-----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, BIAaeEpmZlluIY04jICNgSzRKlwmnC6grm9RklAOAZIwW/VfQw99SSqAAzjUY1X1 vW+Ob1gnNiFOR2r2aylWUA== 0001193125-10-012070.txt : 20100125 0001193125-10-012070.hdr.sgml : 20100125 20100125162101 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-012070 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100119 ITEM INFORMATION: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing ITEM INFORMATION: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders ITEM INFORMATION: Changes in Control of Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100125 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100125 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MPS GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000924646 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-HELP SUPPLY SERVICES [7363] IRS NUMBER: 593116655 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24484 FILM NUMBER: 10544993 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 INDEPENDENT DR CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32202 BUSINESS PHONE: 9043602000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 INDEPENDENT DR CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MODIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981001 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ACCUSTAFF INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940606 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

January 19, 2010

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

MPS Group, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida   0-24484   59-3116655

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Independent Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(904) 360-2000

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

 

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

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Introductory Note

As previously disclosed, MPS Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Adecco Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Adecco”), and Jaguar Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Adecco (“Merger Sub”) on October 19, 2009. On January 15, 2010, the Company’s shareholders approved the Merger Agreement. On January 19, 2010, in accordance with the Merger Agreement and the Florida Business Corporation Act, the Company completed the merger (the “Merger”) whereby Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger, and, as a result of which the Company has been acquired by, and has become an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Adecco. The following events took place in connection with the consummation of the Merger.

 

Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

In connection with the consummation of the Merger, on January 19, 2010, the Company terminated the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006, among the Company, MPS Group International Plc, and the Lenders party thereto (the “Credit Facility”). No amounts were outstanding under the Credit Facility at the time of the Merger.

 

Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On January 19, 2010, the Company notified the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) of the consummation of the Merger and requested that trading in the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), be suspended and that the Common Stock be withdrawn from listing on the NYSE as of the close of market on January 19, 2010. The NYSE has filed with the SEC a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on Form 25 to delist and deregister the Common Stock. As a result, the Common Stock will no longer be listed on the NYSE. The Company will file a Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to deregister the Common Stock and to suspend the reporting obligations of the Company under the Exchange Act.

 

Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, each share of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (including each restricted share, whether vested or unvested), was converted into the right to receive $13.80 in cash, without interest, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and subject to applicable vesting schedules with respect to the unvested restricted shares. In addition, at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding Company stock option was cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the excess, if any, of $13.80 over the exercise price of such option, without interest. No consideration is payable in respect of any Company stock options with an exercise price per share equal to or in excess of $13.80 as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, and all such options were cancelled automatically at the effective time of the Merger.

 

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The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, reference to the Merger Agreement. A copy of the Merger Agreement was attached as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 20, 2009.

 

Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.

The information disclosed in Items 3.01 and 3.03 is hereby incorporated by reference.

Upon the effective time of the Merger, (i) the Company became an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Adecco and (ii) the directors and officers of the Company immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger were replaced with directors and officers designated by Adecco. The aggregate cost of the Merger was approximately $1.3 billion, which amount was funded from cash on hand.

 

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

Upon the effective time of the Merger, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) the Company’s articles of incorporation were amended in their entirety to be identical to the amended and restated articles of incorporation attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and (ii) the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, became the bylaws of the Company. Copies of the Company’s amended and restated articles of incorporation and bylaws are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following are included as exhibits to this report:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MPS Group, Inc.
3.2   Bylaws of MPS Group, Inc.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

Date: January 22, 2010

 

MPS GROUP, INC.
By:   /S/    TIG GILLIAM        
Name:   Theron (“Tig”) I. Gilliam
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MPS GROUP, INC. Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of MPS Group, Inc.

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

MPS GROUP, INC.


ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the Corporation shall be: MPS Group, Inc.

ARTICLE II

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

The principal office and mailing address of this Corporation is: 175 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, New York 11747.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation shall be any lawful purpose.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITAL STOCK

This Corporation is authorized to issue one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock with a par value of one cent ($.01) per share.

ARTICLE V

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Limitation of Liability

A director or officer of this Corporation shall not be liable to this Corporation or its shareholders for any monetary damages to the fullest extent permitted under the Florida Business Corporation Act, as it exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended.

Section 2. Indemnification

2.1. This Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer of this Corporation who is or was a party to any proceeding by reason on has been made that indemnification is not permissible, this Corporation shall make advances and reimbursements for expenses incurred by a director or officer in a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking from him or her to repay the same if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to indemnification. Such undertaking shall be an unlimited, unsecured general obligation of the director or officer and shall be accepted without reference to his or her ability to make repayment. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors, to contract in advance to indemnify and advance the expenses of any director or officer.

2.2 The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors, to cause this Corporation to indemnify or contract in advance to indemnify any person not specified in Article V, Section 2.1 who was or is a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of this Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of this Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other profit or non-profit enterprise, to the same extent as if such person were specified as one to whom indemnification is granted in Article V, Section 2.1.

Section 3. Insurance


This Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify it against the whole or any portion of the liability assumed by it in accordance with this Article V and may also procure insurance, in such amounts as the Board of Directors may determine, on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising from his or her status as such, whether or not this Corporation would have power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article V.

Section 4. Change in Board of Directors

In the event there has been a change in the composition of a majority of the Board of Directors after the date of the alleged act or omission with respect to which indemnification is claimed, any determination as to indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to any claim for indemnification made pursuant to Article V, Section 2.1 shall be made by special legal counsel agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee. If the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel, the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee each shall select a nominee, and the nominees shall select such special legal counsel.

Section 5. Application

The provisions of this Article V shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from any action taken or failure to act before or after such adoption. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article shall diminish the rights provided hereby or diminish the right to indemnification with respect to any claim, issue or matter in any then pending or subsequent proceeding that is based in any material respect on any alleged action or failure to act prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

Section 6. Covered Persons

Reference herein to directors, officers, employees or agents shall include former directors, officers, employees and agents and their respective heirs, executors and administrators.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

Except as otherwise provided herein, these Articles of Incorporation may be amended in the manner provided by law. Both the shareholders and the Board of Directors may repeal, amend or adopt Bylaws for the corporation, pursuant to these Articles, except that the shareholders may prescribe in any Bylaw made by them that such Bylaw shall not be altered, repealed or amended by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII

REGISTERED AGENT

The Name and address of the Registered Agent is:

C T Corporation System

1200 South Pine Island Road

Plantation, Florida 33324


ARTICLE VIII

INCORPORATOR

The incorporator of these amended and restated articles is:

Lillian H. Lardy

Latham & Watkins

885 Third Avenue

New York, NY

10022


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused their name to be affixed to this document as of the date hereof.

 

MPS GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Tig Gilliam

Name:   Tig Gilliam
Title:   CEO

These restated articles of incorporation were adopted by the Board of Directors as of the Effective Time of the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Jaguar Acquisition Corp., MPS Group, Inc. and Adecco Inc. on January 19, 2010.

EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm BYLAWS OF MPS GROUP, INC. Bylaws of MPS Group, Inc.

Exhibit 3.2

BYLAWS

OF

MPS GROUP, INC.

                                                         ,

a Florida Corporation (hereinafter “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES AND AGENT

Section 1.1. Registered Office and Agent. The Corporation shall maintain a registered agent in the State of Florida and shall have a registered office whose business office is identical to the registered office.

Section 1.2. Other Offices. In addition to its registered office, the Corporation also may have office(s) at any other place or places, within or without the State of Florida, as the Board of Directors may from time to time select or as the business of the Corporation may require or make desirable.

ARTICLE II

SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

Section 2.1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders will be held on a date, time and location designated by the Board of Directors in the notice of the annual meeting. If the date stated herein is a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held the next business day. If no location is designated by the Board of Directors in the notice, then the meeting will be held at the principal office of the Corporation. The purpose of the annual meeting is to elect the Board of Directors and to transact any other necessary business.

Section 2.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose other than the election of Directors and may be held within or without the State of Florida at the time and place stated in the notice of the special meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice. The business conducted at special meetings shall be limited to the purpose(s) stated in the notice. Special meetings of the shareholders, unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less 10% of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at the proposed special meeting.

Section 2.3. Notice of Meetings. Written or printed notice of any meeting of the shareholders must be delivered either personally or by mail to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall state the place, date and time of the meeting. Notice of a special meeting must also indicate the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If business other than the election of the Board of Directors will be conducted at an annual meeting, the notice shall indicate the business to be conducted.


Section 2.4. Waiver of Notice. Shareholders may waive notice of a meeting in writing or by attending the meeting either in person or by proxy.

Section 2.5. Shareholders Entitled to Notice of or Vote. For the purpose of determining which shareholders are entitled to notice of a meeting or to vote at a meeting, the Board of Directors may order that the stock transfer ledger be closed not more than 70 days prior to a meeting. The list of shareholders as of the date the corporate stock transfer ledger is closed will be those shareholders who are entitled to notice or to vote at a meeting.

Section 2.6. Close of Transfer Ledger. For the purpose of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or the 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 may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period not to exceed 60 days. If the stock transfer ledger 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 10 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, that date in any case to be not more than 60 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders not less than 10 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 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 2.7 Quorum. Quorum for a shareholders meeting is a majority of the outstanding shares of stock having voting power, whether in person or by proxy, except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. Once a quorum is present, business may be conducted at the meeting even if shareholders leave prior to the conclusion of the meeting. Adjournment of any meeting of the shareholders shall be by majority vote of the shares present and entitled to vote. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the meeting without notice other than announcement of the new time and place for the re-adjournment of the meeting. Any business that may have been transacted at the originally noticed meeting may be conducted at an adjourned meeting where quorum is present or represented by proxy.

Section 2.8 Shareholder Voting. Each outstanding share of stock entitled to vote as shown on the corporate stock transfer ledger will have one vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number of shares is otherwise required by law or the Articles of Incorporation.


Section 2.9. Proxies. At all meetings of the shareholders, a shareholder may exercise his or her right to vote by a proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy may be valid for longer than 11 months, unless the proxy states otherwise. Proxies are revocable prior to the meeting for which they are intended. Attendance at a shareholders’ meeting by a shareholder who executes a proxy also revokes the proxy.

Section 2.10. Shareholder Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a written consent is signed by the shareholders of outstanding stock having no less than the minimum number of votes necessary to take such action at a meeting. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, dated and signed by each approving shareholder, and delivered to the Corporation at its principal office. No written consent is effective unless within 60 days of the date of the earliest dated consent the proper number of consents are delivered to the Corporation. Within 10 days after authorization by written consent, notice must be given to the shareholders who have not consented in writing or who are not entitled to vote on the action.

Section 2.11. Inspection of Books and Records. Any shareholder holding at least 5% of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation shall have the right to inspect the books and records of the Corporation in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

Section 2.12. List of Shareholders. After fixing the record date for a meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, 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 list shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting and continuing through the meeting, at the Corporation’s principal office. The list also shall be made available by the Corporation at the meeting of the shareholders and any shareholder (or his or her agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

ARTICLE III

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1. Duties, Number, Election, Term and Qualification. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of a minimum of 2 Directors. Directors need not be residents of the State of Florida nor shareholders of the Corporation unless provided otherwise by the Articles of Incorporation. The Directors, other than the initial Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders. Each Director shall serve until the next annual shareholder’s meeting following his or her election or until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The initial Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of the shareholders. The Board of Directors shall have all of the powers available under state law and may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts that are not required to be exercised or done by the shareholders by state law, the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws.


Section 3.2. Removal. One or more Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the shareholders entitled to vote at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose.

Section 3.3. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, may be filled for the unexpired term by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders. A Director elected to fill a new position on the Board of Directors shall serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.

Section 3.4. Books and Records. The Directors may keep the books of the Corporation outside of the State of Florida, except those records required by law to be kept within the state, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine.

Section 3.5. Compensation. 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 the authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise.

ARTICLE IV

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 4.1. Location of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors, whether regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of Florida at any location the Board of Directors may from time to time establish or as set forth in the notice of a meeting.

Section 4.2. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held on the 1st day of November each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday then on the next business day, unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of any resolution of the Board fixing or changing the time or place of a regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be mailed to each Director at least 3 business days prior to the first meeting held pursuant to such resolution. The Board may transact any business that comes before it at any regular meeting of the Board.

Section 4.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the President, or by the written request of any 2 Directors in office at that time. The Secretary shall give notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors, which shall specify the time and place of the meeting, at least 2 days prior to the meeting by personal delivery, facsimile, telegram, or overnight mail. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. At any meeting at which all Directors are present, even without notice of the meeting, any business may be transacted and any Director may waive notice of any special meeting and its objectives.


Section 4.4. Waiver of Notice. 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. The notice or waiver of notice for any meeting of the Board of Directors is not required to state the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any meeting of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.5. Quorum. Unless a greater number is required by these Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the fixed number of Directors. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present may adjourn the meeting without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 4.6. Voting. Each Director will have one vote. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors will be sufficient to decide any matter, unless a greater number is required by the Articles of Incorporation or by state law.

Section 4.7. Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action that may be taken at a meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors) may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all the members of the Board of Directors (or of the committee as the case may be). The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by each Director (or each Director serving on the committee), and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing in the corporate records.

Section 4.8 Participation by Telephone Conference. Any or all Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors (or of a committee of the Board of Directors) through the use of any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting.

Section 4.9. Adjournments. Whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting, any meeting of the Directors (including an adjourned meeting) may be adjourned by a majority of the Directors present and to reconvene at a specific time and place. Any business may be transacted at a reconvened meeting that could have been transacted at the meeting that was adjourned. If notice of the adjourned meeting was properly given, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the reconvened meeting or of the business to be transacted, if the date, time and place of the reconvened meeting are announced at the meeting that was adjourned.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a President and a Secretary. The Board of Directors, in their discretion, may also appoint a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more


Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer or one or more Assistant Treasurers, and any other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary. Officers 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. The officers shall be elected or appointed at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors to serve a term of 1 year, or such other term as provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Each officer shall serve the term of office for which he or she is elected or appointed or until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. Any two offices may be held by the same person.

Section 5.2. Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.3. Removal and Vacancies. Any officer may be removed by the Board of Directors, with or without cause. Appointment of an officer does not create any contract rights for the officer. Any vacancy in an office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors.

Section 5.5. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders, and shall have general supervision of and responsibility for the business of the Corporation. He or she shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. If there is no Chairman of the Board, or in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, he or she shall be responsible for setting policy and direction under the general guidance of the Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. 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 or where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to another officer or agent of the Corporation. The President shall perform any other duties as may from time to time be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors.

Section 5.6. Vice President(s). In the absence or disability of the President, or at the direction of the President, the Vice President, if any, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President. If the Corporation has more than one Vice President, the one designated by the Board of Directors, shall act in lieu of the President. Vice Presidents shall perform the duties and have the powers that the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to them.

Section 5.7. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all of the acts and proceedings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors (including any committees thereof). The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may


be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and shall have the authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the 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 such officer’s signature. The Secretary shall perform any additional duties and have any additional powers the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to him or her. In the absence or disability of the Secretary or at the direction of the President, any Assistant Secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

Section 5.8. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the custody of all funds and securities belonging to the Corporation and for the receipt, deposit or disbursement of funds and securities under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall maintain full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall make reports of the same to the Board of Directors and the President upon request. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall perform all duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurer shall in the absence or disability of the Treasurer or at the direction of the President, 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.

Section 5.9. Bonds. The Board of Directors by resolution may require any or all of the officers, agents or employees of the Corporation to give bonds to the Corporation, with sufficient surety or sureties, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices or positions, and to comply with any other conditions as from time to time may be required by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.1. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. 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 Director of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall be indemnified by the Corporation, and shall be entitled to advancement of expenses of litigation, to the fullest extent permitted under the Florida Statutes against any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement which are allowed to be paid, reimbursed or advanced by the Corporation under the Florida Statutes and which are actually and reasonable incurred in connection with any action, suit or proceedings, pending or threatened, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which such person may be involved by reason of his or her being or having been a Director or officer of this Corporation or of such other enterprise. Indemnification shall be made in accordance with the Florida Statutes and subject to the conditions thereof. As a condition to any right of indemnification, the Corporation may require that it be permitted to participate in the defense of any such action or proceedings through legal counsel designated by the Corporation and at the expense of the Corporation.


Section 6.2. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any persons described in Section 6.1 above, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such officers and Directors against any liability under the Florida Statutes. If any expenses or other amounts are paid by way of indemnification other than by court order or by an insurance carrier, the Corporation shall provide notice of such payment to the members of the Board of Directors in accordance with these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VII

STOCK CERTIFICATES

Section 7.1. Stock Certificates. Certificates that represent shares of stock in the Corporation will be in the form determined by the Board of Directors. Certificates will be signed by the President and Secretary of the Corporation. Certificates will be consecutively numbered. The name and address of the person receiving the issued shares, the certificate number, the number of shares, and the date of issue will be recorded by the Secretary of the Corporation in the corporate stock transfer ledger. 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 designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued. If the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the stock certificates will state 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 7.2. Signatures. The signatures of the 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. If any officer who signs or whose facsimile signature is placed upon a stock certificate ceases to be such officer before the stock certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she was that officer at the date of its issue.

Section 7.3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any stock certificate previously issued by the Corporation that is alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing the issue of a new stock certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to its issuance, may prescribe any terms and conditions as it deems expedient and may require any indemnities as it deems adequate to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any stock certificate alleged to be lost or destroyed.

Section 7.4. Transfer of Shares. 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 canceled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation.


Section 7.5. Registered Shareholders. 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 Florida law.

ARTICLE VIII

NOTICE

Section 8.1. Form of Notice. 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 communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, telecopier, teletype, facsimile, or in writing, by mail or private carrier. Notice given by mail or private carrier shall be addressed to such Director or shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with prepaid postage, and such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile communication or by telegram.

Section 8.2. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to giving the required notice.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.1. Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, 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. Before payment of a dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper to meet debts of the Corporation as they become due in the regular course of business, or for any other purpose as the Directors determine is in the interest of the Corporation.

Section 9.2. Checks. All checks, demands for money or 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 9.3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.


Section 9.4 Corporate Seal. If the Board of Directors determines that there should be a corporate seal for the Corporation, it shall be in the 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, or in the event the Board of Directors shall not have determined to adopt a corporate seal, 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 or her or by his or her assistants on all appropriate papers.

Section 9.5. Article Titles and Subtitles. The Article titles and Section subtitles found in these Bylaws are intended solely to organize the provisions of the Bylaws and are not intended to limit, append, expand or otherwise interpret any provision found herein.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by either the board of directors or the shareholders, unless otherwise required by law, or unless the shareholders, in amending or repealing these bylaws generally or any particular bylaw provision, provide expressly that the board of directors may not mend or repeal these bylaws or such bylaw provision, as the case may be.

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