

Section 6. Vice-Presidents. In the absence of the president or in the event of his death, inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. Any vice-president shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be delegated to him by the board of directors.

 

Section 7. Secretary. The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of all meetings of the board of directors and of the stockholders, (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law, (c) have charge of all the corporate books, records and accounts and of the seal of the corporation (d) see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly authorized, (e) keep a register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished to the corporation by such shareholder, (f) sign with the president, or a vice-president, certificates for shares of the corporation, (g) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the corporation, and (h) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of secretary, subject to the control of the board of directors.

 

Section 8. Assistant Secretary. The assistant secretary, in the absence or disability of the secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the power of the secretary.

 

Section 9. Treasurer. The treasurer shall (a) have charge and custody of all funds and securities of the corporation, (b) receive and give receipt for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected by the board of directors, and (c) in general, perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors.

 

Section 10. Assistant Treasurer. The assistant treasurer, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer.

 

Section 11. Salaries. The compensation of all officers shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors, except that the board of directors may authorize the president and/or the vice-president to fix any compensation of any officer not exceeding a total amount or amounts specified by the board of directors.


ARTICLE V

 

Contracts, Loans, Checks and Deposits

 

Section 1. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

Section 3. Checks and Other Instruments. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 4. Deposits. All funds of the corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the board of directors may select.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates for Shares and Their Transfer

 

Section 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing the shares of the corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president or vice-president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registered by a registrar, other than the corporation itself or an employee of the corporation. No certificate shall be issued for any share until such share is fully paid.

 

If the corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, every certificate representing shares issued by the corporation shall set forth or summarize upon the face or back of the certificate, or shall state, that the corporation will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued, together with the variations in the relative rights and preferences between the various shares.

 

Each certificate representing shares shall state upon the face thereof (a) that the corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Arizona, (b) the name of the person to whom issued, (c) the number, class and designation of the series, if any, which the certificate represents, and (d) the par value of each share represented by the certificate or a statement that the shares are without par value.


Any restriction on the right to transfer shares and any reservation of lien on the shares shall be noted on the face or the back of the certificate by providing (a) a statement of the terms of such restriction or reservation, (b) a summary of the terms of such restriction or reservation and a statement that the corporation will mail to the shareholder a copy of such restrictions or reservations without charge within five (5) days after receipt of written notice therefor, (c) if the restriction or reservation is contained in the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, or in an instrument in writing to which the corporation is a party, a statement to that effect and a statement that the corporation will mail to the shareholder a copy of such restriction or reservation without charge within five (5) days after receipt of written request therefor, or (d) if each such restriction or reservation is contained in an instrument in writing to which the corporation is not a party, a statement to that effect.

 

Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.

 

Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Shares of the stock of the corporation shall be transferred on the stock transfer books of the corporation only by the holder thereof, or by his duly authorized representative, upon surrender of the certificate of a like number of shares properly endorsed.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Dividends

 

The board of directors may, from time to time, declare and the corporation may pay dividends on the outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Corporate Seal

 

The board of directors may provide a corporate seal which, in such event, shall be circular in form, shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its incorporation, and the state of incorporation. The seal shall be in the custody of the secretary.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Waiver of Notice

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder or director of the corporation, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends such meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.


ARTICLE X

 

Amendment of Bylaws

 

These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by a vote of the majority of the board of directors or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereon.

 

CERTIFICATE

 

I, Allen J. Portnoy, the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of SOUTHWEST AMBULANCE, INC., an Arizona corporation, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing are the Bylaws of this corporation duly and regularly adopted by the directors thereof at a meeting duly and regularly called and held at Phoenix, Arizona, on the 19th day of July, 1982.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand on this 19th day of July, 1982.

 

/s/

Secretary

EX-3.200 186 dex3200.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc

Exhibit 3.200

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly


authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14th day of November, 1995.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.201 187 dex3201.htm BYLAWS OF THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC Bylaws of The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc

Exhibit 3.201

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of November 14, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April, of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the


Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the


person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by


the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.

 

Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record


books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation


or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.202 188 dex3202.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE AID COMPANY, INC Certificate of Incorporation of The Aid Company, Inc

Exhibit 3.202

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

THE AID AMBULANCE COMPANY, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is The Aid Ambulance Company, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.


TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, sets his hand this 14 day of November, 1995.

 

/s/ James H. Bolin
James H. Bolin, Incorporator
EX-3.203 189 dex3203.htm BYLAWS OF THE AID COMPANY, INC Bylaws of The Aid Company, Inc

Exhibit 3.203

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF THE AID COMPANY, INC.

 

The following amendment to the Bylaws was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as of October 12, 1995:

 

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

 

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

 

RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 1, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety and the following language substituted therefor:

 

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of such number of directors, not fewer than one (1) nor more than nine (9), as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Except as hereinafter provided, directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director shall serve until his successor shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal.

 

RESOLVED, that Article VII, Section 4, of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, deleted in its entirety.


HER SIN, INC.

 

BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1. The principal office shall be located in the City of Indianapolis, County of Marion, State of Indiana.

 

Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other place, either within or without the State of Indiana, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Indiana, as may be specified in the respective notices, or waivers of notice, thereof.

 

Section 2. An annual meeting of shareholders commencing with the year 1981 shall be held in the first week of May.

 

Section 3. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the President, by the Board of Directors, by the shareholders holding not less than one-half of all of the shares outstanding and entitled by the Articles of Incorporation to vote on the business proposed to be transacted thereat.

 

Section 4. Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any meting and, in case of special meetings, or when required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail or telegram given by the secretary or


president or by the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled by the Articles of Incorporation and by law to vote at such meeting, at such address as appears upon the record of the Corporation.

 

Section 5. Business transacted at any special meeting shall be confined to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice thereof.

 

Section 6. The holders of a majority of the shares of the outstanding capital stock entitled by the Articles of Incorporation or by law to vote at such meeting, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, upon giving written notice to all shareholders in the manner provided by Section 4 hereof of the adjourned date of such meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 7. When a quorum is present or represented at any meeting, the vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provisions shall govern and control the decision of such question.

 

Section 8. Every shareholder entitled by the Articles of Incorporation or by law to vote, shall have the right at every shareholder’s meeting to one vote for each share of stock standing in his name on the books of the Corporation. No share shall be voted at any meeting upon which any installment is due and unpaid, which shall have been transferred on the books of the


Corporation within such number of days, not exceeding thirty next preceding the date of such meeting as the Board of Directors shall determine, or, in the absence of such determination, within ten days next preceding the date of such meeting, or which belongs to the Corporation. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by a duly authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein.

 

Section 9. The officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books shall make, at least five days before each election of directors, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at said election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address and number of shares so entitled to vote held by each, which list shall be on file at the principal office of the Corporation and subject to inspection of any shareholder during the holding of such election. The original stock register or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in the State of Indiana, shall be the only evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such list or the stock ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of the shareholders.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. The exact number of directors shall be five each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States. The first Board of Directors shall be named by the Articles of Incorporation and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the shareholders.

 

Section 2. The directors may keep the books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the State, outside of Indiana at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

 

Section 3. In the event of death, disability, or resignation of any Director or of any officer of the Corporation, the President or Secretary shall call a special meeting of the Board of


Directors of the Corporation for the purpose of electing a new officer or appointing a new director, as may be appropriate, to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.

 

Section 4. The business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised and done by the shareholders.

 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

 

Section 5. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Indiana.

 

Section 6. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all directors.

 

Section 7. Regular meetings of the Board may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by a majority of the elected Board.

 

Section 8. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on three days written notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and an like notice on the written request of two directors.

 

Section 9. A majority of the actual number of directors elected and qualified shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, including the filling of vacancies. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is


present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time upon giving written notice to all directors in the manner provided in Section 3 hereof of the adjourned date of such meeting, until a quorum be present.

 

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 10. The Board of Directors shall fix and determine their compensation as Directors and additional compensation for such additional services any of such Directors may perform for the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

NOTICE: INFORMATION ACTION

BY SHAREHOLDERS OR DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but written notice may be delivered or mailed to such director or shareholder, at such address as appears upon the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be so delivered or deposited in the United States Mail.

 

Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver by a shareholder or subscriber shall set forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called and the time and place thereof.


Section 3. Attendance of a shareholder or subscriber at any meeting in person, or by proxy when the instrument of proxy sets forth in reasonable detail the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, whom shall be chose by the Board of Directors. Any two or more officers may be held by the same person, except the duties of the President and the Secretary shall not be performed by the same person.

 

Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders shall select a president from their own number, and a vice president, secretary and treasurer who need not be members of the Board.

 

Section 3. The Board may elect or appoint such other officers, assistant officers and agents as it may deem necessary or desirable, ho shall hold their offices for such terms and shall have such authority and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

 

Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by a majority of the elected Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.


THE PRESIDENT

 

Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.

 

Section 7. He shall execute bonds, mortgages, and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

THE VICE PRESIDENT

 

Section 8. The vice president shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

THE SECRETARY

 

Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the shareholders and record the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the Treasurer.

 

THE TREASURER

 

Section 10. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the


Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation, in such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 11. He, or the treasurer and the president shall disburse the finds of the Corporation in the manner provided for herein when proper to do so, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever requested by the president, an account of all his transactions as treasurer and of the financial conditions of the corporation.

 

All checks and/or notes or guarantees drawn or made by or on behalf of the Corporation shall be signed by the President or the Treasurer except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 12. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

Section 1. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates signed by the President and Treasurer or by the Vice President and the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

Section 2. Every certificate shall state the name of the registered holder, the number of shares represented thereby, the par value of each share or a statement that such shares have no par value, and whether such shares have been fully paid up, the certificate shall be legibly


stamped to indicate the percentum which has been paid up, and as further payments are made thereon the certificate shall be stamped accordingly. If the Corporation is authorized to issue shares for more than one class every certificate shall state the kind and class of shares represented thereby, and the relative rights, interests, preferences, and restrictions of such class, or a summary thereof.

 

TRANSFERS OF STOCK

 

Section 3. Upon surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of a certificate representing shares, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation.

 

REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 4. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize an equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided by the laws of the State of Indiana.

 

LOST CERTIFICATES

 

Section 5. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his


legal representative, 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 or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

FIXING RECORD DATE

 

Section 1. No share shall be voted at any meeting which shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation within such number of days not exceeding thirty next preceding the date of such meeting as the Board of Directors shall determine, or, in the absence of such determination, within ten days next preceding the date of such meeting.

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 2. Dividends upon the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and of the statutes and of these By-Laws.

 

Section 3. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for such purpose, such sum or sums as the Directors may from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.


CHECKS

 

Section 4. 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.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 5. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

SEAL

 

Section 6. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Indiana”. Said seal may be used by causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed only by a majority of the elected members of the Board of Directors.

 

The Chairman next stated that the next order of business would be the election of officers to serve until the first Annual Meeting of the Shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. Accordingly, on motion duly made and seconded and unanimously carried, the following officers were elected:

 

Jack Henry Herider    President
Robert L. Sinders    Vice President
Nancy Carol Herider    Secretary
Nancy Carol Herider    Treasurer

 

The Chairman next stated that the next order of business would be the authorization of a depository for the Company’s funds and the authorization of an officer to sign checks and to borrow money and stated that he had talked with the officials of Indiana National Bank in this connection, and that the Bank had furnished to him a copy of their form of resolution and


certification thereof, which is required. Accordingly, on motion duly and seconded, and unanimously carried, the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

 

RESOLVED that the Indiana National Bank is hereby designated as a depository of this Corporation and that a checking account be opened and maintained in the name of the Corporation with said Bank; that the President and Treasurer is hereby authorized, on behalf of this Corporation, and in its name, to sign checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money from said account; and that the President and the Treasurer is also hereby authorized, on behalf of this Corporation, to endorse or cash checks, notes, bills, or other instruments in the name of this Corporation.

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President and Treasurer is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Corporation and in its name to sign and deliver notes, bills of exchange, acceptances, or other instruments payable to said Bank, and to pledge, hypothecate, or mortgage as security for any indebtedness to said Bank, any of the property or interest therein now or hereafter owned by the Corporation.

 

FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary shall certify to said Bank the name of the presently duly elected and qualified officer of the Corporation, hereinabove authorized to so act for it and in its behalf, and shall from time to time hereafter, as changes occur in the personnel of said officers, immediately certify such changes to the Bank and said Bank shall be fully protected in relying on such certifications of the Secretary and shall be indemnified and saved harmless from any claim, demands, expenses, loss, or damages resulting from, or growing out of, honoring the signature of any officer so certified, or refusing to honor any signature not so certified; and

 

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary be and he hereby is authorized and directed to certify to said Indiana National Bank the foregoing resolutions and that the provisions thereof are in conformity with the charter and By-Laws of this Corporation.

 

The Secretary was instructed to insert in the Minute Book a copy of certification of said resolutions given to the Indiana National Bank.

 

It was unanimously adopted that the Corporation would proceed to file at its earliest convenience the Sub Chapter S in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code.

 

/s/ Stephen W. Sutherlin
Stephen W. Sutherlin
Secretary of the Meeting.
EX-3.204 190 dex3204.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.204

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law


CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE,. INC.

 

Under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law

 

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:

 

1. The name of the corporation is:

 

TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

2. The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed are as follows, to wit:

 

To engage in the business of providing ambulance and allied emergency services of whatever kind and nature necessary in the conduct of such business activities.

 

To engage in the business of utilizing oxygen in all its various forms and such other rescue and emergency commodities as may be pertinent to an ambulance emergency and rescue service.

 

To own rent and/or lease any equipment necessary to perform the above mentioned activities.

 

To acquire such property, real and personal, as may be necessary to the conduct of such business.

 

The powers, rights and privileges provided in this Certificate of Incorporation are not to be deemed to be in limitation of similar, other or additional powers, rights and privileges granted or permitted to a corporation by the Business Corporation Law, it being intended that this corporation shall have the right to engage in such similar activities as like corporations may lawfully engage in under the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York, as now in effect, or as hereafter promulgated.

 

To do everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment, attainment or furtherance of, to do every other act of thing incidental to, appurtenant to, growing out of or connected with, the purposes, objects or powers set forth in this Certificate of Incorporation,


whether alone or in association with others; to possess all the rights, powers and privileges now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of New York upon a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York and, in general, to carry on any of the activities and to do any of the things set forth to the same extent and as fully as a natural person or partnership might or could do; provided, that nothing herein set forth shall be construed as authorizing the corporation to possess any purpose, object, or power, or to do any act or thing forbidden by law to a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York.

 

3. The office of the corporation is to be located in the Town of Cheektowaga County of Erie State of New York.

 

4. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue is Two Hundred (200) shares, all of which are to be without par value.

 

5. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the corporation upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Corporation served upon him is:

 

129 Masalda Drive

 

        Cheektowaga, New York

 

6. The Corporation’s initial accounting period for reporting the franchise tax on business corporations imposed by Article 9-A of the Tax Law shall end May 31, 1978.

 

The undersigned incorporator is of the age of eighteen years or over.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been subscribed this 27th day of June, 1977 by the undersigned who affirms that the statements made herein are true under the penalties of perjury.

 

Shelly Erlbaum      

/s/

170 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12210.        
EX-3.205 191 dex3205.htm BYLAWS OF TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICES, INC Bylaws of Towns Ambulance Services, Inc

Exhibit 3.205

 

BY-LAWS

 

-of-

 

TOWNS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

Section 1. Principal Office

 

The principal office of the Corporation shall be in the city, incorporated village or town and the county within the State of New York as is designated in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 2. Additional Offices

 

The Corporation may also have offices and places of business at such other places, within or without the State of New York, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

Section 1. Time and Place

 

Meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation may be held at such time and place within or without the State of New York as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting, or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

 

Section 2. Annual Meeting

 

The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held in each year on the anniversary of the date of filing of the Certificate of Incorporation, and the shareholders shall then elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.


Section 3. Notice of Annual Meeting

 

Written notice of the place, date and hour of the annual meeting of shareholders shall be given personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting.

 

Section 4. Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors, and shall be called by the President at the written request of shareholders holding at least twenty percent (20%) in amount of shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

 

Section 5. Notice of Special Meeting

 

Written notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and by or at whose direction it is being issued, shall be given personally or by mail to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting.

 

Section 6. Quorum

 

Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the holders of a majority of the shares of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall be necessary to and shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the shareholders; provided, however, that when a specified item of business is required to be voted on by a class or series, voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the share of such class or series issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such specified item of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 7. Voting

 

(a) At any meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy. Each shareholder shall have one (1) -vote for each share of stock having voting power which is registered in his name on the books of the Corporation. Except where another date shall have been fixed as a record date for the determination of its shareholders entitled to vote, no share of stock shall be voted at any election of Directors which shall have been transferred on the books of the Corporation within twenty (20) days next preceding such election of Directors.


(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, all elections of Directors shall be decided by a plurality of the votes cast, and all other matters shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast.

 

Section 8. Proxies

 

A proxy, to be valid, shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from. the date thereof, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the shareholder executing it, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy is permitted by law.

 

Section 9. Written Consents

 

Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting on written consent, setting forth the action so taken, signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. Board of Directors

 

Subject to any provision in the Certificate of Incorporation, the business of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, each of whom shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

 

Section 2. Number; Tenure

 

(a) The number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the shareholders, but shall in no event be less than three (3), except that where all the shares of the Corporation are owned beneficially and of record by less than three (3) shareholders, the number of Directors may be less than three (3) but not less than the number of shareholders. The Board of Directors shall initially be composed of two (2) Director(s).

 

(b) Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article III. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, each Director shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor has been elected and qualified.

 

Section 3. Resignation; Removal

 

Any Director may resign at any time. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote of all Directors then in office, remove a Director for cause. Subject to applicable provisions of law, any or all of the Directors may be removed with or without cause by vote of the shareholders.


Section 4. Vacancies

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, if any vacancies occur in the Board of Directors by reason of the death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office of any Director with cause, or if any new directorships are created, all of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, may, by majority vote, choose a successor or successors, or fill the newly created directorships, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced; provided, however, that if in the event of any such vacancy, the Directors remaining in office shall be unable, by majority vote, to fill such vacancy within thirty (30) days of the occurrence thereof, the President or the Secretary may call a special meeting of the shareholders at which such vacancy shall be filled. In the event of any vacancy created by removal from office of any Director without cause, such special meeting of the shareholders shall be so called within thirty (30) days of the occurrence thereof, at which meeting such vacancy may be filled.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

 

Section 1. Place

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of New York as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference, telephone or similar communications equipment allowing all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

Section 2. Regular Meetings

 

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

 

Section 3. Special Meetings

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or by the President on two (2) days’ notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman, President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of one (1) Director.

 

Section 4. Quorum; Voting

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the Directors present at the time of the vote if a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law. If a quorum shall not be


present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any such adjournment shall be given to any Directors who were not present and, unless announced at the meeting, to the other Directors.

 

Section 5. Compensation

 

Directors, as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed fee and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

ARTICLE V

 

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Form; Delivery

 

Notices to Directors and shareholders shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by mail or telegram. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at the time when deposited in the post office or a letter box, in a post-paid sealed wrapper, and addressed to Directors or shareholders at their addresses appearing on the records of the Corporation.

 

Section 2. Waiver

 

Whenever a notice is required to be given by any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. In addition, any shareholder attending a meeting of shareholders in person or by proxy without protesting prior to the conclusion of the meeting the lack of notice thereof to him, and any Director attending a meeting of the Board of Directors without protesting prior to the meeting or at its commencement, such lack of notice shall be conclusively deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. Officers

 

The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers including a Chairman of the Board as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Any two (2) or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary; provided, however, that if all of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation is owned by one (1) person, such person may hold all or any combination of offices.


Section 2. Authority and Duties

 

All officers, as between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as may be provided in these By-Laws, or, to the extent not so provided, by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3. Term of Office; Removal

 

All officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors and each shall hold office until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of shareholders, and until his successor has been elected or appointed and qualified.

 

Section 4. Compensation

 

The compensation of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, and the compensation of agents shall either be so fixed or shall be fixed by officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

Section 5. Vacancies

 

If an office becomes vacant for any reason, the Board of Directors shall fill the vacancy. Any officer so appointed or elected by the Board of Directors shall serve only until the unexpired term of his predecessor shall have expired unless re-elected by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6. The President

 

The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be no Chairman, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and Directors; he shall be ex-officio a member of all standing committees, shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect.

 

Section 7. The Vice-President

 

The Vice-President or, if there be more than one, the Vice-Presidents, in the order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe.

 

Section 8. The Secretary

 

The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board


of Directors or President, under whose supervision he shall act. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and shareholder records and such other books and records as the Board may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the Secretary.

 

Section 9. The Assistant Secretary

 

During the absence or disability of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the one so designated by the Secretary or by the Board of Directors, shall have all the powers and functions of the Secretary.

 

Section 10. The Treasurer

 

The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the corporate funds, and other valuable effects, including securities, and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation is such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and Directors, at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

Section 11. The Assistant Treasurer

 

During the absence or disability of the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, or if there be more than one, the one so designated by the Treasurer or by the Board of Directors, shall have all the powers and functions of the Treasurer.

 

Section 12. Bonds

 

In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer or agent of the Corporation shall give the Corporation a bond for such term, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

SHARE CERTIFICATES

 

Section 1. Form; Signature

 

The certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and shall be numbered consecutively and entered in the


books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall exhibit the registered holder’s name and the number and class of shares, and shall be signed by the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be any, or the President or a Vice-President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and shall bear the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof.

 

Section 2. Lost Certificates

 

The Board of Directors may direct a new share certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, 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 or destroyed.

 

Section 3. Registration of Transfer

 

Upon surrender to the Corporation or any transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or such transfer agent to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

 

Section 4. Registered Shareholders

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends or other distributions, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it has actual or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 5. Record Date

 

For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shares or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of deter mining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action affecting the interests of share holders, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date. Such date shall not be more than fifty (50) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting, nor more than fifty (50) days prior to any other action.

 

In each such case, except as otherwise provided by law, only such persons as shall be shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such


meeting and any adjournment thereof, or to express such consent or dissent, or to receive payment of such dividend, or such allotment of rights, or otherwise to be recognized as shareholders for the related purpose, notwithstanding any registration of transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any such record date so fixed.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. Fiscal Year

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2. Dividends

 

Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the law.

 

Section 3. 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 Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Board of Directors shall deem conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

Section 4. Checks

 

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.

 

Section 5. Seal

 

The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal New York.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.


ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. Adoption; Amendment; Repeal

 

By-Laws of the Corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by vote of the holders of the shares at the time entitled to vote in the election of any Directors. By-Laws of the Corporation may also be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, but any By-Law adopted by the Board of Directors, may be amended or repealed by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon as herein provided.

 

Section 2. Amendments Affecting Election of Directors; Notice

 

If any By-Law regulating an impending election of Directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the Board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of Directors the By-Law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.

EX-3.206 192 dex3206.htm CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF VALLEY FIRE SERVICE, INC Certificate of Incorporation of Valley Fire Service, Inc

Exhibit 3.206

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

VF ACQUISITION, INC.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is VF Acquisition, Inc.

 

SECOND: The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same exits or may hereafter be amended (the “GCL”).

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) shares designated as common stock and the par value of each such share of common stock is One Cent ($.01) per share.

 

FIFTH: The name and mailing addresses of the incorporator are James H. Bolin, 8401 East Indian School Road, P.O. Box F, Scottsdale, Arizona 85252.

 

SIXTH: The number of directors which shall comprise the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be two (2). The size of the Board of Directors may be increased or decreased in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

All corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors except as otherwise provided herein or by law.

 

SEVENTH: Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so require, the election of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.

 

EIGHTH: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by such removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of such removal.

 

NINTH: A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the GCL. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall not be adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing hereunder with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

 

TENTH: Subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation to alter or repeal any Bylaw made by the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.


ELEVENTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article.

 

TWELFTH: Section 203 of the GCL shall not be applicable to this Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Incorporator hereinabove stated, set their hand this 29th day of June, 1995.

 

/s/

James H. Bolin, Incorporator

EX-3.207 193 dex3207.htm BYLAWS OF VALLEY FIRE SERVICE, INC Bylaws of Valley Fire Service, Inc

Exhibit 3.207

 

BY LAWS

 

OF

 

VF ACQUISITION, INC.

 

a Delaware corporation

 

Dated as of June 29, 1995


BYLAWS

OF

VF ACQUISITION, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Offices

 

Section 1.01. Principal Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at other places within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors.

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors, be held on the first day of April of each calendar year, commencing in 1996, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next full business day following, at 10:00 a.m. at which time they shall elect a board of directors and transact the other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings.

 

(a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the board of directors, by the president, or by stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

(b) At any time, upon written request to the secretary of the Corporation by any person or persons authorized to call a special meeting of stockholders, which written request shall state the purposes for the special meeting, the secretary of the Corporation shall set the place, date and time of the special meeting and shall deliver notice of the special meeting in accordance with section 2.04 hereof. If the secretary fails to set the place, date and time of the meeting or deliver the notice, the person calling the meeting may do so.

 

(c) Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.


Section 2.04. Notice and Purpose of Meetings; Waiver.

 

(a) Written notice stating the place, date and time of meetings of stockholders and, in case of a special meeting of stockholders, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at his or her address of record, at least ten (10) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the meeting. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.

 

(b) No action taken at any meeting of stockholders shall be void because the action was not specified as a purpose of the meeting in the applicable notice of the meeting provided the meeting is not a special meeting and if, in the notice of the meeting, it is stated that the purpose of the meeting shall also be to consider all other matters which could properly be brought before the meeting.

 

(c) Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting of stockholders, that resolution may be adopted at that meeting with any deletions, additions, modifications and amendments as are deemed appropriate by the vote of the requisite number of shares of the Corporation present at the meeting, either in person or by proxy; provided, however, that those deletions, additions, modifications and amendments will not materially alter or modify the original purpose of the resolution without further notice to stockholders not present in person or proxy.

 

Section 2.05. Voting List, Right to Examine. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order with the address of and number of voting shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The list shall be open for ten (10) days to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held, and shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2.06. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn 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 that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


Section 2.07. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at each meeting of stockholders the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum. If, however, the quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in section 2.06 hereof without notice other than announcement at the meeting if the adjournment is not for more than thirty (30) days and a new record date is not fixed for the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If a quorum shall be present or represented at the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

Section 2.08. Voting.

 

(a) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the votes that could be cast by the holders of all shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before the meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws a different vote is required, in which case the express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.

 

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by the stockholder.

 

(c) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it 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 filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the secretary of the Corporation.

 

(d) The vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

 

Section 2.09. Judges of Election.

 

(a) Before any meeting of stockholders, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be stockholders, to act at that meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint judges of election upon the demand of any stockholder or his or her proxy present at the meeting and before voting begins. The number of judges of election shall be either one (1) or, upon demand of a stockholder, three (3), as to be determined in the case of judges of election


appointed by a vote of the majority of the shares of the voting common stock of the Corporation present and entitled to vote at the meeting, whether in person or by proxy. If there are three (3) judges of election, the decision, act or certification of a majority of those judges shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certification of all.

 

(b) No person who is a candidate for an office to which the election relates may act as a judge of election.

 

(c) In case any person appointed as a judge of election fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors before the meeting is convened, or by the chairman of the meeting during a meeting.

 

(d) If judges of election are appointed pursuant to this section 2.09, they shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, and the validity and effect of proxies. The judges of election shall also receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result, and do those other acts as may be proper to conduct and tally the vote or election with fairness to all stockholders.

 

(e) On request of the chairman of the meeting or of any stockholder or his or her proxy, the judges of election shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate setting forth any fact found by them.

 

Section 2.10. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken for or in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with if all the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote, or less than all but not less than the holders of a majority of the stock entitled to vote upon the action if the meeting were held, shall consent in writing to the corporate action being taken, provided that the written consent shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Board of Directors

 

Section 3.01. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its board of directors which shall exercise all the powers of the Corporation and do all the lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.


Section 3.02. Number, Term of Office and Vacancies.

 

(a) The board of directors shall consist of not less than one (1) nor more than fifteen (15) members. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the board of directors, but no decrease in the number of directors shall change the term of any director in office at the time thereof. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

(b) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and each of the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

 

(c) Any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, and the vacancy in the board of directors caused by the removal may be filled by the stockholders at the time of the removal.

 

Section 3.03. Annual Organizational Meeting. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held within thirty (30) days after the adjournment of the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice of the meeting shall need be given to the directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present and provided the organizational meeting is held generally at the time and at the place of the meeting of stockholders at which the board of directors were elected. In the event the meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at the time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors.

 

Section 3.04. Regular and Special Meetings. The board of directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at the time and at the place as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president, and the president or the secretary shall call a special meeting upon request of two directors. If given personally, by telephone, facsimile or telegram, the notice shall be given at least the day prior to the meeting. Notice may be given by mail if it is mailed at least three (3) days before the meeting. The notice need not specify the business to be transacted. In the event of an emergency which in the judgment of the president requires immediate action, a special meeting may be convened without notice, consisting of those directors who are immediately available in person or by telephone and can be joined in the meeting in person or by conference telephone. The actions taken at the meeting shall be valid if at least a quorum of the directors participates either personally or by conference telephone.


Section 3.05. Quorum; Interested Directors.

 

(a) At meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

(b) No contract or transaction shall be void or voidable solely because the contract or transaction is 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; nor shall any contract or transaction be void or voidable 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 his, her or their votes are counted for the purpose, if:

 

(1) the material facts as to his or her 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 vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or

 

(2) the material facts as to his or her 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

 

(3) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

Section 3.06. Committees.

 

(a) The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board of directors, designate one or more committees of the board of directors, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, which power shall not include the power and authority to (1) declare a dividend; (2) authorize the issuance of stock; (3) amend the Certificate of Incorporation; (4) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; (5) recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property or assets; (6) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the


Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution; or (7) amend the Bylaws of the Corporation. The committee or committees shall have the name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.

 

(b) Unless the board of directors designates one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace an absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee, the members of any committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting may, whether or not they constitute a quorum, unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member of the committee. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the members or alternate members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of members or alternate members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.

 

(c) The committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings.

 

Section 3.07. Action of Directors in Lieu of 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 a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of the committee, as the case may be, and the written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board of directors or committee.

 

Section 3.08. Attendance Via Telecommunications. The members of the board of directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and for voting.

 

Section 3.09. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses 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 and/or a stated salary as director. No payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like reimbursement and compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Notice - Waivers - Meetings

 

Section 4.01. Notice, What Constitutes. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the “GCL”), it may be given to that person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegraph, charges prepaid, or by facsimile to his or her address appearing on the books of the Corporation, or supplied by him or her in writing to the Corporation for the purpose of notice. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, if the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given to the


person entitled thereto forty-eight (48) hours after it is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or, if sent by telegraph, twenty-four (24) hours after it is deposited with a telegraph office for transmission to the person entitled thereto, or, if sent by facsimile, twelve (12) hours after it has been transmitted to the person, as the applicable case may be.

 

Section 4.02. Waiver of Notice.

 

(a) Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the GCL, as amended from time to time, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated herein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice.

 

(b) Attendance of a person (in the case of a stockholder, either in person or by proxy) at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting, except when a 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.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Officers

 

Section 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Resignation. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors at its first meeting, and thereafter after each annual meeting of stockholders. The officers to be elected shall include a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose a chief executive officer and one or more vice presidents and additional officers or assistant officers as it may deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the Corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board of directors a chairman of the board of directors and a vice-chairman of the board of directors who shall not be considered officers of the Corporation unless the board of directors specifically designates them as officers at the time of election, or at any time thereafter.

 

Section 5.02. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office at the pleasure of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the board of directors, with or without cause. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents. The board of directors may elect any other officers and appoint any committees, employees or other agents as it desires who shall hold their offices for the terms and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors as may be required by


the business of the Corporation. The directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and retain or appoint employees or other agents.

 

Section 5.04. The President. The president shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. The president shall execute on behalf of the Corporation and may affix the seal or cause the seal to be affixed to all instruments requiring the execution, except to the extent the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated and authorized by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.

 

Section 5.05. The Vice President. The vice president or vice presidents, as the case may be, shall act under the direction of the president and in the absence or disability of the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. The board of directors may designate one or more executive vice presidents or may otherwise specify the order of seniority of the vice presidents, and in that event, the duties and powers of the president shall descend to the vice presidents in the specified order of seniority.

 

Section 5.06. The Secretary. The secretary shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of stockholders and record the proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the committees designated by the board of directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform the other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation, if one exists, and cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

 

Section 5.07. The Assistant Secretaries. The assistant secretaries in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.08. The Treasurer. The treasurer shall act under the direction of the president. Subject to the direction of the president the treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the president or the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for the disbursements, and shall render to the president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The treasurer shall perform such


other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board of directors or as are incident to his or her office.

 

Section 5.09. The Assistant Treasurers. The assistant treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the president or the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. They shall perform the other duties and have the other powers as the president or the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

Section 5.10. The Chairman of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board of directors or in his or her absence, the president, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and shall perform all other duties as may from time to time be requested of him or her by the board of directors.

 

Section 5.11. The Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors may designate a chief executive officer who shall perform all other duties as from time to time may be requested of him or her by the board of directors. In the absence of the designation, the president shall serve as the chief executive officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Certificates of Stock

 

Section 6.01. Issuance. The interest of each stockholder in the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock. The share certificates of the Corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and may bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or imprinted; but where the certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar, the signature of any corporate officer upon the certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any share certificate shall have ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise before the certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be an officer because of death, resignation or otherwise as of the date of its issue.

 

Section 6.02. Subscriptions for Shares. Unless the subscription agreement provides otherwise, subscriptions for shares, regardless of the time when they are made, shall be paid at that time as shall be specified by the board of directors. All calls for payments on subscriptions shall carry the same terms with regard to all shares of the same class.

 

Section 6.03. Transfers. Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made on the books of the Corporation by the registered owner thereof, or by his or her duly authorized attorney, with a transfer clerk or transfer agent appointed as provided in section 6.07 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for the shares properly endorsed and with all taxes thereon paid.


Section 6.04. Share Certificate. Certificates for shares of the Corporation shall be in the form provided by statute and approved by the board of directors. The share record books and the blank share certificate books shall be kept by the secretary of the Corporation or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. Every certificate exchanged or returned to the Corporation shall be marked “Cancelled,” with the date of cancellation noted thereon.

 

Section 6.05. Record Holder of Shares. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the Corporation stand on the books of the Corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, the share or shares on the part of any other person. However, if any transfer of shares is made only for the purpose of furnishing collateral security, and that fact is made known to the secretary of the Corporation, or to the Corporation’s transfer clerk or transfer agent, an entry of the transfer shall record that fact.

 

Section 6.06. Lost, Destroyed, Mutilated or Stolen Certificates. The holder of any shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction, mutilation or theft of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to him or her, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate, or, in case of loss, destruction or theft of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction or theft, and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the submission of a properly executed lost security affidavit and indemnity agreement, or the deposit of a bond in the form and in the sum, and with the surety or sureties, as the board of directors directs.

 

Section 6.07. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The board of directors may appoint one (1) or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one (1) or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 6.08. Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting and not more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination 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 VII

 

Indemnification

 

Section 7.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is


otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans (an “indemnitee”), against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee. The Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify an indemnitee (a) with respect to a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated or brought voluntarily by such indemnitee and not by way of defense; (b) for any amounts paid in settlement of an action indemnified against by the Corporation without the proper written consent of the Corporation; or (c) in connection with any event in which the indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation.

 

Section 7.02. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article or otherwise.

 

Section 7.03. Claims. If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this Article is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the indemnitee has been received by the Corporation, the indemnitee may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the indemnitee was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

Section 7.04. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VII shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 7.05. Other Indemnification. The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise.

 

Section 7.06. 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 in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.


ARTICLE VIII

 

Amendments

 

Section 8.01. Amendments by Stockholders. The Bylaws may be amended by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of intention to amend shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 8.02. Amendments by Directors. The board of directors by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the whole board of directors at any meeting may amend these Bylaws, including Bylaws adopted by the stockholders, provided the stockholders may from time to time specify particular provisions of the Bylaws that shall not be amended by the board of directors.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 9.01. Reserves. There may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends the sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for the purchase of additional property, or for such other purpose or purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any reserve.

 

Section 9.02. Authorized Signer. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by the officer or officers or the other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate by resolution.

 

Section 9.03. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors.

 

Section 9.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Section 9.05. Gender. Any reference to the masculine, feminine or neuter shall be intended to include all.

 

Section 9.06. Repeal and Amendment. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed, and new bylaws made, by the board of directors.

 

Section 9.07. Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Bylaws shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these Bylaws shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.


Certification

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted by unanimous written consent of the board of directors of the Corporation.

 

 

Steven M. Lee, Secretary

EX-3.208 194 dex3208.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF W & W LEASING COMPANY, INC Articles of Incorporation of W & W Leasing Company, Inc

EXHIBIT 3.208

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

 

W & W Manufacturing Company, Inc., an Arizona corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment in accordance with Section 10-061 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Arizona.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is W & W Manufacturing Company, Inc.

 

SECOND: In order to change the name of the Corporation to W & W Leasing Company, Inc., ARTICLE I. of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

Name. The name of the corporation shall be W & W Leasing Company, Inc.

 

THIRD: The foregoing amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation was adopted by its Sole Shareholder as of December 27, 1995.

 

FOURTH: The number of shares of the Corporation outstanding at the time of such adoption was 10,000; and the number of shares entitled to vote thereon was 10,000.

 

FIFTH: The number of shares of the Corporation’s common stock that were voted for and against the amendment, respectively, is as follows:

 

For


   Against

10,000

   None

 

SIXTH: The amendment does not provide for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares.


SEVENTH: The amendment does not effect a change in the amount of stated capital of the Corporation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officers of the Corporation have executed these Articles of Amendment this 27th day of December, 1995.

 

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

By:

   
   

James H. Bolin, President

By:

 

/s/

   

Lorraine Tully, Assistant Secretary


 

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

ARTICLE I.

 

Name. The name of the corporation is W & W Manufacturing Company, Inc.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

Purpose. The purpose for which this corporation is organized is the transaction of any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the laws of the State of Arizona, as they may be amended from time to time.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

Initial Business. The corporation initially intends to conduct the business of the manufacture, sale and distribution of fire and other emergency apparatus and related equipment and appliances.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

Authorized Capital. The corporation shall have authority to issue one million (1,000,000) shares of common stock, par value One Dollar ($1.00) per share.

 

ARTICLE V.

 

Stock Rights and Options – Officers. The corporation may issue rights and options to purchase shares of stock of the corporation to directors, officers, or employees of the corporation or of any affiliate thereof, and no shareholder approval or ratification of any such issuance of rights and options shall be required.

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

Statutory Agent. The name and address of the initial statutory agent of the corporation is Louis G. Jekel, 4323 North Brown Avenue, Suite E, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.


 

ARTICLE VII.

 

Known Place of Business. The known place of business of the corporation shall be 2857 North Miller Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85251.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

Board Of Directors. The initial board of directors shall consist of two (2) directors. The persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualify are:

 

Louis A. Witzeman

   Carol N. Witzeman

8621 E. Highland

   8621 E. Highland

Scottsdale, AZ 85252

   Scottsdale, AZ 85252

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

Number of Directors. The number of persons to serve on the board of directors shall be fixed by the bylaws.

 

ARTICLE X.

 

Quorum. A quorum at a meeting of the board of directors may consist of less than a majority of all directors.

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

Incorporators. The incorporators of the corporation are:

 

Louis A. Witzeman

   Carol N. Witzeman

8621 E. Highland

   8621 E. Highland

Scottsdale, AZ 85252

   Scottsdale, AZ 85252

 

All powers, duties and responsibilities of the incorporators shall cease at the time of delivery of these articles of incorporation to the Arizona Corporation Commission for filing, or immediately following adoption of the initial bylaws of the corporation.


 

ARTICLE XII.

 

Distributions From Capital Surplus. The board of directors of the corporation may, from time to time, distribute on a pro rata basis to its shareholders out of the capital surplus of the corporation a portion of its assets, in cash or property.

 

ARTICLE XIII.

 

Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Employees, and Agents. Subject to the further provisions hereof, the corporation shall indemnify any and all of its existing and former directors, officers, employees, and agents against all expenses incurred by them and each of them, including but not limited to legal fees, judgments, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement or compromise, which may arise or be incurred, rendered, or levied in any legal action brought or threatened against any of them for or on account of any action or omission alleged to have been committed while acting within the scope of employment as director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, whether or not any action is or has been filed against them and whether or not any settlement or compromise is approved by a court, indemnification shall be made by the corporation whether the legal action brought or threatened is by or in the right of the corporation or by any other person. Whenever any existing or former director, officer, employee, or agent shall report to the president of the corporation or the chairman of the board of directors that he or she has incurred or may incur expenses, including but not limited to legal fees, judgments, penalties, and amounts paid in settlement or compromise in a legal action brought or threatened against him or her for or on account of any action or omission alleged to have been committed by him or her while acting within the scope of his or her employment as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, the board of directors shall, at its next regular or at a special meeting held within a reasonable time thereafter, determine in good faith whether, in regard to the matter involved in the action or contemplated action, such person acted,


failed to act, or refused to act willfully or with gross negligence or with fraudulent or criminal intent. If the board of directors determines in good faith that such person did not act, fail to act, or refuse to act willfully or with gross negligence or with fraudulent or criminal intent in regard to the matter involved in the action or contemplated action, indemnification shall be mandatory and shall be automatically extended as specified herein, provided, however, that no such indemnification shall be available with respect to liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, and, provided further, that the corporation shall have the right to refuse indemnification in any instance in which the person to whom indemnification would otherwise have been applicable shall have unreasonably refused to permit the corporation, at its own expense and through counsel of its own choosing, to defend him or her in the action.

 

ARTICLE XIV.

 

Repurchase Of Shares. The board of directors of the corporation may, from time to time, cause the corporation to purchase its own shares to the extent of the unreserved and unrestricted earned and capital surplus of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE XV.

 

Dissenting Rights. The right of a shareholder to dissent from a plan of merger or consolidation or a sale of exchange of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation not made in the usual and regular course of its business shall not be abridged by the registration on a national securities exchange of the shares of stock held by the shareholders or the fact that the class of stock held by the shareholder is held by more than two thousand (2000) shareholders.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF we hereunto set our hands this 30th day of December, 1977.

 

/s/

     

/s/

Louis A. Witzeman

8621 E. Highland

Scottsdale, AZ 85252

     

Carol N. Witzeman

8621 E. Highland

Scottsdale, AZ 85252


STATE OF ARIZONA

       )
         )ss.

County of Maricopa

       )

 

On this, the 30th day of December, 1977, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared LOUIS A. WITZEMAN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purpose therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 
Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:
  

 

STATE OF ARIZONA

       )
         )ss.

County of Maricopa

       )

 

On this, the 30th day of December, 1977, before me, the undersigned officer, personally appeared CAROL N. WITZEMAN, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged that she executed the same for the purpose therein contained.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

 
Notary Public

 

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

Exhibit 3.209

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

 

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

 

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

 

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


 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

W & W MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES AND CORPORATE SEALS

 

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

 

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

 

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


 

ARTICLE II

 

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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


adjournment shall be taken and at such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

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

 

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


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

 

SECTION 8: LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each shareholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any shareholder present.

 

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


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

 

ARTICLE III

 

Directors.

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Officers

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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


ARTICLE V

 

Resignations

 

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

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc.

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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


ARTICLE VII

 

Stock

 

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

 

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

 

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


ARTICLE VIII

 

Dividends

 

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

 

ARTICLE IX

 

Offices and Books

 

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

 

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


ARTICLE X

 

Fiscal Year

 

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

 

ARTICLE XI

 

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

 

Adopted the 8th day of February, 1978.

 

/s/

Secretary

 

ATTEST:

 

/s/

President
EX-5.1 196 dex51.htm OPINION OF WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP AS TO THE LEGALITY OF THE SECURITIES Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP as to the legality of the securities

Exhibit 5.1

 

[Letterhead of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP]

 

 

December 9, 2005

 

 

Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC

Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc.

    c/o Rural/Metro Corporation

    9221 East Via de Ventura

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 30328

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (“Rural/Metro LLC”) and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., a Delaware corporation (each a “Company” and together, the “Companies”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Companies’ Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to $125,000,000 principal amount of the Companies’ 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 (the “Exchange Notes”) to be issued in exchange for $125,000,000 principal amount of the Companies’ outstanding 9.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015. The obligations of the Companies is unconditionally guaranteed (the “Exchange Guarantees”) by Rural/Metro Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (“Rural/Metro”) and certain subsidiaries of Rural/Metro LLC (Rural/Metro and each subsidiary guarantor, the “Guarantors”). The Guarantors organized under the laws of the states of Delaware or New York are referred to herein collectively as the “Specified Jurisdictions Guarantors,” and the Guarantors that are not organized under the laws of Delaware or New York are referred to herein collectively as the “Other Guarantors.”

 

In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of the Registration Statement, the Indenture, dated as of March 4, 2005 between the Companies, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Exchange Notes will be issued (the “Indenture”), the form of the Exchange Notes attached as an exhibit to the Indenture, and such corporate records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of each Company, and have made such inquiries of such officers and


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representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

 

In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. As to all questions of fact material to these opinions that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Companies and the Specified Jurisdictions Guarantors. We have assumed that the Exchange Notes will be executed and delivered in the form examined by us. We have also assumed (a) the valid existence of the Other Guarantors and that the Other Guarantors have the requisite corporate, limited liability company, partnership or equivalent power and authority to enter into and perform their obligations under the Guarantees and (b) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Guarantees by the Other Guarantors.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.    The execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Notes by the each Company have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company or corporate action on the part of the Companies and, when duly and validly executed by the each Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of each Company, enforceable against each Company in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

2.    The execution, delivery and performance of the Exchange Guarantees have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership or equivalent action on the part of the Specified Jurisdictions Guarantors and when the Exchange Notes have been duly and validly executed by each Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Exchange Guarantees will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of


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equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity)

 

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

EX-12.1 197 dex121.htm STATEMENT RE COMPUTATION OF RATIO EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Statement re Computation of ratio Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

 

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(In Thousands Except Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges)

 

    Rural/Metro Corporation

    Rural/Metro Operating
Company, LLC(b)


    Three Months
Ended
September 30,


  Years Ended June 30,

    Three Months
Ended
September 30,


  Year Ended June 30,

    2005

  2005

  2004

  2003

    2002

    2001

    2005

  2005

    (unaudited)                             (unaudited)    

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges:

                                                     

Computation of Earnings:

                                                     

Pretax income (loss) from continuing operations before minority interest and cumulative effect of change in accounting principle

  $ 7,463   $ 3,689   $ 946   $ (8,519 )   $ (7,593 )   $ (115,513 )       $ 9,158   $ 33,536

Add: Fixed charges

    8,492     33,382     32,826     31,534       29,017       34,373       6,806     11,705
   

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

Total earnings

  $ 15,955   $ 37,071   $ 33,772   $ 23,015     $ 21,424     $ (81,140 )   $ 15,964   $ 45,241
   

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

Computation of Fixed Charges:

                                                     

Interest expense

  $ 7,513   $ 29,579   $ 29,243   $ 28,012     $ 25,462     $ 30,624     $ 5,827   $ 7,902

Interest portion of rental expense

    979     3,803     3,583     3,522       3,555       3,749       979     3,803
   

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

Total fixed charges

  $ 8,492   $ 33,382   $ 32,826   $ 31,534     $ 29,017     $ 34,373     $ 6,806   $ 11,705
   

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)

    1.88x     1.11x     1.03x         *               *               *           2.35x         3.87x
   

 

 

 


 


 


 

 

 

  (a) For purposes of computing the consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of pretax income from continuing operations before minority interests and equity in net earnings (losses) of affiliated companies, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of accounting changes plus fixed charges. Minority interests in majority-owned subsidiaries were not deducted from earnings as all such subsidiaries had fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest (including capitalized interest) on all indebtedness, amortization of debt discount and expense, and that portion of rental expense which we believe to be representative of interest.

 

  (b) For the purpose of this calculation, Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc., the co-issuer of the Senior Subordinated Notes, is not included since it has no operations.

 

  * Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $8.5 million, $7.6 million and $115.5 million for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
EX-23.1 198 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

EXHIBIT 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of Rural/Metro Operating Company, LLC and Rural/Metro (Delaware) Inc. of our report dated September 27, 2005, except for Note 10 which is as of November 11, 2005, relating to the financial statements, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Rural/Metro Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed November 15, 2005. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Phoenix, Arizona

December 8, 2005

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