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STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485501 IRS NUMBER: 330845345 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-06 FILM NUMBER: 10661537 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Valeant Biomedicals, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485503 IRS NUMBER: 133179561 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-05 FILM NUMBER: 10661536 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Valeant China, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485505 IRS NUMBER: 330697447 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-04 FILM NUMBER: 10661535 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485507 IRS NUMBER: 330949894 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-03 FILM NUMBER: 10661534 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Coria Laboratories, Ltd. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485509 IRS NUMBER: 260291510 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-02 FILM NUMBER: 10661533 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ICN Medical Alliance, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485550 IRS NUMBER: 330933982 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-08 FILM NUMBER: 10661539 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hyland Capital, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485551 IRS NUMBER: 330860694 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-09 FILM NUMBER: 10661540 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Healthchoice Online, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485552 IRS NUMBER: 371473228 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-10 FILM NUMBER: 10661541 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485553 IRS NUMBER: 200211035 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-11 FILM NUMBER: 10661542 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: (949) 461-6000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. STREET 2: ONE ENTERPRISE CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001485554 IRS NUMBER: 134096932 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-165277-12 FILM NUMBER: 10661543 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTL. 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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2010
Registration No. 333-
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  2834
(Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
  33-0628076
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
(949) 461-6000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
 

SEE TABLE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS BELOW
 
Steve T. Min, Esq.
14 Main Street, Suite 140
Madison, NJ 07940
(973) 549-5292

(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Please address a copy of all communications to:
James W. McKenzie, Jr., Esq.
Michael F. Marino, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2921
(215) 963-5134
Fax: (215) 963-5001
 
     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
     If the securities being registered on this form are to be offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. o
     If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
     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. o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ
  Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company o
     If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:
Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) o
Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer) o
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                   
 
          Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum      
  Title of each Class of     Amount to     Offering Price     Aggregate     Amount of  
  Securities to be Registered     be Registered     Unit     Offering Price     Registration Fee  
 
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
    $ 365,000,000         100 %     $ 354,105,788 (1)     $ 25,248    
 
Guarantees of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
      N/A         N/A         N/A         (2 )  
 
 
(1)   Based upon the book value of the securities as of January 31, 2010 pursuant to Rule 457(f)(2) under the Securities Act.
 
(2)   No separate registration fee is due for the guarantees pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act.
 
     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 this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 
 
 

 


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TABLE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS
                         
    State or other     Primary Standard        
  Jurisdiction     Industrial     I.R.S. Employer  
  of Incorporation or     Classification     Identification  
Exact Name of Subsidiary Guarantor Registrant as Specified in its Charter *   Organization     Code Number     Number  
Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  Delaware     5122       13-4096932  
Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Ohio     5122       20-0211035  
Healthchoice Online, LLC
  Delaware     5122       37-1473228  
Hyland Capital, Inc.
  Delaware     6159       33-0860694  
ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
  California     5122       33-0933982  
ICN Southeast, Inc.
  Delaware     2833       33-0216000  
Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Delaware     5122       33-0845345  
Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
  Delaware     6799       13-3179561  
Valeant China, Inc.
  Delaware     6799       33-0697447  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America
  Delaware     5122       33-0949894  
Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
  Delaware     6794       26-0291510  
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
  Delaware     6794       68-0174793  
 
*   Each Subsidiary Guarantor Registrant is a direct or indirect subsidiary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. The address and telephone number of the principal executive offices of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc., Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Healthchoice Online, LLC, Hyland Capital, Inc., ICN Medical Alliance, Inc., ICN Southeast, Inc., Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Valeant Biomedicals, Inc., Valeant China, Inc. and Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America are c/o Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, telephone (949) 461-6000. The address and telephone number of the principal executive offices of Coria Laboratories, Ltd. are 3801 Hulen Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, telephone (866) 819-9007. The address and telephone number of the principal executive offices of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. are 1330 Redwood Way, Petaluma, California 94954, telephone (707) 793-2600.

 


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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 RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES IS EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL AND IT IS NOT SOLICITING AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 5, 2010
PROSPECTUS
$365,000,000
(VALEANT LOGO)
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGE OFFER FOR
8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
 
     We are offering, upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal, to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $365,000,000 of our 8.375% senior notes due 2016 and the related guarantees (collectively referred to in this prospectus as, the “exchange notes”), which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, for a like principal amount of our outstanding 8.375% senior notes due 2016 and related guarantees (collectively referred to in this prospectus as, the “old notes”), which were previously issued without registration under the Securities Act. We are conducting the exchange offer in order to satisfy our obligations under the exchange and registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the private placement of the old notes (referred to in this prospectus as, the “exchange and registration rights agreement”).
The Exchange Offer
    We will exchange a like principal amount of exchange notes for all old notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.
 
    You may withdraw tenders of old notes at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer.
 
    The exchange offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on      , 2010, unless extended.
 
    We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.
 
    We believe the exchange of old notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer generally will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, but you should read “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” on page 77 of this prospectus for more information.
The Exchange Notes
    The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes, except that:
  o   the offer and sale of the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore, the exchange notes generally will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes or bear legends restricting their transfer; and
 
  o   specified rights under the exchange and registration rights agreement, including the provisions providing for registration rights and the right to earn additional interest under circumstances relating to our registration obligations thereunder, will be limited or eliminated.
    The old notes are not listed on any national securities exchange and we do not intend to list the exchange notes on any national securities exchange.
          See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15 of this prospectus for a discussion of certain risks you should consider before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer.
     Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is      , 2010

 


 

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     In this prospectus, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise requires:
    “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Valeant” refer to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and (unless the context otherwise requires) its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis;
 
    “subsidiary guarantors” refers to those subsidiaries of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International that guarantee the obligations of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International under the old notes and the exchange notes;
 
    “old notes” refers to the $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.375% senior notes due 2016 of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and (unless the context otherwise requires) the guarantees thereof made by the subsidiary guarantors, which were previously issued without registration under the Securities Act;
 
    “exchange notes” refers to $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.375% senior notes due 2016 of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International and (unless the context otherwise requires) the guarantees thereof made by the subsidiary guarantors, which have been registered under the Securities Act and which we are offering in exchange for the old notes pursuant to this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal; and
 
    “notes” refers collectively to the old notes and the exchange notes.
 
     This prospectus incorporates important business and financial information about the Company that is not included in or delivered with this document. You may obtain this information, without charge, if you call or write us at the address or telephone number set forth in this prospectus under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference.” To obtain this information in a timely fashion, you must make your request no later than      , 2010. In the event that we extend the exchange offer, you must submit your request at least five business days before the expiration of the exchange offer, as extended.
 
     You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. The information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus or the date of the document incorporated by reference, as applicable. Our business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations and prospects may have changed since then. We are not making an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

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     Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The accompanying letter of transmittal relating to the exchange offer 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 in connection with resales of exchange notes received 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. We have agreed that, for a period of up to 180 days after the completion of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
     We are subject to certain information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (referred to in this prospectus as, the “Exchange Act”), and, in accordance with these requirements, we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any documents we file at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available to you at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and our website at www.valeant.com. The reference to our website address is intended as an inactive textual reference only. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.
     We have filed a registration statement on Form S-4 with the SEC to register the exchange notes under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (referred to in this prospectus as, the “Securities Act”). This prospectus is part of that registration statement. As allowed by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information you can find in the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement. You should note that where we summarize in this prospectus the terms of any contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, the summary information provided in the prospectus is less complete than the actual contract, agreement or document. You may review and obtain a copy of the registration statement and the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C., as well as through the SEC’s website or our website. You can also call or write us for a copy as described below under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
     The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the SEC under the Exchange Act, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. Information incorporated by reference is considered to be a part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update, modify and, where applicable, supersede this information. Our file number for documents we file with the SEC is 1-11397.
     We incorporate by reference into this prospectus the following documents that we have filed with the SEC (other than such documents or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
    Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 (including the portions of our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated therein by reference); and
    Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 11, 2010.
     We also incorporate by reference into this prospectus all documents filed by us with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act between the date of this prospectus and the expiration of the exchange offer (other than such documents or information deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules), which future filings shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this prospectus and to be part of this prospectus from the date we subsequently file such documents.
     Any statement contained in this prospectus or in any document incorporated by reference into this prospectus shall be deemed to be modified or, where applicable, superseded for the purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus or any subsequently filed document that also is incorporated by reference into this prospectus modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.
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reference into this prospectus and a copy of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part (including the exhibits to such registration statement). You can request copies of such documents if you call or write us at the following address or telephone number:
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, California 92656
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Telephone: (949) 461-6000
Exhibits to the documents incorporated by reference will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically been incorporated by reference into such document. You may also obtain copies of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, as described above under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”
INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA
     This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain information with respect to industry conditions, market share and other statistical data from third-party sources or based upon our estimates using such sources when available. While we believe that such information and estimates are reasonable and reliable, we have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources, and we cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information. Similarly, our internal research is based upon our understanding of industry conditions, market share and other statistical data and such information has not been verified by any independent sources.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
     This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to the safe harbors created under the U.S. federal securities laws. All statements that are not statements of historical facts are hereby identified as forward-looking statements for these purposes and include, among others, statements with respect to:
    our future economic performance, operating results, financial condition, capital resources or prospects;
 
    projections of revenue, expenses, income and losses, earnings (losses) per share, capital expenditures, dividends, growth rates or other financial items;
 
    market or industry trends,
 
    legal or regulatory developments;
 
    future events;
 
    the anticipated effect of acquisitions, litigation, new (or changes to existing) laws, regulations or accounting principles or other matters on our business, economic performance, operating results, financial condition, capital resources or prospects;
 
    our plans, objectives and strategies for future operations or otherwise; and
 
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Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “plan,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” “seem,” “potential,” “appear,” “continue,” “future,” believe,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” variations of such words or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcome, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words.
     Our forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed or implied by such statements. For a discussion of some of these risks and uncertainties, please read carefully the information contained under the heading “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as well as the other information contained herein and therein. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
     Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this prospectus or, in the case of documents incorporated by reference, the date of the applicable document (or any earlier date indicated in the statement), and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any of these statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

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SUMMARY
     This summary highlights certain information about us, the exchange offer and exchange notes. It does not contain all of the information that may be important to you in deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer. For a more complete description of our company, the exchange offer and the exchange notes, you should read this entire prospectus, as well as the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus, which are described under “Documents Incorporated by Reference,” prior to deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
     We are a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of pharmaceutical products. Our specialty pharmaceutical and over-the-counter, or OTC, products are marketed under brand names and are sold in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where we focus most of our efforts on the dermatology and neurology therapeutic classes. We also have branded generic and OTC operations in Europe and Latin America which focus on pharmaceutical products that are bioequivalent to original products and are marketed under company brand names.
Business Strategy
     Our strategy is to focus the business on core geographies and therapeutic classes, maximize pipeline assets through strategic partnerships with other pharmaceutical companies and deploy cash with an appropriate mix of selective acquisitions, share buybacks and debt repurchases. We believe this strategy will allow us to improve both our growth rates and profitability.
     Our leveraged research and development model is a key element to our business strategy. It allows us to progress development programs to drive future commercial growth, while minimizing our research and development expense. This is achieved in 4 ways: (1) we structure partnerships and collaborations so that our partner partially funds development work, e.g., collaboration on retigabine with Glaxo Group Limited (referred to in this prospectus as “GSK”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline plc, (2) we bring products already developed for other markets to our territories, e.g., our joint venture relationship in Canada with Meda AB, an international specialty pharmaceutical company located in Stockholm, Sweden, (3) we acquire dossiers and registrations for branded generic products, which require limited and low risk manufacturing start-up and development activities and (4) we have a dermatology service business that works with external customers as well as progresses our internal development programs. This service business model allows higher utilization and infrastructure cost absorption.
     In March 2008, we announced a company-wide restructuring effort, designed to streamline our business, align our infrastructure to the scale of our operations, maximize our pipeline assets and deploy our cash assets to maximize shareholder value, while highlighting key opportunities for growth. Specifically, we reduced our focus to two therapeutic classes — dermatology and neurology, and to five geographic areas — U.S., Canada, Australia/New Zealand, Mexico/Brazil and Central Europe, and we adjusted our business infrastructure to support our strategy.
Segment Information
     Our current product portfolio comprises approximately 380 products, with approximately 2,000 stock keeping units, with no individual product comprising 10% or more of our consolidated revenues in 2009. Our products are sold through the following three segments:
    Specialty Pharmaceuticals — The Specialty Pharmaceuticals segment generates product revenues from pharmaceutical and OTC products primarily from the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Within the Specialty Pharmaceuticals segment, we have a broad range of pharmaceutical products including dermatology, neurology and prescription products in other therapeutic areas. These pharmaceutical products are marketed and sold primarily through wholesalers and to a lesser extent through retail and direct-to-physician channels. Additionally, within the Specialty Pharmaceuticals segment, we generate alliance revenue and service revenue from the licensing of dermatological products and from contract services in the areas of dermatology and topical medication.

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    Branded Generics — Europe - The Branded Generics — Europe segment generates revenues from branded generic pharmaceutical products primarily in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Our Branded Generics — Europe segment develops, manufactures and markets products that are the therapeutic equivalent to their brand name counterparts, which are developed when patents or other regulatory exclusivity no longer protect an originator’s brand product. Our branded generics strategy is to develop a commercialization strategy to differentiate these products through innovative marketing tactics. Our products in this region are sold under the ICN Polfa brand name and we market our portfolio of generic branded products to doctors and pharmacists through approximately 300 sales professionals. Our branded generics in this segment cover a broad range of treatments including antibiotics, antifungal medications and diabetic therapies among many others.
 
    Branded Generics — Latin America - The Branded Generics — Latin America segment generates revenues from branded generic pharmaceutical products and OTC products in Mexico, Brazil and exports out of Mexico to other Latin American markets. Our branded generic and generic products are developed when patents or other regulatory exclusivity no longer protect an originator’s brand product. Our products in this region are primarily marketed to physicians and pharmacies through approximately 300 sales professionals under the Grossman brand. Our generic portfolio is primarily sold through the Government Health Care System, which awards its business through a tender process. Our portfolio in this segment covers a broad range of therapeutic classes including antibacterials, vitamin deficiency and dermatology.
Marketing
We currently promote our pharmaceutical products to physicians, hospitals, pharmacies and wholesalers through our own sales force and sell through wholesalers. In some limited markets, we additionally sell directly to physicians, hospitals and large drug store chains and we sell through distributors in countries where we do not have our own sales staff. As part of our marketing program for pharmaceuticals, we use direct mailings, advertise in trade and medical periodicals, exhibit products at medical conventions and sponsor medical education symposia.
Manufacturing
We currently operate ten manufacturing plants. We also subcontract the manufacturing of certain of our products, including products manufactured under the rights acquired from other pharmaceutical companies. Generally, acquired products continue to be produced for a specific period of time by the selling company. During that time, we integrate the products into our own manufacturing facilities or initiate toll manufacturing agreements with third parties. We estimate that products representing approximately 60% of our product sales are produced by third party manufacturers under toll manufacturing arrangements.
Products in Development
We currently have a number of compounds in clinical development including, but not limited to:
    Retigabine — Retigabine is being developed by us in collaboration with GSK as an adjunctive treatment for partial-onset seizures in patients with epilepsy. On October 30, 2009, the New Drug Application, or NDA, was filed for retigabine for the treatment of refractory partial onset seizures. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, accepted the NDA for review on December 29, 2009 and established a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of August 30, 2010. In addition, the European Medicines Evaluation Agency confirmed on November 17, 2009 that the Marketing Authorization Application, or MAA, was successfully validated, thus enabling the MAA review to commence.
 
    Taribavirin — Taribavirin (formerly referred to as viramidine) was in development in oral form for the treatment of hepatitis C. During 2009, we ceased further independent development work on taribavirin and we are seeking potential partners for the taribavirin program.
 
    Dermatology Products — We have a number of dermatology product candidates in development including, but not limited to:

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    IDP-107 is an oral treatment for moderate to severe acne vulgaris.
 
    IDP-108 is an antifungal targeted to treat onychomycosis, a fungal infection of the fingernails and toenails primarily in older adults.
 
    IDP-113 is a topical therapy for the treatment of tinea capitis, which is a fungal infection of the scalp characterized by redness, scaling and bald patches, particularly in children. IDP-113 has the same active pharmaceutical ingredient as IDP-108.
 
    IDP-115 combines an established anti-rosacea active ingredient with sunscreen agents to provide sun protection in the same topical treatment for rosacea patients.
Other Information
     We are incorporated under the laws of Delaware. Our principal executive offices are located at One Enterprise, Aliso Viejo, California 92656, our telephone number at that address is (949) 461-6000 and our website address is www.valeant.com. The reference to our website address is intended as an inactive textual reference only. The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not a part of this prospectus.
     For more information regarding us and our business you should read our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and the other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
Recent Developments
     On February 28, 2010, we entered into an agreement with Spear Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Spear Dermatology Products, Inc. (collectively “Spear”) for rights to commercialize Refissa ®, a prescription-based topical tretinoin cream used to diminish fine wrinkles and fade irregular pigmentation due to sun damage. We paid Spear a $12.0 million upfront payment and will share profits with Spear from our sales of Refissa ® which we will record. We will use our dermatology sales force to promote Refissa ® to dermatologists nationwide.

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The Exchange Offer
     On June 9, 2009 we completed a private placement of our outstanding unregistered old notes. In connection with that private placement, we entered into an exchange and registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the old notes (referred to in this prospectus as, the “exchange and registration rights agreement”) in which we agreed to, among other things, complete an exchange offer for the old notes. The following is a brief summary of certain terms and conditions of the exchange offer. For a more complete description of the exchange offer, you should read the section of this prospectus entitled “The Exchange Offer.”
         
The Exchange Offer   We are offering to exchange the exchange notes for a like principal amount of the old notes. Old notes may be tendered only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. We are making this exchange offer to satisfy our obligations under the exchange and registration rights agreement. After the exchange offer is complete, except as set forth below, you will no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to the notes.

The exchange and registration rights agreement requires us to file a registration statement for a continuous offering in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act for your benefit if you notify us prior to the 20th business day following the completion of the exchange offer that you would not receive freely tradable exchange notes in the exchange offer or you are ineligible to participate in the exchange offer. See “The Exchange Offer—Purpose and Effect.”
 
       
Exchange Notes   Up to $365 million aggregate principal amount of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016. The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes, except that:
 
       
 
    the offer and sale of the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act, and therefore, the exchange notes generally will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes or bear legends restricting their transfer; and
 
       
 
    specified rights under the exchange and registration rights agreement, including the provisions providing for registration rights and the right to earn additional interest under circumstances relating to our registration obligations thereunder, will be limited or eliminated.
 
       
Resales of the Exchange Notes   Based on interpretative letters of the SEC staff to third parties, we believe that the exchange notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act if you meet all of the following conditions:
 
       
 
    you are acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business;
 
       
 
    you have not engaged in, do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes;
 
       
 
    you are not an affiliate of ours, as the term “affiliate” is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and
 
       
 
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    If you do not meet all of the above conditions, you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a resale of the exchange notes.
 
       
    Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in the exchange offer for old notes that it acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities must deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes and acknowledge this obligation in the letter of transmittal. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
       
    Our belief that transfers of exchange notes would be permitted without registration or prospectus delivery under the conditions described above is based on SEC interpretations given to other, unrelated issuers in similar exchange offers. We cannot assure you that the SEC would make a similar interpretation with respect to our exchange offer. We will not be responsible for or indemnify you against any liability you may incur under the Securities Act. You should consult your own legal adviser with respect to such matters.
 
       
Consequences of Failure to Exchange
  If you do not participate or properly tender your old notes in the exchange offer:
 
       
 
    you will retain old notes that are not registered under the Securities Act and that will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer that are described in the legend on the old notes;
 
       
 
    you will not be able to require us to register your old notes under the Securities Act, except in the very limited circumstances described above under “The Exchange Offer”;
 
       
 
    you will not be able to offer to resell or transfer your old notes unless they are registered under the Securities Act or unless you offer to resell or transfer them pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act; and
 
       
 
    the trading market for your old notes may become more limited to the extent that other holders of old notes participate in the exchange offer.
 
       
Acceptance of Old Notes and Delivery of Exchange Notes
 
Except under the circumstances summarized below under “Conditions to the Exchange Offer,” we will accept for exchange any and all old notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer. The exchange notes to be issued to you in the exchange offer will be delivered promptly following the expiration of the exchange offer. See “The Exchange Offer—Terms of the Exchange Offer.”
 
       
Expiration Date   The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on           , 2010, 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.
 
       
Procedures for Tendering Old Notes
 
The old notes were issued as global securities in fully registered form without coupons. Beneficial interests in the old notes that are held by direct or indirect participants in The Depository Trust Company (referred to in this prospectus as, “DTC”) through certificateless depositary interests that are shown on, and transfers of the old notes can be made only through, records maintained in book-entry form by DTC with respect to its participants.

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    If you are a holder of an old note held in the form of a book-entry interest and you wish to exchange your old note for an exchange note pursuant to the exchange offer, you must transmit to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as exchange agent, on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer a computer-generated message transmitted by means of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (referred to in this prospectus as, “ATOP”) system 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.
 
       
    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, in accordance with the procedure for book-entry transfers described in this prospectus under the heading “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Old Notes—Book-Entry Transfer”; or
 
       
 
    the documents necessary for compliance with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.
 
       
    A letter of transmittal accompanies this prospectus. By delivering a computer-generated message through DTC’s ATOP system, you will represent to us, among other things, that:
 
       
 
    you are acquiring the exchange notes in the exchange offer in the ordinary course of your business;
 
       
 
    you have not engaged in, do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes;
 
       
 
    you are not an affiliate of ours, as the term “affiliate” is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and
 
       
 
    you are not acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these representations.
 
       
Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners
 
If you are the beneficial owner of old notes that 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 promptly contact the person in whose name your old notes are registered and instruct that person to tender on your behalf. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering Old Notes.”
 
       
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures   If you wish to tender your old notes and you cannot get the required documents to the exchange agent before the expiration date of the exchange offer, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed 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 Old Notes—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”
 
       
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Conditions to the Exchange Offer   We reserve the right in our sole discretion to terminate the exchange offer at any time before the acceptance of any old notes for exchange. As set forth in the exchange and registration rights agreement, we will complete the exchange offer only if it will not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission and no injunction, order or decree has been issued that would prohibit, prevent or otherwise materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange offer. See “The Exchange Offer—Conditions.”
 
       
Exchange Agent   The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offer. The address, facsimile number and telephone number of the exchange agent are set forth under “The Exchange Offer — Exchange Agent.”
 
       
Federal Income Tax Consequences   We believe your exchange of old notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer generally will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations.”
 
       
No Appraisal Rights   You do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with the exchange offer.
 
       
Accounting Treatment   We will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the completion of the exchange offer. The expenses of the exchange offer that we pay will increase our deferred financing costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such costs will be amortized over the term of the exchange notes under generally accepted accounting principles.
 
       
Use of Proceeds   We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes in connection with the exchange offer. See “Use of Proceeds.”

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The Exchange Notes
     The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes, except that:
    the offer and sale of the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore, the exchange notes generally will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes or bear legends restricting their transfer; and
 
    specified rights under the exchange and registration rights agreement, including the provisions providing for registration rights and the right to earn additional interest under circumstances relating to our registration obligations thereunder, will be limited or eliminated.
     The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the old notes and will rank equally with the old notes. The same indenture will govern both the old notes and the exchange notes.
     The following is a brief summary of certain terms of the exchange notes. When we refer to “the notes” below and elsewhere in this prospectus, we are referring to both the old notes and the exchange notes. Some of the terms described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. For a more complete description of the terms of the exchange notes, you should read the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of the Exchange Notes.” For purposes of this summary, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Valeant” are to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (parent company only) and not to any of its subsidiaries.
     
Issuer
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International.
 
   
Exchange Notes Offered
  $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.375% senior notes due 2016.
 
   
Maturity Date
  June 15, 2016.
 
   
Interest
  Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at the rate of 8.375% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15. Interest on the exchange notes will accrue from December 15, 2009 (the date interest was most recently paid on the old notes). In order to avoid duplicative payment of interest, all interest accrued on old notes that are accepted for exchange before June 15, 2010 will be superseded by the interest that is deemed to have accrued on the exchange notes from December 15, 2009 through the date of the exchange. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Valeant will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.
 
   
Original Issue Discount
  As in the case of the old notes, the exchange notes will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes (but based on the issue date of the old notes). Thus, in addition to stated interest on the notes, U.S. holders (as defined in “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) will be required to include any amounts representing the original issue discount in gross income on a constant yield basis for United States federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash payments to which such income is attributable. Each holder should consult its own tax adviser as to the particular tax consequences that would

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bear on its exchange of old notes for exchange notes, and the holding of exchange notes, including the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign tax laws and of any proposed changes in applicable laws.
 
   
Guarantees
The exchange notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries (referred to in this prospectus as, “subsidiary guarantors”). Additional subsidiaries may be required to guarantee the notes, and the guarantee of any subsidiary may be released, in each case, in the circumstances set forth under “Description of the Exchange Notes — Subsidiary Guarantees.”
 
 
As of December 31, 2009, the non-guarantor subsidiaries held $667.1 million, or 51% , of our total consolidated assets. The non-guarantor subsidiaries generated $422.4 million, or 51%, of our total consolidated revenue and $122.2 million, 52%, of our total consolidated income from operations for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
Ranking
The exchange notes will be senior unsecured obligations of ours. Accordingly, they will rank:
 
   
 
      equal in right of payment to all of our existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness;
 
   
 
      senior in right of payment to all of our existing and future indebtedness that expressly provides for subordination to the notes; and
 
   
 
      effectively junior in right of payment to all of our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. As of December 31, 2009, we had $2.0 million of secured indebtedness outstanding.
   
  The guarantees will be the senior unsecured obligation of the applicable subsidiary guarantor. Accordingly they will rank:
 
   
 
      equal in right of payment to all of the applicable subsidiary guarantor’s existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness;
 
 
      senior in right of payment to all of the applicable subsidiary guarantor’s existing and future indebtedness that expressly provides for subordination to the notes; and
 
   
 
      effectively junior in right of payment to all of the applicable subsidiary guarantor’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness. As of December 31, 2009, the subsidiary guarantors had no secured indebtedness outstanding.
 
   
 
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aggregate of $344.1 million of liabilities.
 
   
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to June 15, 2012, we may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the notes, plus the premium described under the heading “Description of the Exchange Notes— Optional Redemption.”

In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2012, we may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes with the proceeds from certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 108.375% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the redemption date.

On or after June 15, 2012, we may redeem all or a part of the notes at the redemption prices listed under the heading “Description of the Exchange Notes — Optional Redemption,” plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the applicable redemption date.
 
   
Change of Control
If we experience a change of control, you will have the right to require us to repurchase all or part of your notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any, to the date of purchase. See “Description of the Exchange Notes — Repurchase at the Option of Holders.”
 
   
Certain Covenants
The indenture governing the exchange notes contains covenants that, among other things, will limit our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to:
 
   
 
      incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock;
 
   
 
      pay dividends, or make redemptions, repurchases or distributions, with respect to ordinary shares or capital stock;
 
   
 
      create or incur certain liens;
 
   
 
      make certain loans or investments;
 
   
 
      engage in mergers, acquisitions, amalgamations, asset sales and sale and leaseback transactions; and
 
   
 
      engage in transactions with affiliates.
 
  These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions (including the suspension of covenants under certain circumstances). See “Description of the Exchange Notes — Certain Covenants.”
 
   
Form and Denominations
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  by one or more notes registered in global form, without interest coupons attached. Upon the consummation of the exchange offer, these global notes will be deposited with The Depository Trust Company (referred to in this prospectus as “DTC”) in New York, New York, or remain in the custody of the trustee and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to the account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC. Transfers of beneficial interests in the global notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants. Beneficial interests may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form, except in limited circumstances.
 
   
Governing Law
  The exchange notes and the indenture governing the exchange notes will be governed by New York law.
 
   
Trustee
  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
 
   
Absence of Public Market for the Exchange Notes
  The exchange notes are new securities for which there is no established trading market and we do not intend to list the exchange notes on any national securities exchange. The absence of an active trading market for the exchange notes could have an adverse effect on the liquidity and value of the exchange notes.

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Selected Consdolidated Financial Data
     The following table sets forth certain of our historical consolidated financial data. The financial data for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 and as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The financial data for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 is derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are not incorporated by reference nor included elsewhere in this prospectus.
     The following information should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified by reference to, our financial statements (including the related notes to those financial statements) and the information under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Business” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
     Our historical financial information may not be indicative of our results of operations or financial position to be expected in the future.
                                         
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2009 (1)     2008 (1)     2007     2006     2005 (1)  
    (In thousands exceptper share data)  
Revenues:
                                       
Product sales
  $ 710,761     $ 593,165     $ 603,051     $ 603,810     $ 546,429  
Service revenue
    22,389                          
Alliance revenue
    97,311       63,812       86,452       81,242       91,646  
 
                             
Total revenues
    830,461       656,977       689,503       685,052       638,075  
 
                             
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    199,349       (172,680 )     20,145       3,522       (92,838 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (2)
    (58,270 )     34,688       13,535       36,577       67,034  
 
                             
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    257,619       (207,368 )     6,610       (33,055 )     (159,872 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax (3)
    6,125       166,548       (26,796 )     (37,332 )     (40,468 )
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    263,744       (40,820 )     (20,186 )     (70,387 )     (200,340 )
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
    3       7       2       3       287  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to Valeant
  $ 263,741     $ (40,827 )   $ (20,188 )   $ (70,390 )   $ (200,627 )
 
                             
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to Valeant:
                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Valeant
  $ 3.15     $ (2.37 )   $ 0.07     $ (0.35 )   $ (1.74 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to Valeant
    0.07       1.90       (0.29 )     (0.40 )     (0.45 )
 
                             
Net income (loss) per share attributable to Valeant
  $ 3.22     $ (0.47 )   $ (0.22 )   $ (0.75 )   $ (2.19 )
 
                             
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to Valeant:
                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to Valeant
  $ 3.07     $ (2.37 )   $ 0.07     $ (0.35 )   $ (1.74 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to Valeant
    0.07       1.90       (0.28 )     (0.40 )     (0.45 )
 
                             
Net income (loss) per share attributable to Valeant
  $ 3.14     $ (0.47 )   $ (0.21 )   $ (0.75 )   $ (2.19 )
 
                             
Dividends declared per share of common stock
  $     $     $     $ 0.24     $ 0.23  
 
                             
                                         
    As of December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
                    ( In thousands )                  
Balance Sheet Data:
                                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 68,080     $ 199,582     $ 287,728     $ 311,012     $ 208,397  
Working capital (4)
    125,079       175,450       412,272       348,402       220,447  
Net assets of discontinued operations (3)
                272,047       282,251       307,096  
Total assets
    1,305,479       1,185,932       1,492,321       1,503,386       1,512,740  
Total debt (5)
    600,589       398,802       716,821       698,502       681,606  
Stockholders’ equity
    371,179       251,748       479,571       509,857       527,843  
 
Notes to Selected Consolidated Financial Data:
(1)   The results of operations of Coria Laboratories Ltd. (“Coria”), DermaTech Pty Ltd. (“DermaTech”), Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. (“Dow”), EMO-FARM sp. z o.o. (“Emo-Farm”), Tecnofarma S.A. de C.V. (“Tecnofarma”), Private Formula Holdings International Pty Limited (“PFI”) and Laboratoire Dr. Renaud (“Dr. Renaud”) are included since their respective acquisition dates of October 15, 2008; November 14, 2008; December 31, 2008; April 29, 2009; July 31, 2009; October 6, 2009 and December 15, 2009. In connection with our acquisitions prior to 2009, portions of the purchase price are allocated to acquired in-

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    process research and development (“IPR&D”) on projects that, as of the acquisition date, had not yet reached technological feasibility and had no alternative future use. In 2008, we recorded $185.8 million and $0.5 million of IPR&D expense related to the acquisitions of Dow and Coria, respectively. In 2005, we acquired Xcel for approximately $280.0 million of which $126.4 million was allocated to IPR&D costs and charged to expense.
 
(2)   The tax provision in 2005 included a net charge of $27.4 million associated with an Internal Revenue Service examination of our U.S. tax returns for the years 1997 to 2001 (including interest). The tax provision in 2007 includes a net credit of $21.5 million to partially reverse the 2005 charge, as a result of resolving many of the issues raised during the examination through an appeals process. In 2007, 2006 and 2005, we recorded valuation allowance increases of $58.6 million, $33.1 million and $44.5 million, respectively, against our deferred tax asset to recognize the uncertainty of realizing the benefits of our accumulated U.S. and state net operating losses and credits. In 2007, the increase in the U.S. valuation allowance was offset by liabilities for uncertain tax positions of $60.1 million, with a net decrease of the valuation allowance of $7.0 million. As of December 31, 2008, the valuation allowances totaled $123.8 million. During 2008, based upon certain transactions including the sale of our business operations located in Western and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (the “WEEMEA business”) and reversal of our intent to indefinitely reinvest foreign earnings, we released $23.6 million and $4.5 million of the valuation allowance through additional capital and goodwill, respectively. Additionally, the tax provisions in 2005 and 2008 do not reflect tax benefits for acquired IPR&D charged to expense. The tax benefit in 2009 includes $102.5 million related to the partial release of our valuation allowance in the U.S. as we determined that it is more likely than not that we would utilize our deferred tax assets with the exception of state capital losses and foreign net operating losses. See Note 11 of notes to consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 for additional information. Such Annual Report is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. See “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
 
(3)   In September 2008 and September 2007, we reclassified our WEEMEA business and Infergen ® operations, respectively, as discontinued operations. The consolidated financial statements have been reclassified for all historical periods presented. In 2006, the loss from discontinued operations was partly offset by the partial release of $5.6 million from a reserve for our environmental liability related to our former biomedical facility. In December 2005, we acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to Infergen ® from InterMune. In this transaction, we charged $47.2 million to acquired IPR&D. As a result of the reclassification of the Infergen ® operations to discontinued operations, this charge was classified as an expense within discontinued operations.
 
(4)   Working capital in 2007 and 2006 excludes $325.9 million and $236.6 million, respectively, of assets held for sale.
 
(5)   In June 2009, we issued $365.0 million aggregate principal amount of the old notes. In 2009, we repurchased $173.5 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 (the “3.0% Notes”) and 4.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the “4.0% Notes”). In 2008, we repurchased $32.6 million aggregate principal amount of our 3.0% Notes. In July 2008, we redeemed $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.0% Senior Notes due 2011 (the “7.0% Senior Notes”).

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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
     The following table presents our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated:
                                         
            Years Ended December 31,        
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
    5.2x             1.3x       1.1x        
     The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing earnings to fixed charges. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represents pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries. Fixed charges include: interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance cost and amortization of debt discount; and the portion of rental expense that we believe is representative of the interest component of rental expense. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2005, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by approximately $172.7 million and $92.8 million, respectively. The Company accounts for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of its (benefit) provision for income taxes, and therefore, these charges are not included as a component of interest expense within fixed charges.
Risk Factors
     See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 15 of this prospectus and the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus for a discussion of certain risks you should consider before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer.

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RISK FACTORS
     You should carefully consider the risks described below as well as the other information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offer. These risks are not the only ones facing us or relevant to the exchange offer or your investment in the notes. There may be additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial. The occurrence of any one or more of these known or unknown risks could materially and adversely affect our business, condition (financial or otherwise), operating results, prospects, ability to satisfy our payment obligations under the notes and the value of the notes. In such case, you could lose all or part of your investment in, and expected return on, the notes.
Risks Relating to the Exchange Offer and the Notes
If you fail to exchange your old notes, they will continue to be restricted securities and may become less liquid.
     Old notes which you do not tender or we do not accept will, following the exchange offer, continue to be restricted securities. You may not offer or sell untendered old notes except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We will issue exchange notes in exchange for the old notes pursuant to the exchange offer only following the satisfaction of procedures and conditions described in “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering Old Notes.” These procedures and conditions include timely receipt by the exchange agent of the old notes and of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal.
     If most of the old notes are tendered in this exchange offer, the liquidity of the market for any old notes remaining after the completion of the exchange offer may be substantially limited. Any old note tendered and exchanged in the exchange offer will reduce the aggregate principal amount of the old notes outstanding. Following the exchange offer, if you did not tender your old notes you generally will not have any further registration rights and your old notes will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions. Accordingly, the liquidity of the market for any old notes could be adversely affected.
You may not receive exchange notes in the exchange offer if the exchange offer procedure is not followed.
     We will issue the exchange notes in exchange for your old notes only if you properly tender your old notes before expiration of the exchange offer. Neither the exchange agent nor we are under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of old notes for exchange. If you are the beneficial holder of old notes that are held through your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, and you wish to tender in the exchange offer, you should promptly contact the person through whom your old notes are held and instruct that person to tender on your behalf.
There is no established trading market for the exchange notes. If an actual trading market does not develop for the exchange notes, you may not be able to resell them quickly, for the price that you paid, or at all.
     The exchange notes are new securities for which there is no established trading market and we do not intend to list the exchange notes on any national securities exchange. As a result, no assurance can be given:
    as to the development or continuation of any market for the exchange notes;
 
    as to the liquidity of any market that does develop; or
 
    as to your ability to sell your exchange notes or the price at which you will be able to sell your exchange notes.
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     Even if a trading market develops, the market price of the notes will depend on many factors, including, among others, the following:
    prevailing interest rates;
 
    our business, results of operations, condition (financial and otherwise) and prospects;
 
    ratings, if any, assigned to the exchange notes by rating agencies; and
 
    the market for similar securities.
     Historically, the market for debt securities similar to the exchange notes has been subject to disruptions that have caused volatility in prices of securities similar to the exchange notes. We cannot assure you that the market, if any, for the exchange notes will be free from similar disruptions. Any such disruptions may have an adverse effect on the price at which you are able to sell your exchange notes, regardless of our business, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) and prospects.
Broker-dealers may need to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
     Any broker-dealer that (1) exchanges its old notes in the exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes or (2) resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account in the exchange offer may be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale transaction by that broker-dealer. Any profit on the resale of the exchange notes and any commission or concessions received by a broker-dealer may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.
Our substantial level of debt could materially and adversely affect our ability to fulfill our obligations under the notes, our ability to react to changes in our business and our ability to incur additional debt to fund future needs.
     We have a substantial amount of debt. For more detail regarding our debt, see “Selected Consolidated Financial Data”. Our debt could have important consequences for holders of the notes. For example, it could:
    make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to the notes;
 
    require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing funds available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, research and development and other purposes;
 
    increase our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions;
 
    limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industries in which we operate;
 
    limit our noteholders’ rights to receive payments under the notes if secured creditors have not been paid;
 
    place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have relatively less debt;
 
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    prevent us from raising the funds necessary to repurchase all notes tendered to us upon the occurrence of certain changes of control, which would constitute a default under the indenture governing the notes.
     In addition, restrictions imposed by the indenture governing the notes and our other outstanding indebtedness may limit our ability to operate our business and to finance our future operations or capital needs or to engage in other business activities.
To service our third-party debt, we will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control, and any failure to meet our third-party debt service obligations could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
     Our ability to pay interest on and principal of the notes and our ability to satisfy our other debt obligations will depend principally upon our future operating performance. As a result, prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, will affect our ability to make payments on our debt. If we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to satisfy our debt service obligations, including payments on the notes, we may have to undertake alternative financing plans, such as refinancing or restructuring our debt, selling assets, reducing or delaying capital investments or seeking to raise additional capital. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt service obligations, including the inability to service the notes offered hereby, or to refinance our obligations on commercially reasonable terms, would have an adverse effect, which could be material, on our business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows, as well as on our ability to satisfy our obligations in respect of the notes.
     Our subsidiaries own our assets and conduct our operations. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness, including the notes, is dependent on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Unless they are guarantors of the notes, our subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on the notes or to make funds available for that purpose. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness, including each series of notes. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. Our non-guarantor subsidiaries include foreign subsidiaries and they may be prohibited by law or other regulations from distributing funds to us and/or we may be subject to payment of repatriation taxes and withholdings. While the indenture governing the notes will limit the ability of some of our subsidiaries to incur consensual restrictions on their ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany payments to us, these limitations are subject to certain qualifications and exceptions. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries or receive cash via cash repatriation strategies for services rendered and intellectual property, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the notes.
The terms of the indenture governing the notes may restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes in our business or to take certain actions.
     The indenture governing the notes offered hereby will contain, and any future indebtedness of ours would likely contain, a number of restrictive covenants imposing significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries, including restrictions that may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our long-term best interests and may adversely affect our ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to engage in other business activities.
     The indenture governing the notes includes covenants restricting, among other things, our ability to:
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    pay dividends, or make redemptions, repurchases or distributions, with respect to ordinary shares or capital stock;
 
    create or incur certain liens;
 
    make certain loans or investments;
 
    engage in mergers, acquisitions, amalgamations, asset sales and sale and leaseback transactions; and
 
    engage in transactions with affiliates.
These covenants and other restrictive covenants are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions.
The assets of our subsidiaries that are not guarantors will be subject to prior claims by creditors of those subsidiaries.
     You will not have a claim as a creditor against our subsidiaries that are not guarantors of the notes. Not all of our subsidiaries will guarantee the notes and our subsidiaries that do guarantee the notes may obtain releases of their guarantees as set forth in the indenture. See “Description of the Exchange Notes — Subsidiary Guarantees.” Therefore, the assets of our non-guarantor subsidiaries will be subject to prior claims by creditors of those subsidiaries, whether secured or unsecured. Unrestricted subsidiaries under the indenture are also not subject to the covenants in the indenture. For the year ended December 31, 2009, our non-guarantor subsidiaries generated $422.4 million, or 51%, of our total consolidated revenue and $122.2 million, or 52%, of our total consolidated income from operations. In addition, as of December 31, 2009, our non-guarantor subsidiaries held $667.1 million, or 51%, of our total consolidated assets and had $344.1 million, or 37%, of our total consolidated liabilities (including trade payables), to which the notes are structurally subordinated.
We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantially more debt, including secured debt.
     Subject to the restrictions in the indenture governing the notes and our other outstanding indebtedness, we and our subsidiaries may incur significant additional debt, including secured debt, that would be effectively senior to the notes. Although the terms of these facilities and the indenture governing the notes contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional debt, including secured debt, these restrictions are subject to a number of important exceptions, including our ability to enter into a senior secured credit facility that is secured by all of our and our subsidiaries’ assets, and debt incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. If we and our restricted subsidiaries incur significant additional debt, the related risks that we face could intensify.
Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void the guarantees and, if that occurs, you may not receive any payments on the notes.
     Federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes may apply to the issuance of the notes and the incurrence of the guarantees. Under federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws, which may vary from state to state, the notes or guarantees could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if (1) we or any of the subsidiary guarantors, as applicable, issued the notes or incurred the guarantees with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or (2) we or any of the subsidiary guarantors, as applicable, received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for either issuing the notes or incurring the guarantees and, in the case of (2) only, one of the following is also true at the time thereof:
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    the issuance of the notes or the incurrence of the guarantees left us or any of the subsidiary guarantors, as applicable, with an unreasonably small amount of capital to carry on the business;
 
    we or any of the subsidiary guarantors intended to, or believed that we or such subsidiary guarantor would, incur debts beyond our or such subsidiary guarantor’s ability to pay as they mature; or
 
    we or any of the subsidiary guarantors was a defendant in an action for money damages, or had a judgment for money damages docketed against us or such subsidiary guarantor if, in either case, after final judgment, the judgment is unsatisfied.
     If a court were to find that the issuance of the notes or the incurrence of the guarantee was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void the payment obligations under the notes or such guarantee or subordinate the notes or such guarantee to presently existing and future indebtedness of ours or of the related subsidiary guarantor, or require the holders of the notes to repay any amounts received with respect to such guarantee. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the notes. Further, the voidance of the notes could result in an event of default with respect to our and our subsidiaries’ other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt.
     We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not we or the subsidiary guarantors were solvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, that the issuance of the guarantees would not be further subordinated to our or any of our subsidiary guarantors’ other debt.
We may not be able to repurchase the notes if we experience a change of control.
     The indenture governing the notes requires us to offer to repurchase the notes when certain change of control events occur. If we experience a change of control, you will have the right to require us to repurchase some or all of your notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount of your notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages, if any. The indenture governing our existing convertible notes contains a change of control provision which gives the holders of such convertible notes the right to require us to repurchase the convertible notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the convertible notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest.
     In the event that we experience a change of control that results in having to repurchase the notes, we may not have sufficient financial resources to satisfy all of our obligations under the notes and our existing convertible notes. In addition, the change of control covenant in the indenture governing the notes does not cover all corporate reorganizations, mergers or similar transactions and may not provide you with protection in a highly leveraged transaction. See “Description of the Exchange Notes — Change of Control”.
The notes carry original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes.
     As in the case of the old notes, the exchange notes will be treated as having been issued with original issue discount for United States federal income tax purposes (but based on the issue date of the old notes). Thus, in addition to stated interest on the notes, U.S. holders (as defined in “Certain Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”) will be required to include any amounts representing the original issue discount in gross income on a constant yield basis for United States federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of cash payments to which such income is attributable. You should consult your own tax adviser as to the particular tax consequences that would bear on your exchange of old notes for exchange notes, and the holding of exchange notes, including the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign tax laws and of any proposed changes in applicable laws.

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If a bankruptcy petition were filed by or against us, you may receive a lesser amount for your claim than you would have been entitled to receive under the indenture governing the notes.
     As the notes continue to carry original issue discount, if a bankruptcy petition were filed by or against us under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code after the issuance of the notes, the claim by any holder of the notes for the principal amount of the notes may be limited to an amount equal to the sum of:
    the original issue price for the notes; and
 
    that portion of the original issue discount that does not constitute “unmatured interest” for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Any original issue discount that was not amortized as of the date of the bankruptcy filing would constitute unmatured interest. Accordingly, under these circumstances you may receive a lesser amount than you would be entitled to under the terms of the indenture governing the notes, even if sufficient funds are available. To the extent that the U.S. Bankruptcy Code differs from the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended with respect to the determination of the amount of discount and the method of amortizing such discount, you may recognize taxable gain or loss upon payment of your claim in bankruptcy.
Our credit ratings may not reflect the risks of investing in the notes.
     Our credit ratings are an assessment by rating agencies of our ability to pay our debts when due. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in our credit ratings will generally affect the value of the notes. These credit ratings may not reflect the potential impact of risks relating to structure or marketing of the notes. Agency ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security and may be revised or withdrawn at any time by the issuing organization. Each agency’s rating should be evaluated independently of any other agency’s rating. There can be no assurance our credit ratings will remain in effect for any given period of time or that such ratings will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn entirely by the rating agencies, if, in each rating agency’s judgment, circumstances so warrant. Actual or anticipated changes or downgrades in our credit ratings, including any announcement that our ratings are under further review for a downgrade could affect the value of the notes and increase our borrowing costs.
Risks Relating to Our Company
We operate in an extremely competitive industry. If competitors develop more effective or less costly drugs for our target indications, our business could be seriously harmed.
     Many of our competitors, particularly large pharmaceutical companies, have substantially greater financial, technical and human resources than we do. Many of our competitors spend significantly more on research and development related activities than we do. Others may succeed in developing products that are more effective than those currently marketed or proposed for development by us. Progress by other researchers in areas similar to those being explored by us may result in further competitive challenges. In addition, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private organizations conducting research may seek patent protection with respect to potentially competitive products. They may also establish exclusive collaborative or licensing relationships with our competitors.
Our business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to risks arising from the international scope of our operations.
     We conduct a significant portion of our business outside the U.S. Approximately 57% and 66% of our revenues from continuing operations were generated outside the U.S. during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. We sell our pharmaceutical products in many countries around the world. All of our foreign operations are subject to risks inherent in conducting business abroad, including possible nationalization or

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expropriation, price and currency exchange controls, fluctuations in the relative values of currencies, political instability and restrictive governmental actions.
If retigabine and other product candidates in development do not become approved and commercially successful products, our ability to generate future growth in revenue and earnings will be adversely affected.
     We focus our development activities on areas in which we have particular strengths. The outcome of any development program is highly uncertain. Products in clinical trials may fail to yield a commercial product, or a product may be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) yet not be a commercial success. Success in preclinical and early stage clinical trials may not necessarily translate into success in large-scale clinical trials.
     In addition, we or a partner will need to obtain and maintain regulatory approval in order to market retigabine and other product candidates. Even if they appear promising in large-scale Phase III clinical trials, regulatory approval may not be achieved. The results of clinical trials are susceptible to varying interpretations that may delay, limit or prevent approval or result in the need for post-marketing studies. In addition, changes in regulatory policy for product approval during the period of product development and FDA review of a new application may cause delays or rejection. Even if we receive regulatory approval, this approval may include limitations on the indications for which we can market a product or onerous risk management programs, thereby reducing the size of the market that we would be able to address or our product may not be chosen by physicians for use by their patients. There is no guarantee that we will be able to satisfy the needed regulatory requirements, and we may not be able to generate significant revenue, if any, from retigabine and other product candidates.
Obtaining necessary government approvals is time consuming and not assured.
     FDA approval must be obtained in the United States and approval must be obtained from comparable agencies in other countries prior to marketing or manufacturing new pharmaceutical products for use by humans. Obtaining FDA approval for new products and manufacturing processes can take a number of years and involves the expenditure of substantial resources. Numerous requirements must be satisfied, including preliminary testing programs on animals and subsequent clinical testing programs on humans, to establish product safety and efficacy. No assurance can be given that we will obtain approval in the United States, or any other country, of any application we may submit for the commercial sale of a new or existing drug or compound. Nor can any assurance be given that if such approval is secured, the approved labeling will not have significant labeling limitations, or that those drugs or compounds will be commercially successful.
     Furthermore, changes in existing regulations or adoption of new regulations could prevent or delay us from obtaining future regulatory approvals or jeopardize existing approvals, which could significantly increase our costs associated with obtaining approvals and negatively impact our market position.
If we, our partners or licensees cannot successfully develop and/or commercialize our products, our growth rate would be negatively impacted.
     Our future growth rate will depend, in part, upon our ability or the ability of our partners or licensees to develop or obtain and commercialize new products and new formulations of, or indications for, current products. We are engaged in programs involving compounds which we may develop and/or commercialize ourselves, or with a partner or by a licensee. We may also participate in the development and/or commercialization of our partners’ product candidates. Commercializing products is time consuming, expensive and unpredictable. There can be no assurance that we will be able to, either by ourselves or in collaboration with our partners or through our licensees, successfully develop or commercialize new products, complete clinical trials, obtain regulatory approvals, or gain market acceptance for such products. Our existing arrangements with our partners and licensees contain, and future arrangements are likely to contain, various provisions, such as repayment upon termination rights, that, if exercised, could have a negative impact on efforts to commercialize the applicable products, or on our company in general. It may be necessary for us to enter into other arrangements with other pharmaceutical companies in order to market effectively any new products or new indications for existing products. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in entering into such arrangements on terms favorable to us or at all.

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     Any future revenue we may obtain under our worldwide license and collaboration agreement with GSK is subject to the risks and uncertainties described above.
Due to the large portion of our business conducted outside the United States, we have significant foreign currency risk.
     We sell products in many countries that are susceptible to significant foreign currency risk. In some of these markets we sell products for U.S. Dollars. While this eliminates our direct currency risk in such markets, it increases our risk that we could lose market share to competitors because if a local currency is devalued significantly, it becomes more expensive for customers in that market to purchase our products in U.S. Dollars. The international scope of our operations may also lead to volatile financial results and difficulties in managing our operations.
We may be unable to identify, acquire and integrate acquisition targets successfully.
     Part of our business strategy includes acquiring and integrating complementary businesses, products, technologies or other assets, and forming strategic alliances, joint ventures and other business combinations, to help drive future growth. Acquisitions or similar arrangements may be complex, time consuming and expensive. They may fail to further our business strategy as anticipated, expose us to increased competition or challenges with respect to our products or geographic markets, and expose our to additional liabilities associated with acquired business, product, technology or other asset or arrangement. Any one of these challenges or risks could impair our ability to realize any benefit from our acquisition or arrangement after we have expended resources on them.
     In addition, our acquisitions strategy may require us to use a significant portion of our available cash, obtain additional debt or contingent liabilities that may increase leverage, or issue additional equity that may dilute ownership of our stockholders. We may not be able to finance acquisitions on terms satisfactory to us.
     Finally, we may not consummate some negotiations for acquisitions or arrangements. Negotiations for acquisitions or arrangements that are not ultimately consummated could result in significant diversion of management time, as well as substantial out-of-pocket costs. Our competitors may have greater resources than us and therefore be better able to complete acquisitions or may cause the ultimate price we pay for acquisitions to increase.
     We cannot forecast the number, timing or size of future acquisitions or arrangements, or the effect that any such transactions might have on our operating or financial results. Any such acquisition or arrangement could disrupt our business and negatively impact our operating results and financial condition. Our failure to implement successfully our acquisition strategy would limit our potential growth and could have a material adverse effect on our business.
If we or our third-party manufacturers are unable to manufacture our products or the manufacturing process is interrupted due to failure to comply with regulations or for other reasons, the manufacture of our products could be interrupted.
     We manufacture and have contracted with third parties to manufacture some of our drug products, including products under the rights acquired from other pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturers are required to adhere to current good manufacturing (“cGMP”) regulations enforced by the FDA or similar regulations required by regulatory agencies in other countries. Compliance with the FDA’s cGMP requirements applies to both drug products seeking regulatory approval and to approved drug products. Our manufacturing facilities and those of our contract manufacturers must be inspected and found to be in full compliance with cGMP or similar standards before approval for marketing.
     Our dependence upon others to manufacture our products may adversely affect our profit margins and our ability to develop and obtain approval for our products on a timely and competitive basis, if at all. Our failure or that of our contract manufacturers to comply with cGMP regulations or similar regulations outside of the United States can result in enforcement action by the FDA or its foreign counterparts, including, among other things, warning letters, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, recall or seizure of products, total or partial suspension of production,

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refusal of the government to renew marketing applications and criminal prosecution. In addition, delays or difficulties by us or with our contract manufacturers in producing, packaging, or distributing our products could adversely affect the sales of our current products or introduction of other products.
     In addition to regulatory compliance risks, our contract manufacturers in the United States and in other countries are subject to a wide range of business risks, such as seizure of assets by governmental authorities, natural disasters, and domestic and international economic conditions. Were we or any of our contract manufacturers not able to manufacture our products because of regulatory, business or any other reasons, the manufacture of our products would be interrupted. This could have a negative impact on our sales, financial condition and competitive position.
Adverse U.S. and international economic and market conditions may adversely affect our product sales and business.
     Current U.S. and international economic and market conditions are uncertain. Our revenues and operating results may be affected by uncertain or changing economic and market conditions, including the challenges faced in the credit markets and financial services industry. If domestic and global economic and market conditions remain uncertain or persist or deteriorate further, we may experience material impacts on our business, operating results and financial condition. Adverse economic conditions impacting our customers, including among others, increased taxation, higher unemployment, lower customer confidence in the economy, higher customer debt levels, lower availability of customer credit, higher interest rates and hardships relating to declines in the stock markets, could cause purchases of our products to decline, which could adversely affect our revenues and operating results.
     Moreover, our projected revenues and operating results are based on assumptions concerning certain levels of customer spending. Any failure to attain our projected revenues and operating results as a result of adverse economic or market conditions estimated by us, our investors or the securities analysts that follow our common stock, could have a material adverse effect on our business and result in a decline in the price of our common stock.
     Adverse economic and market conditions could also negatively impact our business by negatively impacting the parties with whom we do business, including among others, our business partners (including our customers as well as our alliance partners from whom we receive royalties and milestone payments), our manufacturers and our suppliers.
If our products cause, or are alleged to cause, serious or widespread personal injury, we may have to withdraw those products from the market and/or incur significant costs, including payment of substantial sums in damages.
     Even in well designed clinical trials, the potential of a drug to cause serious or widespread personal injury may not be apparent. In addition, the existence of a correlation between use of a drug and serious or widespread personal injury may not be apparent until it has been in widespread use for some period of time. Particularly when a drug is used to treat a disease or condition which is complex and the patients are taking multiple medications, such correlations may indicate, but do not necessarily indicate, that the drug has caused the injury; nevertheless we may decide to, or regulatory authorities may require that we, withdraw the drug from the market and/or we may incur significant costs, including the potential of paying substantial damages. Withdrawals of products from the market and/or incurring significant costs, including the requirement to pay substantial damages in personal injury cases, would materially affect our business and results of operation.
Legislative or regulatory reform of the healthcare system may affect our ability to sell our products profitably.
     In both the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions, there have been a number of legislative and regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system in ways that could impact our ability to sell our products profitably. In recent years, new legislation has been proposed in the United States at the federal and state levels that would effect major changes in the healthcare system, either nationally or at the state level. Recently, President Obama and members of Congress have proposed significant reforms. On November 7, 2009, the House of Representatives passed and, on December 24, 2009, the Senate passed health care reform legislation that would require most individuals to have health insurance, establish new regulations on health plans, create insurance

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pooling mechanisms and a government health insurance option to compete with private plans and other expanded public health measures. This legislation would also reduce Medicare spending on services provided by hospitals and other providers.
     Given that legislation has not yet been enacted, it is still not possible to determine what, if any impact this legislation may have on the pharmaceutical industry and our business. Further federal and state proposals are likely. However, an expansion in government’s role in the U.S. healthcare industry may lower reimbursements for our products, reduce medical procedure volumes and adversely affect our business, possibly materially. In addition, the potential for adoption of these proposals affects or will affect our ability to raise capital, obtain additional collaborators and market our products. We expect to experience pricing pressures in connection with the sale of our products due to the trend toward managed health care, the increasing influence of health maintenance organizations and additional legislative proposals. Our results of operations could be adversely affected by future health care reforms.
Products representing a significant amount of our revenue are not protected by patent or data exclusivity rights.
     A majority of the products we sell have no meaningful exclusivity protection via patent or data exclusivity rights. These products represent a significant amount of our revenues. Without exclusivity protection, competitors face fewer barriers in introducing competing products. The introduction of competing products could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Many of our key processes, opportunities and expenses are a function of existing national and/or local government regulation. Significant changes in regulations could have a material adverse impact on our business.
     The process by which pharmaceutical products are approved is lengthy and highly regulated. Our multi-year clinical trials programs are planned and executed to conform to these regulations, and once begun, can be difficult and expensive to change should the regulations regarding approval of pharmaceutical products significantly change.
     Failures to comply with the applicable legal requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process or after approval may result in administrative or judicial sanctions. These sanctions could include the FDA’s imposition of a hold on clinical trials, refusal to approve pending applications, withdrawal of an approval, warning letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties or criminal prosecution. Any agency or judicial enforcement action could have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, newly discovered or developed safety or effectiveness data may require changes to a product’s approved labeling, including the addition of new warnings, precautions and contraindications.
     Manufacturers of drug products are required to comply with manufacturing regulations, including current good manufacturing regulations enforced by the FDA and similar regulations enforced by regulatory agencies outside the United States. In addition, we are subject to price control restrictions on our pharmaceutical products in many countries in which we operate. We are also subject to extensive health care marketing and fraud and abuse regulation by the federal and state governments and foreign countries in which we may conduct our business. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws, regulations, rules or policies or any other law or governmental regulation, or if interpretations of the foregoing change, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations.
     In addition, we depend on patent law and data exclusivity to keep generic products from reaching the market in our evaluations of the development of our products. In assessing whether we will invest in any development program, or license a product from a third party, we assess the likelihood of patent and/or data exclusivity under the laws and regulations then in effect. If those schemes significantly change in a large market, or across many smaller markets, our ability to protect our investment may be adversely affected.
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authorities. Changes in national/local tax regulations or changes in political situations may limit or eliminate the effects of our tax planning and could result in unanticipated tax expenses.
We are involved in various legal proceedings that could adversely affect us.
     We are involved in several legal proceedings, including those described in Note 21 of notes to the consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. Defending against claims and any unfavorable legal decisions, settlements or orders could have a material adverse effect on us.
We are subject to “fraud and abuse” and similar laws and regulations, and a failure to comply with such regulations or prevail in any litigation related to noncompliance could harm our business.
     Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies have faced lawsuits and investigations pertaining to violations of health care “fraud and abuse” laws, such as the federal False Claims Act, the federal Anti-kickback Statute, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other state and federal laws and regulations. Increasingly, states require pharmaceutical companies to have comprehensive compliance programs and to disclose certain payments made to healthcare providers or funds spent on marketing and promotion of drug products. If we are in violation of any of these requirements or any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of significant fines or other sanctions.
We could be adversely affected by violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws.
     The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and similar worldwide anti-bribery laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to non-U.S. officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws.
     We operate in many parts of the world that have experienced governmental corruption to some degree and in certain circumstances, strict compliance with anti-bribery laws may conflict with local customs and practices or may require us to interact with doctors and hospitals, some of which may be state controlled, in a manner that is different than in the United States. Despite our training and compliance program, we cannot assure you that our internal control policies and procedures always will protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees or agents. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
We may be involved in infringement actions which are uncertain, costly and time-consuming and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
     In order to protect or enforce patent rights, we may initiate litigation against third parties, and we may also become subject to infringement claims by third parties. The outcomes of infringement action are uncertain and infringement actions are costly and divert technical and management personnel from their normal responsibilities. The cost of such actions as well as the ultimate outcome of such actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
     The existence of a patent will not necessarily protect us from competition. Competitors may successfully challenge our patents, produce similar drugs that do not infringe our patents or produce drugs in countries that do not respect our patents.
Existing and future audits by, or other disputes with, taxing authorities may not be resolved in our favor.
     Our income tax returns are subject to audit in various jurisdictions. Existing and future audits by, or other disputes with, tax authorities may not be resolved in our favor and could have an adverse effect on our reported effective tax rate and after-tax cash flows.

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We are subject to a consent order with the SEC.
     We are subject to a consent order with the SEC, which permanently enjoins us from violating securities laws and regulations. The consent order also precludes protection for forward-looking statements under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to forward-looking statements we made prior to November 28, 2005. The existence of the permanent injunction under the consent order, and the lack of protection under the safe harbor with respect to forward-looking statements we made prior to November 28, 2005 may limit our ability to defend against future allegations.
The current SEC investigation could adversely affect our business and the trading price of our securities.
     The SEC is conducting an investigation regarding events and circumstances surrounding trading in our common stock and the public release of data from our first pivotal Phase III trial for taribavirin in March 2006. In addition, the SEC requested information regarding our restatement of certain historical financial statements announced in March 2008, data regarding our stock option grants since January 1, 2000 and information about our pursuit in the Delaware Chancery Court of the return of certain bonuses paid to Milan Panic, a former chairman and chief executive officer, and others. In September 2006, our board of directors established the Special Committee to review our historical stock option practices and related accounting. The Special Committee concluded its investigation in January 2007. We have briefed the SEC with the results of the Special Committee’s investigation. We have cooperated fully and will continue to cooperate with the SEC on its investigation. We cannot predict the outcome of the investigation. In the event that the investigation leads to SEC action against any current or former officer or director, our business (including our ability to complete financing transactions) and the trading price of our securities may be adversely impacted. In addition, if the SEC investigation continues for a prolonged period of time, it may have an adverse impact on our business or the trading price of our securities regardless of the ultimate outcome of the investigation. In addition, the SEC inquiry has resulted in the incurrence of significant legal expenses and the diversion of management’s attention from our business, and this may continue, or increase, until the investigation is concluded.
The matters relating to the Special Committee’s review of our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our consolidated financial statements have resulted in increased litigation and regulatory proceedings against us and could have a material adverse effect on us.
     In September 2006, our board of directors appointed a Special Committee, which consisted solely of independent directors, to conduct a review of our historical stock option granting practices and related accounting during the period from 1982 through July 2006. The Special Committee identified a number of occasions on which the exercise prices for stock options granted to certain of our directors, officers and employees were set using closing prices of our common stock with dates different than the actual approval dates, resulting in additional compensation charges.
     To correct these and other accounting errors, we amended our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006 to restate the consolidated financial statements contained in those reports.
     Our historical stock option granting practices and the restatement of our prior financial statements have exposed us to greater risks associated with litigation and regulatory proceedings. We were named as nominal defendant in three shareholder derivative lawsuits which asserted claims related to our historic stock option practices. To date, these shareholder derivative lawsuits have been dismissed. In addition, the SEC has opened a formal SEC inquiry into our historical stock option grant practices. We cannot assure you that this current litigation, the SEC inquiry or any future litigation or regulatory action will result in the same conclusions reached by the Special Committee. The conduct and resolution of these matters will be time consuming, expensive and distracting from the conduct of our business. Furthermore, if we are subject to adverse findings in any of these matters, we could be required to pay damages or penalties or have other remedies imposed upon us which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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If we identify a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in future periods, our stock price could be adversely affected and our ability to prepare complete and accurate financial statements in a timely manner could be adversely affected.
     We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007. The material weakness, which arose primarily as a result of our lack of a sufficient complement of personnel in our foreign locations and monitoring controls at the corporate level, is further described in Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Because of the foregoing, we concluded that certain financial statements, earnings press releases and similar communications should no longer be relied upon and that certain of our financial statements would need to be restated. We also concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2007. As more fully described in Item 9A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, in 2008 we took steps to remediate this material weakness and to improve our disclosure controls and procedures.
     If we fail to maintain our disclosure controls and procedures at the reasonable assurance level, our financial statements and related disclosure could contain material misstatements, the preparation and filing of our financial statements and related filings could be delayed, and substantial costs and resources may be required to remediate any weaknesses or deficiencies or to improve our disclosure controls and procedures. If we cannot produce reliable and timely financial statements, investors could lose confidence in our reported financial information, the market price of our stock could decline significantly or we may be unable to obtain financing on acceptable terms, and our business and financial condition could be harmed.

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USE OF PROCEEDS
     We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes as contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive in exchange a like principal amount of outstanding old notes. The outstanding old notes surrendered in exchange for the exchange notes will be retired and cancelled and cannot be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance of the exchange notes will not result in any change in our indebtedness.
DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010
4.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013
     In November 2003, we issued $240.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 (referred to in this prospectus as, the “3.0% Notes”) and $240.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.0% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 (referred to in this prospectus as, the “4.0% Notes”). The 3.0% Notes and 4.0% Notes were issued as two series of convertible notes under a single indenture. We previously filed the indenture governing the 3.0% Notes and the 4.0% Notes, as well as the forms of such convertible notes, as exhibits to the reports we file with the SEC. These documents are hereby incorporated into this prospectus by reference, and they qualify this summary in its entirety. A copy of these documents may be obtained by contacting us as described in this prospectus under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
     The 3.0% Notes and 4.0% Notes are general unsecured obligations subordinated in right of payment to all of our existing and future senior indebtedness, including the notes. Interest on the 3.0% Notes is payable semi-annually on February 16 and August 16 of each year. Interest on the 4.0% Notes is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15 of each year. We have no right to redeem the 3.0% Notes. We have the right to redeem the 4.0% Notes, in whole or in part, at their principal amount on or after May 20, 2011. The 3.0% Notes and 4.0% Notes are convertible into our common stock at an initial conversion rate of 31.6336 shares per each $1,000 principal amount of convertible note, or approximately $31.61 per share, subject to adjustment. Upon conversion, we will have the right to satisfy the conversion obligations by delivery, at our option, of either shares of our common stock, cash or a combination thereof. The indenture governing the 3.0% Notes and 4.0% Notes contains a change of control provision which gives each holder of the convertible notes the right to require us to repurchase all or part of such holder’s convertible notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the convertible notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest. As of December 31, 2009, $48.9 million aggregate principal amount of the 3.0% Notes and $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 4.0% Notes were outstanding.
     In connection with the offering of the 3.0% Notes and the 4.0% Notes, we entered into convertible note hedge and written call option transactions with respect to our common stock. The written call options have a strike price per share of $39.515. The convertible note hedge is expected to reduce the potential dilution from conversion of the notes. The written call option is expected to offset, to some extent, the cost of the convertible note hedge.
Other Indebtedness
     We maintain no lines of credit in the U.S. and have short-term lines of credit of $0.5 million in the aggregate outside the U.S., under which there were no amounts outstanding at December 31, 2009. The lines of credit provide for short-term borrowings and bear interest at the bank’s rate of interest or a variable rate based upon WIBOR (Warsaw Interbank Offered Rate) or an equivalent index.

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Purpose and Effect
     We issued and sold the old notes to the initial purchasers on June 9, 2009 in a private placement transaction (referred to this prospectus as, the “private placement”). The initial purchasers subsequently sold the old notes to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The old notes were, and the exchange notes will be, issued under an indenture, dated June 9, 2009, between us, the subsidiary guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. In connection with the private placement, we entered into the exchange and registration rights agreement, which requires that we file this registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the exchange notes to be issued in the exchange offer and, upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, offer to you the opportunity to exchange your old notes for a like principal amount of exchange notes. The exchange notes will be issued without a restrictive legend and, except as set forth below, you may generally reoffer and resell them without registration under the Securities Act. After we complete the exchange offer, our obligation to register the exchange of exchange notes for old notes will terminate. The exchange and registration rights agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and is hereby incorporated into this prospectus by reference. A copy of the exchange and registration rights agreement may be obtained by contacting us as described in this prospectus under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference.”
     We believe that the exchange notes issued in exchange for the old notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any exchange note holder without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act if the conditions set forth below are met:
    the holder must acquire the exchange notes in the ordinary course of its business,
    the holder must not be engaged in or intend to engage in a distribution of the exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act or have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes,
    the holder must not be an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of ours or any subsidiary guarantor, and
    the holder must not be acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these representations.
We base this belief solely on interpretations of the federal securities laws by the SEC set forth in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC no-action letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc., SEC no-action letter (June 5, 1991), Shearman & Sterling, SEC no-action letter (July 2, 1993) and Brown & Wood LLP, SEC no-action letter (February 7, 1997). A no-action letter is a letter from the SEC responding to a request for its views as to whether a particular matter complies with the federal securities laws or whether the SEC would refer the matter to the SEC’s enforcement division for action. We have not obtained, and do not intend to obtain, our own no-action letter from the SEC regarding the resale of the exchange notes. Instead, holders of notes will be relying on the no-action letters that the SEC has issued to third parties in circumstances that we believe are similar to ours. We cannot assure you that the SEC would make a similar interpretation with respect to our exchange offer. We will not be responsible for or indemnify you against any liability you may incur under the Securities Act. You should consult your own legal adviser with respect to such matters.
     Each holder of old notes that wishes to exchange old notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer must represent to us that it satisfies all of the conditions listed in the preceding paragraph. Any holder who tenders in the exchange offer who does not satisfy all of the above listed conditions:
    cannot rely on the position of the SEC set forth in the no-action letters referred to above, and
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     The SEC considers broker-dealers that acquired old notes directly from us, but not as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, to be making a distribution of the exchange notes if they participate in the exchange offer. Consequently, these holders must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a resale of the exchange notes in the absence of an exemption from such requirements.
     Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The accompanying 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 in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of up to 180 days after the completion of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”
     Except as described in the prior paragraph, holders may not use this prospectus for an offer to resell, for the resale of or for any other retransfer of exchange notes.
     After the exchange offer is complete, you will no longer be entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to the notes unless you notify us prior to the 20th business day following the completion of the exchange offer that you would not receive freely tradable exchange notes in the exchange offer or you are ineligible to participate in the exchange offer. In such event, the exchange and registration rights agreement requires us to file a registration statement for a continuous offering in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act for your benefit and keep the registration statement effective for a period of two years following the date of original issuance of the old notes or such shorter period that will terminate when all of the old notes covered by the registration statement have been sold pursuant to the registration statement.
     The exchange offer is not being made to, nor will we accept tenders for exchange from, holders of old notes in any jurisdiction in which the exchange offer or the acceptance of tenders would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
Consequences of Failure to Exchange
     If you do not participate or properly tender your old notes in this exchange offer:
    you will retain old notes that are not registered under the Securities Act and that will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer that are described in the legend on the old notes;
    you will not be able to require us to register your old notes under the Securities Act unless, except in the very limited circumstances described above under “—Purpose and Effect”;
    you will not be able to offer to resell or transfer your old notes unless they are registered under the Securities Act or unless you offer to resell or transfer them pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act; and
    the trading market for your old notes will become more limited to the extent that other holders of old notes 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 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the exchange offer. We will issue an aggregate principal amount of up to $365,000,000 of the

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exchange notes for a like principal amount of the old notes tendered and accepted in connection with the exchange offer. You may tender some or all of your old notes pursuant to the exchange offer; however, old notes may be tendered only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes, except that:
    the offer and sale of the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore, the exchange notes generally will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes or bear legends restricting their transfer; and
    specified rights under the exchange and registration rights agreement, including the provisions providing for registration rights and the right to earn additional interest under circumstances relating to our registration obligations thereunder, will be limited or eliminated.
The exchange notes will evidence the same indebtedness as the old notes and will be issued under and entitled to the benefits of the same indenture that authorized the issuance of the outstanding old notes. As of the date of this prospectus, all of the old notes are outstanding. This prospectus, together with the letter of transmittal, is being sent on or about         , 2010 to all registered holders of old notes and to others believed to have beneficial interests in the old notes.
     We will be deemed to have accepted validly tendered old notes if and when we have given oral or written notice of our acceptance to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the exchange agent for the exchange offer. The exchange agent will act as our agent for the purpose of receiving from us the exchange notes for the tendering noteholders. If we do not accept any tendered old notes because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth in this prospectus or otherwise, we will return certificates, if any, for any unaccepted old notes, without expense, to the tendering noteholder as promptly as practicable after the expiration date of the exchange offer. Our obligation to accept old notes for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer is subject to conditions as set forth under “—Conditions” below.
     You will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or transfer taxes, except as set forth below under “—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.
     Holders of the old notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters’ rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with the exchange offer.
Interest on the Exchange Notes
     Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at the rate of 8.375% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15. Interest on the exchange notes will accrue from December 15, 2009 (the date interest was most recently paid on the old notes). In order to avoid duplicative payment of interest, all interest accrued on old notes that are accepted for exchange before June 15, 2010 will be superseded by the interest that is deemed to have accrued on the exchange notes from December 15, 2009 through the date of the exchange. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Valeant will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.
Expiration Date; Amendment
     The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on      , 2010, 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 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 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.

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     We also reserve the right, in our sole discretion:
    to accept tendered notes upon the expiration of the exchange offer and extend the exchange offer with respect to untendered old notes only;
    to terminate the exchange offer at any time before the acceptance of any old notes for exchange;
    to delay accepting any old notes or, if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Conditions” have not been satisfied or waived; or
    to amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner by complying with Rule 14e-l(d) under the Exchange Act, to the extent that rule applies.
     We will notify you as promptly as we can of any extension, termination or amendment. In addition, we acknowledge and undertake to comply with the provisions of Rule 14e-l(c) under the Exchange Act, which requires us to pay the consideration offered, or return the old notes surrendered for exchange, promptly after the termination or withdrawal of the exchange offer.
Procedures for Tendering Old Notes
Valid Tender
     Only a registered holder of old notes may tender the old notes in the exchange offer. Except as set forth under “—Book-Entry Transfer,” to tender in the exchange offer a holder must complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a copy of the letter of transmittal, have the signatures on the letter of transmittal guaranteed if required by the letter of transmittal and mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal or copy to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as the exchange agent, prior to the expiration date. In addition:
    the certificates representing your old notes must be received by the exchange agent prior to the expiration date;
    a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of such 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 expiration date; or
    you must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.
     If you hold old notes through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your old notes, you should contact the registered holder of your old notes promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf.
     If you tender an old note and you do not properly withdraw the tender prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, you will have made an agreement with us to participate in the exchange offer in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.
     Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by 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 Registration Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the holder’s letter of transmittal or for the account of an eligible institution; and

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    the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” on the letter of transmittal has not been completed.
     If signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal are required to be guaranteed, the guarantee must be by a financial institution, which includes 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 Exchanges Medallion Program.
     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 their 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. Our 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 certain old notes. 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 that 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 we, 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;
    you have not cured any defects or irregularities in your tender; and
    we have not waived those defects, irregularities or improper tender.
In such instances, the exchange agent will return your old notes, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the expiration of the exchange offer.
     In addition, we reserve the right in our sole discretion to:
    purchase or make offers for, or offer exchange notes for, any old notes that remain outstanding subsequent to the expiration of the exchange offer;
    terminate the exchange offer at any time before the acceptance of any old notes for exchange; 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.
     In all cases, the issuance of exchange 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 or an agent’s message (as defined below under ”—Book-Entry Transfer) instead of the letter of transmittal, and all other required documents. If any tendered old notes are not accepted for any reason set forth in the

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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.
Book-Entry Transfer
     We understand that the exchange agent will make a request promptly after the date of this prospectus to establish accounts with respect to the outstanding notes at the book-entry transfer facility, The Depository Trust Company (referred to in this prospectus as, “DTC”) for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offer. Subject to the establishment of the accounts, any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of outstanding notes by causing DTC to transfer such outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account in accordance with DTC’s procedures for such transfer. However, although delivery of outstanding notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, the letter of transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile of the letter of transmittal) with any required signature guarantees, or an “agent’s message” (as defined below) in connection with a book-entry transfer, and any other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent, or the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below must be complied with, in each case, prior to the expiration date. Delivery of documents to DTC does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.
     The exchange agent and DTC have confirmed that the exchange offer is eligible for the DTC Automated Tender Offer Program. Accordingly, the DTC participants may electronically transmit their acceptance of the exchange offer by causing the DTC to transfer outstanding notes to the exchange agent in accordance with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program procedures for transfer. Upon receipt of such holder’s acceptance through the Automated Tender Offer Program, DTC will edit and verify the acceptance and send an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. Delivery of tendered notes must be made to the exchange agent pursuant to the book-entry delivery procedures set forth above, or the tendering DTC participant must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below.
     The term “agent’s message” means a message transmitted by DTC, and received by the exchange agent and forming part of the confirmation of a book-entry transfer, which states that:
    DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering notes subject to the book-entry confirmation;
    the participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal; and
    we may enforce such agreement against such participant.
In the case of an agent’s message relating to guaranteed delivery, the term means a message transmitted by DTC and received by the exchange agent, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering notes that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the notice of guaranteed delivery.
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
     If a registered holder of the old notes desires to tender the old notes and the old notes are not immediately available, or time will not permit the holder’s old notes or other required documents to reach the exchange agent before the expiration date of the exchange offer, or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis, you may nevertheless tender such outstanding notes with the effect that such tender will be deemed to have been received on or prior to the expiration date if all the following conditions are satisfied:
    the tender is made through a firm which is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States;

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    prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer, the exchange agent received from the firm which is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal (or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal) and notice of guaranteed delivery, substantially in the form provided by us (by telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery), setting forth:
    the name and address of the holder of old notes
    the amount of old notes tendered,
    a statement that the tender is being made and guaranteeing that within five New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery,
    the certificates for all physically tendered old notes, in proper form for transfer, or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer, as the case may be, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the firm which is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States with the exchange agent; and
    the certificates for all physically tendered old notes, in proper form for transfer, or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer, as the case may be, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal are received by the exchange agent within five New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of the notice of guaranteed delivery.
Withdrawal Rights
     Tenders of old notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration of the exchange offer at the address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent.” For DTC participants, a written notice of withdrawal may be made by electronic transmission through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program. Any notice of withdrawal must:
    specify the name of the person having tendered the old notes to be withdrawn;
    identify the old notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number(s) and principal amount of such notes, or, in the case of notes transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the account at DTC);
    be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which such notes were tendered, with any required signature guarantees, or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the trustee with respect to the notes register the transfer of such notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender and a properly completed irrevocable proxy authorizing such person to effect such withdrawal on behalf of such holder; and
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     We will determine all questions regarding the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of the notices and such determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any old notes so withdrawn 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 the holder without cost to the holder (or in the case of old notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company according to the book-entry transfer procedures described above, the old notes will be credited to an account maintained with The Depository Trust Company for the old notes) 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 Old Notes” above at any time on or prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer.
Conditions
     Notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue exchange notes in exchange for, any old notes and may terminate or amend the exchange offer, if at any time before the acceptance of any old notes for exchange any one of the following events occurs:
    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;
    we decide, in our sole discretion, to terminate the exchange offer; or
    the exchange offer violates any applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission.
     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 in our sole discretion. If we waive a condition, we may be required, in order to comply with applicable securities laws, to extend the expiration date of the exchange offer. 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 addition, we will not accept for exchange any old notes tendered, and no exchange notes will be issued in exchange for any tendered old notes, if, at the time the notes are tendered, any stop order is threatened by the Commission or in effect with respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part or the qualification of the indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
     The exchange offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of old notes being tendered for exchange.
Fees and Expenses
     We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal solicitation is being made by mail. However, we may make additional solicitations by telegraph, telephone or in person by our officers and regular employees and those of our affiliates.
     We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offer and will not make any payments to broker-dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We may, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and reimburse it for its related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
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    SEC registration fees,
    fees and expenses of the exchange agent and trustee,
    our accounting and legal fees, and
    our printing and mailing costs.
These are estimated in the aggregate to be approximately $300,000.
Transfer Taxes
     Holders who tender their old notes for exchange notes will not be obligated to pay transfer taxes. However, if:
    exchange notes are to be delivered to, or issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the original notes tendered; or
    tendered original notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the letter of transmittal; or
    a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of original notes in connection with the exchange offer;
then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption from them is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to the tendering holder.
Exchange Agent
     We have appointed The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 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 Registered or Certified Mail:   By Hand or Overnight Courier:
     
The Bank of New York Mellon
Corporate Trust Operations
Reorganization Unit
101 Barclay Street — 7 East
New York, N.Y. 10286
Attn: Mr. David Mauer
  The Bank of New York Mellon
Corporate Trust Operations
Reorganization Unit
101 Barclay Street — 7 East
New York, N.Y. 10286
Attn: Mr. David Mauer
     
By Facsimile:   For information, call:
     
(212) 298-1915   (212) 815-3687
     
Confirm by telephone:    
     
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DELIVERY OF A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO ANY ADDRESS OR FACSIMILE
NUMBER OTHER THAN THE ONES SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE VALID DELIVERY.
Accounting Treatment
     The exchange notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the old notes as reflected in our accounting records on the date of the exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes upon the completion of the exchange offer. The expenses of the exchange offer that we pay will increase our deferred financing costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such costs will be amortized over the term of the exchange notes under generally accepted accounting principles.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES
     We issued the old notes, and will issue the exchange notes, under an indenture, dated June 9, 2009, among us, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The terms of the notes include those stated in the indenture and those made part of the indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes, except that:
    the offer and sale of the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and therefore, the exchange notes generally will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer applicable to the old notes or bear legends restricting their transfer; and
    specified rights under the exchange and registration rights agreement, including the provisions providing for registration rights and the right to earn additional interest under circumstances relating to our registration obligations thereunder, will be limited or eliminated.
     Accordingly, unless specifically stated to the contrary, the following description applies equally to the old notes and the exchange notes.
     The following description of certain provisions of the indenture and the notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the indenture and the notes. This summary may not contain all of the information that you may find useful. We urge you to read the indenture and the notes because they, and not this description defines your rights as holders of the notes. The indenture governing the notes, as well as the form of the notes, have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, and are hereby incorporated into this prospectus by reference. Copies of the indenture and the notes may be obtained by contacting us as described under the heading “Documents Incorporated by Reference.” Throughout this description we have included parenthetical references to the indenture sections to help you locate the provisions being discussed.
     You can find the definitions of certain capitalized terms used in this description under the subheading “Certain Definitions”. For purposes of this section of the prospectus, references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Valeant” are to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (parent company only) and not to any of its subsidiaries. Also, for purposes of this section of the prospectus, references to “holders” mean those who own the notes registered in their own names on the books that we or the trustee maintain for this purpose, and not those who own beneficial interests in the notes registered in street name or in notes issued in book-entry form through one or more intermediaries. Owners of beneficial interests in the notes should read the section below entitled “Depository Procedures.”
Brief Description of the Exchange Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees
     The notes and the guarantees will be:
    general unsecured obligations of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable;
    equal in right of payment to all existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable;
    senior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, that expressly provides for its subordination to the notes;
    effectively junior in right of payment to all existing and future secured Indebtedness of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness. As of December 31, 2009, Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors had no secured indebtedness outstanding; and

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    effectively junior in right of payment to all Indebtedness and other liabilities of our Subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes. As of December 31, 2009, our non-guarantor Subsidiaries had an aggregate of $344.1 million of total liabilities.
As of the date of the indenture, all of our Subsidiaries will be “Restricted Subsidiaries”. However, under the circumstances described below under the subheading “— Certain Covenants — Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries”, we will be permitted to designate certain of our current and future Subsidiaries as “Unrestricted Subsidiaries”. Our Unrestricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to many of the restrictive covenants in the indenture and will not be required to guarantee the notes. (Section 4.16) A Subsidiary Guarantor may be released of its guarantee obligations under certain circumstances as described below under the caption “— Subsidiary Guarantees”.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
     Valeant will issue the notes in the aggregate principal amount of $365.0 million. (Section 2.2) Valeant may issue additional notes under the indenture from time to time after this offering. Any offering of additional notes is subject to the covenant described below under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”. (Section 2.1) The notes and any additional notes subsequently issued under the indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Valeant will issue notes in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. (Section 2.1) The notes will mature on June 15, 2016. (Section 1.1)
     Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at the rate of 8.375% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15. Interest on the exchange notes will accrue from December 15, 2009 (the date interest was most recently paid on the old notes). In order to avoid duplicative payment of interest, all interest accrued on old notes that are accepted for exchange before June 15, 2010 will be superseded by the interest that is deemed to have accrued on the exchange notes from December 15, 2009 through the date of the exchange. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Valeant will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.
Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes
     The trustee will initially act as Paying Agent and Registrar. (Section 2.3) Valeant may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to the Holders, and Valeant or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
Transfer and Exchange
     A Holder may transfer or exchange notes in accordance with the indenture. The Registrar and the trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of notes. Holders will be required to pay all taxes due on transfer. Valeant is not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption. (Section 2.6) Also, Valeant is not required to transfer or exchange any note for a period of 15 days before a selection of notes to be redeemed.
Subsidiary Guarantees
     Valeant’s obligations under the notes and the indenture will be jointly and severally guaranteed (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”) by certain of our Subsidiaries.
     Not all of our Subsidiaries will guarantee the notes. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of any of these non-guarantor Subsidiaries, these non-guarantor Subsidiaries will pay the holders of their debts and their trade creditors before they will be able to distribute any of their assets to us. As of December 31, 2009, the non-guarantor subsidiaries held $667.1 million, or 51% of our total consolidated assets. The non-guarantor subsidiaries generated $422.4 million, or 51%, of our total consolidated revenue and $122.2 million, or 52%, of our total consolidated income from operations for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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     If after the date of the indenture any Subsidiary of Valeant provides a Guarantee in connection with any Indebtedness of Valeant or a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, then that Subsidiary will promptly execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which it will guarantee, on a senior unsecured basis, Valeant’s obligations under the notes for so long as the Guarantee in connection with the applicable Indebtedness remains in place. (Section 4.15) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee will be limited as necessary to prevent such Guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. (Section 10.3)
     A Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under its Guarantee and its obligations under the indenture and the exchange and registration rights agreement:
  (1)   in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Guarantor then held by Valeant and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
  (2)   if such Subsidiary Guarantor is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or otherwise ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the indenture, upon effectiveness of such designation or when it first ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary, respectively; or
  (3)   if we exercise our legal defeasance option or our covenant defeasance option as described under “Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” or if our obligations under the indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of the indenture. (Section 10.5)
Optional Redemption
     At any time prior to June 15, 2012, Valeant may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture at a redemption price of 108.375% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:
  (1)   at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued under the indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding notes held by Valeant and its Subsidiaries); and
  (2)   the redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.
     On or after June 15, 2012, Valeant may redeem all or a part of the notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes redeemed, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:
         
Year   Percentage
2012
    104.188 %
2013
    102.094 %
2014 and thereafter
    100.000 %
     In addition, at any time prior to June 15, 2012, we may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the notes plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. (Section 3.7)
Mandatory Redemption
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Other Purchases
     Valeant and its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time, attempt to acquire or acquire notes by means other than a redemption, whether pursuant to an issuer tender offer, open market purchases or otherwise, assuming such acquisition does not otherwise violate the terms of the indenture.
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
Change of Control
     If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of notes will have the right to require Valeant to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s notes pursuant to an offer (the “Change of Control Offer”) on the terms set forth in the indenture. In the Change of Control Offer, Valeant will offer a payment in cash equal to 101 % of the aggregate principal amount of notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes repurchased, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within ten days following any Change of Control, Valeant will mail a notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, pursuant to the procedures required by the indenture and described in such notice. Valeant will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the indenture, Valeant will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the indenture by virtue of such conflict.
     On the Change of Control Payment Date, Valeant 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 Valeant.
     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 (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     Valeant will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
     The provisions described above that require Valeant to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be applicable whether or not any other provisions of the indenture are applicable.
     Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the Holders of the notes to require that Valeant repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction. Subject to the limitations discussed below, Valeant could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the indenture, but that could increase the amount of Indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect Valeant’s capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on the ability of Valeant to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenants described under “Certain

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Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” and “— Liens”. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford Holders protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction.
     Valeant will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by Valeant and purchases all notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, (2) notice of redemption has been given pursuant to the indenture as described above under the caption “— Optional Redemption”, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price, or (3) after giving effect to such Change of Control, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Change of Control transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of Valeant, and (iii) the notes have received an Investment Grade Rating. In addition, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of launching the Change of Control Offer. (Section 3.8)
     The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of “all or substantially all” of the properties or assets of Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. (Section 1.1) Although there is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all”, there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of notes to require Valeant to repurchase its notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
     In a recent decision, the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware raised the possibility that a fundamental change occurring as a result of a failure to have “continuing directors” comprising a majority of a board of directors may be unenforceable on public policy grounds.
Asset Sales
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
  (1)   Valeant (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this clause (1), by Valeant or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $10.0 million, by the Board of Directors, in each case evidenced by an officers’ certificate delivered to the trustee) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
 
  (2)   at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
  (a)   any liabilities, as shown on Valeant’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to an agreement that releases Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
 
  (b)   any securities, notes or other obligations received by Valeant or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion.
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  (1)   to repay Indebtedness and other Obligations under (x) a Credit Facility and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, (y) other secured Indebtedness or (z) other Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that does not guarantee the notes, so long as the relevant assets were assets of such Subsidiary (provided, in the case of (y), that such Indebtedness is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes);
 
  (2)   to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business;
 
  (3)   to make payments with respect to the acquisition or license of intellectual property rights that are used in a Permitted Business;
 
  (4)   to make a capital expenditure in or that is useful in a Permitted Business;
 
  (5)   to retire notes pursuant to privately negotiated transactions, open market purchases or otherwise; or
 
  (6)   to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets (for the avoidance of doubt, including acquisitions of in-process research and development) under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
     Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, Valeant may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the indenture.
     Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute “Excess Proceeds”. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, Valeant will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders of notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, Valeant may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness will be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
     Valeant will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture, Valeant will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the indenture by virtue of such compliance. (Section 4.14)
     The agreements governing Valeant’s other Indebtedness, including any future Credit Facilities, may contain prohibitions of certain events, including events that would constitute a Change of Control or an Asset Sale. In addition, the exercise by the Holders of notes of their right to require Valeant to offer to repurchase the notes upon a Change of Control or an Asset Sale may cause a default under these other agreements, even if the Change of Control or Asset Sale itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchases on Valeant. Finally, Valeant’s ability to pay cash to the Holders of notes upon a repurchase may be limited by Valeant’s then existing financial resources. See “Risk Factors — We may not be able to repurchase the notes if we experience a change of control”.
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     If less than all of the notes are to be redeemed at any time, the trustee will select notes for redemption as follows:
  (1)   if the notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the notes are listed; or
 
  (2)   if the notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the trustee deems fair and appropriate.
     No notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. (Section 3.2) Notices of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder of notes 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 the notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the indenture. Notices of redemption may not be conditional. (Section 3.3)
     If any note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that note will state the portion of the principal amount of that note that is to be redeemed. A new note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original note will be issued in the name of the Holder of the original notes upon cancellation of the original note. (Section 3.6) Notes called for redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. (Section 3.4)
     On and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on notes or portions of them called for redemption. (Section 3.4)
Certain Covenants
Changes in Covenants when Notes Rated Investment Grade
     Beginning on the date that:
  (1)   the notes have an Investment Grade Rating; and
 
  (2)   no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
and ending on the date (the “Reversion Date”) that either Rating Agency ceases to have Investment Grade Ratings on the Notes (such period of time, the “Suspension Period”), the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this offering circular will no longer be applicable to the notes:
  (1)   “— Repurchase at the Option of Holders —Asset Sales”;
 
  (2)   “— Restricted Payments”;
 
  (3)   “— Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
 
  (4)   “— Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries”;
 
  (5)   “—Transactions with Affiliates”;
 
  (6)   clause (4) of the covenant listed under “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”.
     During a Suspension Period, Valeant’s Board of Directors may not designate any of our Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
     On the Reversion Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred pursuant to and permitted under the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or one of the clauses set forth in the definition of Permitted Debt (to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred prior to the

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Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent any Indebtedness would not be permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or any of the clauses set forth in the definition of Permitted Debt, such Indebtedness will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as Permitted Debt under clause (2) of the definition of Permitted Debt and permitted to be refinanced under clause (5) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
     Notwithstanding the fact that covenants suspended during a Suspension Period may be reinstated, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred as a result of a failure to comply with the covenants during the Suspension Period or at the time the covenants are reinstated. Furthermore, the indenture also permits, without causing a Default or Event of Default, Valeant and the Restricted Subsidiaries to honor any contractual commitments to take actions in the future after any date on which the notes no longer have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies as long as such contractual commitments were entered into during a Suspension Period and not in anticipation of the notes no longer having an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies. (Section 4.7)
Restricted Payments
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
  (1)   declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of Valeant’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of Valeant’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Valeant or to Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant);
 
  (2)   purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Valeant) any Equity Interests of Valeant or any direct or indirect parent of Valeant, except for any purchase or redemption of Valeant’s common Equity Interests with the net proceeds of the notes issued on the Issue Date and within twelve months of the Issue Date;
 
  (3)   make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes, except (i) payments of interest thereon, (ii) payments of principal at the Stated Maturity thereof and (iii) any payment on or with respect to the 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 or the 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 made, in the case of clause (iii), with the net proceeds of the notes issued on the Issue Date and within twelve months of the Issue Date; or
 
  (4)   make any Restricted Investment;
(all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:
  (1)   no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;
 
  (2)   Valeant would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described below under the caption “— Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; and
 
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      Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4) and (5) of the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:
  (a)   50% of the Consolidated Net Income of Valeant for the period (taken as one accounting period) from April 1, 2009 to the end of Valeant’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit), plus
 
  (b)   100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by Valeant since the date of the indenture as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of Valeant (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities of Valeant that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of Valeant), plus
 
  (c)   to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the date of the indenture is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) or (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus
 
  (d)   to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of Valeant is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the date of the indenture, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of Valeant’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not prohibit:
  (1)   the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend, if at the date of declaration the dividend payment would have complied with the provisions of the indenture;
 
  (2)   the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of Valeant or of any Equity Interests of Valeant in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant) of, Equity Interests of Valeant (other than Disqualified Stock) or other subordinated Indebtedness incurred under the first paragraph of the covenant described under “— Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”; provided, that (i) the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition will be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph and (ii) any such subordinated Indebtedness shall be Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
  (3)   the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of Valeant with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
 
  (4)   the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;
 
  (5)   the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant held by any employee of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed,

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      acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed an aggregate of $15.0 million since the date of the indenture;
 
  (6)   payments to holders of Equity Interests (or to the holders of Indebtedness that is convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests upon such conversion or exchange) in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares; provided, however, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;
 
  (7)   the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of Valeant, so long as, at the time of any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or acquisition, the Total Leverage Ratio is less than 1.25x, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million since the date of the indenture; and
 
  (8)   other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75.0 million since the date of the indenture.
     The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value (determined, for purposes of this covenant, by Valeant or, in the case of any asset(s) valued in excess of $10.0 million, by the Board of Directors, in each case evidenced by an officers’ certificate delivered to the trustee) on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $50.0 million. (Section 4.8)
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur”), with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and Valeant will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Disqualified Stock or preferred stock; provided, however, that Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for Valeant’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
     The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):
  (1)   the incurrence by Valeant of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) not to exceed $150.0 million;
 
  (2)   the incurrence by Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;
 
  (3)   the incurrence by Valeant of Indebtedness represented by the notes to be issued on the date of the indenture (including the Guarantees) and the Exchange Notes to be issued pursuant to the exchange and registration rights agreement and Guarantees thereof, if any, by Domestic Subsidiaries of Valeant;
 
  (4)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing

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      Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;
 
  (5)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the indenture to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or clauses (2), (3), (4), (11) or (12) of this paragraph;
 
  (6)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among Valeant and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
  (a)   if Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the notes; and
 
  (b)   (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);
  (7)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;
 
  (8)   the Guarantee by Valeant or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor of Valeant that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this covenant (other than the Subsidiary Guarantees); provided that if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the notes, then the Guarantee shall be subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness guaranteed;
 
  (9)   the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of Valeant as accrued;
 
  (10)   Obligations in respect of performance and surety bonds and completion guarantees provided by Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million;
 
  (11)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Acquired Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million;
 
  (12)   the incurrence by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (12), not to exceed $50.0 million; and
 
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     Valeant will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, incur any Indebtedness (including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Valeant or the Subsidiary Guarantors unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the notes on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness of Valeant or the Subsidiary Guarantors will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of Valeant or any Subsidiary Guarantor solely by virtue of being unsecured.
     For purposes of determining compliance with this “Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covenant, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (12) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, Valeant will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this covenant. Indebtedness permitted by this covenant need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this covenant permitting such Indebtedness. Indebtedness under Credit Facilities outstanding on the date on which notes are first issued and authenticated under the indenture will be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt. (Section 4.9)
Liens
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, unless contemporaneously therewith:
  (1)   in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that ranks pari passu with the notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, at least equally and ratably with or prior to such obligation with a Lien on the same assets of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; and
 
  (2)   in the case of any Lien securing an obligation that is subordinated in right of payment to the notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same assets of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is prior to the Lien securing such subordinated obligation. (Section 4.11)
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
  (1)   pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any indebtedness owed to Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
  (2)   make loans or advances to Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or
 
  (3)   transfer any of its properties or assets to Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
  (1)   agreements governing Existing Indebtedness as in effect on the date of the indenture and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings

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      are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of the indenture;
 
  (2)   the indenture, the notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;
 
  (3)   any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to Credit Facilities incurred under clause (1) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled “— Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
 
  (4)   applicable law, rule, regulation or order, approval, license, permit or similar restriction, including under contracts with foreign governments or agencies thereof entered into in the ordinary course of business;
 
  (5)   any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred, or such Capital Stock was issued, in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of the indenture to be incurred;
 
  (6)   customary non-assignment provisions in leases, contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
 
  (7)   purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;
 
  (8)   any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;
 
  (9)   Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
 
  (10)   Permitted Liens securing Indebtedness that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
 
  (11)   customary provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, assets sale agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
 
  (12)   restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business. (Section 4.12)
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
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  (1)   either: (a) Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is

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      organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
 
  (2)   the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made expressly assumes all the obligations of Valeant, or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, under the notes (or the Subsidiary Guarantee), the indenture and the exchange and registration rights agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the trustee;
 
  (3)   immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
 
  (4)   Valeant or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “— Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”.
     In addition, Valeant may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing: (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to Valeant or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) Valeant may merge with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating Valeant in another jurisdiction within the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia. (Section 5.1)
Transactions with Affiliates
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
  (1)   the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to Valeant or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
 
  (2)   Valeant delivers to the trustee:
  (a)   with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an officers’ certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; provided, that a series of related Affiliate Transactions that provides for payments of no more than $2 million in any calendar year shall be exempted; and
 
  (b)   with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing; provided, that a series of related Affiliate Transactions that provides for payments of no more than $5 million in any calendar year shall be exempted.

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     The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
  (1)   any employment agreement entered into by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practice of Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary;
 
  (2)   transactions between or among Valeant and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
 
  (3)   transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of Valeant solely because Valeant owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
 
  (4)   payment of reasonable directors’ fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of Valeant;
 
  (5)   issuances or sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Valeant to Affiliates or employees of or consultants to Valeant;
 
  (6)   Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “— Restricted Payments”;
 
  (7)   transactions effected pursuant to agreements in effect on the date of the indenture and any amendment, modification, or replacement to such agreement (so long as the amendment, modification or replacement is not disadvantageous to the Holders of the notes in any respect);
 
  (8)   advances to employees in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
 
  (9)   transactions with a Permitted Joint Venture. (Section 4.13)
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
     The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. Any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be a redesignation of each of such entity’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. If a Restricted Subsidiary is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under the covenant described above under the caption “— Restricted Payments” or under one or more of the clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by Valeant. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if the redesignation would not cause a Default. (Section 4.16)
Business Activities
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (Section 4.17)
Payments for Consent
     Valeant will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted 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 indenture or the notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the 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. (Section 4.18)

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Reports
     Whether or not required by the Commission’s rules and regulations, so long as any notes are outstanding, Valeant will furnish (to the extent not publicly available on the Commission’s IDEA (f/k/a EDGAR) system) to the Holders of notes and post on the Company’s website (in a format that is accessible to Holders of notes as well as prospective Holders of notes), within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:
  (1)   all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if Valeant were required to file such reports; and
 
  (2)   all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if Valeant were required to file such reports.
     All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (other than consolidating financial information required by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X or any comparable provision so long as the Company complies with the last paragraph of this “— Reports” covenant). Each annual report on Form 10-K will include a report on Valeant’s consolidated financial statements by Valeant’s certified independent accountants. In addition, Valeant will file a copy of each of the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.
     If, at any time, Valeant is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, Valeant will nevertheless continue filing with the Commission and posting on its website the reports specified in the preceding paragraph with the Commission within the time periods specified above unless the Commission will not accept such a filing.
     Valeant agrees that it will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept Valeant’s filings for any reason, Valeant will post the reports referred to in the preceding paragraph on its website within the time periods that would apply if Valeant were required to file those reports with the Commission.
     In addition, Valeant agrees that, for so long as any notes remain outstanding, at any time it is not required to file the reports required by the preceding paragraphs with the Commission, 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.
     The quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes of the financial statements or in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, that discloses the total assets, liabilities, revenues and income from operations of subsidiaries of Valeant that do not guarantee the notes. (Section 4.3)
Events of Default and Remedies
     Each of the following is an Event of Default:
  (1)   default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the notes;
 
  (2)   default in payment when due of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the notes;
 
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      Holders — Change of Control” or “— Certain Covenants — Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”;
 
  (4)   failure by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for 60 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the indenture;
 
  (5)   default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the indenture, if that default:
  (a)   is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period 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 a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more;
  (6)   failure by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $20.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;
 
  (7)   any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee and such Default continues for 10 days after receipt of the notice as specified in the Indenture; or
 
  (8)   certain events of bankruptcy, administration, administrative receivership, composition, insolvency or liquidation described in the indenture with respect to Valeant, any Significant Subsidiary, or any group of Subsidiaries that, when taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or a Significant Subsidiary upon the occurrence of such events. (Section 6.1)
     In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to Valeant, any Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding notes may declare all the notes to be due and payable immediately. (Section 6.2)
     Holders of the notes may not enforce the indenture or the notes except as provided in the indenture.
     Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding notes may direct the trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. (Section 6.5) The trustee may withhold from Holders of the notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, interest or Liquidated Damages) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. (Section 7.5)
     The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding by notice to the trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or Liquidated Damages on, or the principal of, the notes. (Section 6.4)

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     Valeant is required to deliver to the trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the indenture. Upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, Valeant is required to deliver to the trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default. (Section 4.4)
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
     No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of Valeant, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of Valeant under the notes, the 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 U.S. federal securities laws. (Section 13 of Note)
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
     Valeant may, at its option and at any time, elect to have all of its and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations discharged with respect to the outstanding notes and guarantees (“Legal Defeasance”) except for:
  (1)   the rights of Holders of outstanding notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, such notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to below;
 
  (2)   Valeant’s 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 payment and money for security payments held in trust;
 
  (3)   the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the trustee, and Valeant’s obligations in connection therewith; and
 
  (4)   the Legal Defeasance provisions of the indenture. (Section 8.2)
     In addition, Valeant may, at its option and at any time, elect to have the obligations of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantors released with respect to certain covenants that are described in the indenture (“Covenant Defeasance”) and thereafter any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes. In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation or insolvency events) described under “— Events of Default and Remedies” will no longer constitute an Event of Default with respect to the notes. (Section 8.3)
     In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
  (1)   Valeant must irrevocably deposit with the trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the notes, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on, the outstanding notes on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and Valeant must specify whether the notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date; (Section 8.2 and 8.3)
 
  (2)   in the case of Legal Defeasance, Valeant must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that (a) Valeant has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the 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 will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding notes 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; (Section 8.2)

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  (3)   in the case of Covenant Defeasance, Valeant must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding notes 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; (Section 8.3)
 
  (4)   no Default or Event of Default may have occurred and be continuing either: (a) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit); or (b) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit; (Section 8.2 and 8.3)
 
  (5)   such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance must not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than the indenture) to which Valeant or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Valeant or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; (Section 8.2 and 8.3)
 
  (6)   Valeant must deliver to the trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the trustee to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (Section 8.2 and 8.3)
 
  (7)   Valeant must deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate stating that the deposit was not made by Valeant with the intent of preferring the Holders of notes over the other creditors of Valeant with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of Valeant or others; (Section 8.2 and 8.3) and
 
  (8)   Valeant must deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. (Section 8.2 and 8.3)
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
     Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the indenture or the notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes), and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the indenture or the notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, notes). (Section 9.2)
     Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any notes held by a non-consenting Holder):
  (1)   reduce the principal amount of notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
 
  (2)   reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above under the caption “— Repurchase at the Option of Holders”);
 
  (3)   reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any note;
 
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  (5)   make any change in the provisions of the indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the notes;
 
  (6)   waive a redemption payment with respect to any note (other than a payment required by one of the covenants described above under the caption “— Repurchase at the Option of Holders”);
 
  (7)   impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the notes;
 
  (8)   modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders of notes; or
 
  (9)   make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions. (Section 9.2)
     Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder of notes, Valeant and the trustee may amend or supplement the indenture or the notes:
  (1)   to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
 
  (2)   to provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes;
 
  (3)   to provide for the assumption of Valeant’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of notes in the case of a consolidation or merger or sale of all or substantially all of Valeant’s or a Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets;
 
  (4)   to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the indenture of any such Holder;
 
  (5)   to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
 
  (6)   to conform the text of the indenture or the notes to any provision of this Description of the Exchange Notes to the extent that such provision in the indenture was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Description of the Exchange Notes;
 
  (7)   to provide for the issuance of additional notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the indenture as of its date; or
 
  (8)   to add additional Guarantees with respect to the notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Guarantee when such release, termination or discharge is permitted under the indenture. (Section 9.1)
Satisfaction and Discharge
     The indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all notes issued thereunder, when:
  (1)   either:
  (a)   all notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed notes that have been replaced or paid and notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to Valeant, have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation; or
 
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      to be deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. Dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination of cash in U.S. Dollars and non-callable Government Securities, in amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the notes not delivered to the trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;
  (2)   no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the deposit or will occur as a result of the deposit and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which Valeant is a party or by which Valeant is bound, and as to which the rights of the other parties thereto are senior to those of the Holders;
 
  (3)   Valeant has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under the indenture; and
 
  (4)   Valeant has delivered irrevocable instructions to the trustee under the indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.
     In addition, Valeant must deliver an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel to the trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied. (Section 8.1)
Concerning the Trustee
     If the trustee becomes a creditor of Valeant, the indenture limits its right to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue or resign. (Section 7.11)
     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the trustee, subject to certain exceptions. (Section 6.5) The indenture provides that in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request of any Holder of notes, unless such Holder has offered to the trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense. (Section 7.1)
Governing Law
     The indenture and the notes will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. (Section 11.8)
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
     The notes will be represented by one or more notes in registered global form, without interest coupons attached. Upon the consummation of the exchange offer, these global notes, or the Global Notes, will be deposited with The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, in New York, New York, or remain in the custody of the trustee and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below. (Section 2.1)
     Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. In addition, transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants, including, if applicable, those of Euroclear Bank S.A./ N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or Euroclear, and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or Clearstream, which may change from time to time. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below. See “— Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes”. (Section 2.12)

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Depository Procedures
     The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. Valeant takes no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urges investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.
     DTC has advised Valeant that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations, collectively, the participants, and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its participants. The participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly, collectively, the indirect participants. Persons who are not participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the participants or the indirect participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the participants and indirect participants.
     DTC has also advised Valeant that, pursuant to procedures established by it:
  (1)   upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of participants with portions of the principal amount of the Global Notes; and
 
  (2)   ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the participants) or by the participants and the indirect participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interest in the Global Notes).
     Investors in the Global Notes who are participants in DTC’s system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the Global Notes who are not participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are participants in such system. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests in the Global Notes on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositories, which are Euroclear Bank S.A./ N.V., as operator of Euroclear, and Citibank, N.A., as operator of Clearstream. All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the procedures and requirements of DTC.
     Those interests held through Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures and requirements of such systems. The laws of some states require that certain Persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of participants, which in turn act on behalf of indirect participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to Persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
     Except as described below, owners of interests in the Global Notes will not have notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or “Holders” thereof under the indenture for any purpose.
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  (1)   any aspect of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any participant’s or indirect participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes; or
 
  (2)   any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its participants or indirect participants.
     DTC has advised Valeant that its current practice, upon receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the accounts of the relevant participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the participants and the indirect participants to the beneficial owners of notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the participants or the indirect participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the trustee or Valeant. Neither Valeant nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the notes, and Valeant and the trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.
     Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC’s procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clear-stream will be effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.
     Cross-market transfers between the participants in DTC, on the one hand, and DTC participants acting on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of DTC participants acting on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to the DTC participant acting on its behalf to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the DTC participants acting on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.
     DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a Holder of notes only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such participant or participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for notes in certificated form, and to distribute such notes to its participants.
     Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any time. Neither Valeant nor the trustee nor any of their respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
     A Global Note is exchangeable for definitive notes in registered certificated form, or Certificated Notes, if:
  (1)   DTC (a) notifies Valeant that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, Valeant fails to appoint a successor depositary; or
 
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     In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures), and the Certificated Notes shall bear appropriate legends indicating the transfer restrictions applicable thereto. (Section 2.12)
     Same Day Settlement and Payment
     Valeant will make payments in respect of the notes represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Global Note Holder. Valeant will make all payments of principal, interest and premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, with respect to Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Certificated Notes, in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of $1 million or more, or, if no such account is specified or in the case of a Holder holding an aggregate principal amount of notes of less than $1 million, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address. (Section 4.1) The notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. Valeant expects that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately available funds.
     Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a participant in DTC will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised Valeant that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.
     Certain Definitions
     Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the indenture. Reference is made to the indenture (Section 1.1) for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
     “Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person and which is not satisfied in full at such time, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and
     (2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control”, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided, that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
     “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a note, the greater of
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     (2) (a) the present value of all remaining required interest and principal payments due on such note and all premium payments relating to such note assuming a redemption date of June 15, 2012, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, minus
     (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such note minus
     (c) accrued interest paid on the date of redemption.
     “Asset Sale” means:
     (1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets, property or rights; provided, that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the indenture described above under the caption “— Repurchase at the Option of Holders — Change of Control” and/or the provisions described above under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” and not by the provisions of the Asset Sale covenant; and
     (2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of Valeant’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
     (1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $5.0 million;
     (2) a transfer of assets between or among Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
     (3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to Valeant or to another Restricted Subsidiary;
     (4) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business;
     (5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;
     (6) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted by the covenant described above under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Restricted Payments”;
     (7) the license of intellectual property to third persons in the ordinary course of business as determined by the Board of Directors of Valeant in good faith;
     (8) the sale, exchange or other disposition of obsolete assets not integral to any Permitted Business; and
     (9) sales, transfers or other dispositions of assets for consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or disposed of, but only if the consideration received consists of property or assets (other than cash, except to the extent used as a bona fide means of equalizing the value of the property or assets involved in the swap transaction; provided, however, that cash does not exceed 10% of the sum of the amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value of the assets received or given) of a nature or type that are used in, a business having property or assets of a nature or type or engaged in a Permitted Business (or Capital Stock of a Person whose assets consist of assets of the type described in this clause (9)).

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     “Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net 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 or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
     “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.
     “Board of Directors” means:
     (1) with respect to a company or corporation, the board of directors of the company or corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
     (2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; and
     (3) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
     “Capital Lease Obligations” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
     “Capital Stock” means:
     (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
     (2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
     (3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and
     (4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
     “Cash Equivalents” means:
     (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that the full faith and credit of the U.S. is pledged in support thereof) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition;
     (2) certificates of deposit and time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
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     (4) commercial paper having a rating of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;
     (5) Auction-rate, corporate and municipal securities, in each case (x) having either short-term debt ratings of at least “P-2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A-2” or better from S&P or long-term senior debt ratings of “A2” or better from Moody’s or at least “A” or better from S&P, or carrying an equivalent rating by an internationally recognized rating agency, (y) having repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition and (z) which are classifiable as cash and cash equivalents under GAAP;
     (6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition; or
     (7) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary:
     (a) direct obligations of the sovereign nation, or any agency thereof, in which such Foreign Subsidiary is organized and is conducting business or in obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed by such sovereign nation, or any agency thereof; provided, that such obligations are acquired and held by such Foreign Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and have repricings or maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; or
     (b) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (5) above of foreign obligors, which investments or obligors have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from internationally recognized rating agencies; provided, that such investments are acquired and held by such Foreign Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:
     (1) any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Valeant’s Voting Stock representing (i) 50% or more of the total voting power of all of Valeant’s outstanding Voting Stock or (ii) the power, directly or indirectly, or elect a majority of the members of Valeant’s Board of Directors;
     (2) Valeant consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person, or Valeant, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Valeant, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that Beneficially Owned the shares of Valeant’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person;
     (3) the holders of Valeant’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of Valeant (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the indenture); or
     (4) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Valeant (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of Valeant has been approved by a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or recommendation for election was previously so approved) cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Valeant.

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     “Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
     (1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Interest Rate Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (4) any restructuring charges (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment costs, excess pension charges, contract termination costs and costs to consolidate facilities and relocate employees), to the extent that any such charge or expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
     (5) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), and other non-cash charges or expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charge or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus
     (6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.
     Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of Valeant only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to Valeant by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
     “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
     (1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;
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that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;
     (3) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;
     (4) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss and any expense or charge in connection with acquired intellectual property and research & development will be excluded;
     (5) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain or loss and any expense or charge attributable to the disposition of discontinued operations will be excluded;
     (6) charges incurred in connection with the retirement or redemption of the 3% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 or the 4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2013 will be excluded;
     (7) any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection with: (a) any Asset Sale; or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will be excluded; and
     (8) any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss) will be excluded.
     “Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or other borrowings, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including, in the case of any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding, replacement or refinancing only, by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors under an indenture, credit facility or otherwise) in whole or in part from time to time.
     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
     “Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case 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 redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require Valeant to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that Valeant may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described above under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Restricted Payments”.
     “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
     “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
     “Equity Offering” means a public or private offering of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock).
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entitled “— Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”) in existence on the date of the indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
     “Fair Market Value” means the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length 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, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Valeant (unless otherwise provided in the indenture).
     “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period.
     In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period.
     In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
     (1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through consolidations or mergers and including any related financing transactions, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such reference period will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission;
     (2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and
     (3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.
     “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
     (1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Interest Rate Hedging Obligations; plus
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     (3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus
     (4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of Valeant (other than Disqualified Stock) or to Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
     “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 Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
     “Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.
     “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person
     (1) Interest Rate Hedging Obligations; and
     (2) the obligations of such Person under agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent:
     (1) in respect of borrowed money;
     (2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
     (3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;
     (4) representing Capital Lease Obligations or Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions;
     (5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
     (6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
     if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, Attributable Debt and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
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     (1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
     (2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, together with any interest on the Indebtedness that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
     “Interest Rate Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
     (1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and
     (2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
     “Investment Grade Rating” means a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB– or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating categories of S&P) (or, in each case, if such Rating Agency ceases to rate the notes for reasons outside of the control of Valeant, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any Rating Agency selected by Valeant as a replacement Rating Agency).
     “Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If (i) Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary is redesignated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Valeant will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale, disposition or redesignation equal to the Fair Market Value of Valeant’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Restricted Payments”. The acquisition by Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person (but only to the extent such Investment in a third person is material to the acquired entity) in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described above under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Restricted Payments”. For the avoidance of doubt, acquisitions of or licenses for products or assets used or useful in a Permitted Business do not constitute Investments.
     “Issue Date” means June 9, 2009, the date of the initial issuance of the notes under the indenture.
     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge (fixed and/or floating), security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
     “Liquidated Damages” has the meaning given to such term or similar terms (including “Additional Interest”) in the exchange and registration rights agreement.
     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
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     “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
     “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:
     (1) as to which neither Valeant nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
     (2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the notes) of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and
     (3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     “Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
     “Permitted Business” means any business conducted by Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of the indenture and any business that is in the judgment of Valeant reasonably related, ancillary or complimentary to the business of Valeant and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of the indenture.
     “Permitted Investments” means:
     (1) any Investment in Valeant or in a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant;
     (2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents;
     (3) any Investment by Valeant or any Subsidiary of Valeant in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant; or
     (b) such Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant;
     (4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the caption “— Repurchase at the Option of Holders — Asset Sales”;
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     (6) any Investments received in compromise of obligations of such persons incurred in the ordinary course of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;
     (7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
     (8) Investments in existence on the date of the indenture;
     (9) Payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
     (10) Advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary;
     (11) Investments in a Permitted Joint Venture, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million; and
     (12) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at the time outstanding not to exceed $50.0 million.
     “Permitted Joint Venture” means any joint venture (which may be in the form of a limited liability company, partnership, corporation or other entity) in which Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a joint venturer; provided, however, that (a) the joint venture is engaged solely in a Permitted Business and (b) Valeant or a Restricted Subsidiary is required by the governing documents of the joint venture or an agreement with the other parties to the joint venture to participate in the management of such joint venture as a member of such joint venture’s Board of Directors or otherwise.
     “Permitted Liens” means:
     (1) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of the indenture to be incurred under clause (1) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled “— Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”;
     (2) Liens in favor of Valeant;
     (3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with or is acquired by Valeant or any Subsidiary of Valeant; provided, that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or acquisition and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into, consolidated with or acquired by Valeant or the Subsidiary;
     (4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of the property by Valeant or any Subsidiary of Valeant, provided, that such Liens were not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition;
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     (6) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled “—Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock” covering only the assets acquired with such Indebtedness;
     (7) Liens existing on the date of the indenture;
     (8) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
     (9) Liens securing Hedging Obligations;
     (10) Liens arising by reason of deposits necessary to obtain standby letters of credit in the ordinary course of business (including deposits necessary to obtain standby letters of credit);
     (11) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the indenture; provided, however, that:
     (a) the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
     (b) the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancings, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;
     (12) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25.0 million at any one time outstanding;
     (13) survey title exceptions, title defects, encumbrances, easements, reservations of, or rights of others for, rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph or telephone lines and other similar purposes or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property not materially interfering with the ordinary conduct of the business of Valeant and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
     (14) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of landlords, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, materialmen, laborers, employees, suppliers or the like, incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;
     (15) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which Valeant shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;
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     (17) Liens securing one or more local working capital facilities of foreign Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as such Liens do not extend to the assets of any Person other than such foreign Restricted Subsidiaries.
     “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided, that:
     (1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);
     (2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
     (3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;
     (4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by Valeant or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and
     (5) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Indebtedness of a Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is also Indebtedness of Valeant or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
     “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the notes for reasons outside of the control of Valeant, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization under the Exchange Act selected by Valeant as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.
     “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
     “Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.
     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.
     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

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     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
     (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
     (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
     “Subsidiary Guarantee” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the notes issued by a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
     “Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Subsidiary that has issued a Subsidiary Guarantee.
     “Total Leverage Ratio” means the ratio of (i) total consolidated Indebtedness of Valeant and the Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to all incurrences and repayments of Indebtedness on the transaction date, to (ii) Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recent four consecutive full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available ending on or prior to the transaction date.
     “Treasury Rate” means the rate per annum equal to the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity most nearly equal to the period from such date of redemption to June 15, 2012; provided, however, that if the period from such date of redemption to June 15, 2012 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such date of redemption to June 15, 2012 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.
     “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Valeant that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:
     (1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
     (2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with Valeant or any Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to Valeant or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of Valeant;
     (3) is a Person with respect to which neither Valeant nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
     (4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of Valeant or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
     Any designation of a Subsidiary of Valeant as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the trustee by filing with the trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by the covenant described above under the caption ‘‘—Certain Covenants — Restricted Payments”. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under the covenant described under the caption “—

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Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”, Valeant will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of Valeant may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of Valeant of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under the covenant described under the caption “— Certain Covenants — Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock”, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
     “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election 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:
     (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by
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CERTAIN MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
     The following discussion summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the exchange of old notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer. This discussion does not purport to deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular holder in light of the holder’s circumstances. This summary applies only to those persons holding old notes and exchange notes as capital assets and does not address considerations that may be relevant to you if you are an investor that is subject to special tax rules, such as a bank, thrift, real estate investment trust, regulated investment company, insurance company, dealer in securities or currencies, trader in securities or commodities that elects mark to market treatment, a person that holds old notes or exchange notes as a position in a “straddle,” conversion or other integrated transaction, tax-exempt organization, partnership or other entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, certain former citizens and residents, a person who is liable for the alternative minimum tax, or a person whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar. If an entity that is treated as partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds the notes, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you own an interest in such an entity, you should consult your tax advisor. In addition, this discussion does not describe any tax consequences arising out of the tax laws of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, or any possible applicability of U.S. federal gift or estate tax.
     This summary is based on laws, regulations, rulings and decisions now in effect, all of which may change. Any change could apply retroactively and could affect the continued validity of this summary. We have not sought a ruling from the IRS with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of acquiring, holding or disposing of a note. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge one or more of the conclusions described herein.
     You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of purchasing or holding old notes and exchange notes, including the relevance to your particular situation of the considerations discussed below, as well as the relevance to your particular situation of state, local, foreign or other tax laws (such as those relating to debt instruments issued with original issue discount.)
     The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the exchange of the old notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer. It does not contain a complete analysis of all the potential tax considerations relating thereto. This summary is limited to holders of old notes who hold the old notes as “capital assets” (in general, assets held for investment).
     Consequences of Tendering Old Notes
     We believe the exchange of old notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer will generally not constitute a taxable event to holders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Consequently, no gain or loss will be recognized by a holder upon receipt of an exchange note, the holding period of the exchange note will include the holding period of the old note exchanged therefor, and the tax basis of the exchange note will be the same as the tax basis of the old note exchanged therefor immediately before the exchange.
     This information is provided for your information only and not as tax advice for any holder of old notes. Each holder should consult its own tax adviser as to the particular tax consequences that would bear on its exchange of old notes for exchange notes, including the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign tax laws and of any proposed changes in applicable laws. Furthermore, each holder should consult its own tax adviser as to the particular tax consequences that would bear on its holding of exchange notes, including the applicability and effect of any state, local or foreign tax laws, and of any proposed changes in applicable laws.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
     Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired as a result of market making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the completion of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. During this period, we will send copies of this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, to those broker-dealers that check the box on the letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus requesting additional copies of this prospectus.
     We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers. Exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange 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 exchange notes; or
 
    a combination of such methods of resale.
These resales may be made:
    at market prices prevailing at the time of resale;
 
    at prices related to such prevailing market prices; or
 
    at negotiated prices.
Any 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 any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of exchange notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act, and any profit on any such resale of exchange notes and any commission or concessions received by any such 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, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
     Furthermore, any broker-dealer that acquired any of the old notes directly from us but not as a result of market making activities or other trading activities:
    may not rely on the applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC’s position contained in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC no-action letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan, Stanley and Co. Inc., SEC no-action letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, SEC no-action letter (July 2, 1993) and Brown & Wood LLP, SEC no-action letter (February 7, 1997); and
 
    must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act relating to any resale transaction (it being understood that this prospectus may not be used by such broker-dealers), in the absence of an exemption from such requirements.
     We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the performance of our obligations in relation to the exchange offer other than commissions or concessions of any broker-dealer. We have also agreed, pursuant to the terms of the exchange and registration rights agreement, to indemnify the holders of the old notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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LEGAL MATTERS
     The validity of the exchange notes and the related guarantees will be passed upon for us and the subsidiary guarantors by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
EXPERTS
     The consolidated financial statements, financial statement schedule 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 the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 have been so incorporated by reliance on the report, which contains an explanatory paragraph on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting due to the exclusion of certain elements of the internal control over financial reporting of the Private Formula International Holdings Pty Ltd. (“PFI”), EMO-FARM sp. z o.o. (“Emo-Farm”), Tecnofarma S.A. de C.V. (“Tecnofarma”), and Laboratoire Dr. Renaud (“Dr. Renaud”) businesses the registrant acquired as of December 31, 2009, 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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$365,000,000
(VALEANT LOGO)
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
EXCHANGE OFFER FOR
8.375% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
 
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PART II
ITEM 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
     The following summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete text of the statutes referred to below and the certificates of incorporation, certificates of formation, bylaws and operating agreements of Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants, each of which is filed as an exhibit to this registration statement.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
     Section 145 (“Section 145”) of the General Corporation Law of the state of Delaware (the “DGCL”) empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action or suit by reason of the fact that he or she 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. Depending on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person indemnified 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 her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification may 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 of Chancery of the state of Delaware (the “Chancery Court”) or the court in which such action or suit was brought, shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the Chancery Court or such other court deems proper.
     Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. However, if the director or officer is not successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall only be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification is proper because he or she met the applicable standard of conduct, as determined by a majority of the disinterested board of directors, or otherwise as described in Section 145.
     Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s (“Valeant”) certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as amended, provide indemnification to the Valeant’s officers and directors against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such, which indemnification is similar to that provided by Section 145.
     Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the directors’ 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) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividend and unlawful stock purchase and redemption) or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Valeant has provided in its certificate of incorporation, as amended, that its directors shall be exculpated from liability as provided under Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL and to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants
Delaware Corporation Guarantors —Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Hyland Capital, Inc.; ICN Southeast, Inc;, Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.; Valeant China, Inc.; Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America; Coria Laboratories, Ltd.; Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
     See “Valeant Pharmaceuticals International” above for a discussion of certain provisions of the DGCL relating to the limitation of personal liability and indemnification of directors, officers and other persons referred to therein.

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     Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such, which indemnification is similar to that provided by Section 145 of the DGCL.
     Hyland Capital, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     ICN Southeast, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such, which indemnification is similar to that provided by Section 145 of the DGCL.
     Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     Valeant China, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     Coria Laboratories, Ltd.’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
     Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation provides indemnification for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
Delaware Limited Liability Company Guarantors — Healthchoice Online, LLC
     Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Act”) permits a limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
     Healthchoice Online, LLC’s operating agreement provides indemnification for managers, members, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted under the Act.
Ohio Corporation Guarantor — Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
     Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code generally permits indemnification of any director, officer or employee with respect to any proceeding against any such person provided that: (i) such person acted in good faith, (ii) such person reasonably believed that the conduct was in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and (iii) in the case of criminal proceedings, such person had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful. Indemnification may be made against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and settlements actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding; provided, however, that if the proceeding is one by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only against reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and may not be made with respect to any proceeding in which the director, officer or employee has been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, except to the extent that the court in which the proceeding was brought shall determine, upon application, that such person is, in view of all the circumstances, entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent does not,

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of itself, create a presumption that the director, officer or employee did not meet the standard of conduct required for indemnification to be permitted.
     Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code further provides that indemnification thereunder may not be made by the corporation unless authorized after a determination has been made that such indemnification is proper, with that determination to be made (i) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not parties to the proceedings; (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, but a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; (iii) by the shareholders; or (iv) by the court in which the proceeding was brought.
     Finally, Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code provides that indemnification provided by that Section is not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or code of regulations or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
     Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s articles of incorporation and bylaws require the corporation to indemnify any person made a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the corporation, or of any corporation in which he served at the request of the corporation, against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the defense of such proceeding or appeal that such officer, director or employee is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties.
California Corporation Guarantor — ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
     Section 317 of the California Corporations Code permits a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact that the person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the person was unlawful. No indemnification may be made in the cases of:
    Intentional misconduct or knowing and culpable violation of law;
 
    Acts or omissions that a director believes to be contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director;
 
    Receipt of an improper personal benefit;
 
    Acts or omissions that show reckless disregard for the director’s duty to the corporation or its shareholders, where the director in the ordinary course of performing a director’s duties should be aware of a risk of serious injury to the corporation or its shareholders;
 
    Acts or omissions that constitute an unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director’s duty to the corporation and its shareholders; or
 
    Liability for improper distributions, loans or guarantees.
     ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.’s articles of incorporation and bylaws provide for directors, officers, employees and agents against liabilities they may incur in their capacities as such to the fullest extent permitted by the California Corporations Code.
Other Indemnification Arrangements Applicable to Valeant and the Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants
     Valeant maintains, on behalf of its directors and officers (including the directors and officers of the Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants), insurance protection against certain liabilities arising out of the discharge of their duties, as well as insurance covering Valeant for indemnification payments made to its directors and officers (including the directors and officers of the Subsidiary Guarantor Registrants) for certain liabilities. The premiums for such insurance are paid by Valeant.

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ITEM 21. EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits
         
Exhibit    
Number   Description of Exhibit
  3.1    
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, as amended to date. (1)
       
 
  3.2    
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. (2)
       
 
  3.3*    
Certificate of Incorporation of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc., as amended to date.
       
 
  3.4*    
Bylaws of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
       
 
  3.5*    
Articles of Incorporation of Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       
 
  3.6*    
Bylaws of Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       
 
  3.7*    
Certificate of Formation of Healthchoice Online, LLC.
       
 
  3.8*    
Operating Agreement of Healthchoice Online, LLC.
       
 
  3.9*    
Certificate of Incorporation of Hyland Capital, Inc.
       
 
  3.10*    
Bylaws of Hyland Capital, Inc.
       
 
  3.11*    
Articles of Incorporation of ICN Medical Alliance, Inc., as amended to date.
       
 
  3.12*    
Bylaws of ICN Medical Alliance, Inc., formerly known as ICN Acquisition Corp.
       
 
  3.13*    
Certificate of Incorporation of ICN Southeast, Inc.
       
 
  3.14*    
Bylaws of ICN Southeast, Inc.
       
 
  3.15*    
Certificate of Incorporation of Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as amended to date.
       
 
  3.16*    
Bylaws of Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       
 
  3.17*    
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
       
 
  3.18*    
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
       
 
  3.19*    
Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant China, Inc., as amended to date.
       
 
  3.20*    
Bylaws of Valeant China, Inc., formerly known as ICN China, Inc.
       
 
  3.21*    
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America.
       
 
  3.22*    
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America.
       
 
  3.23*    
Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
       
 
  3.24*    
Bylaws of Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
       
 
  3.25*    
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
       
 
  3.26*    
Bylaws of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.

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Exhibit    
Number   Description of Exhibit
  4.1    
Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including Form of 8.375% Senior Note due 2016 and related Guarantees). (3)
       
 
  4.2    
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named therein and the Guarantors named therein (relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016). (4)
       
 
  5.1*    
Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.
       
 
  12.1*    
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
       
 
  23.1*    
Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
       
 
  23.2*    
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
       
 
  24.1*    
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages attached hereto).
       
 
  25.1*    
Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to the Trustee (relating to trustee under indenture governing the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016).
       
 
  99.1*    
Form of Letter of Transmittal.
       
 
  99.2*    
Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
       
 
  99.3*    
Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers.
       
 
  99.4*    
Form of Letter to Clients.
 
*   Filed herewith.
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 03995078).
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
(3)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 11, 2009.
 
(4)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 11, 2009.

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     ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS
The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:
  (a)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i)   to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
 
  (ii)   to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
 
  (iii)   to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  (b)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment 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.
 
  (c)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
  (d)   That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
  (i)   Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of the registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
  (e)   That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: The undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
  (i)   Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
 
  (ii)   Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;
 
  (iii)   The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

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  (iv)   Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.
  (f)   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, or otherwise, the registrant has 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 registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant 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 registrant will, unless in the opinion of its 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.
 
  (g)   To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 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 date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.
 
  (h)   To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
 
 
  By:   /S/ PETER J. BLOTT    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ J. MICHAEL PEARSON
 
J. Michael Pearson
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) 
  March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ BRANDON B. BOZE
 
Brandon B. Boze
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT A. INGRAM
 
Robert A. Ingram
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ RICHARD H. KOPPES
 
Richard H. Koppes
  Director    March 5, 2010

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Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/S/ LAWRENCE N. KUGELMAN
 
Lawrence N. Kugelman
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ANDERS LÖNNER
 
Anders Lönner
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ THEO MELAS-KYRIAZI
 
Theo Melas-Kyriazi
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ G. MASON MORFIT
 
G. Mason Morfit
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ NORMA A. PROVENCIO
 
Norma A. Provencio
  Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ STEPHEN F. STEFANO
 
Stephen F. Stefano
  Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Vice President, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Vice President, Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Healthchoice Online, LLC
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Managing Officer   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  Managing Officer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ J. MICHAEL PEARSON
 
J. Michael Pearson
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ BRANDON B. BOZE
 
Brandon B. Boze
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT A. INGRAM
 
Robert A. Ingram
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ RICHARD H. KOPPES
 
Richard H. Koppes
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010

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Signature   Title   Date
 
       
/S/ LAWRENCE N. KUGELMAN
 
Lawrence N. Kugelman
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ANDERS Lönner
 
Anders Lönner
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ THEO MELAS-KYRIAZI
 
Theo Melas-Kyriazi
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ G. MASON MORFIT
 
G. Mason Morfit
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ NORMA A. PROVENCIO
 
Norma A. Provencio
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ STEPHEN F. STEFANO
 
Stephen F. Stefano
  Director of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the registrant’s sole member    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Hyland Capital, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ PETER J. BLOTT    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President and Treasurer   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  President, Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Vice President, Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  ICN Southeast, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Vice President, Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Vice President, Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ PETER J. BLOTT    
    Name:   Peter J. Blott   
    Title:   President and Treasurer   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  President, Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Vice President, Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Valeant China, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   President   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  President and Director (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ J. MICHAEL PEARSON
 
J. Michael Pearson
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ROBERT R. CHAI-ONN
 
Robert R. Chai-Onn
  Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ J. MICHAEL PEARSON
 
J. Michael Pearson
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ ELISA A. KARLSON
 
Elisa A. Karlson
  Director    March 5, 2010

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the following registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Aliso Viejo, State of California, on March 5, 2010.
         
  Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
 
 
  By:   /S/ STEVE T. MIN    
    Name:   Steve T. Min   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary   
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint J. Michael Pearson and Steve T. Min, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act for him or her in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully and to all intents and purposes, as they, he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or any of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     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/ J. MICHAEL PEARSON
 
J. Michael Pearson
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ PETER J. BLOTT
 
Peter J. Blott
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)    March 5, 2010
 
       
/S/ STEVE T. MIN
 
Steve T. Min
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Director    March 5, 2010
 
       
S/ ELISA A. KARLSON
 
Elisa A. Karlson
  Director    March 5, 2010

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibits
3.1
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, as amended to date. (1)
 
   
3.2
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. (2)
 
   
3.3*
  Certificate of Incorporation of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc., as amended to date.
 
   
3.4*
  Bylaws of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
 
   
3.5*
  Articles of Incorporation of Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
   
3.6*
  Bylaws of Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
   
3.7*
  Certificate of Formation of Healthchoice Online, LLC.
 
   
3.8*
  Operating Agreement of Healthchoice Online, LLC.
 
   
3.9*
  Certificate of Incorporation of Hyland Capital, Inc.
 
   
3.10*
  Bylaws of Hyland Capital, Inc.
 
   
3.11*
  Articles of Incorporation of ICN Medical Alliance, Inc., as amended to date.
 
   
3.12*
  Bylaws of ICN Medical Alliance, Inc., formerly known as ICN Acquisition Corp.
 
   
3.13*
  Certificate of Incorporation of ICN Southeast, Inc.
 
   
3.14*
  Bylaws of ICN Southeast, Inc.
 
   
3.15*
  Certificate of Incorporation of Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as amended to date.
 
   
3.16*
  Bylaws of Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
   
3.17*
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
 
   
3.18*
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
 
   
3.19*
  Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant China, Inc., as amended to date.
 
   
3.20*
  Bylaws of Valeant China, Inc., formerly known as ICN China, Inc.
 
   
3.21*
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America.
 
   
3.22*
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America.
 
   
3.23*
  Amended Certificate of Incorporation of Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
 
   
3.24*
  Bylaws of Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
 
   
3.25*
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
 
   
3.26*
  Bylaws of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.

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Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibits
4.1
  Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, the Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (including Form of 8.375% Senior Note due 2016 and related Guarantees). (3)
 
   
4.2
  Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2009, by and among the Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named therein and the Guarantors named therein (relating to the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016). (4)
 
   
5.1*
  Opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.
 
   
12.1*
  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
 
   
23.1*
  Consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
 
   
23.2*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
 
   
24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages attached hereto).
 
   
25.1*
  Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to the Trustee (relating to trustee under indenture governing the 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016).
 
   
99.1*
  Form of Letter of Transmittal.
 
   
99.2*
  Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
 
   
99.3*
  Form of Letter to Brokers, Dealers.
 
   
99.4*
  Form of Letter to Clients.
 
*   Filed herewith.
 
(1)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2003 (File No. 03995078).
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
(3)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 11, 2009.
 
(4)   Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed June 11, 2009.

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EX-3.3 2 a55342exv3w3.htm EX-3.3 exv3w3
Exhibit 3.3
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.

ARTICLE I
Name
          The name of the corporation is Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Corporation”).
ARTICLE II
Registered Office and Registered Agent
          The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the registered agent of the Corporation at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
Corporate Purpose
          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 (the “General Corporation Law”).
ARTICLE IV
Capital Stock
          The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, all of which shall be shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
ARTICLE V
Directors
          (1) Elections of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot, except and to the extent provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.
          (2) To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law as it now exists and as it may hereafter be amended, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.

 


 

ARTICLE VI
Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Others
     (1) 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 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 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 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, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person seeking indemnification 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 conduct was unlawful.
     (2) 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 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 attorneys’ 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 and 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 of Chancery of the State of Delaware or 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 of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     (3) 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 Sections (1) and (2) of this Article VI, 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.
     (4) Any indemnification under Sections (1) and (2) of this Article VI (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, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such Sections

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(1) and (2). Such determination shall be made (a) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
     (5) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director 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 upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation authorized in this Article VI. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation deems appropriate.
     (6) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other sections of this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
     (7) 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 Section 145 of the General Corporation Law.
     (8) For purposes of this Article VI, references to “the corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect o the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
     (9) For purposes of this Article VI, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which impose duties on, or involves service by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect o any 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

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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 VI.
     (10) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be director, officer, employee or agent and shall insure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE VII
By-Laws
          The directors of the Corporation shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.
ARTICLE VIII
Reorganization
          Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation; as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, and the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
Amendment
          The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights conferred on stockholders in this Certificate of Incorporation are subject to this reservation.

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ARTICLE X
Incorporator
     The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is as follows:
     
Name   Mailing Address
Scott A. Ziegler
  425 East 58th Street, 10-H
 
  New York, New York 10022
     I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this Certificate of Incorporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of October, 1999.
         
     
  /s/ Scott A. Ziegler    
  Scott A. Ziegler   
     

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CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
OF
ETHICAL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
a New York corporation
INTO
AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
a Delaware corporation
Under Section 252(c) of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
     The undersigned, Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
     DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
     FIRST: That the names and states of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger are as follows:
     
NAME
  STATE OF INCORPORATION
 
   
Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Ethical Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  New York
     SECOND: That an Agreement of Merger between the parties to the merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with the requirements of Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     THIRD: That the name of the surviving corporation of the merger is Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
     FOURTH: That the Certificate of Incorporation of Amarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., which is the surviving corporation, shall continue in full force and effect as the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation.
     FIFTH: That the executed Agreement of Merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation, the address of which is 25 Independence Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059.
     SIXTH: That a copy of the Merger Agreement will be finished, on request and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation.

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     SEVENTH: That the authorized capital stock of Ethical Pharmaceuticals, Inc. consists of 100 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.
Dated: May 17, 2000.
         
  AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Eric Liebler    
    Eric Liebler, Chief Executive Officer   
       
 

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EX-3.4 3 a55342exv3w4.htm EX-3.4 exv3w4
Exhibit 3.4
 
 
BY-LAWS
OF
AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
ARTICLE I
  OFFICES     1  
1.01.
  Registered Office     1  
1.02.
  Other Offices     1  
ARTICLE II
  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS     1  
2.01.
  Annual Meetings     1  
2.02.
  Special Meetings     1  
2.03.
  Notice of Meetings     1  
2.04.
  Waiver of Notice     2  
2.05.
  Adjournments     2  
2.06.
  Quorum     2  
2.07.
  Voting     2  
2.08.
  Proxies     3  
2.09.
  Stockholders’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting     3  
ARTICLE III
  BOARD OF DIRECTORS     3  
3.01.
  General Powers     3  
3.02.
  Number and Term of Office     3  
3.03.
  Resignation     3  
3.04.
  Removal     3  
3.05.
  Vacancies     3  
3.06.
  Meetings     4  
3.07.
  Committees of the Board     5  
3.08.
  Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting     5  
3.09.
  Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment     6  
3.10.
  Compensation     6  
ARTICLE IV
  OFFICERS     6  
4.01.
  Officers     6  
4.02.
  Authority and Duties     6  
4.03.
  Term of Office, Resignation and Removal     6  
4.04.
  Vacancies     6  
4.05.
  The Chairman     7  

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page  
4.06.
  The President     7  
4.07.
  Vice Presidents     7  
4.08.
  The Secretary     7  
4.09.
  Assistant Secretaries     7  
4.10.
  The Treasurer     7  
4.11.
  Assistant Treasurers     8  
ARTICLE V
  CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES     8  
5.01.
  Checks, Drafts and Notes     8  
5.02.
  Execution of Proxies     8  
ARTICLE VI
  SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES     8  
6.01.
  Certificates Evidencing Shares     8  
6.02.
  Stock Ledger     8  
6.03.
  Transfers of Shares     9  
6.04.
  Addresses of Stockholders     9  
6.05.
  Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates     9  
6.06.
  Regulations     9  
6.07.
  Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record     9  
ARTICLE VII
  SEAL     10  
7.01.
  Seal     10  
ARTICLE VIII
  FISCAL YEAR     10  
8.01.
  Fiscal Year     10  
ARTICLE IX
  INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE     10  
9.01.
  Indemnification     10  
9.02.
  Insurance for Indemnification     12  
ARTICLE X
  AMENDMENTS     12  
10.01.
  Amendments     12  

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(i)
BY-LAWS

OF
AMARIN PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     SECTION 1.01. Registered Office. The registered office of Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be at the principal office of The Corporation Trust Company in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the registered agent in charge thereof shall be The Corporation Trust Company.
     SECTION 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices at any other place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     SECTION 2.01. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the election of directors of the Corporation (“Directors”), and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such meeting, shall be held at such place, date and time as shall be fixed by the Board and designated in the notice or waiver of notice of such annual meeting; provided, however, that no annual meeting of stockholders need be held if all actions, including the election of Directors, required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “General Corporation Law”) to be taken at such annual meeting are taken by written consent in lieu of meeting pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof.
     SECTION 2.02. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Board or the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation or by the recordholders of at least a majority of the shares of common stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding (“Shares”) and entitled to vote thereat, to be held at such place, date and time as shall be designated in the notice or waiver of notice thereof.
     SECTION 2.03. Notice of Meetings. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, written notice of each annual or special meeting of stockholders stating the place, date and time of such meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is to be held, shall be given personally or by first-class mail (airmail in the case of international communications) to each recordholder of Shares (a “Stockholder”) entitled to vote thereat, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall

 


 

be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at such Stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If, prior to the time of mailing, the Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) shall have received from any Stockholder a written request that notices intended for such Stockholder are to be mailed to some address other than the address that appears on the records of the Corporation, notices intended for such Stockholder shall be mailed to the address designated in such request.
          (b) Notice of a special meeting of Stockholders may be given by the person or persons calling the meeting, or, upon the written request of such person or persons, such notice shall be given by the Secretary on behalf of such person or persons. If the person or persons calling a special meeting of Stockholders give notice thereof, such person or persons shall deliver a copy of such notice to the Secretary. Each request to the Secretary for the giving of notice of a special meeting of Stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting.
     SECTION 2.04. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any annual or special meeting of Stockholders need not be given to any Stockholder who files a written waiver of notice with the Secretary, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after such meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of Stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof. Attendance of a Stockholder at a meeting, in person or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such Stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the notice of such meeting was inadequate or improperly given.
     SECTION 2.05. Adjournments. Whenever a meeting of Stockholders, annual or special, is adjourned to another date, time or 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. If the adjournment is for more than 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 entitled to vote thereat. At the adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
     SECTION 2.06. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the recordholders of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of Stockholders, whether annual or special. If, however, such quorum shall not be present in person or by proxy at any meeting of Stockholders, the Stockholders entitled to vote thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof until a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy.
     SECTION 2.07. Voting. Each Stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each Share held of record by such Stockholder. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, when a quorum is present at any meeting of Stockholders, the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the Shares constituting such quorum shall decide any question brought before such meeting.

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     SECTION 2.08. Proxies. Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of Stockholders or to express, in writing, consent to or dissent from any action of Stockholders without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such Stockholder by proxy. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary before such meeting of Stockholders or such action of Stockholders without a meeting, at such time as the Board may require. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon more than three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
     SECTION 2.09. Stockholders’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required by the General Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of Stockholders, and any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the recordholders of Shares having not less than the minimum number of votes necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which the recordholders of all Shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     SECTION 3.01. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by Stockholders.
     SECTION 3.02. Number and Term of Office. The number of Directors shall be three or such other number as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board. Directors need not be Stockholders. Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of Stockholders or, if, in accordance with section 2.01 hereof, no such annual meeting is held, by written consent in lieu of meeting pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, and each Director shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided.
     SECTION 3.03. Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation (the “Chairman”) or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman or the Secretary, as the case may be. Unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
     SECTION 3.04. Removal. Any or all of the Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by vote of the recordholders of a majority of the Shares then entitled to vote at an election of Directors, or by written consent of the recordholders of Shares pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof.
     SECTION 3.05. Vacancies. Vacancies occurring on the Board as a result of the removal of Directors without cause may be filled only by vote of the recordholders of a majority of the Shares then entitled to vote at an election of Directors, or by written consent of such

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recordholders pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof. Vacancies occurring on the Board for any other reason, including, without limitation, vacancies occurring as a result of the creation of new directorships that increase the number of Directors, may be filled by such vote or written consent or by vote of the Board or by written consent of the Directors pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof. If the number of Directors then in office is less than a quorum, such other vacancies may be filled by vote of a majority of the Directors then in office or by written consent of all such Directors pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof. Unless earlier removed pursuant to Section 3.04 hereof, each Director chosen in accordance with this Section 3.05 shall hold office until the next annual election of Directors by the Stockholders and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
     SECTION 3.06. Meetings. (a) Annual Meeting. As soon as practicable after each annual election of Directors by the Stockholders, the Board shall meet for the purpose of organization and the transaction of other business, unless it shall have transacted all such business by written consent pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof.
          (b) Other Meetings. Other meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as the Chairman, the President of the Corporation (the “President”), the Secretary or a majority of the Board shall from time to time determine.
          (c) Notice of Meetings. The Secretary shall give written notice to each Director of each meeting of the Board, which notice shall state the place, date, time and purpose of such meeting. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each Director, if by mail, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least two days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telecopy, telegraph, cable, or other form of recorded communication, or be delivered personally or by telephone not later than the day before the day on which such meeting is to be held. A written waiver of notice, signed by the Director entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the meeting referred to in such waiver, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose any meeting of the Board need be specified in any written waiver of notice thereof. Attendance of a Director at a meeting of the Board shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except as provided by law.
          (d) Place of Meetings. The Board may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the state of Delaware as the Board or the Chairman may from time to time determine, or as shall be designated in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.
          (e) Quorum and Manner of Acting. One-third of the total number of Directors then in office (but in no event less than two if the total number of directorships, including vacancies, is greater than one and in no event a number less than one-third of the total number of directorships, including vacancies) shall be present in person at any meeting of the Board in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, and the vote of a majority of those Directors present at any such meeting at which a quorum is present shall be necessary for the passage of any resolution or act of the Board, except as otherwise expressly required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws. In the absence of a quorum for any such meeting, a majority of the Directors present thereat may adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present.

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          (f) Organization. At each meeting of the Board, one of the following shall act as chairman of the meeting and preside, in the following order of precedence:
               (i) the Chairman;
               (ii) the President;
               (iii) any Director chosen by a majority of the Directors present.
The Secretary or, in the case of his absence, any person (who shall be an Assistant Secretary, if an assistant Secretary is present) whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as secretary of such meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
     SECTION 3.07. Committees of the Board. The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one 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 such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he 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. Any committee of the Board, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; provided, however, that no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that such a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law, fix the designations and any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of the shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation under Section 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law, recommending to the Stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the Stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or the revocation of a dissolution, or amending these By-laws; providing further, however, that, unless expressly so provided in the resolution of the Board designating such committee, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law. Each committee of the Board shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when so requested by the Board.
     SECTION 3.08. Directors’ Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth

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the action so taken, shall be signed by all the members of the Board or such committee and such consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board or such committee.
     SECTION 3.09. Action by Means of Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Any one or more members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board or such 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 participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
     SECTION 3.10. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may determine the compensation of Directors. In addition, as determined by the Board, Directors may be reimbursed by the Corporation for their expenses, if any, in the performance of their duties as Directors. No such compensation or reimbursement shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
     SECTION 4.01. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and a Treasurer and may include one or more Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries and one or more Assistant Treasurers. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
     SECTION 4.02. Authority and Duties. All officers 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 resolution of the Board.
     SECTION 4.03. Term of Office, Resignation and Removal. (a) Each officer shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office for such term as may be determined by the Board. Each officer shall hold office until his successor has been appointed and qualified or his earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. The Board may require any officer to give security for the faithful performance of his duties.
          (b) Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board, the Chairman, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof by the Board, the Chairman, the President or the Secretary, as the case may be. Unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
          (c) All officers and agents appointed by the Board shall be subject to removal, with or without cause, at any time by the Board or by the action of the recordholders of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote thereon.
     SECTION 4.04. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation, for any reason, shall be filled by action of the Board. Unless earlier removed pursuant to Section

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4.03 hereof, any officer appointed by the Board to fill any such vacancy shall serve only until such time as the unexpired term of his predecessor expires unless reappointed by the Board.
     SECTION 4.05. The Chairman. The Chairman shall have the power to call special meetings of Stockholders, to call special meetings of the Board and, if present, to preside at all meetings of Stockholders and all meetings of the Board. The Chairman shall perform all duties incident to the office of Chairman of the Board and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board or these By-laws.
     SECTION 4.06. The President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general and active management and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. The President shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board or these By-laws.
     SECTION 4.07. Vice Presidents. Vice Presidents, if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the President and perform such other duties as the Board or the President shall prescribe, and in the absence or disability of the President, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President.
     SECTION 4.08. The Secretary. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, attend all meetings of the Board and all meetings of Stockholders and shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform the same duties for any committee of the Board when so requested by such committee. He shall give or cause to be given notice of all meetings of Stockholders and of the Board, shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman or the President and shall act under the supervision of the Chairman. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and affix the same to any instrument that requires that the seal be affixed to it and which shall have been duly authorized for signature in the name of the Corporation and, when so affixed, the seal shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer of the Corporation (the “Treasurer”) or an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation. He shall keep in safe custody the certificate books and stockholder records and such other books and records of the Corporation as the Board, the Chairman or the President may direct and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board, the Chairman or the President.
     SECTION 4.09. Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation (“Assistant Secretaries”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Secretary and perform such other duties as the Board or the Secretary shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
     SECTION 4.10. The Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds of the Corporation and shall deposit such funds in such banks or other depositories as the Board, or any officer or officers, or any officer and agent jointly, duly authorized by the Board, shall, from time to time, direct or approve. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation under

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the direction of the Board and the President. He shall keep a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid on account of the Corporation and shall render a statement of his accounts whenever the Board, the Chairman or the President shall so request. He shall perform all other necessary actions and duties in connection with the administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall generally perform all the duties usually appertaining to the office of treasurer of a corporation. When required by the Board, he shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sums and with such sureties as the Board shall approve.
     SECTION 4.11. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation (“Assistant Treasurers”), if any, in order of their seniority or in any other order determined by the Board, shall generally assist the Treasurer and perform such other duties as the Board or the Treasurer shall prescribe, and, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
ARTICLE V
CHECKS, DRAFTS, NOTES, AND PROXIES
     SECTION 5.01. Checks, Drafts and Notes. All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money, notes and 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 be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board.
     SECTION 5.02. Execution of Proxies. The Chairman or the President, or, in the absence or disability of both of them, any Vice President, may authorize, from time to time, the execution and issuance of proxies to vote shares of stock or other securities of other corporations held of record by the Corporation and the execution of consents to action taken or to be taken by any such corporation. All such proxies and consents, unless otherwise authorized by the Board, shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman, the President or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VI
SHARES AND TRANSFERS OF SHARES
     SECTION 6.01. Certificates Evidencing Shares. Shares shall be evidenced by certificates in such form or forms as shall be approved by the Board. Certificates shall be issued in consecutive order and shall be numbered in the order of their issue, and shall be signed by the Chairman, the President or any Vice President and by the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer. If such a certificate is manually signed by one such officer, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In the event any such officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to hold such office or to be employed by the Corporation before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer had held such office on the date of issue.
     SECTION 6.02. Stock Ledger. A stock ledger in one or more counterparts shall be kept by the Secretary, in which shall be recorded the name and address of each person, firm or

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corporation owning the Shares evidenced by each certificate evidencing Shares issued by the Corporation, the number of Shares evidenced by each such certificate, the date of issuance thereof and, in the case of cancellation, the date of cancellation. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, the person in whose name Shares stand on the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner and recordholder thereof for all purposes.
     SECTION 6.03. Transfers of Shares. Registration of transfers of shares shall be made only in the stock ledger of the Corporation upon request of the registered holder of such shares, or of his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, and upon the surrender of the certificate or certificates evidencing such Shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a stock power duly executed, together with such proof of the authenticity of signatures as the Corporation may reasonably require.
     SECTION 6.04. Addresses of Stockholders. Each Stockholder shall designate to the Secretary an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to such Stockholder, and, if any Stockholder shall fail to so designate such an address, corporate notices may be served upon such Stockholder by mail directed to the mailing address, if any, as the same appears in the stock ledger of the Corporation or at the last known mailing address of such Stockholder.
     SECTION 6.05. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates. Each recordholder of Shares shall promptly notify the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of any certificate or certificates evidencing any Share or Shares of which he is the recordholder. The Board may, in its discretion, cause the Corporation to issue a new certificate in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it and alleged to have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction, and the Board may, in its discretion, require the recordholder of the Shares evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or his legal representative to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
     SECTION 6.06. Regulations. The Board may make such other rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these By-laws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates evidencing Shares.
     SECTION 6.07. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. 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, or to dissent from, 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 may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other such action. A determination of the Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

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ARTICLE VII
SEAL
     SECTION 7.01. Seal. The Board may approve and adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words “Corporate Seal Delaware”.
ARTICLE VIII
FISCAL YEAR
     SECTION 8.01. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the thirty-first day of December of each year unless changed by resolution of the Board.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
     SECTION 9.01. Indemnification. (a) 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 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 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 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, 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 conduct was unlawful.
          (b) 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 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 attorneys’ 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 and 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 of Chancery of the State of Delaware or

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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 of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
          (c) 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 9.01(a) and (b) of these By-laws, 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.
          (d) Any indemnification under Section 9.01(a) and (b) of these By-laws (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, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 9.01(a) and (b) of these By-laws. Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
          (e) Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer or director 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 upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation pursuant to this Article IX. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board deems appropriate.
          (f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, other Sections of this Article IX shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
          (g) For purposes of this Article IX, references to “the Corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article IX with respect-to-the-resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

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          (h) For purposes of this Article IX, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves service by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to any 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 IX.
          (i) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, 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.
     SECTION 9.02. Insurance for Indemnification. 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 Section 145 of the General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENTS
     SECTION 10.01. Amendments. Any By-law (including these By-laws) may be adopted, amended or repealed by the vote of the recordholders of a majority of the Shares then entitled to vote at an election of Directors or by written consent of Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof, or by vote of the Board or by a written consent of Directors pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof.

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EX-3.5 4 a55342exv3w5.htm EX-3.5 exv3w5
Exhibit 3.5
INITIAL ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
(For Domestic Profit or Non-Profit)
Filing Fee $125.00
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY STATES THE FOLLOWING:
(CHECK ONLY ONE (1) BOX)
         
(1) þ Articles of Incorporation
  (2) o Articles of Incorporation   (3) o Articles of Incorporation Professional
      Profit
       Non-Profit             (170-ARP)
          (113-ARF)
            (114-ARN)             Profession                                          
          ORC 1701
            ORC 1702             ORC 1785
Complete the general information in this section for the box checked above.
         
FIRST:
  Name of Corporation   Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
                 
SECOND:
  Location   Bryan
 
(City)
  Williams
 
          (County)
   
     
Effective Date (Optional)
                       Date specified can be no more than 90 days after date of filing. If a
 
  (mm/dd/yyyy) date is specified, the date must be a date on or after the date of filing.
o Check here if additional provisions are attached
         
 
       
Complete the information in this section if box (2) or (3) is checked. Completing this section is optional if box (1) is checked.    
 
THIRD:
  Purpose for which corporation is formed    
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
 
       
Complete the general information in this section if box (1) or (3) checked.
                 
FOURTH: The number of shares which the corporation is authorized to have outstanding (Please state if shares are common    
or preferred and their par value if any)
  1,000
 
     (No. of Shares)
  Common
 
     (Type)
  0.00
 
     (Par Value)
   
 
               
(Refer to instructions if needed)    


 

                 
 
               
Complete the general information in this section is optional.        
 
               
FIFTH:   The following are the names and addresses of the individuals who are to serve as initial Directors.    
 
               
    Harry A. Roosje    
         
 
  (Name)            
 
    3300 Hyland Avenue    
         
    (Street)   NOTE: P.O. Box Addresses are NOT acceptable.
   
 
               
 
  Costa Mesa   CA   92626    
 
               
 
  (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)    
 
               
    John Cooper    
         
 
  (Name)            
 
    3300 Hyland Avenue    
         
    (Street)   NOTE: P.O. Box Addresses are NOT acceptable.
   
 
               
 
  Costa Mesa   CA   92626    
 
               
 
  (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)    
 
               
    Wes Wheeler    
         
 
  (Name)            
 
    3300 Hyland Avenue    
         
    (Street)   NOTE: P.O. Box Addresses are NOT acceptable.
   
 
               
 
  Costa Mesa   CA   92626    
 
               
 
  (City)   (State)   (Zip Code)    
             
          REQUIRED
           
Must be authenticated
           
(signed) by an authorized
           
representative
          (See Instructions)
  /s/ Harry A. Roosje
 
Authorized Representative
  7/2/03
Date
   
 
           
 
  Harry A. Roosje        
 
           
 
  Print Name        
 
           
 
  /s/ John Cooper   7/2/03    
 
           
 
  Authorized Representative   Date    
 
           
 
  John Cooper        
 
           
 
  Print Name        
 
           
 
  /s/ Wes Wheeler   7/2/03    
 
           
 
  Authorized Representative   Date    
 
           
 
  Wes Wheeler        
 
           
 
  Print Name        

EX-3.6 5 a55342exv3w6.htm EX-3.6 exv3w6
Exhibit 3.6
BY-LAWS
OF
HARBOR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
ARTICLE I — OFFICES
(a) The office of the Corporation shall be located in the City and State designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation may also maintain offices at such other places within or without the United States as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.
ARTICLE II — MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1 — Annual Meetings:
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held within five months after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation, for the purpose of electing directors, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Section 2 — Special Meetings:
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the written request of the holders of ten per cent (10%) of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or as otherwise required under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act.
Section 3 — Place of Meetings:
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places as shall be designated in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.
Section 4 — Notice of Meetings:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Statute, written 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 mail, not less than ten or more than fifty days before the meeting, 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 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 receive payment for their shares pursuant to Statute, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to each such shareholder at his address, as it appears on the records of the shareholders of the Corporation, unless he shall have previously filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to the address designated in such request.
(b) Notice of any meeting need not be given to any person who may become a shareholder of record after the mailing of such notice and prior to the meeting, or to any shareholder who attends such meeting, in person or by proxy, or to any shareholder who, in person or by proxy, submits a signed waiver of notice either before or after such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given, unless otherwise required by statute.
Section 5 — Quorum:
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or by statute, or in the Certificate of Incorporation (such Certificate and any amendments thereof being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Certificate of Incorporation”), at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, the presence at the commencement of such meetings in person or by proxy of shareholders holding of record a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting.
(b) Despite the absence of a quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders, by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, may adjourn the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present.
Section 6 — Voting:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any corporate action, other than the election of directors to be taken by vote of the shareholders, shall be authorized by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, at each meeting of shareholders, each holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.

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(c) Each shareholder entitled to vote or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so by proxy; provided, however, that the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the shareholder himself, or by his attorney-in-fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless the persons executing it shall have specified therein the length of time it is to continue in force. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation.
(d) Any resolution in writing, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, shall be and constitute action by such shareholders to the effect therein expressed, with the same force and effect as if the same had been duly passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of shareholders and such resolution so signed shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Corporation under its proper date.
ARTICLE III — BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1 — Number, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The number of the directors of the Corporation shall be (), unless and until otherwise determined by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The number of Directors shall not be less than three, unless all of the outstanding shares are owned beneficially and of record by less than three shareholders, in which event the number of directors shall not be less than the number of shareholders permitted by statute.
(b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation, the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, who need not be shareholders, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares, present in person or by proxy, entitled to vote in the election.
(c) Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his prior death, resignation or removal.
Section 2 — Duties and Powers:
The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property and interests of the Corporation, and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except as are in the Certificate of Incorporation or by statute expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders.
Section 3 — Annual and Regular Meetings; Notice:
(a) A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.

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(b) Notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given 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, 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 paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this Article III, with respect to special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in paragraph (c) of such Section 4.
Section 4 — Special Meetings; Notice:
(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the directors, at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
(b) Except as otherwise required by statute, notice of special meeting shall be mailed directly to each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting is to be 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. A notice, or waiver of notice, except as required by Section 8 of this Article III, need not specify the purpose of the meeting.
(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.
Section 5 — Chairman:
At all meetings of the Board of Directors the Chairman of the Board, if any and if present, shall preside. If there shall be no Chairman, or he shall be absent, then the President shall preside, and in his absence, a Chairman chosen by the directors shall preside.
Section 6 — Quorum and Adjournments:
(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws.
(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, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 7 — Manner of Acting:

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(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 statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, the action 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. Any action authorized in writing, 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 with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board.
Section 8 — Vacancies:
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 (unless a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the shareholders shall be filled by the shareholders at the meeting at which the removal was effected) or inability to act of any director, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose.
Section 9 — Resignation:
Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 10 — Removal:
Any director may be removed with or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and may be removed for caused by action of the Board.
Section 11 — Salary:
No stated salary shall be paid to directors, as such, 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, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 12 — Contracts:

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(a) No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and any other Corporation shall be impaired, affected or invalidated, nor shall any director be liable in any way by reason of the fact that any one or more of the directors of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a director or officer, or are directors or officers of such other Corporation, provided that such facts are disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors.
(b) Any director, personally and individually, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this Corporation, and no director shall be liable in any way by reason of such interest, provided that the fact of such interest be disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors, and provided that the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by the vote (not counting the vote of any such director) of a majority of a quorum, notwithstanding the presence of any such director at the meeting at which such action is taken. Such director or directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting. This Section shall not be construed to impair or invalidate or in any way affect any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the law (common, statutory or otherwise) applicable thereto.
Section 13 — Committees:
The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members an executive committee and such other 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) as may be provided in such resolution. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS
Section 1 — Number, Qualifications, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers, including a Chairman of the Board of Directors, and one or more Vice Presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. Any officer other than the Chairman of the Board of Directors may be, but is not required to be, a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
(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 elected and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.
Section 2 — Resignation:

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Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or by such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3 — Removal:
Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by a majority of the Board of Directors at any time.
Section 4 — Vacancies:
A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
Section 5 — Duties of Officers:
Officers of the Corporation shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices as well as such powers and duties as may be set forth in these By-laws, or may from time to time be specifically conferred or imposed by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
Section 6 — Sureties and Bonds:
In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands.
Section 7 — Shares of Other Corporations:
Whenever the Corporation is the holder of shares of any other Corporation, any right or power of the Corporation as such shareholder (including the attendance, acting and voting at shareholders’ meetings and execution of waivers, consents, proxies or other instruments) may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the President, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may authorize.

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ARTICLE V — SHARES OF STOCK
Section 1 — Certificate of Stock:
(a) The certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order issued. They shall bear the holder’s name and the number of shares, and shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or Treasurer, or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and shall bear the corporate seal.
(b) No certificate representing shares shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law.
(c) To the extent permitted by law, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions, in proportion to the fractional holdings; or it may authorize the payment in cash of the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may authorize the issuance, subject to such conditions as may be permitted by law, of scrip in registered or bearer form over the signature of an officer or agent of the Corporation, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder, except as therein provided.
Section 2 — Lost or Destroyed Certificates:
The holder of any certificate representing shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed. On production of such evidence of loss or destruction as the Board of Directors in its discretion may require, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claims, loss, liability or damage it may suffer on account of the issuance of the new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any such evidence or bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper so to do.
Section 3 — Transfers of Shares:
(a) Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the share records of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, with an assignment or power of transfer endorsed thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed, with such proof of the

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authenticity of the signature and of authority to transfer and of payment of transfer taxes as the Corporation or its agents may require.
(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:
In lieu of closing the share records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty days, nor less than ten days, 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 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 notice is given, or, if no notice is given, 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 resolution of the directors relating thereto is adopted. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided for herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VI — DIVIDENDS
Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds available therefor, as often, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine.
ARTICLE VII — FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII — CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.

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ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENTS
Section 1 — By Shareholders:
All by-laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new by-laws may be made, by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, provided that the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting shall have summarized or set forth in full therein, the proposed amendment.
Section 2 — By Directors:
The Board of Directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal, from time to time, by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto as in this Article IX above-provided may alter, amend or repeal by-laws made by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors shall have no power to change the quorum for meetings of shareholders or of the Board of Directors, or to change any provisions of the by-laws with respect to the removal of directors or the filling of vacancies in the Board resulting from the removal by the shareholders. If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, 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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ARTICLE X — INDEMNITY
(a) Any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or of any Corporation in which he served as such at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense of such action, suit or proceedings, or in connection with any appeal therein that such officer, director or employee is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties.
(b) The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any officer or director or employee may be entitled apart from the provisions of this section.
(c) The amount of indemnity to which any officer or any director may be entitled shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, except that in any case where there is no disinterested majority of the Board available, the amount shall be fixed by arbitration pursuant to then existing rules of the American Arbitration Association.

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EX-3.7 6 a55342exv3w7.htm EX-3.7 exv3w7
Exhibit 3.7
Healthchoice Online, LLC
STATE OF DELAWARE
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
     
First:
  The name of the limited liability company is Healthchoice Online, LLC.
 
   
Second:
  The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company.
 
   
Third:
  Healthchoice Online, LLC. is a subsidiary of ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of Healthchoice Online, LLC. this 14 day of August, 2003.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Eileen Pruette    
    Eileen Pruette   
    Manager   
 

EX-3.8 7 a55342exv3w8.htm EX-3.8 exv3w8
Exhibit 3.8
Healthchoice Online, LLC
OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
     This Operating Agreement effective as of the date specified in the Resolutions by, between and among the Members confirms our understanding as to the matters contained herein.
     The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
     SECTION 1.1. As used herein, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings indicated:
     A. “Act” shall mean the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended.
     B. “Capital Account” shall mean, with respect to each Member, the account established for each Member pursuant to Section 6.5, which will initially equal the Capital Contributions of such Member and will be (a) increased by the amount of Net Profits allocated to such Member and (b) reduced by the amount of Net Losses allocated to such Member and the amount of Cash Flow distributed to such Member. Members’ Capital Accounts shall be determined and maintained in accordance with the rules of paragraph (b)(2)(iv) of Regulation Section 1.704-1 of the Code.
     C. “Capital Contributions” shall mean the fair market value of the amounts contributed by the Members pursuant to Section 6.1.
     D. “Cash Flow” shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.1.
     E. “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or corresponding provisions of subsequent revenue laws.
     F. “Operating Managers” shall mean the Member or Members selected by the Members at a meeting of Members duly called and held for such purpose to serve as Operating Manager or Operating Managers of the Company.
     G. “Members” shall mean the persons designated as such in this Agreement, any successor(s) to their interests as such in the Company; and any other person who pursuant to this Agreement shall become a Member, and any reference to a “Member” shall be to any one of the then Members.

 


 

     H. “Net Profits” and “Net Losses” shall mean the net profit or net loss, respectively, of the Company determined in accordance with Section 8.1.
     I. The words “membership interest” shall mean a Member’s interest in the Company which shall be in the proportion that the Member’s share of the profits and losses of the Company bears to the aggregate shares of all the Members determined in accordance with section 18-503 of the Act which states that profits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the value of the contributions of each Member as stated in the Operating Agreement. A Membership Interest may be evidenced by a certificate issued by the Company. A Membership Interest may be expressed on a certificate as “Units” where a Member’s Units bears the same relationship to the aggregate Units of all Members that the Member’s Membership Interest bears to the aggregate Membership Interests of all Members. A Member’s Interest may be a certificated security or an uncertificated security within the meaning of section 8-102 of the uniform commercial code if the requirements of section 8-103(c) are met, and if the requirements are not met such interest shall, for purposes of the uniform commercial code, be deemed to be a general intangible asset.
     J. “Company” shall mean this Limited Liability Company.
     K. “Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company or other business or legal entity.
ARTICLE II
Organization of the Company
     SECTION 2.1. The purpose of the Company is to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized and to do all things necessary or useful in connection with the foregoing.
     SECTION 2.2. The Members shall be Members in the Company and shall continue to do business under the name of the Company until the Operating Managers shall change the name or the Company shall terminate.
     SECTION 2.3. The principal address of the Company shall be such place or places as the Operating Managers may determine. The Operating Managers will give notice to the Members promptly after any change in the location of the principal office of the Company.
     SECTION 2.4. The Company shall terminate on the date provided in the Certificate of Formation, except that the Company may terminate prior to such date as provided in this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
Status of Members
     SECTION 3.1. No Member will be bound by, or be personally liable for the expenses, liabilities or obligations of the Company.

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     SECTION 3.2. No Member will be entitled to withdraw any part of his Capital Account or to receive any distributions from the Company except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
     SECTION 3.3. No Member will have the right to require partition of the property or to compel any sale or appraisal of the Company’s assets or any sale of a deceased Member’s interest in the Company’s assets, notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
ARTICLE IV
Meeting of Members
     SECTION 4.1. An annual meeting of Members shall be held within five (5) months after the close of the fiscal year of the Company on such date and at the time and place (either within or without the State of its organization) as shall be fixed by the Members. At the annual meeting, the Members shall elect the Operating Managers and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     SECTION 4.2. A special meeting of Members may be called at any time by the Operating Managers and shall be called by the Operating Managers at the request in writing of that Membership interest specified in Schedule C of the Members entitled to vote at such meeting. Any such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of Members shall be confined to the purposes set forth in the notice thereof.
     SECTION 4.3. Written notice of the time, place and purpose of every meeting of Members (and, if other than an annual meeting, the person or persons at whose discretion the meeting is being called), shall be given by the Operating Managers to each Member of record entitled to vote at such meeting, not less than ten nor more than sixty days prior to the date set for the meeting. Notice shall be given either personally or by mailing said notice by first class mail to each Member at his address appearing on the record book of the Company or at such other address supplied by him in writing to the Operating Managers of the Company for the purpose of receiving notice.
     A written waiver of notice setting forth the purposes of the meeting for which notice is waived, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time of the meeting stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The attendance by a Member at a meeting either in person or by proxy without protesting the lack of notice thereof shall constitute a waiver of notice of such Member.
     All notices given with respect to an original meeting shall extend to any and all adjournments thereof and such business as might have been transacted at the original meeting may be transacted at any adjournment thereof; no notice of any adjourned meeting need be given if an announcement of the time and place of the adjourned meeting is made at the original meeting.
     SECTION 4.4. The holders of a majority in interest of the Members present in person or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of members

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except as otherwise provided by statute or the Certificate of Formation. If, however, a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of Members, the Members entitled to vote thereat, 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. When a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, such quorum is not deemed broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any Members.
     SECTION 4.5. Every Member entitled to vote at any meeting shall be entitled to vote in accordance with his membership interest in the Company held by him of record on the date fixed as the record date for said meeting and may so vote in person or by proxy. Any Company action shall be authorized by a majority in interest of the votes cast by the Members entitled to vote thereon except as may otherwise be provided by statute, the Certificate of Formation or this Operating Agreement.
     SECTION 4.6. Every proxy must be signed by the Member entitled to vote or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact and shall be valid only if filed with the Operating Managers of the Company prior to the commencement of voting on the matter in regard to which said proxy is to be voted. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution unless otherwise expressly provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the person executing it except as otherwise provided by statute. Unless the proxy by its terms provides for a specific revocation date and except as otherwise provided by statute, revocation of a proxy shall not be effective unless and until such revocation is executed in writing by the Member who executed such proxy and the revocation is filed with the Operating Managers of the Company prior to the voting of the proxy.
     SECTION 4.7. All meetings of Members shall be presided over by the Operating Managers, or if not present, by a Member thereby chosen by the Members at the meeting. The Operating Managers or the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.
     SECTION 4.8. For the purpose of determining the Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof or to express consent or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any distribution of Cash Flow or the allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action, the Members may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of Members. Such date shall not be more than fifty nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting nor more than fifty days prior to any action taken without a meeting, the payment of any distribution of Cash Flow or the allotment of any rights, or any other action. When a determination of Members of record entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the Members fix a new record date under this Section for the adjourned date.
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recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such membership interest on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the Act.
ARTICLE V
Management
     SECTION 5.1. Management of the Company shall be vested in all of the Members who shall also serve as Operating Managers of the Company. The Operating Managers shall vote in proportion to their Membership Interests in the Company. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all decisions of the Operating Managers shall be by a majority in interest of the Members. All Operating Managers must be Members of the Company. No Member will take part in or interfere in any manner with the conduct or control of the business of the Company or have any right or authority to act for or bind the Company except as provided in this Agreement.
     SECTION 5.2. The Operating Managers shall hold office for the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the office of Operating Manager arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Members.
     SECTION 5.3. Any Operating Manager may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Members. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time is not specified therein, upon the receipt thereof, irrespective of whether any such resignations shall have been accepted.
     SECTION 5.4. The Company shall be managed by the Operating Managers and the conduct of the Company’s business shall be controlled and conducted solely and exclusively by the Operating Managers in accordance with this Agreement. In addition to and not in limitation of any rights and powers conferred by law or other provisions of this Agreement, the Operating Managers shall have and may exercise on behalf of the Company all powers and rights necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes, business and objectives of the Company, and to maximize Company profits.
     SECTION 5.5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Managers may not make any of the management decisions stated in Schedule B without obtaining the consent of that Membership interest stated in Schedule B.
     SECTION 5.6. The Operating Manager shall serve as Tax Matters Member as such term is defined in Code Section 6231 (a)(7).
     SECTION 5.7. Any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, then, is, or was a manager, Member, employee or agent of the Company, or then serves or has served on behalf of the company in any capacity at the request of the Company, shall be indemnified by the Company against reasonable expenses, judgments, fines and amounts actually and necessarily incurred in connection with the defense of such action or proceeding or in connection

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with an appeal therein, to the fullest extent permissible by the Act. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such person may be entitled.
ARTICLE VI
Capital
     SECTION 6.1. The Members have contributed to the Company in exchange for their membership interests their interests the cash and other property as set forth on Schedule A, annexed hereto.
     SECTION 6.2. The fair market value and the adjusted basis of the contributing Member of any property other than cash contributed to the Company by a Member shall be set forth on Schedule A, annexed hereto.
     SECTION 6.3. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Member shall be required to make any additional contributions to the capital of the Company.
     SECTION 6.4. No interest shall be paid on the Capital Account of any Member.
     SECTION 6.5. A Capital Account shall be established for each Member on the books and records of the Company in accordance with section 1.1.B. If any assets of the Company are distributed to the Members in kind, the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted to reflect the difference between the fair market value of such assets on the date of distribution and the basis of the Company in such assets.
ARTICLE VII
Distributions of Cash
     SECTION 7.1. The Company shall distribute to the Members from time to time all cash (regardless of the source thereof) of the Company which is not required for the operation or the reasonable working capital requirements of the Company, (such cash is sometimes referred to herein as “Cash Flow”). For purposes of this Agreement all Cash Flow allocated to the Members shall be allocated among them in the ratio in which the total Capital Contributed by each Member pursuant to Section 6.1 on the last day of each calendar month during the year bears to the total Capital Contributed by all Members pursuant to Section 6.1 on such date without regard to the number of days during such month in which such a person was a Member.
     SECTION 7.2. Distributions of Cash Flow shall be made from time to time in such manner as determined by the Operating Managers.
ARTICLE VIII
Profits and Losses
     SECTION 8.1. The Net Profits and Net Losses of the Company shall be the net profits and net losses of the Company as determined for Federal income tax purposes.

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     SECTION 8.2. The Net Profits and Net Losses of the Company and each item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit entering into the computation thereof, shall be allocated to the Members in the same proportions that they share in distributions of Cash Flow pursuant to Section 7.1, or if there is no Cash Flow, that they would have shared if there had been Cash Flow.
     SECTION 8.3. References herein to “Reg. Sec.”, are to the regulations promulgated by the United States Treasury to the Code. The terms “minimum gain”, “minimum gain chargeback”, “qualified income offset” and “nonrecourse deduction” are to be interpreted consistent with the definitions of such terms in Reg. Sec. 1-704-2. “Nonrecourse liability” means any liability with respect to which no Member bears the risk of loss under Code Section 752. The following special allocations shall be made in the following order:
     A. Except as otherwise set forth in Reg. Sec. 1.704-2(f), if there is a net decrease in minimum gain, during the fiscal year of the Company, each Member, shall be specially allocated items of gross income and gain for such fiscal year (and, if necessary, subsequent fiscal years) in an mount equal to that Member’s share of the net decrease of minimum gain determined in accordance with Reg. Sec. 1.704-2(g). Allocations in accordance with this Section shall be made first from the disposition of Company assets subject to nonrecourse liabilities, to the extent of the minimum gain attributable to those assets, and thereafter, from a pro-rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain for the taxable year. This Section is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement of Reg. Sec. 1.704-2(f).
     B. Except as otherwise set forth in Reg. Sec. 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in a Member’s nonrecourse liability minimum gain attributable to Members’ nonrecourse liabilities during any fiscal year, each Member who has a share of the Member nonrecourse liability minimum gain attributable to Member nonrecourse liability shall be specially allocated items of gross income and gain for such fiscal year (and, if necessary, subsequent fiscal years)in an amount equal to that Member’s share of the net decrease in Members’ nonrecourse debt minimum gain attributable to such Member nonrecourse debt. Allocations pursuant to this Section shall be made first from gain recognized from the disposition of Company assets subject to Member nonrecourse liabilities to the extent of Member minimum gain attributable to those assets, and thereafter, from a pro-rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain for the fiscal year. This section is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements of Reg. Sec. 1.704-2(i).
     C. A Member who unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution described in (4), (5) or (6) of Reg. Sec. 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) will be allocated items of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such deficit balance as quickly as possible. An allocation shall be made pursuant to this Section and if and to the extent a Member would have a deficit in his adjusted Capital Account after all other allocations provided for in this Section 8.3 were made as if this paragraph were not in the agreement.
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     E. Any nonrecourse deduction shall be allocated to any Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Member nonrecourse liability to which such deduction is attributable.
     SECTION 8.4. Any Company gain or loss realized with respect to property, other than money, contributed to the Company by a Member shall be shared among the Members pursuant to Code section 704(c) and regulations to be promulgated thereunder so as to take account of the difference between the Company basis and the fair market value of the property at the time of the contribution (“built-in gain or loss”). Such built-in gain or loss shall be allocated to the contributing Member upon the disposition of the property.
ARTICLE IX
Admission and Withdrawal of a Member
     SECTION 9.1. A Member may transfer his interest in the Company to another person or entity only with the prior unanimous consent of the other Members either in writing or at a meeting called for such purpose. If all of the other Members do not approve of the transfer, the transferee shall have no right to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the Company or to become a Member. The transferee shall be entitled to receive the share of profits, losses and Cash Flow or other compensation by way of income and the return of contributions to which the transferor otherwise would be entitled.
     SECTION 9.2. The Members agree to sign such additional documents as may be required in order to admit additional Members to the Company, pursuant to section 9.1 as well as, among other things, to provide for the division of profits, losses and Cash Flow among the Members.
     SECTION 9.3. All costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the assignment of a Member’s interest, including any filing fees and publishing costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel, shall be paid by the assigning Member.
     SECTION 9.4. Each person who becomes a Member in the Company, by becoming a Member, shall and does hereby ratify and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE X
Termination or Dissolution of Company
     SECTION 10.1. The Company shall be terminated prior to the date of expiration of the term as provided in Section 2.4 if (a) a majority in interest of the Members consent that the Company should be terminated and dissolved, or (b) the Company is dissolved pursuant to this Agreement.
     SECTION 10.2. The Company shall be terminated in the event any Member (i) withdraws, resigns or is expelled from the Company; (ii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, is the subject of an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, files a

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petition or answer seeking for himself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against him in any proceeding of this nature, seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for of all or any substantial part of his properties; (iii) dies; or (iv) a judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or his property.
     SECTION 10.3. If the Company is dissolved, the owners of a majority in interest of the remaining Members may elect to reconstitute and continue the Company as a successor Company upon the same conditions as are set forth in this Agreement. Any such election to continue the Company will not result in the creation of a new Company among the remaining Members, nor will such election require the amendment of this Agreement or the execution of an amended Agreement.
     SECTION 10.4. Upon the termination and dissolution of the Company, the then Operating Manager, or Operating Managers, if any, or, if there is no Operating Manager, any person elected to perform such liquidation by the written consent of the owners of a majority in interest of the Members, shall proceed to the liquidation of the Company. The proceeds of such liquidation shall be applied and distributed as follows:
     A. If any assets of the Company are to be distributed in kind, such assets shall be distributed on the basis of the fair market value thereof, and any Member entitled to any interest in such assets shall receive such interest therein as a tenant-in-common with all other Members so entitled. The fair market value of such assets shall be determined by an independent appraiser to be selected by the Company’s independent public accountants. The amount by which the fair market value of any Property to be distributed in kind to the Members exceeds or is less than the basis of such Property, shall, to the extent not otherwise recognized by the Company, be taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Losses (and shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with Section 8.2) for purposes of crediting or charging the Capital Accounts of, and liquidating distributions to, the Members under Section 10.4.B.
     B. All distributions upon liquidation of the Company shall be distributed as follows: to each of the Members, in proportion to the amounts of their respective positive Capital Accounts, as such accounts have been adjusted (i) in accordance with Section 6.5 to reflect the Net Profit or Net Loss realized or incurred upon the sale of the Company’s property or assets and any deemed sale pursuant to Section 10.4.A; (ii) in accordance with Section 8.2 to reflect all Net Profits or Net Losses with respect to the year of liquidation. No Member shall be liable to repay the negative amount of his Capital Account.
     SECTION 10.5. Each of the Members shall be furnished with a statement, reviewed by the Company’s independent public accountants, which shall set forth the assets and liabilities of the Company as of the date of the Company’s liquidation. Upon completion of the liquidation, the Operating Managers shall execute and cause to be filed a Certificate of Dissolution of the Company and any and all other documents necessary with respect to termination of the Company.

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ARTICLE XI
Books and Reports
     SECTION 11.1. The Operating Managers shall cause the Company to maintain the following records:
     A. Complete and accurate books of account, in which shall be entered, fully and accurately, each and every transaction of the Company, shall be kept by the Operating Managers at the principal office of the Company. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year. The books of account of the Company shall be kept in accordance with sound accounting practices and principles applied in a consistent manner by the Company; provided, however, that all methods of accounting and treating particular transactions shall be in accordance with the methods of accounting employed for Federal income tax purposes. All determinations by the Operating Managers with respect to the treatment of any item or its allocation for Federal, state or local tax purposes shall be binding upon all the Members unless the determination is inconsistent with any express provision of this Agreement.
     B. A current list of the full name and last known mailing address of each Member set forth in alphabetical order together with the contribution and share in profits and losses of each Member; a copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Limited Liability Company and any amendments thereto; a copy of the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement and any amendments thereto; a copy of the Limited Liability Company’s federal, state and local income tax returns for the three most recent fiscal years.
     C. Any Member shall have the right from time to time at his expense to have his accountants and representatives examine and/or audit the books and records of the Company and the information referred to in this Section, and the Operating Managers will make such books and records and information available for such examinations and/or audits.
     SECTION 11.2. No value shall be placed for any purpose upon the Company name or the right to its use, or upon the goodwill of the Company or its business. Upon termination or dissolution of the Company (without reconstitution thereof) as provided in this Agreement, neither the Company name or the right to its use, nor the goodwill of the Company, shall be considered as an asset of the Company.
     SECTION 11.3. The Operating Managers will cause to be sent to the Members within a reasonable period after the close of each year the following: (a) annual statements of the Company’s gross receipts and operating expenses, and the capital accounts of each Member, prepared by the Company’s independent public accountants, to be transmitted to each Member; and (b) a report to be transmitted to each Member indicating the Member’s share of the Company’s profit or loss for that year and the Member’s allocable share of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit, for Federal income tax purposes.

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ARTICLE XII
Tax Elections
     SECTION 12.1. In the event of a transfer of a Member’s interest, or upon the death of a Member, or in the event of the distribution of Company property to any party hereto, the Company may (but need not necessarily) file an election, in accordance with Section 754 of the Code to cause the basis of the Company Property to be adjusted for Federal income tax purposes, as provided by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.
ARTICLE XIII
Miscellaneous
     SECTION 13.1. Any notice or other communication under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given when mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address as a party shall have previously specified by notice to the others as the address to which notice shall be given to him):
     A. If to the Company, to it in care of the Operating Managers at the address of the Company.
     B. If to the Operating Managers, to them at the address of the Company.
     C. If to any Member, to him at his address set forth on the books and records of the Company.
     SECTION 13.2. This Agreement contains a complete statement of all of the arrangements among the parties with respect to the Company and cannot be changed or terminated orally or in any manner other than by a written agreement executed by all of the Members. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between or among the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement which are not fully expressed in this Agreement.
     SECTION 13.3. This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party causing this Agreement to be drafted.
     SECTION 13.4. This Agreement is intended to be performed in accordance with, and only to the extent permitted by, all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of the jurisdiction in which the Company does business. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall for any reason and to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected, but rather shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law.
     SECTION 13.5. Anything hereinbefore in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, all references to the Property of the Company are deemed to include the profits, losses and Cash Flow of the Property.

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     SECTION 13.6. Irrespective of the place of execution or performance, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to agreements made and to be performed in the State of Delaware.
     SECTION 13.7. The captions, headings and table of contents in this Agreement are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation.
     SECTION 13.8. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which shall be deemed to constitute a single document.
     SECTION 13.9. Whenever the context so requires, the male gender when used herein shall be deemed to include the female gender, the female gender shall be deemed to include the male gender, the singular shall be deemed to include the plural and the plural shall be deemed to include the singular.

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EX-3.9 8 a55342exv3w9.htm EX-3.9 exv3w9
Exhibit 3.9
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
     FIRST. The name of this corporation shall be HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
     SECOND. Its registered office in the state of Delaware is to be located at 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Code and its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
     THIRD. The purpose or purposes of the corporation shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Hundred thousand (100,000) shares of Common Stock at the par value of S.001 each, amounting to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
     FIFTH. Tire name and address of the incorporator is:
Harry A. Roosje
ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3300 Hyland Avenue
Costa Mesa, California 92626
     SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal the by-laws.
     SEVENTH. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seventh. shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.
     EIGHTH. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it steal have power to indemnify under said

 


 

Section from and against all expenses, liabilities or other eaters referred to or covered by said Section, and the indemnification provided herein shall not be d exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office, 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.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporates hereinbefore named, has executed, signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this 21st day of April 1999.
         
     
  By   /s/ Harry A. Roosje    
    Harry A. Roosje   
    Incorporator   
 

 

EX-3.10 9 a55342exv3w10.htm EX-3.10 exv3w10
Exhibit 3.10
BYLAWS

OF

HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE 1 OFFICES
    1  
Section 1.1 Registered Office
    1  
Section 1.2 Other Offices
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE 2 MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
    1  
Section 2.1 Place of Meetings
    1  
Section 2.2 Annual Meeting
    1  
Section 2.3 Special Meetings
    1  
Section 2.4 Notice
    1  
Section 2.5 Voting List
    2  
Section 2.6 Quorum
    2  
Section 2.7 Required Vote
    2  
Section 2.8 Proxies
    2  
Section 2.9 Record Date
    3  
Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting
    4  
Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections
    5  
 
       
ARTICLE 3 DIRECTORS
    5  
Section 3.1 Management
    5  
Section 3.2 Number; Election
    5  
Section 3.3 Change in Number
    5  
Section 3.4 Removal
    5  
Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
    6  
Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited
    6  
Section 3.7 Place of Meetings
    6  
Section 3.8 First Meetings
    6  
Section 3.9 Regular Meetings
    6  
Section 3.10 Special Meetings
    6  
Section 3.11 Quorum
    6  
Section 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings
    6  
Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board
    7  
Section 3.14 Compensation
    7  
 
       
ARTICLE 4 COMMITTEES
    7  
Section 4.1 Designation
    7  
Section 4.2 Number; Term
    7  
Section 4.3 Authority
    7  
Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal
    7  
Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members
    7  
Section 4.6 Regular Meetings
    8  
Section 4.7 Special Meetings
    8  
Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote
    8  
Section 4.9 Minutes
    8  
Section 4.10 Compensation
    8  

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ARTICLE 5 NOTICES
    8  
Section 5.1 Method
    8  
Section 5.2 Waiver
    9  
Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement
    9  
 
       
ARTICLE 6 OFFICERS
    9  
Section 6.1 Officers
    9  
Section 6.2 Election
    9  
Section 6.3 Compensation
    9  
Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies
    10  
Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board
    10  
Section 6.6 President
    10  
Section 6.7 Vice Presidents
    10  
Section 6.8 Secretary
    11  
Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries
    11  
Section 6.10 Treasurer
    11  
Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE 7 CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
    11  
Section 7.1 Certificates
    11  
Section 7.2 Legends
    12  
Section 7.3 Lost Certificates
    12  
Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares
    12  
Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders
    12  
 
       
ARTICLE 8 INDEMNIFICATION
    12  
Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation
    12  
Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation
    13  
Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party
    13  
Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification
    13  
Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses
    14  
Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification
    14  
Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification
    15  
Section 8.8 Construction
    15  
Section 8.9 Savings Clause
    16  
 
       
ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS
    16  
Section 9.1 Dividends
    16  
Section 9.2 Reserves
    16  
Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments
    16  
Section 9.4 Fiscal Year
    17  
Section 9.5 Seal
    17  
Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers
    17  
Section 9.7 Amendments
    17  
Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings
    17  

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BYLAWS
OF
HYLAND CAPITAL, INC.
 
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
     Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Hyland Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), will be as from time to time set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or in any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the appropriate County Recorder or Recorders, as the case may be, to amend such information.
     Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders for all purposes may be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
     Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
     Section 2.4 Notice. Written or printed notice stating the place, date, and hour of each meeting of the stockholders and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is sent by mail, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully

 


 

called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy.
     Section 2.5 Voting List. At least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who has charge of the Corporation’s stock ledger, either directly or through another officer appointed by the Secretary or such other officer or through a transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors, shall prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, 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. Such list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting at all times during such meeting and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
     Section 2.6 Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat who are present, in person or by proxy, or, if no stockholder entitled to vote is present, any officer of the Corporation, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present. 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 2.7 Required Vote. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
     Section 2.8 Proxies.
     (a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting.

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     (b) Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
     (1) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or by an authorized officer, director, employee or agent of the stockholder signing such writing or causing such stockholder’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
     (2) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information upon which they relied.
     (c) Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
     (d) 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.
     Section 2.9 Record Date.
     (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
     (b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,

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which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
     (c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such payment, exercise, or other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting.
     (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consent or consents shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware, at its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
     (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the written consent, and no consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.10 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this Section 2.10.

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     (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given by the Corporation to those stockholders who have not consented to the action in writing.
     Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s 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 such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and 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 results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request, or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
     Section 3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings.
     Section 3.2 Number; Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than one (1) and no more than seven (7) members. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as hereinafter provided, and each director elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
     Section 3.3 Change in Number. The number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors may be fixed from time to time in a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, or, if no such resolution has been adopted, the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be the same as the number of directors of the initial Board of Directors as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
     Section 3.4 Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

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     Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. 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, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director’s election and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. If at any time there are no directors in office, an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, 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 thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the filling of other vacancies.
     Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited. Cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
     Section 3.7 Place of Meetings. The directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     Section 3.8 First Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent of the directors then elected and serving, such time or place shall be changed.
     Section 3.9 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 the Board of Directors.
     Section 3.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each director, if by telecopier, electronic facsimile or hand delivery, or on three (3) days’ notice to each director, if by mail or by telegram. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.
     Section 3.11 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or the Certificate 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 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings. 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 a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Subject to

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applicable notice provisions and unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a 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 such meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person’s participation is for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board to preside at their meetings and to perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to such person.
     Section 3.14 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES
     Section 4.1 Designation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees.
     Section 4.2 Number; Term. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of such committee member’s term as director, (ii) such committee member’s resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) such committee member’s removal as a committee member or as a director.
     Section 4.3 Authority. Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, and to discharge any committee. The Board of Directors may remove any committee member, at any time, with or without cause.
     Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. Any such alternate member 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 present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

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     Section 4.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by the committee and communicated to all members thereof.
     Section 4.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Committee, or, if the committee members have not elected a Chairman, by any committee member. The Chairman of the Committee or the committee member calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each committee member at least (i) twenty-four (24) hours before such special meeting if notice is given by telecopy, electronic facsimile or hand delivery or (ii) at least three (3) days before such special meeting if notice is given by mail or by telegram. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.
     Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated as the Committee by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Alternate members and acting members shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The vote of a majority of the members, including alternate members and acting members, present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 4.9 Minutes. Each committee shall cause minutes of its proceedings to be prepared and shall report the same to the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.
     Section 4.10 Compensation. Committee members may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending any committee meetings or a stated salary.
ARTICLE 5
NOTICES
     Section 5.1 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, personal notice shall not be required, and any such notice may be given (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director, or stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the books or (in the case of a stockholder) the stock transfer records of the Corporation, or (b) by any other method permitted by law (including, but not limited to, overnight courier service, electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by overnight courier service shall be deemed to be given at the time delivered to such service with all charges

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prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid.
     Section 5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement. The giving of any notice required under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall not be required to be given to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed and addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated.
ARTICLE 6
OFFICERS
     Section 6.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (who shall rank in such order and who shall have such additional titles or designations, such as “Executive,” “Senior,” “First,” or “Second,” as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman of the Board, additional Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, including, without limitation, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a General Counsel, a Controller, and a Chief Information Officer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
     Section 6.2 Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation, none of whom need be a member of the Board, a stockholder or a resident of the State of Delaware. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed 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 6.3 Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

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     Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed either for or without cause by a majority of the directors represented at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is represented, whenever in the judgment of the Board of Directors 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. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
     Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. If elected by the Board of Directors as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.6 President. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, in which event the President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors only in the absence of the Chairman of the Board. The President shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, if the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, shall prescribe.
     Section 6.7 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there is more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election or appointment) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.

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     Section 6.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders 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 any committee when required. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders 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 the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.
     Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.
     Section 6.10 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board 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 meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all the Treasurer’s transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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 the office of Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation. If the Board of Directors has elected a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, the Treasurer shall report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE 7
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
     Section 7.1 Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that such shares are without par value. Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.

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     Section 7.2 Legends. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock shall bear such legends as the Board of Directors shall authorize, including, without limitation, such legends as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.
     Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate representing shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. The Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall specify and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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, stolen or destroyed.
     Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney. 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, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
     Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof for any and all purposes, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim 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 law.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 such

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person’s 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 meet the standards of conduct set forth in this Section 8.1.
     Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person’s duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such costs, charges and expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 8, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection therewith.
     Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 (unless ordered by a court) shall be paid by the Corporation unless a determination is made (a) 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 (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is not proper in the circumstances because such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8.

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     Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses. Costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys, fees) incurred by a person referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding (including investigations by any government agency and all costs, charges and expenses incurred in preparing for any threatened action, suit or proceeding) shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by a director or officer in such person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer) in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article 8. No security shall be required for such undertaking and such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the recipient’s financial ability to make repayment. The repayment of such charges and expenses incurred by other employees and agents of the Corporation which are paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as permitted by this Section may be required upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Board of Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and subject to the approval of such Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such action, suit or proceeding.
     Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 or advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of the director, officer, employee or agent directed to the Secretary of the Corporation. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article 8 shall be enforceable by the director, officer, employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 30 days. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such person’s right to indemnification or advances, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 or 8.2 of this Article 8, but the burden of proving that such standard of conduct has not been met shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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     Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification. The indemnification provided by this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, 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 estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article 8 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 is in effect. No amendment or repeal of this Article 8 or of any relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or deny to any director, officer, employee or agent any rights to indemnification which such person may have, or change or release any obligations of the Corporation, under this Article 8 with respect to any costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement which arise out of an action, suit or proceeding based in whole or substantial part on any act or failure to act, actual or alleged, which takes place before or while this Article 8 is in effect. The provisions of this Section 8.7 shall apply to any such action, suit or proceeding whenever commenced, including any such action, suit or proceeding commenced after any amendment or repeal of this Article 8.
     Section 8.8 Construction. For purposes of this Article 8:
     (i) “the Corporation” shall include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article 8 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;
     (ii) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation;
     (iii) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service which imposes duties on, or involves services by, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries, including acting as a fiduciary thereof;
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     (v) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8;
     (vi) Service as a partner, trustee or member of management or similar committee of a partnership or joint venture, or as a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which is a partner, trustee or joint venturer, shall be considered service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
     Section 8.9 Savings Clause. If this Article 8 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 8 that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 9.1 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 9.2 Reserves. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments. Any checks, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and all deeds, mortgages, indentures, bills of sale, conveyances, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments of transfer, contracts, agreements, dividend and other orders, powers of attorney, proxies, waivers, consents, returns, reports, certificates, demands, notices, or documents and other instruments or writings of any nature whatsoever may be signed, executed, verified, acknowledged, and delivered, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, by such officers, agents, or employees of the Corporation, or any of them, and in such manner, as from time to time may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

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     Section 9.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
     Section 9.5 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
     Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers. No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the Corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation, individually, or any firm or corporation of which any such 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, however, that the fact that the director, individually, or the firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority of such members thereof as shall be present at any annual meeting or at any special meeting, called for that purpose, of the Board of Directors at which action upon any contract or transaction shall be taken. Any director of the Corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any such annual or special meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if such director were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested. Every director of the Corporation is hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent such director from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the Corporation for the benefit of such director or any firm, corporation, trust or organization in which or with which such director may be in anywise interested or connected.
     Section 9.7 Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, or by written consent of the Board of Directors or the stockholders without a meeting.
     Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings. The Table of Contents and headings used in these Bylaws have been inserted for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in interpretation.

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EX-3.11 10 a55342exv3w11.htm EX-3.11 exv3w11
Exhibit 3.11
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ICN ACQUISITION CORP.
* * * * *
     FIRST: That the name of the corporation is
ICN Acquisition Corp.
     SECOND: The purpose of this 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.
     THIRD: The name of this corporation’s initial agent for service of process in the State of California is:
CT Corporation System
     FOURTH: This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock: The total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is 100,000 of Common Stock.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed these Articles this 12th day of September, 2000
         
     
  /s/ Harry Roosje    
  Harry Roosje, Incorporator   
     

 


 

         
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The undersigned certify that:
  1.   They are the President and Secretary of the Corporation.
 
  2.   The name of the Corporation is ICN Acquisition Corp.
 
  3.   Article First of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows: That the name of the corporation is ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
 
  4.   Article Fifth is added to the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation, and shall read as follows: The liability of directors of the corporation for monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible. The corporation is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317 of the California Corporations- Code) through By-law provisions, agreements, with agents, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, to the fullest extent permissible under California law. Any amendment, repeal or modification of any provision of this Article Fifth shall not adversely affect any right or protection of an agent of this corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
 
  4.   The foregoing amendments have been duly approved by the board of directors.
 
  5.   There are 100 outstanding shares entitled to vote with respect to the amendments. Fifty-one percent (5 1%) of the outstanding shares were required for the amendments to be approved. One hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding shares voted in favor of the amendments. Therefore, the amendments were approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with California Corporations Code Section 902.
We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct to the best of our knowledge.
         
     
Date: 1/2/01  /s/ Bill A. MacDonald    
  Bill A. MacDonald   
  President   
 
     
  /s/ Harry A. Roosje    
  Harry A. Roosje   
  Secretary   
 

 

EX-3.12 11 a55342exv3w12.htm EX-3.12 exv3w12
Exhibit 3.12
BYLAWS
OF
ICN ACQUISITION CORPORATION
A California Corporation
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE. The board of directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place within or outside the State of California. If the principal executive office is located outside the State of California, and the corporation has one or more business offices in the State of California, the board of directors shall likewise fix and designate a principal business office in the State of California.
     Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may also establish offices at such other places, both within and outside 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
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
     Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated by the board of directors. In the absence of any such designation, shareholders meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
     Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be fixed by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. At such meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
     Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the board of directors, the chairman of the board, the president, or one or more shareholders holding in the aggregate shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at any such meeting.
     If a special meeting is called by anyone other than the board of directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of the meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president or the secretary of the corporation. The officer receiving such request forthwith shall cause notice to be given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this

 


 

paragraph of this Section 3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the board of directors may be held.
     Section 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. All notices of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 5 of this Article II not less than ten (10%) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting being noticed. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature of the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees whom, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for election.
     If action is proposed to be taken at any meeting for approval of (i) a contract or transaction in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the California Corporations Code (the “Code”), (ii) an amendment of the articles of incorporation, pursuant to Section 902 of the Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of the Code, (iv) a voluntary dissolution of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1900 of the Code, or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of the Code, the notice shall also state the general nature of such proposal.
     Section 5. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE. Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given personally or by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the shareholder’s address appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such address appears on the corporation’s books or is given, notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent to that shareholder by first-class mail or telegraphic, or other written communication to the corporation’s principal executive office, or if published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal executive office is located. Notice shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means of written communication.
     If any notice addressed to a shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the Service is unable to deliver the notice to the shareholder at such address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available to the shareholder upon written demand at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of such notice or report to all other shareholders. An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any shareholders meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation, and shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation.
     Section 6. QUORUM. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The

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shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.
     Section 7. ADJOURNMENT. Any shareholders’ meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares represented at such meeting, either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at such meeting, except as provided in Section 6 of this Article 11.
     When any meeting of shareholders, annual or special, 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, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting, in which case the board of directors shall set a new record date. Except when the giving of such notice is not required pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4 and 5 of this Article. At any adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
     Section 8. VOTING. The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of this Article 11, subject to the provisions of Sections 702 and 704, inclusive, of the Code (relating to voting shares held by a fiduciary, in the name of a corporation or in the names of two or more persons). The vote may be by voice vote or by ballot; provided, however, that any election for directors must be by ballot if demanded by a shareholder at the meeting and before the voting begins. Any shareholder entitled to vote on any matter (other than elections of directors) may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares such shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder’s approving vote is with respect to all shares such shareholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on any matter (other than the election of directors) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by the Code or the articles of incorporation.
     Section 9. CUMULATIVE VOTING. At a shareholders meeting involving the election of directors, no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes on behalf of any candidate for director (i.e., each shareholder shall be entitled to cast for any one or more candidates no greater number of votes than the number of shares held, by such shareholder) unless such candidate or candidates names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder has given notice prior to the voting of the shareholder’s intention to cumulate votes. If any shareholder has given such notice, every shareholder entitled to vote may cumulate votes for candidates in nomination 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 such shareholder’s shares are entitled, or distribute the shareholder’s votes on the same principle among as many candidates as

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the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be voted for them up to the number of directors to be elected by such shares are elected; votes against the director and votes withheld shall have no legal effect.
     Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, annual or special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as though they had been taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent to a holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of shareholders, except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any matters specified in the second paragraph of Section 4 of this Article II, the waiver of notice or consent shall state the general nature of the proposal. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
     Attendance of a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in the notice of such meeting if such objection is expressly made at the meeting.
     Section 11. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any action 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, is signed individually or collectively 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. In the case of election of directors, such consent shall be effective only if signed individually or collectively by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided, however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the board of directors not filled by the directors, by the individual or collective written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors, unless such vacancy was created by the removal of a director, in which case the shareholder action by individual or collective written consent must be unanimous. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records. Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder’s proxy holder, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by the secretary of the corporation prior to the time that the written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary.
     Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing, the secretary shall give prompt notice of any corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. Such notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 5 of this Article II. In the case of approval of (i) contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct

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or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Code, (ii) indemnification of agents of the corporation, pursuant to Section 317 of the Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of the Code, or (iv) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of the Code, such notice shall be given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of the action authorized by any such approval.
     Section 12. RECORD DATE. For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a meeting, the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the meeting nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the action without a meeting, and in such case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote or to give consents, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided in the California Corporations Code.
     If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
     (a) The record date for determining the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
     (b) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior action by the board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given, or (ii) when prior action of the board has been taken, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth (60th) day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.
     Section 13. PROXIES. Every person entitled to vote for directors or on any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation.. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholder’s name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it, prior to the vote pursuant thereto, by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked or by a subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by, the person executing the proxy; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of the proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant thereto is counted; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of the proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 705(e) and (f) of the Code.
     Section 14. INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. Before any meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons (other than nominees for office) to act as inspectors

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of election at the meeting or any adjournments thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the majority of shares represented in person or by proxy shall determine whether one (1) or three (3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any shareholder or a shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint a person to replace the one who so failed or refused. If there are three (3) inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority of them is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
     Section 1. POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the California Corporations Code and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these bylaws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of directors.
     Section 2. NUMBER. The authorized number of directors shall be not less than three (3) and not more than five (5) as may be determined from time to time by the board of directors, until changed by an amendment to the articles of incorporation or, if permitted by Section 212 of the Code, by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that an amendment reducing the number of directors to a number less than five (5) cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its adoption at a meeting, or the shares not consenting in the case of action by written consent, are equal to more than 16-2/3% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
     Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
     Section 4. REMOVAL. Any or all of the directors may be removed by order of court pursuant to Section 304 of the Code, or by the shareholders pursuant to the provisions of Section 303 of the Code.
     Section 5. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum or by a sole remaining director, except that a vacancy created by the removal of a director may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to

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vote. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
     A vacancy or vacancies in the board of directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the board of directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or who has been convicted of a felony, or if the authorized number of directors is increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which a director or directors are elected, to elect the number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.
     The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal requires the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.
     Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the chairman of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the board of directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
     No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of his or her term of office.
     Section 6. PLACE OF MEETINGS AND MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the board. In the absence of such designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the board shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating can hear one another and can communicate to one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting.
     Section 7. REGULAR MEETINGS. Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the board of directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, any desired election of officers, and the transaction of other business. Other regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time be fixed by the board of directors. Notice of regular meetings shall not be required.
     Section 8. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board or the president or any vice president or the secretary or any two directors.
     Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered to each director personally or by telephone or sent by first-class mail or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at his or her address as it is shown on the records of the corporation. In case the

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notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director. The notice need not specify either the purpose of the meeting or the place if the meeting is to be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
     Section 9. QUORUM. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as hereinafter provided. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the board of directors, subject to the provisions of Section 310 of the Code (approval of contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect material financial interest), Section 311 of the Code (appointment of committees), and Section 317(e) of the Code (indemnification of directors). A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.
     Section 10. WAIVER OF NOTICE; CONSENT. The transactions of any meeting of the board of directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though they had been taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Notice of a meeting shall also be deemed given to any director who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to that director.
     Section 11. ADJOURNMENT. A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, in which case notice of such time and place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in Section 8 of this Article III, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.
     Section 12. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors. The written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
     Section 13. FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the board of directors. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for such service.

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ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
     Section 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to 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 member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board, may have all the authority of the board, except with respect to:
     (a) the approval of any action which, under the California Corporations Code also requires shareholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares;
     (b) the filling of vacancies on the board of directors or in any committee;
     (c) the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the board or on any committee;
     (d) the amendment or repeal of bylaws or the adoption of new bylaws;
     (e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the board of directors which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable;
     (f) a distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board of directors; or
     (g) the appointment of any other committees of the board of directors or the members thereof.
     Section 2. MEETINGS AND ACTION. Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws, Section 6 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), 7 (regular meetings), 8 (special meetings), 9 (quorum), 10 (waiver of notice), 11 (adjournment) and 12 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of directors and its members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined by resolution of the board of directors as well as the committee; special meetings of committees may be called by resolution of the board of directors; and notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
     Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the board of

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directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
     Section 2. ELECTION. The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 or Section 5 of this Article V, shall be chosen by the board of directors, and each shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
     Section 3. OTHER OFFICERS. The board of directors may appoint, and may empower the president to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine.
     Section 4. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION. Subject to the rights, if any, of any officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the board of directors or, except in case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
     Any officer 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. Any such resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
     Section 5. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these bylaws for regular appointments to such office.
     Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him or her by the board of directors or prescribed by the bylaws. If there is no president, the chairman of the board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article V.
     Section 7. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the chair-man of the board, if there be such an officer, the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the chairman of the board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the board of directors. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws.

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     Section 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all 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 presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors or the bylaws and the president or the chairman of the board.
     Section 9. SECRETARY. The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as the board of directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors and shareholders. This book of minutes shall contain: the time and place of each meeting; the type of meeting whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized; the notice, thereof given; the names of those present at directors meetings; the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
     The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
     The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors required by the bylaws or by law to be given, and he or she shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by the bylaws.
     Section 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
     The chief financial officer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. He or she shall disburse, or cause to be disbursed, the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all financial transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the bylaws.

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ARTICLE VI I
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES
AND OTHER AGENTS
     Section 1. INDEMNIFICATION. The corporation may, to the maximum extent permitted by the California Corporations Code indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was an agent of the corporation. For purposes of this Article VI, an “Agent” of the corporation includes any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other 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, or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
     Section 2. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Expenses incurred in defending any proceeding may be advanced by this corporation prior to the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of any undertaking by or on behalf of the agent to repay such amount unless it shall be determined ultimately that the agent is entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Article.
     Section 3. OTHER CONTRACTUAL RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this Article shall affect any right to indemnification to which persons, other than directors or officers of this corporation or any subsidiary hereof, may be entitled by contract or otherwise.
     Section 4. INSURANCE. Upon and in the event of a determination by the board of directors of this corporation to purchase such insurance, this corporation shall purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by the agent in such capacity or arising out of the agent’s status as such whether or not this corporation would have the power to indemnify the agent against such liability.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
     Section 1. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder.
     A shareholder or shareholders of the corporation holding at least five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation may (i) inspect and copy the records of shareholders’ names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five (5) days prior written demand upon the corporation, or (ii) obtain from the transfer agent of the corporation, upon written demand and upon the tender of the transfer agent’s usual charges for such list, a list of the shareholders names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which such

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list has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand. The list shall be made available to that shareholder on or before the later of five (5) days after the demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder’s interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. Any inspection and copying under this Section may be made in person or by an agent or attorney of the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate making such demand.
     Section 2. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BYLAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in the State of California, at its principal business office in that State, the original or a copy of the bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of California and the corporation has no principal business office in that State, the Secretary shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, furnish to such shareholder a copy of the bylaws as amended to date.
     Section 3. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE RECORDS. The accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the board of directors and any committee or committees of the board of directors shall be kept at such place or places designated by the board of directors, or, in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form. Such minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder’s interest as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. The foregoing rights of inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary and division of the corporation.
     Section 4. INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and each subsidiary corporation. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts.
     Section 5. ANNUAL REPORTS. The annual report to shareholders referred to in Section 1501 of the Code is expressly dispensed with, but nothing herein shall be interpreted as prohibiting the board of directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports to the shareholders of the corporation as they deem appropriate.
     Section 6. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. If a shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation make a written request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the three-month,

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six-month or nine-month period of the then current fiscal year ended more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the request and a balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of such period, the chief financial officer shall cause such statement or statements to be prepared, if not already prepared, and shall deliver personally or mail such statement or statements to the person making the request within thirty (30) days after the receipt of such request. If the corporation has not sent to the shareholders an annual report for the last fiscal year, this report shall likewise be delivered or mailed to such shareholder or shareholders within thirty (30) days after such request.
     A copy of any annual financial statement and any income statement of the corporation for each quarterly period of each fiscal year, and any accompanying balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of each such period, that has been prepared by the corporation shall be kept on file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve (12) months and each such statement shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder demanding examination of any such statement or a copy shall be mailed to any such shareholder.
     The corporation also shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, mail to the shareholder a copy of the last annual, semi-annual or quarterly income statement which it has prepared and a balance sheet as of the end of such period.
     The income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section shall be accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
     Section 1. RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING. For purposes of determining the shareholders 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 (other than action by shareholders by written consent without a meeting), the board of directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to any such action, and in such case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise provided in the California Corporations Code.
     If the board of directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the later of (i) the date on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, and (ii) the sixtieth (60th) day prior to the date of such action.
     Section 2. CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the

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name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors.
     Section 3. CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS; HOW EXECUTED. The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
     Section 4. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES. A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any such shares are fully paid, and the board of directors may authorize the issuance of certificates or shares as partly paid provided that such certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the chairman of the board or vice chairman of the board or the president or vice president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder; provided, however, that in the event one person occupies any two officer positions then the signature of two different persons occupying any of the above-mentioned offices shall be required. 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 on 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.
     Section 5. LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as hereinafter in this Section provided, no new certificates for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled. The board of directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a new certificate in lieu thereof, upon such terms and conditions as the board may require, including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of a replacement certificate.
     Section 6. REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The chairman of the board, the president or any vice president, or any other person authorized by resolution of the board of directors or by any of the foregoing designated officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the corporation any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic, standing in the name of the corporation. The authority granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of the corporation any and all shares held by the corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised by any such officer in person or by any person authorized to do so by a proxy duly executed by said officer.

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     Section 7. CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes both a corporation and a natural person. All references in these bylaws to the California General Corporation Law or to sections of the Code shall be deemed to be such Law or sections as they may be amended and in effect and, if renumbered, to such renumbered provisions at the time of any action taken under the bylaws.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
     Section 1. AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS. New bylaws may be adopted or these bylaws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that if the articles of incorporation of the corporation set forth the number of authorized directors of the corporation, the authorized number of directors may be changed only by an amendment of the articles of incorporation.
     Section 2. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the shareholders to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws as provided in Section I of this Article IX, bylaws other than a bylaw amendment changing the authorized number of directors, may be adopted, amended or repealed by the board of directors.

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EX-3.13 12 a55342exv3w13.htm EX-3.13 exv3w13
Exhibit 3.13
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
* * * * * * * *
     1. The name of the corporation is ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
     2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
     3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) and the par value of each of such shares is One Dollar ($1.00) amounting in the aggregate to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000).
     The holders of stock shall, upon the issue or sale of shares of stock of any class (whether now or hereafter authorized) or any securities convertible into such stock, have the right, during such period of time and on such conditions as the board of directors shall prescribe, to subscribe to and purchase such shares or securities in proportion to their respective holdings of stock, at such price or prices as the board of directors may from time to time fix and as may be permitted by law.

 


 

     5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows:
         
    NAME   MAILING ADDRESS
 
  W. J. Reif   Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
 
       
 
  M. C. Kinnamon   Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
 
       
 
  J. L. Austin   Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
     6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
     7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized:
     To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation.
     To authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real and personal property of the corporation.
     To set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and to abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     By a majority of the whole board, to designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one 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 member at any meeting of the committee. The by-laws may provide that 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. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors, or in the by-laws of the corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or by-laws, expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.
     When and as authorized by the stockholders in accordance with statute, to sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation, including its good will and its corporate franchises, upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration, which may consist in whole or in part of money or property including shares of stock in, and/or other securities of, any other corporation or corporations, as its board of directors shall deem expedient and for the best interests of the corporation.

 


 

     8. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER CORPORATE AGENTS.
     Section 8.01 ACTION, ETC. OTHER THAN BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. 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 or investigation, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, and whether external or in—ternal to the Corporation (other than a judicial action or suit brought by or in the right of the Corporation) 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, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (all such persons being referred to hereinafter as an “Agent”), 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 good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest 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 good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 


 

     Section 8.02 ACTION, ETC., BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. 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 judicial action or suit brought 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 an Agent against expenses (including attorneys’ 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 of Chancery or 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 of Chancery or other such court shall deem proper.
     Section 8.03 DETERMINATION OF RIGHT OF INDEMNIFICATION. Any indemnification under Section 8.01 or 8.02 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation unless a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) 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 (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders, that such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, or, with respect to

 


 

any criminal proceeding, that such person believed or had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
     Section 8.04 INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST EXPENSES OF SUCCESSFUL PARTY. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article V, to the extent that an Agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including the dismissal of an action without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of liability, in defense of any proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such Agent shall be indemnified against all expenses incurred in connection therewith.
     Section 8.05 ADVANCES OF EXPENSES. Except as limited by Section 8.06 of this Article 8, expenses incurred in any action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such matter, if the Agent shall undertake to repay such amount in the event that it is ultimately determined, as provided herein, that such person is not entitled to indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the Corporation if a determination is reasonably and promptly made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors, or (if such a quorum is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested Directors so directs) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that, based upon the facts known to the Board of Directors or counsel at the time such determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the

 


 

Board of Directors or independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such person deliberately breached his duty to the Corporation or its stockholders.
     Section 8.06 RIGHT OF AGENT TO INDEMNIFICATION UPON APPLICATION; PROCEDURE UPON APPLICATION. Any indemnification or advance under this Article 8 shall be made promptly, and in any event within ninety days, upon the written request of the Agent, unless, a determination is reasonably and promptly made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors that such Agent acted in a manner set forth in this Article 8 as to justify the Corporation’s not indemnifying or making an advance to the Agent. In the event no quorum of disinterested Directors is obtainable, the Board of Directors shall promptly direct that independent legal counsel shall decide whether the Agent acted in the manner set forth in this Article 8 as to justify the Corporation’s not indemnifying or making an advance to the Agent. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article 8 shall be enforceable by the Agent in any court of competent jurisdiction, if the Board of Directors or independent legal counsel denies the claim, in whole or in part, or if no disposition of such claim is made within ninety days. The Agent’s expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.
     Section 8.07 OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. The indemnification provided by this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Agent seeking indemnification may be entitled under any Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders 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 an Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. All rights to indemnification under this Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Corporation and the Agent who serves in such capacity at any time while these bylaws and other relevant provisions of the general corporation law and other applicable law, in any, are in effect. Any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.
     Section 8.08 INSURANCE. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was an Agent 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 8.
     Section 8.09 CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS. For the purposes of this Article 8, references to “the Corporation” include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would if he had served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
     Section 8.10 OTHER ENTERPRISES, FINES, AND SERVING AT CORPORATION’S REQUEST. For purposes of this Article 8, references to “other enterprises”

 


 

in Sections 8.01 and 8.07 shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, trustee or agent with respect to any 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 8.
     Section 8.11 SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this Article 8 or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Agent as to expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, and whether internal or external, including a grand jury proceeding and an action or suit brought by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent per—mitted by any applicable portion of this Article 8 that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
     9. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide.
     Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision

 


 

contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation.
     10. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stock-holders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
     WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 16th day of January, 1987.
         
     
  /s/ W. J. Reif    
  W. J. Reif   
     
 
     
  /s/ M. C. Kinnamon    
  M. C. Kinnamon   
     
 
     
  /s/ J. L. Austin    
  J. L. Austin   
     
 

 

EX-3.14 13 a55342exv3w14.htm EX-3.14 exv3w14
Exhibit 3.14
BYLAWS

OF

ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.

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Exhibit 3.14
TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
ARTICLE 1
  OFFICES     1  
Section 1.1
  Registered Office     1  
Section 1.2
  Other Offices     1  
 
           
ARTICLE 2
  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS     1  
Section 2.1
  Place of Meetings     1  
Section 2.2
  Annual Meeting     1  
Section 2.3
  Special Meetings     1  
Section 2.4
  Notice     1  
Section 2.5
  Voting List     2  
Section 2.6
  Quorum     2  
Section 2.7
  Required Vote     2  
Section 2.8
  Proxies     2  
Section 2.9
  Record Date     3  
Section 2.10
  Action Without Meeting     4  
Section 2.11
  Inspectors of Elections     5  
 
           
ARTICLE 3
  DIRECTORS     5  
Section 3.1
  Management     5  
Section 3.2
  Number; Election     5  
Section 3.3
  Change in Number     5  
Section 3.4
  Removal     5  
Section 3.5
  Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships     6  
Section 3.6
  Cumulative Voting Prohibited     6  
Section 3.7
  Place of Meetings     6  
Section 3.8
  First Meetings     6  
Section 3.9
  Regular Meetings     6  
Section 3.10
  Special Meetings     6  
Section 3.11
  Quorum     6  
Section 3.12
  Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings     6  
Section 3.13
  Chairman of the Board     7  
Section 3.14
  Compensation     7  
 
           
ARTICLE 4
  COMMITTEES     7  
Section 4.1
  Designation     7  
Section 4.2
  Number; Term     7  
Section 4.3
  Authority     7  
Section 4.4
  Committee Changes; Removal     7  
Section 4.5
  Alternate Members; Acting Members     7  
Section 4.6
  Regular Meetings     8  
Section 4.7
  Special Meetings     8  
Section 4.8
  Quorum; Majority Vote     8  
Section 4.9
  Minutes     8  
Section 4.10
  Compensation     8  

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ARTICLE 5
  NOTICES     8  
Section 5.1
  Method     8  
Section 5.2
  Waiver     9  
Section 5.3
  Exception to Notice Requirement     9  
 
           
ARTICLE 6
  OFFICERS     9  
Section 6.1
  Officers     9  
Section 6.2
  Election     9  
Section 6.3
  Compensation     9  
Section 6.4
  Removal and Vacancies     10  
Section 6.5
  Chairman of the Board     10  
Section 6.6
  President     10  
Section 6.7
  Vice Presidents     10  
Section 6.8
  Secretary     11  
Section 6.9
  Assistant Secretaries     11  
Section 6.10
  Treasurer     11  
Section 6.11
  Assistant Treasurers     11  
 
           
ARTICLE 7
  CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES     11  
Section 7.1
  Certificates     11  
Section 7.2
  Legends     12  
Section 7.3
  Lost Certificates     12  
Section 7.4
  Transfer of Shares     12  
Section 7.5
  Registered Stockholders     12  
 
           
ARTICLE 8
  INDEMNIFICATION     12  
Section 8.1
  Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation     12  
Section 8.2
  Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation     13  
Section 8.3
  Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party     13  
Section 8.4
  Determination of Right to Indemnification     13  
Section 8.5
  Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses     14  
Section 8.6
  Procedure for Indemnification     14  
Section 8.7
  Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification     15  
Section 8.8
  Construction     15  
Section 8.9
  Savings Clause     16  
 
           
ARTICLE 9
  GENERAL PROVISIONS     16  
Section 9.1
  Dividends     16  
Section 9.2
  Reserves     16  
Section 9.3
  Authority to Sign Instruments     16  
Section 9.4
  Fiscal Year     17  
Section 9.5
  Seal     17  
Section 9.6
  Transactions with Directors and Officers     17  
Section 9.7
  Amendments     17  
Section 9.8
  Table of Contents; Headings     17  

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Exhibit 3.14
BYLAWS
OF
ICN SOUTHEAST, INC.
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
     Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of ICN Southeast, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), will be as from time to time set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or in any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the appropriate County Recorder or Recorders, as the case may be, to amend such information.
     Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders for all purposes may be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
     Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
     Section 2.4 Notice. Written or printed notice stating the place, date, and hour of each meeting of the stockholders and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is sent by mail, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully

 


 

called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy.
     Section 2.5 Voting List. At least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who has charge of the Corporation’s stock ledger, either directly or through another officer appointed by the Secretary or such other officer or through a transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors, shall prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, 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. Such list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting at all times during such meeting and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
     Section 2.6 Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat who are present, in person or by proxy, or, if no stockholder entitled to vote is present, any officer of the Corporation, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present. 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 2.7 Required Vote. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
     Section 2.8 Proxies.
     (a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting.

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     (b) Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
     (1) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or by an authorized officer, director, employee or agent of the stockholder signing such writing or causing such stockholder’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
     (2) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information upon which they relied.
     (c) Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
     (d) 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.
     Section 2.9 Record Date.
     (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
     (b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,

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which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
     (c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such payment, exercise, or other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting.
     (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consent or consents shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware, at its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
     (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the written consent, and no consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.10 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this Section 2.10.

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     (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given by the Corporation to those stockholders who have not consented to the action in writing.
     Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s 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 such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and 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 results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request, or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
     Section 3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings.
     Section 3.2 Number; Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than one (1) and no more than seven (7) members. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as hereinafter provided, and each director elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
     Section 3.3 Change in Number. The number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors may be fixed from time to time in a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, or, if no such resolution has been adopted, the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be the same as the number of directors of the initial Board of Directors as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
     Section 3.4 Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

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     Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. 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, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director’s election and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. If at any time there are no directors in office, an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, 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 thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the filling of other vacancies.
     Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited. Cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
     Section 3.7 Place of Meetings. The directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     Section 3.8 First Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent of the directors then elected and serving, such time or place shall be changed.
     Section 3.9 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 the Board of Directors.
     Section 3.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each director, if by telecopier, electronic facsimile or hand delivery, or on three (3) days’ notice to each director, if by mail or by telegram. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.
     Section 3.11 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or the Certificate 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 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings. 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 a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Subject to

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applicable notice provisions and unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a 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 such meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person’s participation is for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board to preside at their meetings and to perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to such person.
     Section 3.14 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES
     Section 4.1 Designation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees.
     Section 4.2 Number; Term. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of such committee member’s term as director, (ii) such committee member’s resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) such committee member’s removal as a committee member or as a director.
     Section 4.3 Authority. Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, and to discharge any committee. The Board of Directors may remove any committee member, at any time, with or without cause.
     Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. Any such alternate member 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 present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

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     Section 4.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by the committee and communicated to all members thereof.
     Section 4.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Committee, or, if the committee members have not elected a Chairman, by any committee member. The Chairman of the Committee or the committee member calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each committee member at least (i) twenty-four (24) hours before such special meeting if notice is given by telecopy, electronic facsimile or hand delivery or (ii) at least three (3) days before such special meeting if notice is given by mail or by telegram. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.
     Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated as the Committee by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Alternate members and acting members shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The vote of a majority of the members, including alternate members and acting members, present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 4.9 Minutes. Each committee shall cause minutes of its proceedings to be prepared and shall report the same to the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.
     Section 4.10 Compensation. Committee members may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending any committee meetings or a stated salary.
ARTICLE 5
NOTICES
     Section 5.1 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, personal notice shall not be required, and any such notice may be given (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director, or stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the books or (in the case of a stockholder) the stock transfer records of the Corporation, or (b) by any other method permitted by law (including, but not limited to, overnight courier service, electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by overnight courier service shall be deemed to be given at the time delivered to such service with all charges

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prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid.
     Section 5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement. The giving of any notice required under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall not be required to be given to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed and addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated.
ARTICLE 6
OFFICERS
     Section 6.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (who shall rank in such order and who shall have such additional titles or designations, such as “Executive,” “Senior,” “First,” or “Second,” as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman of the Board, additional Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, including, without limitation, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a General Counsel, a Controller, and a Chief Information Officer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
     Section 6.2 Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation, none of whom need be a member of the Board, a stockholder or a resident of the State of Delaware. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed 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 6.3 Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

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     Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed either for or without cause by a majority of the directors represented at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is represented, whenever in the judgment of the Board of Directors 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. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
     Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. If elected by the Board of Directors as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.6 President. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, in which event the President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors only in the absence of the Chairman of the Board. The President shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, if the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, shall prescribe.
     Section 6.7 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there is more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election or appointment) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.

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     Section 6.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders 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 any committee when required. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders 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 the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.
     Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.
     Section 6.10 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board 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 meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all the Treasurer’s transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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 the office of Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation. If the Board of Directors has elected a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, the Treasurer shall report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE 7
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
     Section 7.1 Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that such shares are without par value. Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.

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     Section 7.2 Legends. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock shall bear such legends as the Board of Directors shall authorize, including, without limitation, such legends as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.
     Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate representing shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. The Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall specify and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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, stolen or destroyed.
     Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney. 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, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
     Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof for any and all purposes, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim 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 law.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 such

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person’s 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 meet the standards of conduct set forth in this Section 8.1.
     Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person’s duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such costs, charges and expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 8, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection therewith.
     Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 (unless ordered by a court) shall be paid by the Corporation unless a determination is made (a) 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 (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is not proper in the circumstances because such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8.

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     Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses. Costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys, fees) incurred by a person referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding (including investigations by any government agency and all costs, charges and expenses incurred in preparing for any threatened action, suit or proceeding) shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by a director or officer in such person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer) in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article 8. No security shall be required for such undertaking and such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the recipient’s financial ability to make repayment. The repayment of such charges and expenses incurred by other employees and agents of the Corporation which are paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as permitted by this Section may be required upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Board of Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and subject to the approval of such Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such action, suit or proceeding.
     Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 or advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of the director, officer, employee or agent directed to the Secretary of the Corporation. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article 8 shall be enforceable by the director, officer, employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 30 days. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such person’s right to indemnification or advances, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 or 8.2 of this Article 8, but the burden of proving that such standard of conduct has not been met shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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     Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification. The indemnification provided by this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, 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 estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article 8 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 is in effect. No amendment or repeal of this Article 8 or of any relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or deny to any director, officer, employee or agent any rights to indemnification which such person may have, or change or release any obligations of the Corporation, under this Article 8 with respect to any costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement which arise out of an action, suit or proceeding based in whole or substantial part on any act or failure to act, actual or alleged, which takes place before or while this Article 8 is in effect. The provisions of this Section 8.7 shall apply to any such action, suit or proceeding whenever commenced, including any such action, suit or proceeding commenced after any amendment or repeal of this Article 8.
     Section 8.8 Construction. For purposes of this Article 8:
     (i) “the Corporation” shall include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article 8 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;
     (ii) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation;
     (iii) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service which imposes duties on, or involves services by, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries, including acting as a fiduciary thereof;
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     (v) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8;
     (vi) Service as a partner, trustee or member of management or similar committee of a partnership or joint venture, or as a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which is a partner, trustee or joint venturer, shall be considered service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
     Section 8.9 Savings Clause. If this Article 8 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 8 that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 9.1 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 9.2 Reserves. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments. Any checks, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and all deeds, mortgages, indentures, bills of sale, conveyances, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments of transfer, contracts, agreements, dividend and other orders, powers of attorney, proxies, waivers, consents, returns, reports, certificates, demands, notices, or documents and other instruments or writings of any nature whatsoever may be signed, executed, verified, acknowledged, and delivered, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, by such officers, agents, or employees of the Corporation, or any of them, and in such manner, as from time to time may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

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     Section 9.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
     Section 9.5 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
     Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers. No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the Corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation, individually, or any firm or corporation of which any such 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, however, that the fact that the director, individually, or the firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority of such members thereof as shall be present at any annual meeting or at any special meeting, called for that purpose, of the Board of Directors at which action upon any contract or transaction shall be taken. Any director of the Corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any such annual or special meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if such director were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested. Every director of the Corporation is hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent such director from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the Corporation for the benefit of such director or any firm, corporation, trust or organization in which or with which such director may be in anywise interested or connected.
     Section 9.7 Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, or by written consent of the Board of Directors or the stockholders without a meeting.
     Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings. The Table of Contents and headings used in these Bylaws have been inserted for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in interpretation.

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EX-3.15 14 a55342exv3w15.htm EX-3.15 exv3w15
Exhibit 3.15
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ICN CAPITAL, INC.
 
     FIRST. The name of this corporation shall be:
ICN CAPITAL, INC.
     SECOND. Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at 1013 Centre Road, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle and its registered agent at such address is CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY.
     THIRD. The purpose or purposes of the corporation shall be:
     To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     FOURTH. The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is:
     One Hundred Thousand (100,000) shares of Common stock at the par value of $.001 each, amounting to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)
     FIFTH. The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:
Debra M. Carll
Corporation Service Company
1013 Centre Road
Wilmington, DE 19805
     SIXTH. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws.
     SEVENTH. No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or

 


 

alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.
     EIGHTH. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said Section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to or covered by said Section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office, 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.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, has executed, signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this twenty-third day of January, A.D., 1998.
         
 
  /s/ Debra M. Carll
 
Debra M. Carll
   
 
  Incorporator    

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF CHANGE OF REGISTERED AGENT
AND
REGISTERED OFFICE
ICN CAPITAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
     That the registered office of the corporation in the state of Delaware is hereby changed to Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.
     That the registered agent of the corporation is hereby changed to THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, the business address of which is identical to the aforementioned registered office as changed.
     That the changes in the registered office and registered agent of the corporation as set forth herein were duly authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by an authorized officer, this 6th day of April, 2005.
         
 
  /s/ Bary G. Bailey
 
   
    Bary G. Bailey    
    Vice President/Treasurer    

 


 

CERTIFICATE OF MERGER
OF
OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
WITH AND INTO
ICN CAPITAL, INC.
     Pursuant to Title 2, Section 252 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
     The undersigned corporation, organized and existing under and by virtue of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify that:
     FIRST: The name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger is as follows:
     
Name   Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Puerto Rico
 
   
ICN Capital, Inc.
  Delaware
     SECOND: An Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 2007 (the “Plan of Merger”), by and between the constituent corporations has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations pursuant to Title 8 Section 252 of the DGCL.
     THIRD: Upon consummation of the merger, the surviving corporation of the merger shall be ICN Capital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Surviving Corporation).
     FOURTH: Upon consummation of the merger, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be its Certificate of Incorporation. The Certificate of Incorporation shall remain unchanged except as follows:
     Article First” thereof shall be stranded so as to read in its entirety as follows:
          FIRST. The name of this corporation shall be Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.”
     FIFTH: The authorized stock and par value of the non-Delaware corporation is 1,000 shares of common stock with no par value.
     SIXTH: The executed Plan of Merger is on file a t the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation. The address of the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation is One Enterprise, Allan Viejo, California 92656.
     SEVENTH: A copy of the Plan of Merger will be furnished by the Surviving Corporation on request and without cost to any stockholder of any constituent corporation.

 


 

     EIGHTH: The meager shall become effective at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 30, 2007.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation had caused this Certificate of Merger to be executed on June 29, 2007.
             
 
  ICN CAPITAL, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Robert Chai-Onn
 
Robert Chai-Onn, Secretary
   

 

EX-3.16 15 a55342exv3w16.htm EX-3.16 exv3w16
Exhibit 3.16
BY-LAWS
OF
OCEANSIDE PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
ARTICLE I — OFFICES
The office of the Corporation shall be located in the City and State designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation may also maintain offices at such other places within or without the United States as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.
ARTICLE II — MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1 — Annual Meetings:
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held within five months after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation, for the purpose of electing directors, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Section 2 — Special Meetings:
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the written request of the holders of ten per cent (10%) of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or as otherwise required under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act.
Section 3 — Place of Meetings:
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places as shall be designated in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.
Section 4 — Notice of Meetings:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by Statute, written 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 mail, not less than ten or more than fifty days before the meeting, 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 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 receive payment for their shares pursuant to Statute, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to each such shareholder at his address, as it

 


 

appears on the records of the shareholders of the Corporation, unless he shall have previously filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to the address designated in such request.
(b) Notice of any meeting need not be given to any person who may become a shareholder of record after the mailing of such notice and prior to the meeting, or to any shareholder who attends such meeting, in person or by proxy, or to any shareholder who, in person or by proxy, submits a signed waiver of notice either before or after such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given, unless otherwise required by statute.
Section 5 — Quorum:
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or by statute, or in the Certificate of Incorporation (such Certificate and any amendments thereof being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Certificate of Incorporation”), at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, the presence at the commencement of such meetings in person or by proxy of shareholders holding of record a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting.
(b) Despite the absence of a quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders, by a majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, may adjourn the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present.
Section 6 — Voting:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, any corporate action, other than the election of directors to be taken by vote of the shareholders, shall be authorized by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, at each meeting of shareholders, each holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.
(c) Each shareholder entitled to vote or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so by proxy; provided, however, that the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the shareholder himself, or by his attorney-in-fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless the persons executing it shall have specified therein the length of time it is to continue in force. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation.
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and effect as if the same had been duly passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of shareholders and such resolution so signed shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Corporation under its proper date.
ARTICLE III — BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1 — Number, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The number of the directors of the Corporation shall be ( ), unless and until otherwise determined by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The number of Directors shall not be less than three, unless all of the outstanding shares are owned beneficially and of record by less than three shareholders, in which event the number of directors shall not be less than the number of shareholders permitted by statute.
(b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation, the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, who need not be shareholders, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares, present in person or by proxy, entitled to vote in the election.
(c) Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his prior death, resignation or removal.
Section 2 — Duties and Powers:
The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property and interests of the Corporation, and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except as are in the Certificate of Incorporation or by statute expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders.
Section 3 — Annual and Regular Meetings: Notice:
(a) A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.
(b) The Board of Directors, from time to time, may provide by resolution for the holding of other regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and may fix the time and place thereof.
(c) Notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given 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, 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 paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this Article III, with respect to special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in paragraph (c) of such Section 4.
Section 4 — Special Meetings; Notice:

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(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the directors, at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
(b) Except as otherwise required by statute, notice of special meeting shall be mailed directly to each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting is to be 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. A notice, or waiver of notice, except as required by Section 8 of this Article III, need not specify the purpose of the meeting.
(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.
Section 5 — Chairman:
At all meetings of the Board of Directors the Chairman of the Board, if any and if present, shall preside. If there shall be no Chairman, or he shall be absent, then the President shall preside, and in his absence, a Chairman chosen by the directors shall preside.
Section 6 — Quorum and Adjournments:
(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws.
(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, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 7 — Manner of Acting:
(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 statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, the action 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. Any action authorized in writing, 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 with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board.
Section 8 — Vacancies:
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 (unless a vacancy

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created by the removal of a director by the shareholders shall be filled by the shareholders at the meeting at which the removal was effected) or inability to act of any director, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose.
Section 9 — Resignation:
Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 10 — Removal:
Any director may be removed with or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and may be removed for caused by action of the Board.
Section 11 — Salary:
No stated salary shall be paid to directors, as such, 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, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 12 — Contracts:
(a) No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and any other Corporation shall be impaired, affected or invalidated, nor shall any director be liable in any way by reason of the fact that any one or more of the directors of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a director or officer, or are directors or officers of such other Corporation, provided that such facts are disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors.
(b) Any director, personally and individually, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this Corporation, and no director shall be liable in any way by reason of such interest, provided that the fact of such interest be disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors, and provided that the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by the vote (not counting the vote of any such director) of a majority of a quorum, notwithstanding the presence of any such director at the meeting at which such action is taken. Such director or directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting. This Section shall not be construed to impair or invalidate or in any way affect any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the law (common, statutory or otherwise) applicable thereto.
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The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members an executive committee and such other 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) as may be provided in such resolution. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
ARTICLE IV — OFFICERS
Section 1 — Number, Qualifications, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers, including a Chairman of the Board of Directors, and one or more Vice Presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. Any officer other than the Chairman of the Board of Directors may be, but is not required to be, a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
(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 elected and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.
Section 2 — Resignation:
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or by such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3 — Removal:
Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by a majority of the Board of Directors at any time.
Section 4 — Vacancies:
A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
Section 5 — Duties of Officers:
Officers of the Corporation shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices as well as such powers and duties as may be set forth in these By-laws, or may from time to time be specifically conferred or

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imposed by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
Section 6 — Sureties and Bonds:
In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands.
Section 7 — Shares of Other Corporations:
Whenever the Corporation is the holder of shares of any other Corporation, any right or power of the Corporation as such shareholder (including the attendance, acting and voting at shareholders’ meetings and execution of waivers, consents, proxies or other instruments) may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the President, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may authorize.
ARTICLE V — SHARES OF STOCK
Section 1 — Certificate of Stock:
(a) The certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order issued. They shall bear the holder’s name and the number of shares, and shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or Treasurer, or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer, and shall bear the corporate seal.
(b) No certificate representing shares shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefor has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law.
(c) To the extent permitted by law, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions, in proportion to the fractional holdings; or it may authorize the payment in cash of the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may authorize the issuance, subject to such conditions as may be permitted by law, of scrip in registered or bearer form over the signature of an officer or agent of the Corporation, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder, except as therein provided.
Section 2 — Lost or Destroyed Certificates:
The holder of any certificate representing shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed. On production of such evidence of loss or destruction as the Board of

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Directors in its discretion may require, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claims, loss, liability or damage it may suffer on account of the issuance of the new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any such evidence or bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper so to do.
Section 3 — Transfers of Shares:
(a) Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the share records of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, with an assignment or power of transfer endorsed thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature and of authority to transfer and of payment of transfer taxes as the Corporation or its agents may require.
(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:
In lieu of closing the share records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty days, nor less than ten days, 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 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 notice is given, or, if no notice is given, 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 resolution of the directors relating thereto is adopted. When a determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided for herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VI — DIVIDENDS
Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds available therefor, as often, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine.
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The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII — CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IX — AMENDMENTS
Section 1 — By Shareholders:
All by-laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new by-laws may be made, by the affirmative vote of shareholders holding of record in the aggregate at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote in the election of directors at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, provided that the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting shall have summarized or set forth in full therein, the proposed amendment.
Section 2 — By Directors:
The Board of Directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal, from time to time, by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto as in this Article IX above-provided may alter, amend or repeal by-laws made by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors shall have no power to change the quorum for meetings of shareholders or of the Board of Directors, or to change any provisions of the by-laws with respect to the removal of directors or the filling of vacancies in the Board resulting from the removal by the shareholders. If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, 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.
ARTICLE X — INDEMNITY
(a) Any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or of any Corporation in which he served as such at the request of the Corporation, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense of such action, suit or proceedings, or in connection with any appeal therein that such officer, director or employee is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties.
(b) The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any officer or director or employee may be entitled apart from the provisions of this section.
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EX-3.17 16 a55342exv3w17.htm EX-3.17 exv3w17
Exhibit 3.17
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
REVLAB CORPORATION
Pursuant to Section 242 and 245 of the DGCL
     The name of the corporation is Revlab Corporation which was incorporated in the State of Delaware on September 7, 1983.
ARTICLE I
     The name of the corporation is Valeant Biomedicals, Inc. (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Corporation”).
ARTICLE II
     The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
     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 the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
     The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1000). The par value of each such share is $0.01. All such shares are of one class and are shares of Common Stock.
ARTICLE V
     The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.
ARTICLE VI
     The number of directors which constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be as specified in the Corporation’s bylaws.
ARTICLE VII
     In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute. the Board of Directors shall have the power, without the vote or assent of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 


 

ARTICLE VIII
     The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented.
ARTICLE IX
     The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders 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, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
ARTICLE X
     From time to time any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article X.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amended and Restated this 18th day of December, 2006.
         
  REVLAB CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bary G. Bailey    
    Name:      
    Title:   President   
 

 

EX-3.18 17 a55342exv3w18.htm EX-3.18 exv3w18
Exhibit 3.18
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page
ARTICLE I OFFICES     1  
Section 1.  
  Registered Office     1  
Section 2.  
  Other Offices     1  
ARTICLE II CORPORATE SEAL     1  
Section 3.  
  Corporate Seal     1  
ARTICLE III STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS     1  
Section 4.  
  Place of Meetings     1  
Section 5.  
  Annual Meeting     1  
Section 6.  
  Special Meetings     3  
Section 7.  
  Notice of Meetings     4  
Section 8.  
  Quorum     4  
Section 9.  
  Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings     5  
Section 10.
  Voting Rights     5  
Section 11.
  Joint Owners of Stock     5  
Section 12.
  List of Stockholders     6  
Section 13.
  Action Without Meeting     6  
Section 14.
  Organization     7  
ARTICLE IV DIRECTORS     8  
Section 15.
  Number and Term of Office     8  
Section 16.
  Powers     8  
Section 17.
  Term of Directors     8  
Section 18.
  Vacancies     9  
Section 19.
  Resignation     9  
Section 20.
  Removal     10  
Section 21.
  Meetings     10  
(a)  
  Regular Meetings     10  
(b)  
  Special Meetings     10  
(c)  
  Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment     10  
(d)  
  Notice of Special Meetings     10  
(e)  
  Waiver of Notice     11  

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Section 22.
  Quorum and Voting     11  
Section 23.
  Action Without Meeting     11  
Section 24.
  Fees and Compensation     11  
Section 25.
  Committees     12  
(a)  
  Executive Committee     12  
(b)  
  Other Committees     12  
(c)  
  Term     12  
(d)  
  Meetings     12  
Section 26.
  Organization     13  
ARTICLE V OFFICERS     13  
Section 27.
  Officers Designated     13  
Section 28.
  Tenure and Duties of Officers     13  
(a)  
  General     13  
(b)  
  Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors     13  
(c)  
  Duties of President     13  
(d)  
  Duties of Vice Presidents     14  
(e)  
  Duties of Secretary     14  
(f)  
  Duties of Chief Financial Officer     14  
Section 29.
  Delegation of Authority     14  
Section 30.
  Resignations     15  
Section 31.
  Removal     15  
ARTICLE VI EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED
BY THE CORPORATION
    15  
Section 32.
  Execution of Corporate Instruments     15  
Section 33.
  Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation     15  
ARTICLE VII SHARES OF STOCK     16  
Section 34.
  Form and Execution of Certificates     16  
Section 35.
  Lost Certificates     16  
Section 36.
  Transfers     16  
Section 37.
  Fixing Record Dates     17  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 38.
  Registered Stockholders     17  
ARTICLE VIII OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION     18  
Section 39.
  Execution of Other Securities     18  
ARTICLE IX DIVIDENDS     18  
Section 40.
  Declaration of Dividends     18  
Section 41.
  Dividend Reserve     19  
ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR     19  
Section 42.
  Fiscal Year     19  
ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION     19  
Section 43.
  Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents     19  
(a)  
  Directors and Executive Officers     19  
(b)  
  Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents     19  
(c)  
  Expenses     19  
(d)  
  Enforcement     20  
(e)  
  Non-Exclusivity of Rights     20  
(f)  
  Survival of Rights     21  
(g)  
  Insurance     21  
(h)  
  Amendments     21  
(i)  
  Saving Clause     21  
(j)  
  Certain Definitions     21  
ARTICLE XII NOTICES     22  
Section 44.
  Notices     22  
(a)  
  Notice to Stockholders     22  
(b)  
  Notice to Directors     22  
(c)  
  Affidavit of Mailing     22  
(d)  
  Methods of Notice     23  
(e)  
  Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful     23  
(f)  
  Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address     23  
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS     23  

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Section 45.
  Amendments     23  
ARTICLE XIV LOANS TO OFFICERS     23  
Section 46.
  Loans to Officers     23  
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS Section     24  
Section 47.
  Annual Report     24  

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
VALEANT BIOMEDICALS, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle
     Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE SEAL
     Section 3. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal-Delaware.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE III
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
     Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).
     Section 5. Annual Meeting.
          (a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in the following paragraph,

 


 

who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 5.
          (b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 5(a) of these Bylaws, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL, (iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in this Section 5(b)), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and (iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this Section 5. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Rule 14a-4(d) thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either

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such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).
          (c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 5(b) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
          (d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders’ meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
          (f) For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
     Section 6. Special Meetings.
          (a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption) or (iv) by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the

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meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.
At any time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the California General Corporation Law (“CGCL”), stockholders holding five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares shall have the right to call a special meeting of stockholders as set forth in Section 18(b) herein.
          (b) If a special meeting is properly called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
     Section 7. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in writing or by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder 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. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
     Section 8. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. The

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stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of shares of such class or classes or series present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or classes or series.
     Section 9. Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (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 10. Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
     Section 11. Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary 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

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respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the DGCL, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.
     Section 12. List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to examination of any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law.
     Section 13. Action Without Meeting.
          (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
          (b) Every written consent or electronic transmission shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent or electronic transmission shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner herein required, written consents or electronic transmissions signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
          (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing or by electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action were delivered to the corporation as provided in Section 228(c) of the DGCL. If the action which is

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consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
          (d) A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (i) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the state of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
     Section 14. Organization.
          (a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
          (b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in

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such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
     Section 15. Number and Term of Office.
     The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
     Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient.
     Section 16. Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 17. Term of Directors.
          (a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term of one year. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
          (b) No person entitled to vote at an election for directors may cumulate votes to which such person is entitled, unless, at the time of such election, the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL. During such time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL, every stockholder entitled to vote at an election for directors may cumulate such stockholder’s votes 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 such stockholder’s shares are otherwise entitled, or distribute the stockholder’s votes on the same principle among as many candidates as such stockholder thinks fit. No stockholder, however, shall be entitled to so cumulate such stockholder’s votes unless (i) the names of such candidate or candidates have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and (ii) the stockholder has given notice at the meeting, prior to the voting, of such stockholder’s intention to cumulate such stockholder’s votes. If any stockholder has given proper notice to cumulate votes, all stockholders may cumulate their votes for any candidates who have been properly placed in nomination. Under

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cumulative voting, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, are elected.
     Section 18. Vacancies.
          (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, provided, however, that whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, 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. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.
          (b) At any time or times that the corporation is subject to §2115(b) of the CGCL, if, after the filling of any vacancy, the directors then in office who have been elected by stockholders shall constitute less than a majority of the directors then in office, then
               (i) any holder or holders of an aggregate of five percent (5%) or more of the total number of shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for those directors may call a special meeting of stockholders; or
               (ii) the Superior Court of the proper county shall, upon application of such stockholder or stockholders, summarily order a special meeting of the stockholders, to be held to elect the entire board, all in accordance with Section 305(c) of the CGCL, the term of office of any director shall terminate upon that election of a successor.
     Section 19. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

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     Section 20. Removal.
          (a) Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law (and assuming the corporation is not subject to Section 2115 of the CGCL), the Board of Directors or any director may be removed from office at any time (i) with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally at an election of directors or (ii) without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation, entitled to vote generally at an election of directors.
          (b) During such time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such removal; provided, however, that unless the entire Board is removed, no individual director may be removed when the votes cast against such director’s removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect that director if voted cumulatively at an election which the same total number of votes were cast (or, if such action is taken by written consent, all shares entitled to vote were voted) and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of such director’s most recent election were then being elected.
     Section 21. Meetings
          (a) Regular Meetings Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, including a voice-messaging system or other system designated to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for a regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
          (b) Special Meetings Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any director.
          (c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
          (d) Notice of Special Meetings Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice

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is sent by US mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing or by electronic transmission at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the 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.
          (e) Waiver of Notice The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice shall sign a written waiver of notice or shall waive notice by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
     Section 22. Quorum and Voting.
          (a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting, whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
          (b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 23. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
     Section 24. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

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     Section 25. Committees.
          (a) Executive Committee The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and 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 papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the corporation.
          (b) Other Committees The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws.
          (c) Term The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock and the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. 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, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any 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.
          (d) Meetings Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any

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business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing the creation of the committee, a majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.
     Section 26. Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President, (if a director) or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
     Section 27. Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.
     Section 28. Tenure and Duties of Officers.
          (a) General All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
          (b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 28.
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Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless some other officer has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
          (d) Duties of Vice Presidents The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
          (e) Duties of Secretary The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
          (f) Duties of Chief Financial Officer The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
     Section 29. Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
     Section 30. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to

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whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.
     Section 31. Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee or superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING
OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
     Section 32. Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
     All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.
     Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
     Section 33. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES OF STOCK
     Section 34. Form and Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the

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President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
     Section 35. Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
     Section 36. Transfers.
          (a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.
          (b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
     Section 37. Fixing Record Dates.
          (a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon

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which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
          (b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
          (c) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 38. Registered Stockholders. 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 shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or

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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 Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
     Section 39. Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
     Section 40. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law 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.
     Section 41. Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of 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 such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

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ARTICLE X
FISCAL YEAR
     Section 42. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 43. Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.
          (a) Directors and Executive Officers The corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, “executive officers” shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).
          (b) Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents The corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person except executive officers to such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine.
          (c) Expenses The corporation shall advance to 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, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding, provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which

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there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 43 or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
          (d) Enforcement Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
          (e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law.

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          (f) Survival of Rights The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, executive officer, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
          (g) Insurance To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw.
          (h) Amendments Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.
          (i) Saving Clause If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent under applicable law.
          (j) Certain Definitions For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:
               (1) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
               (2) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.
               (3) The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

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               (4) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
               (5) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a, director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent 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 Bylaw.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
     Section 44. Notices.
          (a) Notice to Stockholders Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in Section 7 herein. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes other than stockholder meetings may be sent by United States mail or nationally recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or other electronic means.
          (b) Notice to Directors Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or as provided for in Section 21 of these Bylaws. If such notice is not delivered personally, it shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.
          (c) Affidavit of Mailing An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
          (d) Methods of Notice It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

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          (e) Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
          (f) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address Except as otherwise prohibited under DGCL, any notice given under the provisions of DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the corporation within 60 days of having been given notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice. Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
     Section 45. Amendments. The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the corporation. The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall requite the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE XIV
LOANS TO OFFICERS
     Section 46. Loans to Officers. Except as otherwise prohibited under applicable law, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be

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deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
     Section 47. Annual Report.
          (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Bylaw, the Board of Directors shall cause an annual report to be sent to each stockholder of the corporation not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the corporation’s fiscal year. Such report shall include a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for such fiscal year, accompanied by any report thereon of independent accounts 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. When there are more than 100 stockholders of record of the corporation’s shares, as determined by Section 605 of the CGCL, additional information as required by Section 1501(b) of the CGCL shall also be contained in such report, provided that if the corporation has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act shall take precedence. Such report shall be sent to stockholders at least fifteen (15) days prior to the next annual meeting of stockholders after the end of the fiscal year to which it relates.
          (b) If and so long as there are fewer than 100 holders of record of the corporation’s shares, the requirement of sending of an annual report to the stockholders of the corporation is hereby expressly waived.

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EX-3.19 18 a55342exv3w19.htm EX-3.19 exv3w19
Exhibit 3.19
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ICN CHINA, INC.
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     1. The name of the corporation is:
ICN CHINA, INC.
     2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
     3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Ten Thousand (10,000) and the par value of each share is One Cent ($0.01) amounting in the aggregate to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
     5. The name and address of the initial directors of the corporation are:
         
 
  Bill A. MacDonald   c/o ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
      3300 Hyland Avenue
 
      Costa Mesa, California 92626
 
       
 
  John E. Giordani   c/o ICN Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 
      3300 Hyland Avenue
 
      Costa Mesa, California 92626

 


 

     6. The board of directors is authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
     7. The name and mailing address of the incorporator is:
A. S. Gardner
Corporation Trust Center
1209 Orange Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
     8. 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) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit.
     9. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
     I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November, 1995.
         
     
  /s/ A. S. Gardner    
  A. S. Gardner   
     

 


 

         
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ICN CHINA, INC.
     ICN China, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify that:
I. The amendment to the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation set forth below was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 and has been consented to in writing by the sole stockholder in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
II. Article One of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
          “The name of the Corporation is Valeant China, Inc.”
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ICN China, Inc. has caused this Certificate to be executed by Harry Roosje, its authorized officer, on this 13th day of May, 2004.
         
     
  /s/ Harry A. Roosje    
  Harry A. Roosje   
  Secretary   
 

 

EX-3.20 19 a55342exv3w20.htm EX-3.20 exv3w20
Exhibit 3.20
ICN CHINA, INC.
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BY-LAWS
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
     Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
     Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such 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 they 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 notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
     Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten 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 stockholder who is present.
     Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation, may be called by the president and shall be called by the president or secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the board of directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
     Section 6. Written 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 given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.

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     Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
     Section 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders 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 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, 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. If the adjournment is for more than thirty 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 9. 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, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
     Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no

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proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
     Section 11. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 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 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 stockholders who have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
     Section 1. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall be not less than two (2) nor more than five (5). The first board shall consist of two (2) directors. Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified. Directors need not be stockholders.
     Section 2. 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, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify,

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unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.
     Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of 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.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     Section 4. The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     Section 5. 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 stockholders 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. In the event of the failure of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter

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provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
     Section 6. 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.
     Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the president on without 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 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 8. At all meetings of the board 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, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. 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.
     Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, 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.

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     Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, 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.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
     Section 11. 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 one 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 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.
     Any such committee, 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 papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) fix

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any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation) adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the by-laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of directors.
     Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
     Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation 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. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

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     Section 14. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or by law, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote at an election of directors.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
     Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, 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 is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of 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.
ARTICLE V
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 additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these by-laws otherwise provide.

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     Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer.
     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.
     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
     Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders 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.
THE VICE-PRESIDENTS
     Section 8. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents

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in the order designated by the directors, 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. The vice-presidents 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 SECRETARY
     Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the stockholders 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 stockholders 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 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, 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.

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THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS
     Section 11. 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 12. 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 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) 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 14. The assistant treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, 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.

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ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
     Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be 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 treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation.
     Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) or a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
     Section 2. Any of or all the signatures on a 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 he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
     Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the board of

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directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
TRANSFER OF STOCK
     Section 4. 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, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. 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.
FIXING RECORD DATE
     Section 5. 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 shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A. determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a

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meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting: provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
     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 Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
     Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the certificate 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, subject to the provisions 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 or reserves 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.
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     Section 3. The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.
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, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 7. The corporation shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
     Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new by-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the board of directors, when such power is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the

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board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new by-laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal by-laws.

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EX-3.21 20 a55342exv3w21.htm EX-3.21 exv3w21
Exhibit 3.21
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA
     Christina de Vaca hereby certifies that:
     ONE: The original Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 24, 2001 under the name MJBC Corp.
     TWO: She is the duly elected and acting Vice President and Secretary of Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America, a Delaware corporation.
     THREE: The Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
     The name of the corporation is Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Corporation”).
ARTICLE II
     The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
ARTICLE III
     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 the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE IV
     The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000). The par value of each such share is $0.01. All such shares are of one class and are shares of Common Stock.
ARTICLE V
     The Corporation is to have perpetual existence.

 


 

ARTICLE VI
     The number of directors which constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be as specified in the Corporation’s bylaws.
ARTICLE VII
     In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors shall have the power, without the vote or assent of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
     The personal liability of the directors of the Corporation is hereby eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by paragraph (7) of subsection (b) of Section 102 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented.
ARTICLE IX
     The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders 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, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
ARTICLE X
     From time to time any of the provisions of this certificate of incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this certificate of incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article X.
     FOUR: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly approved by the Board.
     FIVE: This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of December 29, 2006.
         
  VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA
 
 
  By:   /s/ Christina de Vaca    
    Name:   Christina de Vaca   
    Title:   Vice President, Chief Governance Officer and
Corporate Secretary 
 
 

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EX-3.22 21 a55342exv3w22.htm EX-3.22 exv3w22
Exhibit 3.22
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
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ARTICLE I OFFICES
    1  
Section 1. Registered Office
    1  
Section 2. Other Offices
    1  
ARTICLE II CORPORATE SEAL
    1  
Section 3. Corporate Seal
    1  
ARTICLE III STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
    1  
Section 5. Annual Meeting
    1  
Section 6. Special Meetings
    3  
Section 7. Notice of Meetings
    4  
Section 8. Quorum
    4  
Section 9. Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings
    5  
Section 10. Voting Rights
    5  
Section 11. Joint Owners of Stock
    5  
Section 12. List of Stockholders
    6  
Section 13. Action Without Meeting
    6  
Section 14. Organization
    7  
ARTICLE IV DIRECTORS
    8  
Section 15. Number and Term of Office
    8  
Section 16. Powers
    8  
Section 17. Term of Directors
    8  
Section 18. Vacancies
    9  
Section 19. Resignation
    9  
Section 20. Removal
    10  
Section 21. Meetings
    10  
(a) Regular Meetings
    10  
(b) Special Meetings
    10  
(c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment
    10  
(d) Notice of Special Meetings
    10  
(e) Waiver of Notice
    11  
Section 22. Quorum and Voting
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
         
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Section 23. Action Without Meeting
    11  
Section 24. Fees and Compensation
    11  
Section 25. Committees
    12  
(a) Executive Committee
    12  
(b) Other Committees
    12  
(c) Term
    12  
(d) Meetings
    12  
Section 26. Organization
    13  
ARTICLE V OFFICERS
    13  
Section 27. Officers Designated
    13  
Section 28. Tenure and Duties of Officers
    13  
(a) General
    13  
(b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors
    13  
(c) Duties of President
    13  
(d) Duties of Vice Presidents
    14  
(e) Duties of Secretary
    14  
(f) Duties of Chief Financial Officer
    14  
Section 29. Delegation of Authority
    14  
Section 30. Resignations
    14  
Section 31. Removal
    15  
ARTICLE VI EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
    15  
Section 32. Execution of Corporate Instruments
    15  
Section 33. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation
    15  
Section 34. Form and Execution of Certificates
    15  
Section 35. Lost Certificates
    16  
Section 36. Transfers
    16  
Section 37. Fixing Record Dates
    16  
Section 38. Registered Stockholders
    17  
ARTICLE VIII OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
    18  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
         
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Section 39. Execution of Other Securities
    18  
ARTICLE IX DIVIDENDS
    18  
Section 40. Declaration of Dividends
    18  
Section 41. Dividend Reserve
    18  
ARTICLE X FISCAL YEAR
    18  
Section 42. Fiscal Year
    19  
ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION
    19  
Section 43. Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents
    19  
(a) Directors and Executive Officers
    19  
(b) Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents
    19  
(c) Expenses
    19  
(d) Enforcement
    20  
(e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights
    20  
(f) Survival of Rights
    20  
(g) Insurance
    21  
(h) Amendments
    21  
(i) Saving Clause
    21  
(j) Certain Definitions
    21  
ARTICLE XII NOTICES
    22  
Section 44. Notices
    22  
(a) Notice to Stockholders
    22  
(b) Notice to Directors
    22  
(c) Affidavit of Mailing
    22  
(d) Methods of Notice
    22  
(e) Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful
    22  
(f) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address
    23  
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS
    23  
Section 45. Amendments
    23  
ARTICLE XIV LOANS TO OFFICERS
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Section 46. Loans to Officers
    23  
ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS
    23  
Section 47. Annual Report
    24  

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
     Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle
     Section 2. Other Offices. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE SEAL
     Section 3. Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription, “Corporate Seal-Delaware.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE III
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
     Section 4. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as provided under the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”).
     Section 5. Annual Meeting.
          (a) The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders: (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting of stockholders; (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in the following paragraph,

 


 

who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 5.
          (b) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 5(a) of these Bylaws, (i) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation, (ii) such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL, (iii) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice (as defined in this Section 5(b)), such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice, and (iv) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this Section 5. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposed to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and Rule 14a-4(d) thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (C) as to the stockholde r giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either

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such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of the proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation’s voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a “Solicitation Notice”).
          (c) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 5(b) of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
          (d) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made, or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
          (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5, in order to include information with respect to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholders’ meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
          (f) For purposes of this Section 5, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
     Section 6. Special Meetings.
          (a) Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, (iii) the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board of Directors for adoption) or (iv) by the holders of shares entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the

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meeting, and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix.
At any time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the California General Corporation Law (“CGCL”), stockholders holding five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares shall have the right to call a special meeting of stockholders as set forth in Section 18(b) herein.
          (b) If a special meeting is properly called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall be in writing, specifying the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary of the corporation. No business may be transacted at such special meeting otherwise than specified in such notice. The Board of Directors shall determine the time and place of such special meeting, which shall be held not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the receipt of the request. Upon determination of the time and place of the meeting, the officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws. Nothing contained in this paragraph (b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing, or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
     Section 7. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice, given in writing or by electronic transmission, of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, if any, date and hour, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes of the meeting, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at any such meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Notice of the time, place, if any, and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, signed by the person entitled to notice thereof or by electronic transmission by such person, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy, except when the stockholder 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. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given.
     Section 8. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such

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meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by statute, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized at the meeting and entitled to vote generally on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy duly authorized, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter. Except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority (plurality, in the case of the election of directors) of shares of such class or classes or series present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or classes or series.
     Section 9. Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares present in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (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 10. Voting Rights. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person, by remote communication, if applicable, or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted after three (3) years from its date of creation unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
     Section 11. Joint Owners of Stock. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two (2) or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two (2) or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary 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

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respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one (1) votes, his act binds all; (b) if more than one (1) votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one (1) votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for relief as provided in the DGCL, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.
     Section 12. List of Stockholders. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to examination of any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law.
     Section 13. Action Without Meeting.
          (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required by statute to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, or by electronic transmission setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
          (b) Every written consent or electronic transmission shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent, and no written consent or electronic transmission shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner herein required, written consents or electronic transmissions signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
          (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing or by electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action were delivered to the corporation as provided in Section 228(c) of the DGCL. If the action which is

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consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any section of the DGCL if such action had been voted on by stockholders at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.
          (d) A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (i) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the state of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing.
     Section 14. Organization.
          (a) At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or, if the President is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
          (b) The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting

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to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
     Section 15. Number and Term of Office. The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as convenient.
     Section 16. Powers. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 17. Term of Directors.
          (a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders for a term of one year. Each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
          (b) No person entitled to vote at an election for directors may cumulate votes to which such person is entitled, unless, at the time of such election, the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL. During such time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL, every stockholder entitled to vote at an election for directors may cumulate such stockholder’s votes 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 such stockholder’s shares are otherwise entitled, or distribute the stockholder’s votes on the same principle among as many candidates as such stockholder thinks fit. No stockholder, however, shall be entitled to so cumulate such stockholder’s votes unless (i) the names of such candidate or candidates have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and (ii) the stockholder has given notice at the meeting, prior to the voting, of such stockholder’s intention to cumulate such stockholder’s votes. If any stockholder has given proper notice to cumulate votes, all stockholders may cumulate their votes for any candidates who have been properly placed in nomination. Under

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cumulative voting, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, are elected.
     Section 18. Vacancies.
          (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, provided, however, that whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, 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. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.
          (b) At any time or times that the corporation is subject to §2115(b) of the CGCL, if, after the filling of any vacancy, the directors then in office who have been elected by stockholders shall constitute less than a majority of the directors then in office, then
               (i) any holder or holders of an aggregate of five percent (5%) or more of the total number of shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for those directors may call a special meeting of stockholders; or
               (ii) the Superior Court of the proper county shall, upon application of such stockholder or stockholders, summarily order a special meeting of the stockholders, to be held to elect the entire board, all in accordance with Section 305(c) of the CGCL, the term of office of any director shall terminate upon that election of a successor.
     Section 19. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his or her notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

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     Section 20. Removal.
          (a) Subject to any limitations imposed by applicable law (and assuming the corporation is not subject to Section 2115 of the CGCL), the Board of Directors or any director may be removed from office at any time (i) with cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally at an election of directors or (ii) without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation, entitled to vote generally at an election of directors.
          (b) During such time or times that the corporation is subject to Section 2115(b) of the CGCL, the Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time without cause by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on such removal; provided, however, that unless the entire Board is removed, no individual director may be removed when the votes cast against such director’s removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect that director if voted cumulatively at an election which the same total number of votes were cast (or, if such action is taken by written consent, all shares entitled to vote were voted) and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of such director’s most recent election were then being elected.
     Section 21. Meetings.
          (a) Regular Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time or date and at any place within or without the State of Delaware which has been designated by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, including a voice-messaging system or other system designated to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means. No further notice shall be required for a regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
          (b) Special Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any director.
          (c) Meetings by Electronic Communications Equipment. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
          (d) Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other electronic means, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting. If notice

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is sent by US mail, it shall be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing or by electronic transmission at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends the 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.
          (e) Waiver of Notice. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present who did not receive notice shall sign a written waiver of notice or shall waive notice by electronic transmission. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
     Section 22. Quorum and Voting.
          (a) Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting, whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.
          (b) At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 23. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
     Section 24. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefor.

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     Section 25. Committees.
          (a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors may appoint an Executive Committee to consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law and 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 papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the corporation.
          (b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees, but in no event shall any such committee have the powers denied to the Executive Committee in these Bylaws.
          (c) Term. The Board of Directors, subject to any requirements of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock and the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. 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, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any 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.
          (d) Meetings. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of the Executive Committee or any other committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any

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business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in the resolutions authorizing the creation of the committee, a majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.
     Section 26. Organization. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the President, or if the President is absent, the most senior Vice President, (if a director) or, in the absence of any such person, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, any Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the President, shall act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
     Section 27. Officers Designated. The officers of the corporation shall include, if and when designated by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Controller, all of whom shall be elected at the annual organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and such other officers and agents with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary. The Board of Directors may assign such additional titles to one or more of the officers as it shall deem appropriate. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.
     Section 28. Tenure and Duties of Officers.
          (a) General. All officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
          (b) Duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. If there is no President, then the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in paragraph (c) of this Section 28.
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Directors has been appointed and is present. Unless some other officer has been elected Chief Executive Officer of the corporation, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The President shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.
          (d) Duties of Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the office of President is vacant. The Vice Presidents shall perform other duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
          (e) Duties of Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties provided for in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
          (f) Duties of Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the President. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time. The President may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to the office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President shall designate from time to time.
     Section 29. Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
     Section 30. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission notice to the Board of Directors or to the President or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to

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whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.
     Section 31. Removal. Any officer may be removed from office at any time, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office at the time, or by the unanimous written consent of the directors in office at the time, or by any committee superior officers upon whom such power of removal may have been conferred by e Board ‘of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING
OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION
     Section 32. Execution of Corporate Instruments. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.
     All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.
     Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
     Section 33. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or any Vice President.
ARTICLE VII
SHARES OF STOCK
     Section 34. Form and Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the

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President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
     Section 35. Lost Certificates. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the owner’s legal representative, to agree to indemnify the corporation in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed.
     Section 36. Transfers.
          (a) Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.
          (b) The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
     Section 37. Fixing Record Dates.
          (a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which

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record date shall, subject to applicable law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
          (b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within ten (10) days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
          (c) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 38. Registered Stockholders. 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 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 Delaware.

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ARTICLE VIII
OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION
     Section 39. Execution of Other Securities. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (covered in Section 34), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.
ARTICLE IX
DIVIDENDS
     Section 40. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law 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.
     Section 41. Dividend Reserve. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of 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 such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
ARTICLE X
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     Section 42. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 43. Indemnification of Directors, Executive Officers, Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents.
          (a) Directors and Executive Officers. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and executive officers (for the purposes of this Article XI, “executive officers” shall have the meaning defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the 1934 Act) to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the extent of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and executive officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or executive officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable law or (iv) such indemnification is required to be made under subsection (d).
          (b) Other Officers, Employees and Other Agents. The corporation shall have power to indemnify its other officers, employees and other agents as set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate the determination of whether indemnification shall be given to any such person except executive officers to such officers or other persons as the Board of Directors shall determine.
          (c) Expenses. The corporation shall advance to 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, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or executive officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefor, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with such proceeding, provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 43 or otherwise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an executive officer of the corporation

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(except by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, even if not a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.
          (d) Enforcement. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and executive officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or executive officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or executive officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefor. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting the claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the DGCL or any other applicable law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or any other applicable law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
          (e) Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any applicable statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or any other applicable law.
          (f) Survival of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, executive officer, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

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          (g) Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, or any other applicable law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw.
          (h) Amendments. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.
          (i) Saving Clause. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law. If this Section 43 shall be invalid due to the application of the indemnification provisions of another jurisdiction, then the corporation shall indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent under applicable law.
          (j) Certain Definitions. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:
               (1) The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.
               (2) The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.
               (3) The term the “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
               (4) References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

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               (5) References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent 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 Bylaw.
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
     Section 44. Notices.
          (a) Notice to Stockholders. Written notice to stockholders of stockholder meetings shall be given as provided in Section 7 herein. Without limiting the manner by which notice may otherwise be given effectively to stockholders under any agreement or contract with such stockholder, and except as otherwise required by law, written notice to stockholders for purposes other than stockholder meetings may be sent by United States mail or nationally recognized overnight courier, or by facsimile, telegraph or telex or by electronic mail or other electronic means.
          (b) Notice to Directors. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method stated in subsection (a), or as provided for in Section 21 of these Bylaws. If such notice is not delivered personally, it shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director.
          (c) Affidavit of Mailing. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected or other agent, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.
          (d) Methods of Notice. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all recipients of notice, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.
          (e) Notice to Person with Whom Communication Is Unlawful. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any

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action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.
          (f) Notice to Stockholders Sharing an Address. Except as otherwise prohibited under DGCL, any notice given under the provisions of DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Such consent shall have been deemed to have been given if such stockholder fails to object in writing to the corporation within 60 days of having been given notice by the corporation of its intention to send the single notice. Any consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the corporation.
ARTICLE XIII
AMENDMENTS
     Section 45. Amendments. The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the corporation. The stockholders shall also have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, such action by stockholders shall requite the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
ARTICLE XIV
LOANS TO OFFICERS
     Section 46. Loans to Officers. Except as otherwise prohibited under applicable law, the corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its subsidiaries, including any officer or employee who is a Director of the corporation or its subsidiaries, whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, such loan, guarantee or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guarantee or other assistance may be with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the Board of Directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under any statute.
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS

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     Section 47. Annual Report.
          (a) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Bylaw, the Board of Directors shall cause an annual report to be sent to each stockholder of the corporation not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the corporation’s fiscal year. Such report shall include a balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for such fiscal year, accompanied by any report thereon of independent accounts 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. When there are more than 100 stockholders of record of the corporation’s shares, as determined by Section 605 of the CGCL, additional information as required by Section 1501(b) of the CGCL shall also be contained in such report, provided that if the corporation has a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act shall take precedence. Such report shall be sent to stockholders at least fifteen (15) days prior to the next annual meeting of stockholders after the end of the fiscal year to which it relates.
          (b) If and so long as there are fewer than 100 holders of record of the corporation’s shares, the requirement of sending of an annual report to the stockholders of the corporation is hereby expressly waived.

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EX-3.23 22 a55342exv3w23.htm EX-3.23 exv3w23
Exhibit 3.23
Amended
Certificate of Incorporation
of
Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
     FIRST. The name of the Corporation is Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
     SECOND. The address of the Corporation’s initial registered office is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801, and the name of its initial registered agent at that address 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 Delaware General Corporation Law,
     FOURTH. The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of the par value of $0.001 per share, all of which shall be designated as “Common Stock.”
     FIFTH. Elections of directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot.
     SIXTH. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.
     SEVENTH. (a) 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 (whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, incorporator, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (including an employee benefit plan), shall be entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation to the full extent then permitted by law against expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements), judgments, fines (including excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan), and amounts paid in settlement incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as permitted by law. AU advances of expenses shall be unsecured and interest free, and the person’s undertaking to repay shall be accepted by the Corporation without reference to the person’s financial ability to make repayment Such rights of indemnification and payment of expenses shall inure whether or not the claim asserted is based on matters which antedate the adoption of this Article SEVENTH. Such rights of indemnification and payment of expenses shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, incorporator, employee, partner, trustee, or agent and shall inure to the

 


 

benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such a person. The indemnification provided by this Article SEVENTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which may be provided now or in the future under any provision currently in effect or hereafter adopted of the Bylaws, by any agreement, by vote of stockholders, by resolution of disinterested directors, by provision of law, or otherwise.
If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses, or both, under the preceding paragraph (a) is not paid in full by the Corporation within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant will be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It will be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the laws of the State of Delaware for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense will be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the laws of the State of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, will be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct
     EIGHTH. No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this provision does not eliminate the liability of the director (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) under § 174 of Tide S if the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. For purposes of the first sentence of this Article EIGHTH, the term “damages” shall, to the extent permitted by law, include, without limitation, any judgment, fine, amount paid in settlement, penalty, punitive damages, excise or other tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or expense of any nature (including, without limitation, counsel fens and disbursements). Each person who serves as a director of the Corporation while this Article EIGHTH is in effect shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance on the provisions of this Article EIGHTH, and neither the amendment or repeal of this Article EIGHTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of incorporation inconsistent with this Article EIGHTH, shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or the Corporation for, arising out of, based upon, or in connection with any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, or adoption of an inconsistent provision. The provisions of this Article EIGHTH are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of any and all other limitations on or eliminations of the liabilities of directors of the Corporation, as such, whether such limitations or eliminations arise under or are created by any law, rule, regulation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

 


 

     NINTH. Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of § 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of § 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware General Corporation Law order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.
     TENTH. The number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

EX-3.24 23 a55342exv3w24.htm EX-3.24 exv3w24
Exhibit 3.24
BYLAWS

OF

CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE 1 OFFICES
    1  
Section 1.1 Registered Office
    1  
Section 1.2 Other Offices
    1  
 
ARTICLE 2 MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
    1  
Section 2.1 Place of Meetings
    1  
Section 2.2 Annual Meeting
    1  
Section 2.3 Special Meetings
    1  
Section 2.4 Notice
    1  
Section 2.5 Voting List
    2  
Section 2.6 Quorum
    2  
Section 2.7 Required Vote
    2  
Section 2.8 Proxies
    2  
Section 2.9 Record Date
    3  
Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting
    4  
Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections
    5  
 
ARTICLE 3 DIRECTORS
    5  
Section 3.1 Management
    5  
Section 3.2 Number; Election
    5  
Section 3.3 Change in Number
    5  
Section 3.4 Removal
    5  
Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships
    6  
Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited
    6  
Section 3.7 Place of Meetings
    6  
Section 3.8 First Meetings
    6  
Section 3.9 Regular Meetings
    6  
Section 3.10 Special Meetings
    6  
Section 3.11 Quorum
    6  
Section 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings
    6  
Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board
    7  
Section 3.14 Compensation
    7  
 
ARTICLE 4 COMMITTEES
    7  
Section 4.1 Designation
    7  
Section 4.2 Number; Term
    7  
Section 4.3 Authority
    7  
Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal
    7  
Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members
    7  
Section 4.6 Regular Meetings
    8  
Section 4.7 Special Meetings
    8  
Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote
    8  
Section 4.9 Minutes
    8  
Section 4.10 Compensation
    8  

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ARTICLE 5 NOTICES
    8  
Section 5.1 Method
    8  
Section 5.2 Waiver
    9  
Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement
    9  
 
ARTICLE 6 OFFICERS
    9  
Section 6.1 Officers
    9  
Section 6.2 Election
    9  
Section 6.3 Compensation
    9  
Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies
    10  
Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board
    10  
Section 6.6 President
    10  
Section 6.7 Vice Presidents
    10  
Section 6.8 Secretary
    11  
Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries
    11  
Section 6.10 Treasurer
    11  
Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers
    11  
 
ARTICLE 7 CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
    11  
Section 7.1 Certificates
    11  
Section 7.2 Legends
    12  
Section 7.3 Lost Certificates
    12  
Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares
    12  
Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders
    12  
 
ARTICLE 8 INDEMNIFICATION
    12  
Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation
    12  
Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation
    13  
Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party
    13  
Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification
    13  
Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses
    14  
Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification
    14  
Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification
    15  
Section 8.8 Construction
    15  
Section 8.9 Savings Clause
    16  
 
ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS
    16  
Section 9.1 Dividends
    16  
Section 9.2 Reserves
    16  
Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments
    16  
Section 9.4 Fiscal Year
    17  
Section 9.5 Seal
    17  
Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers
    17  
Section 9.7 Amendments
    17  
Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings
    17  

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BYLAWS
OF
CORIA LABORATORIES, LTD.
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
     Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Coria Laboratories, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), will be as from time to time set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or in any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the appropriate County Recorder or Recorders, as the case may be, to amend such information.
     Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders for all purposes may be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
     Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
     Section 2.4 Notice. Written or printed notice stating the place, date, and hour of each meeting of the stockholders and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is sent by mail, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully

 


 

called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy.
     Section 2.5 Voting List. At least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who has charge of the Corporation’s stock ledger, either directly or through another officer appointed by the Secretary or such other officer or through a transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors, shall prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, 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. Such list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting at all times during such meeting and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
     Section 2.6 Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat who are present, in person or by proxy, or, if no stockholder entitled to vote is present, any officer of the Corporation, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present. 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 2.7 Required Vote. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
     Section 2.8 Proxies.
     (a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting.

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     (b) Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
     (1) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or by an authorized officer, director, employee or agent of the stockholder signing such writing or causing such stockholder’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
     (2) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information upon which they relied.
     (c) Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
     (d) 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.
     Section 2.9 Record Date.
     (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
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which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
     (c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such payment, exercise, or other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting.
     (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consent or consents shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware, at its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
     (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the written consent, and no consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.10 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this Section 2.10.

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     (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given by the Corporation to those stockholders who have not consented to the action in writing.
     Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s 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 such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and 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 results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request, or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
     Section 3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings.
     Section 3.2 Number; Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than one (1) and no more than seven (7) members. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as hereinafter provided, and each director elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
     Section 3.3 Change in Number. The number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors may be fixed from time to time in a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, or, if no such resolution has been adopted, the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be the same as the number of directors of the initial Board of Directors as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
     Section 3.4 Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

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     Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. 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, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director’s election and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. If at any time there are no directors in office, an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, 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 thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the filling of other vacancies.
     Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited. Cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
     Section 3.7 Place of Meetings. The directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     Section 3.8 First Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent of the directors then elected and serving, such time or place shall be changed.
     Section 3.9 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 the Board of Directors.
     Section 3.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each director, if by telecopier, electronic facsimile or hand delivery, or on three (3) days’ notice to each director, if by mail or by telegram. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.
     Section 3.11 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or the Certificate 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 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings. 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 a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Subject to

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applicable notice provisions and unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a 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 such meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person’s participation is for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board to preside at their meetings and to perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to such person.
     Section 3.14 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES
     Section 4.1 Designation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees.
     Section 4.2 Number; Term. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of such committee member’s term as director, (ii) such committee member’s resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) such committee member’s removal as a committee member or as a director.
     Section 4.3 Authority. Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, and to discharge any committee. The Board of Directors may remove any committee member, at any time, with or without cause.
     Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. Any such alternate member 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 present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

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     Section 4.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by the committee and communicated to all members thereof.
     Section 4.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Committee, or, if the committee members have not elected a Chairman, by any committee member. The Chairman of the Committee or the committee member calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each committee member at least (i) twenty-four (24) hours before such special meeting if notice is given by telecopy, electronic facsimile or hand delivery or (ii) at least three (3) days before such special meeting if notice is given by mail or by telegram. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.
     Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated as the Committee by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Alternate members and acting members shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The vote of a majority of the members, including alternate members and acting members, present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 4.9 Minutes. Each committee shall cause minutes of its proceedings to be prepared and shall report the same to the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.
     Section 4.10 Compensation. Committee members may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending any committee meetings or a stated salary.
ARTICLE 5
NOTICES
     Section 5.1 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, personal notice shall not be required, and any such notice may be given (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director, or stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the books or (in the case of a stockholder) the stock transfer records of the Corporation, or (b) by any other method permitted by law (including, but not limited to, overnight courier service, electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by overnight courier service shall be deemed to be given at the time delivered to such service with all charges

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prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid.
     Section 5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement. The giving of any notice required under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall not be required to be given to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed and addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated.
ARTICLE 6
OFFICERS
     Section 6.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (who shall rank in such order and who shall have such additional titles or designations, such as “Executive,” “Senior,” “First,” or “Second,” as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman of the Board, additional Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, including, without limitation, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a General Counsel, a Controller, and a Chief Information Officer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
     Section 6.2 Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation, none of whom need be a member of the Board, a stockholder or a resident of the State of Delaware. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed 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 6.3 Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

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     Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed either for or without cause by a majority of the directors represented at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is represented, whenever in the judgment of the Board of Directors 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. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
     Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. If elected by the Board of Directors as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.6 President. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, in which event the President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors only in the absence of the Chairman of the Board. The President shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, if the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, shall prescribe.
     Section 6.7 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there is more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election or appointment) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.

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     Section 6.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders 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 any committee when required. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders 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 the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.
     Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.
     Section 6.10 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board 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 meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all the Treasurer’s transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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 the office of Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation. If the Board of Directors has elected a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, the Treasurer shall report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE 7
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
     Section 7.1 Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that such shares are without par value. Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.

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     Section 7.2 Legends. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock shall bear such legends as the Board of Directors shall authorize, including, without limitation, such legends as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.
     Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate representing shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. The Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall specify and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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, stolen or destroyed.
     Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney. 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, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
     Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof for any and all purposes, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim 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 law.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 such

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person’s 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 meet the standards of conduct set forth in this Section 8.1.
     Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person’s duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such costs, charges and expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 8, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection therewith.
     Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 (unless ordered by a court) shall be paid by the Corporation unless a determination is made (a) 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 (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is not proper in the circumstances because such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8.

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     Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses. Costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys, fees) incurred by a person referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding (including investigations by any government agency and all costs, charges and expenses incurred in preparing for any threatened action, suit or proceeding) shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by a director or officer in such person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer) in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article 8. No security shall be required for such undertaking and such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the recipient’s financial ability to make repayment. The repayment of such charges and expenses incurred by other employees and agents of the Corporation which are paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as permitted by this Section may be required upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Board of Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and subject to the approval of such Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such action, suit or proceeding.
     Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 or advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of the director, officer, employee or agent directed to the Secretary of the Corporation. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article 8 shall be enforceable by the director, officer, employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 30 days. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such person’s right to indemnification or advances, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 or 8.2 of this Article 8, but the burden of proving that such standard of conduct has not been met shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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     Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification. The indemnification provided by this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, 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 estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article 8 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 is in effect. No amendment or repeal of this Article 8 or of any relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or deny to any director, officer, employee or agent any rights to indemnification which such person may have, or change or release any obligations of the Corporation, under this Article 8 with respect to any costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement which arise out of an action, suit or proceeding based in whole or substantial part on any act or failure to act, actual or alleged, which takes place before or while this Article 8 is in effect. The provisions of this Section 8.7 shall apply to any such action, suit or proceeding whenever commenced, including any such action, suit or proceeding commenced after any amendment or repeal of this Article 8.
     Section 8.8 Construction. For purposes of this Article 8:
     (i) “the Corporation” shall include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article 8 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;
     (ii) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation;
     (iii) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service which imposes duties on, or involves services by, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries, including acting as a fiduciary thereof;
     (iv) “fines” shall include any penalties and any excise or similar taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

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     (v) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8;
     (vi) Service as a partner, trustee or member of management or similar committee of a partnership or joint venture, or as a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which is a partner, trustee or joint venturer, shall be considered service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
     Section 8.9 Savings Clause. If this Article 8 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 8 that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 9.1 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 9.2 Reserves. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments. Any checks, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and all deeds, mortgages, indentures, bills of sale, conveyances, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments of transfer, contracts, agreements, dividend and other orders, powers of attorney, proxies, waivers, consents, returns, reports, certificates, demands, notices, or documents and other instruments or writings of any nature whatsoever may be signed, executed, verified, acknowledged, and delivered, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, by such officers, agents, or employees of the Corporation, or any of them, and in such manner, as from time to time may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

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     Section 9.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
     Section 9.5 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
     Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers. No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the Corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation, individually, or any firm or corporation of which any such 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, however, that the fact that the director, individually, or the firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority of such members thereof as shall be present at any annual meeting or at any special meeting, called for that purpose, of the Board of Directors at which action upon any contract or transaction shall be taken. Any director of the Corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any such annual or special meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if such director were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested. Every director of the Corporation is hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent such director from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the Corporation for the benefit of such director or any firm, corporation, trust or organization in which or with which such director may be in anywise interested or connected.
     Section 9.7 Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, or by written consent of the Board of Directors or the stockholders without a meeting.
     Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings. The Table of Contents and headings used in these Bylaws have been inserted for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in interpretation.

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EX-3.25 24 a55342exv3w25.htm EX-3.25 exv3w25
Exhibit 3.25
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
ARTICLE I
     The name of the company is Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc. (the “Company”).
ARTICLE II
     The registered office of the Company is to be located at 3500 South Dupont Highway, in the City of Dover, in the County of Kent, in the State of Delaware. The name of its registered agent at that address is Incorporating Services, Ltd.
ARTICLE III
     The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE IV
     The total number of shares of stock which the Company shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.
ARTICLE V
     Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws of the Company shall so require, the directors of the Company need not be elected by written ballot.
ARTICLE VI
     In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Company is expressly authorized to make, alter and repeal the Bylaws of the Company, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Company to alter or repeal any Bylaw whether adopted by them or otherwise.

 


 

ARTICLE VII
     (A) To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
     (B) The Company shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or interstate is or was a director or officer of the Company or any predecessor of the Company, or serves or served at any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Company or any predecessor of to the Company.
     (C) Neither any amendment or repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VII in respect of any matter occurring, or any action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VII, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VIII
     Except as provided herein, from time to time any of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the corporation by this Certificate of Incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this ARTICLE VIII.

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EX-3.26 25 a55342exv3w26.htm EX-3.26 exv3w26
Exhibit 3.26
BYLAWS

OF

DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page  
ARTICLE 1
  OFFICES     1  
Section 1.1
  Registered Office     1  
Section 1.2
  Other Offices     1  
 
           
ARTICLE 2
  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS     1  
Section 2.1
  Place of Meetings     1  
Section 2.2
  Annual Meeting     1  
Section 2.3
  Special Meetings     1  
Section 2.4
  Notice     1  
Section 2.5
  Voting List     2  
Section 2.6
  Quorum     2  
Section 2.7
  Required Vote     2  
Section 2.8
  Proxies     2  
Section 2.9
  Record Date     3  
Section 2.10
  Action Without Meeting     4  
Section 2.11
  Inspectors of Elections     5  
 
           
ARTICLE 3
  DIRECTORS     5  
Section 3.1
  Management     5  
Section 3.2
  Number; Election     5  
Section 3.3
  Change in Number     5  
Section 3.4
  Removal     5  
Section 3.5
  Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships     6  
Section 3.6
  Cumulative Voting Prohibited     6  
Section 3.7
  Place of Meetings     6  
Section 3.8
  First Meetings     6  
Section 3.9
  Regular Meetings     6  
Section 3.10
  Special Meetings     6  
Section 3.11
  Quorum     6  
Section 3.12
  Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings     6  
Section 3.13
  Chairman of the Board     7  
Section 3.14
  Compensation     7  
 
           
ARTICLE 4
  COMMITTEES     7  
Section 4.1
  Designation     7  
Section 4.2
  Number; Term     7  
Section 4.3
  Authority     7  
Section 4.4
  Committee Changes; Removal     7  
Section 4.5
  Alternate Members; Acting Members     7  
Section 4.6
  Regular Meetings     8  
Section 4.7
  Special Meetings     8  
Section 4.8
  Quorum; Majority Vote     8  
Section 4.9
  Minutes     8  
Section 4.10
  Compensation     8  

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ARTICLE 5
  NOTICES     8  
Section 5.1
  Method     8  
Section 5.2
  Waiver     9  
Section 5.3
  Exception to Notice Requirement     9  
 
           
ARTICLE 6
  OFFICERS     9  
Section 6.1
  Officers     9  
Section 6.2
  Election     9  
Section 6.3
  Compensation     9  
Section 6.4
  Removal and Vacancies     10  
Section 6.5
  Chairman of the Board     10  
Section 6.6
  President     10  
Section 6.7
  Vice Presidents     10  
Section 6.8
  Secretary     11  
Section 6.9
  Assistant Secretaries     11  
Section 6.10
  Treasurer     11  
Section 6.11
  Assistant Treasurers     11  
 
           
ARTICLE 7
  CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES     11  
Section 7.1
  Certificates     11  
Section 7.2
  Legends     12  
Section 7.3
  Lost Certificates     12  
Section 7.4
  Transfer of Shares     12  
Section 7.5
  Registered Stockholders     12  
 
           
ARTICLE 8
  INDEMNIFICATION     12  
Section 8.1
  Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation     12  
Section 8.2
  Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation     13  
Section 8.3
  Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party     13  
Section 8.4
  Determination of Right to Indemnification     13  
Section 8.5
  Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses     14  
Section 8.6
  Procedure for Indemnification     14  
Section 8.7
  Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification     15  
Section 8.8
  Construction     15  
Section 8.9
  Savings Clause     16  
 
           
ARTICLE 9
  GENERAL PROVISIONS     16  
Section 9.1
  Dividends     16  
Section 9.2
  Reserves     16  
Section 9.3
  Authority to Sign Instruments     16  
Section 9.4
  Fiscal Year     17  
Section 9.5
  Seal     17  
Section 9.6
  Transactions with Directors and Officers     17  
Section 9.7
  Amendments     17  
Section 9.8
  Table of Contents; Headings     17  

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BYLAWS
OF
DOW PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES, INC.
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
     Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), will be as from time to time set forth in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or in any certificate filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and the appropriate County Recorder or Recorders, as the case may be, to amend such information.
     Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders for all purposes may be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
     Section 2.2 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
     Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, may be called by the President or the Board of Directors. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purposes stated in the notice of the meeting.
     Section 2.4 Notice. Written or printed notice stating the place, date, and hour of each meeting of the stockholders and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is sent by mail, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully

 


 

called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy.
     Section 2.5 Voting List. At least ten (10) days before each meeting of stockholders, the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who has charge of the Corporation’s stock ledger, either directly or through another officer appointed by the Secretary or such other officer or through a transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors, shall prepare a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, 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. Such list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting at all times during such meeting and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
     Section 2.6 Quorum. A majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat who are present, in person or by proxy, or, if no stockholder entitled to vote is present, any officer of the Corporation, may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present. 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 2.7 Required Vote. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
     Section 2.8 Proxies.
     (a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting.

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     (b) Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
     (1) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or by an authorized officer, director, employee or agent of the stockholder signing such writing or causing such stockholder’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
     (2) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information upon which they relied.
     (c) Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
     (d) 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.
     Section 2.9 Record Date.
     (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
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which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by statute or these Bylaws, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
     (c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such payment, exercise, or other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
     Section 2.10 Action Without Meeting.
     (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, 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 such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Such consent or consents shall be delivered to the Corporation at its registered office in Delaware, at its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Such delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
     (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the written consent, and no consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 2.10 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by this Section 2.10.

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     (c) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given by the Corporation to those stockholders who have not consented to the action in writing.
     Section 2.11 Inspectors of Elections. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s 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 such inspector’s ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and 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 results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request, or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
     Section 3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings.
     Section 3.2 Number; Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than one (1) and no more than seven (7) members. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as hereinafter provided, and each director elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal.
     Section 3.3 Change in Number. The number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors may be fixed from time to time in a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, or, if no such resolution has been adopted, the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall be the same as the number of directors of the initial Board of Directors as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the whole Board of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
     Section 3.4 Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

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     Section 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. 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, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so chosen shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders held after such director’s election and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier resignation or removal. If at any time there are no directors in office, an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, when one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, 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 thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in these Bylaws with respect to the filling of other vacancies.
     Section 3.6 Cumulative Voting Prohibited. Cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
     Section 3.7 Place of Meetings. The directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
     Section 3.8 First Meetings. The first meeting of each newly elected Board shall be held without further notice immediately following the annual meeting of stockholders, and at the same place, unless by unanimous consent of the directors then elected and serving, such time or place shall be changed.
     Section 3.9 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 the Board of Directors.
     Section 3.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each director, if by telecopier, electronic facsimile or hand delivery, or on three (3) days’ notice to each director, if by mail or by telegram. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in a notice or waiver of notice.
     Section 3.11 Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and 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, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law or the Certificate 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 3.12 Action Without Meeting; Telephone Meetings. 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 a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. Subject to

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applicable notice provisions and unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a 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 such meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person’s participation is for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 3.13 Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect a Chairman of the Board to preside at their meetings and to perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time assign to such person.
     Section 3.14 Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE 4
COMMITTEES
     Section 4.1 Designation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees.
     Section 4.2 Number; Term. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of such committee member’s term as director, (ii) such committee member’s resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) such committee member’s removal as a committee member or as a director.
     Section 4.3 Authority. Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
     Section 4.4 Committee Changes; Removal. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, and to discharge any committee. The Board of Directors may remove any committee member, at any time, with or without cause.
     Section 4.5 Alternate Members; Acting Members. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. Any such alternate member 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 present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

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     Section 4.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by the committee and communicated to all members thereof.
     Section 4.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Committee, or, if the committee members have not elected a Chairman, by any committee member. The Chairman of the Committee or the committee member calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each committee member at least (i) twenty-four (24) hours before such special meeting if notice is given by telecopy, electronic facsimile or hand delivery or (ii) at least three (3) days before such special meeting if notice is given by mail or by telegram. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.
     Section 4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated as the Committee by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Alternate members and acting members shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The vote of a majority of the members, including alternate members and acting members, present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 4.9 Minutes. Each committee shall cause minutes of its proceedings to be prepared and shall report the same to the Board of Directors upon the request of the Board of Directors. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.
     Section 4.10 Compensation. Committee members may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending any committee meetings or a stated salary.
ARTICLE 5
NOTICES
     Section 5.1 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director or committee member, and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, personal notice shall not be required, and any such notice may be given (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director, or stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the books or (in the case of a stockholder) the stock transfer records of the Corporation, or (b) by any other method permitted by law (including, but not limited to, overnight courier service, electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by overnight courier service shall be deemed to be given at the time delivered to such service with all charges

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prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid.
     Section 5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
     Section 5.3 Exception to Notice Requirement. The giving of any notice required under any provision of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall not be required to be given to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve (12) month period, have been mailed and addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated.
ARTICLE 6
OFFICERS
     Section 6.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (who shall rank in such order and who shall have such additional titles or designations, such as “Executive,” “Senior,” “First,” or “Second,” as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman of the Board, additional Vice Presidents and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, including, without limitation, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a General Counsel, a Controller, and a Chief Information Officer. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
     Section 6.2 Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation, none of whom need be a member of the Board, a stockholder or a resident of the State of Delaware. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall be appointed 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.
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     Section 6.4 Removal and Vacancies. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier resignation or removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed either for or without cause by a majority of the directors represented at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is represented, whenever in the judgment of the Board of Directors 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. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors.
     Section 6.5 Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. If elected by the Board of Directors as the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.6 President. If the Board of Directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, in which event the President shall preside at meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors only in the absence of the Chairman of the Board. The President shall have general and active management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, if the Board of Directors shall choose to elect a Chairman of the Board, shall prescribe.
     Section 6.7 Vice Presidents. In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there is more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election or appointment) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.

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     Section 6.8 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders 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 any committee when required. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders 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 the Secretary shall be. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.
     Section 6.9 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the President may from time to time delegate.
     Section 6.10 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements of the Corporation and shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board 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 meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may require it, an account of all the Treasurer’s transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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 the office of Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurer’s possession or under the Treasurer’s control belonging to the Corporation. If the Board of Directors has elected a Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, the Treasurer shall report directly to the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.
     Section 6.11 Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have only such powers and perform only such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE 7
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES
     Section 7.1 Certificates. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Such certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the holder’s name, the number and class of shares, and the par value of such shares or a statement that such shares are without par value. Each certificate shall be signed by the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile.

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     Section 7.2 Legends. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock shall bear such legends as the Board of Directors shall authorize, including, without limitation, such legends as the Board of Directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law.
     Section 7.3 Lost Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate representing shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. The Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall specify and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such form, 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, stolen or destroyed.
     Section 7.4 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney. 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, it shall be the duty of the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
     Section 7.5 Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof for any and all purposes, and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim 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 law.
ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION
     Section 8.1 Actions, Suits or Proceedings Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 such

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person’s 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 meet the standards of conduct set forth in this Section 8.1.
     Section 8.2 Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation. 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 such person is or was or has agreed to become a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit and any appeal therefrom, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of such person’s duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such costs, charges and expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
     Section 8.3 Indemnification for Costs, Charges and Expenses of Successful Party. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 8, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise, including, without limitation, the dismissal of an action without prejudice, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against all costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such person’s behalf in connection therewith.
     Section 8.4 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 (unless ordered by a court) shall be paid by the Corporation unless a determination is made (a) 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 (b) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (c) by the stockholders, that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is not proper in the circumstances because such person has not met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8.

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     Section 8.5 Advance of Costs, Charges and Expenses. Costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys, fees) incurred by a person referred to in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8 in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding (including investigations by any government agency and all costs, charges and expenses incurred in preparing for any threatened action, suit or proceeding) shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that the payment of such costs, charges and expenses incurred by a director or officer in such person’s capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer) in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article 8. No security shall be required for such undertaking and such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the recipient’s financial ability to make repayment. The repayment of such charges and expenses incurred by other employees and agents of the Corporation which are paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as permitted by this Section may be required upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Board of Directors may, in the manner set forth above, and subject to the approval of such Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, authorize the Corporation’s counsel to represent such person, in any action, suit or proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such action, suit or proceeding.
     Section 8.6 Procedure for Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 8.1, 8.2 or 8.3 or advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 shall be made promptly, and in any event within 30 days, upon the written request of the director, officer, employee or agent directed to the Secretary of the Corporation. The right to indemnification or advances as granted by this Article 8 shall be enforceable by the director, officer, employee or agent in any court of competent jurisdiction if the Corporation denies such request, in whole or in part, or if no disposition thereof is made within 30 days. Such person’s costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such person’s right to indemnification or advances, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of costs, charges and expenses under Section 8.5 of this Article 8 where the required undertaking, if any, has been received by the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 or 8.2 of this Article 8, but the burden of proving that such standard of conduct has not been met shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8, nor the fact that there has been an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent legal counsel, and its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

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     Section 8.7 Other Rights; Continuation of Right to Indemnification. The indemnification provided by this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office or while employed by or acting as agent for the Corporation, 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 estate, heirs, executors and administrators of such person. All rights to indemnification under this Article 8 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 is in effect. No amendment or repeal of this Article 8 or of any relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or deny to any director, officer, employee or agent any rights to indemnification which such person may have, or change or release any obligations of the Corporation, under this Article 8 with respect to any costs, charges, expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement which arise out of an action, suit or proceeding based in whole or substantial part on any act or failure to act, actual or alleged, which takes place before or while this Article 8 is in effect. The provisions of this Section 8.7 shall apply to any such action, suit or proceeding whenever commenced, including any such action, suit or proceeding commenced after any amendment or repeal of this Article 8.
     Section 8.8 Construction. For purposes of this Article 8:
     (i) “the Corporation” shall include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article 8 with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;
     (ii) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans, including, but not limited to, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation;
     (iii) “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service which imposes duties on, or involves services by, a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries, including acting as a fiduciary thereof;
     (iv) “fines” shall include any penalties and any excise or similar taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

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     (v) A person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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 Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of this Article 8;
     (vi) Service as a partner, trustee or member of management or similar committee of a partnership or joint venture, or as a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation which is a partner, trustee or joint venturer, shall be considered service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
     Section 8.9 Savings Clause. If this Article 8 or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article 8 that shall not have been invalidated and to the full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     Section 9.1 Dividends. The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation.
     Section 9.2 Reserves. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
     Section 9.3 Authority to Sign Instruments. Any checks, drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, bonds, notes or other obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, and all deeds, mortgages, indentures, bills of sale, conveyances, endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock powers, or other instruments of transfer, contracts, agreements, dividend and other orders, powers of attorney, proxies, waivers, consents, returns, reports, certificates, demands, notices, or documents and other instruments or writings of any nature whatsoever may be signed, executed, verified, acknowledged, and delivered, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, by such officers, agents, or employees of the Corporation, or any of them, and in such manner, as from time to time may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

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     Section 9.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
     Section 9.5 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation. Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
     Section 9.6 Transactions with Directors and Officers. No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the Corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, be invalidated or in any way affected by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in such contract, transaction or other act, or are directors or officers of such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation, individually, or any firm or corporation of which any such 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, however, that the fact that the director, individually, or the firm or corporation is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority of such members thereof as shall be present at any annual meeting or at any special meeting, called for that purpose, of the Board of Directors at which action upon any contract or transaction shall be taken. Any director of the Corporation who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any such annual or special meeting of the Board of Directors which authorizes such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize such contract or transaction with like force and effect as if such director were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested. Every director of the Corporation is hereby relieved from any disability which might otherwise prevent such director from carrying out transactions with or contracting with the Corporation for the benefit of such director or any firm, corporation, trust or organization in which or with which such director may be in anywise interested or connected.
     Section 9.7 Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, at any special meeting of the stockholders or the Board of Directors, or by written consent of the Board of Directors or the stockholders without a meeting.
     Section 9.8 Table of Contents; Headings. The Table of Contents and headings used in these Bylaws have been inserted for convenience only and do not constitute matters to be construed in interpretation.

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EX-5.1 26 a55342exv5w1.htm EX-5.1 exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
[MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LETTERHEAD]
March 5, 2010
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
One Enterprise
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Re:   Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Registration Statement on Form S-4
Filed on March 5, 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the subsidiary guarantor registrants listed on Schedule A hereto (the “Guarantors”) in connection with the filing of the referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Registration Statement relates to the proposed offer by the Company and the Guarantors to exchange (x) up to $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”) and each Guarantor’s guarantee of the obligations represented by the Exchange Notes (collectively, the “Exchange Note Guarantees”), for (y) an equal principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) and each Guarantor’s guarantee of the obligations represented by the Old Notes (collectively, the “Old Note Guarantees”). The Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantees will be issued under an Indenture dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement.
In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Registration Statement and originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of (i) the Indenture, (ii) the form of Exchange Note (including the form of Exchange Note Guarantee), which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement, (iii) the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents, as the case may be, each as restated and/or amended to date, of each of the Company and each Guarantor, (iv) resolutions adopted by the board of directors or sole member, as the case may be, of each of the Company and each Guarantor, and (v) such other documents, records and other instruments as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of the opinion set forth herein.
We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of the documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

 


 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
March 5, 2010
Page 2 of 3
We have also assumed for purposes of our opinion that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee, that the Indenture constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, and that the Trustee has the requisite organizational and legal power and authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, we are of the opinion that when the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantees are duly executed, issued and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and the Exchange Notes and Exchange Note Guarantees are duly authenticated by the Trustee, all in accordance with the Indenture and against surrender and cancellation of an equal principal amount of the Old Notes and the Old Note Guarantees in the manner described in the Registration Statement, (i) the Exchange Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company and (ii) each Exchange Note Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the respective Guarantor.
The opinions expressed above are subject to the following limitations and qualifications:
     A. The opinions expressed herein are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally and general principles of equity.
     B. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New York, the State of California and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the laws of any other state or jurisdiction. To the extent that the laws of any such state or jurisdiction govern the matters set forth herein, we have assumed that the laws of such state or jurisdiction are identical to those of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and we express no opinion as to whether such assumption is reasonable or correct.
     C. The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws, including rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof, and we undertake no (and hereby disclaim any) obligation to update this opinion letter.

 


 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
March 5, 2010
Page 3 of 3
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are acting within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules or regulations of the SEC thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

 


 

Schedule A
     
Name of Guarantor   Jurisdiction of Formation
Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Ohio
 
   
Healthchoice Online, LLC
  Delaware
 
   
Hyland Capital, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
  California
 
   
ICN Southeast, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Valeant China, Inc.
  Delaware
 
   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America
  Delaware
 
   
Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
  Delaware
 
   
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
  Delaware

 

EX-12.1 27 a55342exv12w1.htm EX-12.1 exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2009     2008     2007     2006     2005  
 
Earnings:
                                       
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 199,349     $ (172,680 )   $ 20,145     $ 3,522     $ (92,838 )
Add: fixed charges
    46,973       49,855       61,256       59,260       55,412  
 
                             
Total earnings
  $ 246,322     $ (122,825 )   $ 81,401     $ 62,782     $ (37,426 )
 
                             
 
                                       
Fixed charges:
                                       
Interest expense
  $ 43,571     $ 45,385     $ 56,923     $ 56,292     $ 51,980  
Rental expense interest factor
    3,402       4,470       4,333       2,968       3,432  
 
                             
Total fixed charges (1)
  $ 46,973     $ 49,855     $ 61,256     $ 59,260     $ 55,412  
 
                             
 
                                       
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
    5.2 x     x     1.3 x     1.1 x     x
 
                             
 
(1)   The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing earnings to fixed charges. For purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represents pre-tax income from continuing operations before adjustment for noncontrolling interests in consolidated subsidiaries. Fixed charges include: interest expense, including amortization of debt issuance cost and amortization of debt discount; and the portion of rental expense that we believe is representative of the interest component of rental expense. For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2005, earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by approximately $172.7 million and $92.8 million, respectively. The Company accounts for interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as part of its (benefit) provision for income taxes, and therefore, these charges are not included as a component of interest expense within fixed charges.

EX-23.2 28 a55342exv23w2.htm EX-23.2 exv23w2
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our report dated February 23, 2010 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Orange County, California
March 5, 2010

EX-25.1 29 a55342exv25w1.htm EX-25.1 exv25w1
Exhibit 25.1
 
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)      o
 
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
     
 
  95-3571558 
(State of incorporation
  (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank)
  identification no.)
 
   
700 South Flower Street
   
Suite 500
   
Los Angeles, California
  90017 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
 
VALEANT PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0628076 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)

 


 

Amarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-4096932 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Harbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Ohio
  20-0211035 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Healthchoice Online, LLC
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  37-1473228 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)

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Hyland Capital, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0860694 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
ICN Medical Alliance, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
California
  33-0933982 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
ICN Southeast, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0216000 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)

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Oceanside Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0845345 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Valeant Biomedicals, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  13-3179561 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Valeant China, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0697447 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)

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Valeant Pharmaceuticals North America
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  33-0949894 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
One Enterprise
   
Aliso Viejo, California
  92656 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Coria Laboratories, Ltd.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  26-0291510 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
3801 Hulen Street
   
Fort Worth, Texas
  76107 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc.
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  68-0174793 
(State or other jurisdiction of
  (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
  identification no.)
 
   
1330 Redwood Way
   
Petaluma, California
  94954 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip code)
 
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 and
Guarantees of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
(Title of the indenture securities)
 

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1.   General information. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
  (a)   Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.
     
Name   Address
 
Comptroller of the Currency United States Department of the Treasury
  Washington, D.C. 20219
 
   
Federal Reserve Bank
  San Francisco, California 94105
 
   
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Washington, D.C. 20429
  (b)   Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
    Yes.
2.   Affiliations with Obligor.
 
    If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
 
    None.
 
16.   List of Exhibits.
 
    Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
  1.   A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
  2.   A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).
 
  3.   A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

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  4.   A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).
 
  6.   The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).
 
  7.   A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

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SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 26th day of February, 2010.
         
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
 
 
  By:   /S/ MELONEE YOUNG    
  Name:   MELONEE YOUNG   
  Title:   VICE PRESIDENT   
 

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EXHIBIT 7
Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
of 700 South Flower Street, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90017
     At the close of business December 31, 2009, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.
         
    Dollar Amounts  
    in Thousands  
ASSETS
       
 
       
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
       
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin
    1,576  
Interest-bearing balances
    267  
Securities:
       
Held-to-maturity securities
    16  
Available-for-sale securities
    601,754  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:
       
Federal funds sold
    78,000  
Securities purchased under agreements to resell
    0  
Loans and lease financing receivables:
       
Loans and leases held for sale
    0  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income
    0  
LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses
    0  
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance
    0  
Trading assets
    0  
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)
    11,186  
Other real estate owned
    0  
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
    2  
Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures
    0  
Intangible assets:
       
Goodwill
    856,313  
Other intangible assets
    244,779  
Other assets
    154,682  
 
     
Total assets
  $ 1,948,575  
 
     

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    Dollar Amounts  
    in Thousands  
LIABILITIES
       
 
       
Deposits:
       
In domestic offices
    532  
Noninterest-bearing
    532  
Interest-bearing
    0  
Not applicable
       
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:
       
Federal funds purchased
    0  
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
    0  
Trading liabilities
    0  
Other borrowed money:
       
(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)
    268,691  
Not applicable
       
Not applicable
       
Subordinated notes and debentures
    0  
Other liabilities
    219,066  
Total liabilities
    488,289  
Not Applicable
       
 
       
EQUITY CAPITAL
       
 
       
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus
    0  
Common stock
    1,000  
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)
    1,121,520  
Not Applicable
       
Retained earnings
    337,084  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    682  
Other equity capital components
    0  
Not Available
       
Total bank equity capital
    1,460,286  
Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries
    0  
Total equity capital
    1,460,286  
 
     
Total liabilities and equity capital
    1,948,575  
 
     
     I, Karen Bayz, Managing Director of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
     Karen Bayz       )       Managing Director
     We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
                 
 
  Troy Kilpatrick, President     )      
 
  Frank P. Sulzberger, MD     )     Directors (Trustees)
 
  William D. Lindelof, MD     )      

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EX-99.1 30 a55342exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1
Exhibit 99.1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Offer to Exchange
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 For a Like Principal Amount of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated                     , 2010
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 PM., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON           , 2010, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
The Exchange Agent for the exchange offer is:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
         
By Registered or Certified Mail:   By Hand or Overnight Courier:   By Facsimile:
         
The Bank of New York Mellon   The Bank of New York Mellon   (212) 298-1915
Corporate Trust Operations   Corporate Trust Operations   Attn: Mr. David Mauer
Reorganization Unit   Reorganization Unit    
101 Barclay Street — 7 East   101 Barclay Street — 7 East   Confirm by telephone:
New York, N.Y. 10286   New York, N.Y. 10286   (212) 815-3687
Attn: Mr. David Mauer   Attn: Mr. David Mauer    
         
    For information, call: (212) 815-3687    
     Delivery of this instrument to an address other than as set forth above, or transmission of instructions via facsimile other than as set forth above, will not constitute a valid delivery.
     The undersigned acknowledges that he or she has received the prospectus, dated         , 2010 (the “Prospectus”), of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together constitute the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange an aggregate principal amount of up to $365,000,000 of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the related guarantees, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) and the related guarantees, which were previously issued without registration under the Securities Act. Both the Old Notes and the Exchange Notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given to them in the Prospectus. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to the Exchange Notes and the Old Notes shall be deemed to include the guarantees relating thereto made by the Guarantors (the terms of which are described in the Prospectus). In the event of any conflict between the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus, the Prospectus shall govern.
     For each of the Old Notes accepted for exchange, the holder of such Old Notes will receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered Old Note. The terms of the Exchange Notes are substantially identical to the terms of the Old Notes, except that the transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional interest provisions relating to the Old Notes will not apply to the Exchange Notes.

 


 

     The Company reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the Exchange Offer at its discretion, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest time and date to which the Exchange Offer is extended. The Company will notify the holders of the Old Notes of any extension as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice thereof.
     This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by a holder of the Old Notes either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or if a tender of the Old Notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Exchange Agent”) at The Depository Trust Company (the “Book-Entry Transfer Facility” or “DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer” section of the Prospectus. Holders of the Old Notes whose certificates are not immediately available, or who are unable to deliver their certificates or confirmation of the book-entry tender of their Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”) and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date, must tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” section of the Prospectus and Instruction 1 herein. Delivery of documents to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.
     The undersigned has completed the appropriate boxes below and signed this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer.
     List below the Old Notes to which this Letter of Transmittal relates. If the space provided below is inadequate, the numbers and principal amount of the Old Notes should be listed on a separate signed schedule affixed hereto.

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DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES
             
    1   2   3
Name(s) and Address(es) of       Aggregate Principal   Principal Amount of
Registered Holder(s)   Certificate   Amount of Old Notes   Old Notes
(Please fill in, if blank)   Number(s)*   Represented by Certificate   Tendered**
 
 
 
  Total        
 
*   Need not be completed if the Old Notes are being tendered by book-entry transfer.
 
**   Unless otherwise indicated in this column, a holder will be deemed to have tendered ALL of the Old Notes represented by the Old Notes indicated in column 2. See Instruction 2. The Old Notes tendered must be in an integral multiple of $1,000 in principal amount. See Instruction 1.
 
o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE ENCLOSED HEREWITH.
 
o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT WITH THE BOOK ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name of Tendering Institution:                                                                                                                                              
Account Number:                      Transaction Code Number:                                                                                                      
By crediting Old Notes to the Exchange Agent’s Account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility in accordance with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) and by complying with applicable ATOP procedures with respect to the Exchange Offer, including transmitting an agent’s message to the Exchange Agent in which the holder of the Old Notes acknowledges receipt of this Letter of Transmittal and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal, the participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Old Notes all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal applicable to it and such beneficial owners as fully as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent.
 
o   CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):                                                                                                                                              
Window Ticket Number (if any):                                                                                                                                              
Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:                                                                                                          
Name of Institution which guaranteed delivery:                                                                                                                         
If Delivered by Book-Entry Transfer, Complete the Following:
Account Number:                      Transaction Code Number:                                                                                 

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o   CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
Name:                                                                                                                                                                                      
Address:                                                                                                                                                                                      
If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that the Old Notes to be exchanged for Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Company the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Old Notes indicated above. Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of each of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Company all right, title and interest in and to such Old Notes as are being tendered hereby.
     The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Old Notes tendered hereby and that the Company will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim when the same are accepted by the Company. The undersigned hereby further represents (i) that any Exchange Notes acquired in exchange for Old Notes tendered hereby will have been acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such Exchange Notes, whether or not such person is the undersigned, (ii) that neither the holder of such Old Notes nor any such other person is engaged in, or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes, or has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes, (iii) that neither the holder of such Old Notes nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of the Company or any Guarantor and (iv) that the undersigned is not acting or behalf of any person or entity who could not truthfully made the statements set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
     The undersigned also acknowledges that this Exchange Offer is being made by the Company based upon the Company’s understanding of an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business; and such holders are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, a distribution of such Exchange Notes and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. However, the staff of the Commission has not considered this Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action letter, and there can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission would make a similar determination with respect to this Exchange Offer as in other circumstances. If a holder of Old Notes is an affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor, or is engaged in or intends to engage in a distribution of the Exchange Notes or has any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, such holder could not rely on the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it acknowledges that the staff of the Commission considers broker-dealers that acquired the Old Notes directly from the Company, but not as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, to be making a distribution of the Exchange Notes.
     If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that the Old Notes to be exchanged for the Exchange Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and that it will deliver a Prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a Prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.
     Because our belief that transfers of Exchange Notes would be permitted without registration or prospectus delivery under the conditions described above is based on SEC interpretations given to other, unrelated issuers in similar exchange offers, we cannot assure you that the SEC would make a similar interpretation with respect to this Exchange Offer. We will not be responsible for or indemnify you against any liability you may incur under the Securities Act. You should consult your own legal adviser as to your ability to resell, offer for resale or otherwise transfer any Exchange Notes issued to you in the Exchange Offer without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

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     The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Old Notes tendered hereby. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. This tender may be withdrawn only in accordance with the procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer — Withdrawal of Tenders” section of the Prospectus.
     Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” below, please deliver the Exchange Notes in the name of the undersigned or, in the case of a book-entry delivery of Old Notes, please credit the account indicated above maintained at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility. Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under the box entitled “Special Delivery Instructions” below, please send the Exchange Notes to the undersigned at the address shown above in the box entitled “Description of Old Notes.”

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     THE UNDERSIGNED, BY COMPLETING THE BOX ENTITLED “DESCRIPTION OF OLD NOTES” ABOVE AND SIGNING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE TENDERED THE OLD NOTES AS SET FORTH IN SUCH BOX ABOVE.
SPECIAL ISSUANCE INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 3 and 4)
     To be completed ONLY if certificates of Old Notes not exchanged and/or Exchange Notes are to be issued in the name of and sent to someone other than the person(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) on this Letter of Transmittal above, or if Old Notes delivered by book-entry transfer which are not accepted for exchange are to be returned by credit to an account maintained at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility other than the account indicated above.
Issue Exchange Notes and/or Old Notes to:
Name(s):                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
(Please Type or Print)
Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
(Include Zip Code)
(Complete Accompanying Substitute Form W-9)
 
o   Credit unexchanged Old Notes delivered by book-entry transfer to the Book-Entry Transfer Facility account set forth below.
 
 
 
 
   
 
(Book-Entry Transfer Facility
Account Number, if applicable)
SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS
(See Instructions 3 and 4)
     To be completed ONLY if certificates of Old Notes not exchanged and/or Exchange Notes are to be sent to someone other than the person(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) on this Letter of Transmittal above, or to such person(s) at an address other than shown in the box entitled “Description of Old Notes” on this Letter of Transmittal above.
Mail Exchange Notes and/or Old Notes to:
Name(s):                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
(Please Type or Print)
Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 
(Include Zip Code)

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IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR A FACSIMILE HEREOF (TOGETHER WITH THE CERTIFICATES FOR OLD NOTES OR A BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS OR THE NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY) MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING ANY BOX ABOVE.

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PLEASE SIGN HERE
(To Be Completed By All Tendering Holders)
(Complete accompanying Substitute Form W-9 also)
               
x:
            , 2010
             
 
             
x:
            , 2010
             
(Signatures of Registered Owner(s)
  (Date)
 
             
Area Code and Telephone Number:          
           
If a holder is tendering any Old Notes, this Letter of Transmittal must be signed by the registered holder(s) as the name(s) appear(s) on the certificate(s) for such Old Notes or by any person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted herewith. If a signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth your full title. See Instruction 3.
     
Name(s):
   
 
   
(Please Type or Print)
 
   
Title:
   
 
   
 
   
Capacity:
   
 
   
 
   
Address:
   
 
   
(Include Zip Code)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
(If Required by Instruction 3)
     
Signature Guaranteed by
   
an Eligible Institution:
   
 
   
(Authorized Signature)
 
   
 
(Title)
 
   
 
(Name and Firm)
Date:                                                                                                                          , 2010

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INSTRUCTIONS
Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Exchange Offer
1.   Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and Old Notes; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.
     This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by holders of Old Notes either if certificates are to be forwarded herewith or if tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer set forth in “The Exchange Offer — Procedures for Tendering” section of the Prospectus. Certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, or Book-Entry Confirmation, as the case may be, as well as a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at the address set forth herein on or prior to the Expiration Date, or the tendering holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth below. Old Notes tendered hereby must be in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     Holders of Old Notes whose certificates for Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date, or who cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may tender their Old Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” section of the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures, (i) such tender must be made through an Eligible Institution (as defined below), (ii) prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent must receive from such Eligible Institution a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, substantially in the form provided by the Company (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery), setting forth the name and address of the holder of Old Notes, the certificate number or numbers of such Old Notes and the principal amount of Old Notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date, the Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), together with the certificate or certificates representing the Old Notes to be tendered in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal will be deposited by the Eligible Institution (as defined below) with the Exchange Agent, and (iii) such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), as well as the certificate or certificates representing all tendered Old Notes in proper form for transfer, or a book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal are received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date.
     The method of delivery of this Letter of Transmittal, the Old Notes and all other required documents is at the election and risk of the tendering holders. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that holders use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure delivery to the Exchange Agent before the Expiration Date. No Letter of Transmittal or Old Notes should be sent to the Company. Holders may request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or nominees to effect the tenders for such holders.
     See “The Exchange Offer” section of the Prospectus.
2.   Partial Tenders (not applicable to holders of Old Notes who tender by book-entry transfer); Withdrawals.
     If less than all of the Old Notes evidenced by a submitted certificate are to be tendered, the tendering holder(s) should fill in the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes to be tendered in the applicable box of boxes above entitled “Description of Old Notes — Principal Amount of Old Notes Tendered,” as the case may be. A newly reissued certificate for the Old Notes submitted but not tendered will be sent to such holder as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. All of the Old Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will he deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise clearly indicated.
     A tender pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer. To be effective with respect to the tender of Old Notes, a notice of withdrawal must: (i) be received by the Exchange Agent prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer; (ii) specify the name of the person having tendered the Old Notes to be withdrawn; (iii) contain a description of the Old Notes to be withdrawn, the certificate numbers shown on the particular certificates evidencing such Old Notes and the principal amount of Old Notes represented by such

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certificates; and (iv) be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on this Letter of Transmittal (including any required signature guarantee). The Exchange Agent will return the properly withdrawn Old Notes promptly following receipt of the notice of withdrawal. If Old Notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to be credited with the withdrawn Old Notes or otherwise comply with the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s procedures. All questions as to the validity of any notice of withdrawal, including time of receipt, will be determined by the Company, and such determination will be final and binding on all parties.
3.   Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal, Bond Powers and Endorsements; Guarantee of Signatures.
     If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond exactly with the name as written on the face of the certificates without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.
     If any tendered Old Notes are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.
     If any tendered Old Notes are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of this Letter of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates.
     When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include the Book-Entry Transfer Facility whose name appears on a security listing as the owner of the Old Notes) of the Old Notes specified herein and tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate bond powers are required. If, however, the Exchange Notes are to be issued to a person other than the registered holder, then endorsements of any certificates transmitted hereby or separate bond powers are required. Signatures on such certificates or bond powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined below).
     If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder or holders of any Old Notes specified herein, then certificate(s) representing such Old Notes must be endorsed by such registered holder(s) or accompanied by separate written instruments of transfer or endorsed in blank by such registered holder(s) in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed by the registered holder, in either case signed exactly as such registered holder(s) name or names appear(s) on the Old Notes. If the Letter of Transmittal or any certificates of Old Notes or separate written instruments of transfer or exchange are signed or endorsed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by the Company, evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal.
     Signature(s) on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution unless the Old Notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. In the event that signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are required to be guaranteed, such guarantee must be by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or an “eligible guarantor institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (an “Eligible Institution”).
4.   Special Issuance and Delivery Instructions.
     Tendering holders of Old Notes should indicate in the applicable box the name and address to which Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer are to be issued or sent, if different from the name or address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal. In the case of issuance in a different name, the employer identification or social security number of the person so named must also be indicated. Holders tendering Old Notes by book-entry transfer may request that Old Notes not exchanged be credited to such account maintained at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility as such holder may designate hereon. If no such instructions are given, such Old Notes not exchanged will be returned to the name or address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal or credited to the account listed beneath the box entitled “Description of Old Notes.”

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5.   Tax Identification Number.
     An exchange of Old Notes for Exchange Notes will not be treated as a taxable exchange or other taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In particular, no backup withholding or information reporting is required in connection with such an exchange. However, U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that payments of principal and interest, including any additional interest, on a note to a holder be subject to backup withholding unless such holder provides the Company (as payor) or other payor with such holder’s correct Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”) on Substitute Form W-9 below or otherwise establishes a basis for exemption. If such holder is an individual, the TIN is his or her social security number. If the payor is not provided with the current TIN or an adequate basis for an exemption, such tendering holder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. In addition, such holder may be subject to backup withholding in an amount of currently 28% of all reportable payments of principal and interest, including any additional interest.
     Certain holders (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. See the enclosed Guidelines of Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 (the “W-9 Guidelines”) for additional instructions.
     To prevent backup withholding on reportable payments of principal and interest, including any additional interest, by the Company (when acting as payor), each tendering holder of Old Notes must provide its correct TIN by completing the “Substitute Form W-9” set forth below, certifying that the TIN provided is correct (or that such holder is awaiting a TIN) and that (i) the holder is exempt from backup withholding, (ii) the holder has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service that such holder is subject to a backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends or (iii) the Internal Revenue Service has notified the holder that such holder is no longer subject to backup withholding. If the tendering holder of Old Notes is a nonresident alien or foreign entity not subject to backup withholding, such holder must give the Company a completed Form W-8BEN Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding, or other appropriate Form W-8. These forms may be obtained from the Exchange Agent.
     If the Old Notes are in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, such holder should consult the W-9 Guidelines for information on which TIN to report. If such holder does not have a TIN, such holder should consult the W-9 Guidelines for instructions on applying for a TIN, check the box in Part 3 of the Substitute Form W-9 and write “applied for” in lieu of its TIN. Note: checking this box and writing “applied for” on the form means that such holder has already applied for a TIN or that such holder intends to apply for one in the near future. If a holder checks the box in Part 3 of the Substitute Form W-9 and writes “applied for” on that form, backup withholding at a rate of currently 28% will nevertheless apply to all reportable payments made to such holder. If such a holder furnishes its TIN to the Company within 60 calendar days, however, any amounts so withheld shall be refunded to such holder.
     Backup withholding is not an additional U.S. federal income tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the Internal Revenue Service, provided that you furnish the required information to the Internal Revenue Service.
6.   Transfer Taxes.
     Holders who tender their Old Notes for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith. If, however, Exchange Notes are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of the Old Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered Old Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Old Notes in connection with the Exchange Offer, the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other persons) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.
     Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Old Notes specified in this Letter of Transmittal.
7.   Waiver of Conditions.
     The Company reserves the right to waive satisfaction of any or all conditions enumerated in the Prospectus.

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8.   No Conditional Tenders.
     No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders of Old Notes, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal, shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of their Old Notes for exchange.
     Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent nor any other person is obligated to give notice of any defect or irregularity with respect to any tender of Old Notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.
9.   Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Old Notes.
     Any holder whose Old Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact the Exchange Agent at the address indicated above for further instructions.
10.   Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.
     Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal, may be directed to the Exchange Agent, at the address and telephone number indicated above.
11.   Incorporation of Letter of Transmittal.
     This Letter of Transmittal shall be deemed to be incorporated in and acknowledged and accepted by any tender through the Book-Entry Transfer Facility’s ATOP procedures by any participant on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of any Old Notes so tendered.

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TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS
(See Instruction 5)
         
SUBSTITUTE
Form W-9
  Part 1—PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (“TIN”) IN THE BOX AT RIGHT, OR, IF YOU ARE AWAITING A TIN, CHECK THE BOX IN PART 3, AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING THE CERTIFICATION OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BELOW. FOR ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS, SEE THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.   Social Security Number
or Employer Identification Number:
 
       
o Exempt from backup withholding
  Part 2—Certification—Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:   Part 3—
      Awaiting TIN o
 
       
 
 
(1) The Taxpayer Identification Number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and
   
 
       
 
 
(2) I am not subject to backup withholding because (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and
   
 
       
 
 
(3) I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).
   
 
       
Payer’s Request for Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”)   Certification Instructions—You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return(s).
                 
 
  SIGNATURE       DATE    
 
               
Note:   FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 MAY RESULT IN A $50 PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE IRS AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED THE BOX IN PART 3.
CERTIFICATION OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
     I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (a) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate United States Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office, or (b) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that, if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number to the Paying Agent, all reportable payments made to me may be subject to a 28% backup withholding tax.
             
Signature
      Date    
 
           

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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number to Give the Payer. Social Security numbers (“SSN”) have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e. 000-00-0000. Employer identification numbers (“EINs”) have nine digits separated by one hyphen: i.e. 00-0000000. The table below will help determine the number to give the payer.
             
            Give the EMPLOYER
    Give the SOCIAL       IDENTIFICATION
For this type of account:   SECURITY number of   For this type of account:   number of
1. An individual’s account
  The individual  
7. A valid trust, estate, or pension trust
  The legal entity (4)
 
           
2. Two or more individuals (joint account)
  The actual owner of the account, or if combined funds, the first individual on the account (1)  
8. Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832
  The corporation
 
           
3. Husband and wife (joint account)
  The actual owner of the account or, if joint funds, the first individual on the account (1)  
9. Association, club, religious, charitable, educational or other tax-exempt organization
  The organization
 
           
4. Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)
  The minor (2)  
10. Partnership account or multi-member LLC
  The partnership
 
           
5. a. The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)
  The grantor-trustee (1)  
11. A broker or registered nominee
  The broker or nominee
     b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law
  The actual owner (1)        
 
           
6. Sole proprietorship account or disregarded entity owned by an individual
  The owner (3)  
12. Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments
  The public entity
 
(1)   List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a number, that person’s number must be furnished.
 
(2)   Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN.
 
(3)   You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or “DBA” name on the second name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the Internal Revenue Service encourages you to use your SSN.
 
(4)   List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)

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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
Guidelines for Obtaining a Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”). If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get a Social Security Number (“SSN”), your TIN is your Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) individual taxpayer identification number (“ITIN”). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN or a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card, from your local Social Security Administration office or get this form on-line at www.ssa.gov/online/ss5.html. You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can get Forms W-7 and SS-4 from the IRS by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676) or from the IRS website at www.irs.gov.
To complete Substitute Form W-9 if you do not have a taxpayer identification number, write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN, check the “Awaiting TIN” box in Part 3, sign and date the Form, and give it to the requester. Generally, you will then have 60 days to obtain a taxpayer identification number and furnish it to the requester. If the requester does not receive your taxpayer identification number within 60 days, backup withholding, if applicable, will begin and will continue until you furnish your taxpayer identification number to the requester.

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EX-99.2 31 a55342exv99w2.htm EX-99.2 exv99w2
Exhibit 99.2
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
For Tender of Any or All of the
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
of
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated                , 2010
     This notice of guaranteed delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to tender any of the outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), described in the Company’s prospectus dated               , 2010 (as the same may be supplemented from time to time, the “Prospectus”), if (i) certificates for any of the Old Notes are not immediately available, (ii) time will not permit the Old Notes, the letter of transmittal and all other required documents to be delivered to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Exchange Agent”) prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on                , 2010 or such later date and time to which the Exchange Offer may be extended (the “Expiration Date”), or (iii) the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This notice of guaranteed delivery, or one substantially equivalent to this form, must be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Exchange Agent, and must be received by the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date. See “The Exchange Offer – Procedures for Tendering Old Notes” in the Prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given them in the Prospectus.
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
         
By Registered or Certified Mail:   By Hand or Overnight Courier:   By Facsimile:
 
The Bank of New York Mellon   The Bank of New York Mellon   (212) 298-1915
Corporate Trust Operations   Corporate Trust Operations   Attn: Mr. David Mauer
Reorganization Unit   Reorganization Unit    
101 Barclay Street – 7 East   101 Barclay Street – 7 East   Confirm by telephone: (212) 815-3687
New York, N.Y. 10286   New York, N.Y. 10286    
Attn: Mr. David Mauer   Attn: Mr. David Mauer    
         
    For information, call: (212) 815-3687    
     DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ALL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING CERTIFICATES, IS AT THE RISK OF THE HOLDER. IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED. YOU SHOULD READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU COMPLETE THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY.
     This notice of guaranteed delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a letter of transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an “Eligible Institution” under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the letter of transmittal.

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Ladies and Gentlemen:
     The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus and the related letter of transmittal which describe the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the related guarantees, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) and the related guarantees, which were issued previously without registration under the Securities Act. The Old Notes may only be tendered in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     The undersigned hereby tenders to the Company, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related letter of transmittal, the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes indicated below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”
     The undersigned understands that (i) no withdrawal of a tender of any of the Old Notes may be made on or after the Expiration Date, and (ii) for a withdrawal of a tender of any of the Old Notes to be effective, a written notice of withdrawal that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Offer must be timely received by the Exchange Agent at its address specified on the cover of this notice of guaranteed delivery prior to the Expiration Date.
     The undersigned also understands that the exchange of the Old Notes for the Exchange Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of (i) such Old Notes (or book-entry confirmation of the transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) and (ii) a letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof) with respect to such Old Notes, properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees, this notice of guaranteed delivery and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal or, in lieu thereof, a message from DTC stating that the tendering holder has expressly acknowledged receipt of, and agreement to be bound by and held accountable under, the letter of transmittal, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal.
     All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this notice of guaranteed delivery shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned, and every obligation of the undersigned under this notice of guaranteed delivery shall be binding on the heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal and legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.
Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):
 
(Please Print or Type)
Signature(s):
     
 
Address(es):
 
Area Code(s) and Telephone Number(s):
 
If the Old Notes will be delivered by book-entry transfer
at DTC, insert Depository Account Number:
 
Date:
 

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    Principal Amount of
Certificate Number(s)*   the Old Notes Tendered**
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
*   Need not be completed if the Old Notes being tendered are in book-entry form.
 
**   Must be in denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
     This notice of guaranteed delivery must be signed by the registered holder(s) of the Old Notes exactly as its (their) name(s) appear on the certificate(s) for such Old Notes or on a security position listing as the owner of the Old Notes, or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this notice of guaranteed delivery. If the signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, you must provide the following information.
Name(s):
 
Title(s):
 
Signature(s):
 
Address(es):
 
     DO NOT SEND THE OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM. THE OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT TOGETHER WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
     The undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or a correspondent in the United States or an “Eligible Guarantor Institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), hereby (i) represents that each holder of the Old Notes on whose behalf this tender is being made “own(s)” the Old Notes covered hereby within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, (ii) represents that such tender of the Old Notes complies with Rule 14e-4 of the Exchange Act and (iii) guarantees that the undersigned will deliver to the Exchange Agent the certificates representing the Old Notes being tendered hereby for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer in proper form for transfer (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility of DTC) with delivery of a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, or in lieu of a letter of transmittal a message from DTC stating that the tendering holder has expressly acknowledged receipt of, and agreement to be bound by and held accountable under, the letter of transmittal, and any other required documents, all within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date of the Exchange Offer.
     
Name of Firm:
   
 
   
 
   
 
  (Authorized Signature)
 
   
Address:
  Name:
 
   
 
   
 
  (Please Print or Type)
 
   
 
  Title:
 
   
 
   
(Zip Code)
   
 
   
Telephone Number:
  Date:
 
   
The institution that completes the notice of guaranteed delivery must (i) deliver or otherwise transmit the same to the Exchange Agent at its address set forth above by hand, facsimile, or mail, on or prior to the Expiration Date, and (ii) deliver the certificates representing any Old Notes (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC), together with a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal (or facsimile thereof) or a message from DTC stating that the tendering holder has expressly acknowledged receipt of, and agrees to be bound by and held accountable under, the letter of transmittal in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth herein. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such institution.

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EX-99.3 32 a55342exv99w3.htm EX-99.3 exv99w3
Exhibit 99.3
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Offer to Exchange
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 Registered under the Securities Act of 1933
For A Like Principal Amount of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated                , 2010
To: Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
     Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby offers to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”), upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus dated                , 2010 (the “Prospectus”) and the enclosed letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), up to $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the related guarantees, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) and the related guarantees, which were previously issued without registration under the Securities Act. The Exchange Offer is intended to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated June 9, 2009, between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and the initial purchasers named therein.
     We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold the Old Notes regarding the Exchange Offer. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold the Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold the Old Notes registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:
  1.   The Prospectus;
 
  2.   The Letter of Transmittal for your use, for the use of your clients who have either arranged to have the Old Notes registered in their name or obtained a properly completed bond power, and for the information of your other clients;
 
  3.   A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be used to accept the Exchange Offer if certificates for the Old Notes are not immediately available or time will not permit all required documents to reach The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Exchange Agent”) prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer (as described below) or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis; and
 
  4.   A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold the Old Notes registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer.
     Your prompt action is requested. The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                , 2010, unless extended by the Company (the “Expiration Date”). Any Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.
     To participate in the Exchange Offer, a duly executed and properly completed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof or a message from The Depository Trust Company stating that the tendering holder has expressly acknowledged receipt of, and agrees to be bound by and held accountable under, the Letter of Transmittal), with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must be sent to the Exchange Agent and certificates representing the Old Notes must be delivered to the Exchange Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Letter of Transmittal and the Prospectus.

 


 

     If holders of the Old Notes wish to tender, but it is impracticable for them to forward their certificates for the Old Notes prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer or to comply with the book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis, a tender may be effected by following the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus under “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures”.
     Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer or requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials should be directed to the Exchange Agent for the Old Notes, at its address and telephone number set forth on the front of the Letter of Transmittal.
Very truly yours,
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

NOTHING HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS AN AGENT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EXCHANGE AGENT, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENTS ON BEHALF OF EITHER OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, EXCEPT FOR STATEMENTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THE PROSPECTUS OR THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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EX-99.4 33 a55342exv99w4.htm EX-99.4 exv99w4
Exhibit 99.4
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Offer to Exchange
8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 Registered under the Securities Act of 1933
For a Like Principal Amount of 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
Pursuant to the Prospectus dated            , 2010
To Our Clients:
          Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus dated            , 2010 (the “Prospectus”) and the related letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), relating to the offer (the “Exchange Offer”) of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), to exchange up to $365,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Exchange Notes”) and the related guarantees, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its outstanding 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Old Notes”) and the related guarantees, which were previously issued without registration under the Securities Act, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal. The Exchange Offer is intended to satisfy certain obligations of the Company contained in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated June 9, 2009, between the Company, the Guarantors named therein and the initial purchasers named therein.
          This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Old Notes carried by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Old Notes may only be made by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions unless you obtain a properly completed bond power from us or arrange to have the Old Notes registered in your name.
          Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on your behalf the Old Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal.
          Please forward your instructions to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to tender the Old Notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on            , 2010, unless extended by the Company (the “Expiration Date”). Any Old Notes tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the Exchange Offer.
     Your attention is directed to the following:
  1.   The Exchange Offer is for any and all of the Old Notes.
 
  2.   The Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions set forth in the Prospectus in the section captioned “Exchange Offer — Conditions.”
 
  3.   The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                    , 2010, unless extended by the Company.
          IF YOU WISH TO HAVE US TENDER YOUR OLD NOTES, PLEASE SO INSTRUCT US BY COMPLETING, EXECUTING AND RETURNING TO US THE INSTRUCTION FORM ON THE BACK OF THIS LETTER.
          The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for information only and may not be used directly by you to tender the Old Notes unless you obtain a properly completed bond power from us or arrange to have the Old Notes registered in your name.

 


 

INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER
     The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of this letter and the enclosed materials referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer made by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International with respect to the Old Notes.
     This will instruct you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon and subject to terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the related Letter of Transmittal.
     If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized (i) to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner of Old Notes; (ii) to make such agreements, representations and warranties, on behalf of the undersigned, as are set forth in the Letter of Transmittal; and (iii) to take such other action as may be necessary under the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal to effect the valid tender of such Old Notes.
o Please tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned as indicated below:
     
 
  Aggregate Principal Amount of the Old Notes:
 
   
 8.375% Senior Notes due 2016
 
 
 (must be in denominations of $2,000 and any
integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof)
o Please do not tender any Old Notes held by you for
the account of the undersigned
   
 
   
 
 
 
 
Dated:            , 2010 
 
 
 (Signature(s))
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
  (Please print name(s) here)
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Address(es))
 
   
 
 
 

 
  (Area Code(s) and Telephone Number(s))
 
   
 
 
 
 (Tax Identification or Social Security Number(s))
     None of the Old Notes held by us for your account will be tendered unless we receive written instructions from you to do so. Unless a specific contrary instruction is given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon shall constitute an instruction to us to tender all the Old Notes held by us for your account.

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