-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Qpaum79R8LzE9fRYgknA1+LIJVspWbAwM2ThM5oTtHOLArK/VQOJPevchasfU0xh r6KZJ5MYScTZ47fl98ifow== 0000930661-03-001008.txt : 20030312 0000930661-03-001008.hdr.sgml : 20030312 20030312113048 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930661-03-001008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030312 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KITTY HAWK INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000932110 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, NONSCHEDULED [4522] IRS NUMBER: 752564006 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25202 FILM NUMBER: 03600335 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 612787 STREET 2: 1515 W 20TH ST CITY: DALLAS/FT WORTH INTN STATE: TX ZIP: 75261 BUSINESS PHONE: 9724562200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 612787 STREET 2: 1515 W 20TH ST CITY: DALLAS/FT WORTH INTN STATE: TX ZIP: 75261 8-A12G/A 1 d8a12ga.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 8-A Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-A

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-A/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 


 

Kitty Hawk, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

75-2564006

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1515 West 20th Street

P.O. Box 612787

DFW International Airport, Texas

 

75261

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

to be so registered:

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class is to be registered:

None

 

None

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  ¨

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  x

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:                          (if applicable)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Common Stock, par value $0.000001 per share

(Title of Class)

 



 

Item 1.    Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

The below description of the common stock (CUSIP No. 498326 20 6), par value $0.000001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Kitty Hawk, Inc. (the “Company”) amends and restates in its entirety the description contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, filed by the Company on October 1, 1996. This description is a summary of the material provisions of the Common Stock and does not purport to be a complete legal description of the securities or the applicable statutory or common law. This description is qualified in its entirety by the applicable provisions of law and reference to (i) the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (collectively, the “Amended Certificate”), which are incorporated herein by this reference, and (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”), which are incorporated herein by this reference. A specimen of a certificate of Common Stock is also incorporated herein by this reference.

 

As of March 12, 2003, the Company’s authorized capital stock consisted of 62,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

 

Common Stock

 

Except as provided in the following sentence, holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the stockholders, including the election of directors, and, except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to any rights of holders of Preferred Stock subsequently issued by the Company, the holders of the Common Stock exclusively possess all voting power. The Amended Certificate limits the aggregate voting power of non-U.S. persons to 22½% of the votes voting on or consenting to any matter. The Amended Certificate does not provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors.

 

All corporate action requiring stockholder approval, unless otherwise required by law, the Amended Certificate or the Amended Bylaws, must be authorized by a majority of the votes cast. Approval of a majority of the outstanding voting shares is required to effect:

 

    an amendment to the Amended Certificate (except as provided below);

 

    a merger or consolidation; and

 

    a disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets.

 

The Amended Certificate requires a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock to amend, alter or repeal Articles Eighth (Director Liability to the Corporation), Ninth (Indemnification of Officers and Directors) and Thirteenth (Two-Thirds Voting Requirement) of the Amended Certificate. A majority of the directors on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), as well as a majority of the outstanding voting shares, have the ability to amend the Amended Bylaws.

 

Subject to any preferential rights of holders of the Preferred Stock, if any, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available at times and in amounts as the Board of Directors may determine. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining, if any, after payment to the Company’s creditors and subject to any preferential rights of holders of the Preferred Stock, if any. The Common Stock has no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the Common Stock. All outstanding

 

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shares of Common Stock are fully paid and nonassessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of Common Stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights, preferences and privileges of holders of any series of Preferred Stock issued or designated by the Board of Directors in the future. The Common Stock has been assigned the trading symbol “KTHK”. American Stock Transfer and Trust Company is the transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock.

 

Certain Antitakeover Effects of Certain Provisions of the Amended Certificate and Amended Bylaws

 

The Amended Certificate and the Amended Bylaws contain certain provisions that could make the acquisition of the Company by means of a proxy contest or otherwise more difficult. The discussion set forth below is intended only as a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate, the Amended Bylaws and the applicable provisions of law.

 

Removal of Directors.    The Amended Certificate provides that until September 30, 2003, except as otherwise required by law, the initial directors named in the Amended Certificate may not be removed except for “Cause.” As defined in the Amended Certificate, “Cause” means that such director (a) has been convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction and such conviction is no longer subject to direct appeal, or (b) has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable for gross negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duties to the Company in a matter of substantial importance to the Company, and such adjudication has become final and non-appealable.

 

Special Meetings of Stockholders.    The Amended Bylaws provide that a special meeting of the stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then serving, by the Chairman of the Board, or by any holder or holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company then entitled to vote on any matter for which the respective special meeting is being called.

 

Advance Notice Provisions for Stockholder Nominations and Stockholder Proposals.    The Amended Bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders to nominate candidates for election as directors or bring other business before an annual or special meeting of stockholders (the “Stockholder Notice Procedure”).

 

The Stockholder Notice Procedure provides that only those persons who are nominated by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or by a stockholder who has given timely written notice of such nomination to the Secretary of the Company, will be eligible for election as directors of the Company. The Stockholder Notice Procedure also provides that only such business as has been brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or by a stockholder who has given timely written notice to the Secretary of the Company of such stockholder’s intention to bring such business before such meeting, may be considered at the annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders. The Stockholder Notice Procedure further provides that notice of stockholder nominations will be considered timely only if such notice is received by the Secretary of the Company not less than 90 days nor more than 180 days prior to the first anniversary of the previous year’s annual meeting. If the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, notice will be considered timely only if such notice is received by the Secretary of the Company no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which the notice of the meeting date was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting date was made. The Stockholder Notice Procedure provides that notice of stockholder nominations to be made at a special meeting at which directors are to be elected will be considered timely only if such notice is received by the Secretary of the Company no later than the close of business on the tenth day following

 

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the earlier of the day on which the notice of the meeting date was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting date was made.

 

The Stockholder Notice Procedure also provides that a stockholder notice that proposes to nominate a person for election as a director must contain certain information, including, without limitation, the name and address of the nominating stockholder, the class and number of shares of the Company’s capital stock which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder, any relationship that such stockholder on whose behalf the nomination is made may have with such nominee, and all information regarding the proposed nominee that would be required to be included in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the proposed nominee.

 

The Stockholder Notice Procedure further provides that a stockholder notice that relates to the conduct of business other than the nomination of directors must contain certain information about such business and about the proposing stockholders, including a brief description of the business the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at such meeting, any material interest of such stockholder in the business so proposed, the name and address of such stockholder and the class and number of shares of the Company’s capital stock owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder.

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Amended Certificate or the Amended Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting has the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before a meeting was made in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Amended Bylaws. If the chairman of the meeting determines that a person was not properly nominated, or other business was not properly brought before the meeting, the chairman of the meeting may declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.

 

By requiring advance notice of stockholder nominations, the Stockholder Notice Procedure will provide the Board of Directors with an opportunity to consider the qualifications of the proposed nominees and, to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors, to inform stockholders about such qualifications. By requiring advance notice of other proposed business, the Stockholder Notice Procedure will provide a more orderly procedure for conducting annual and special meetings of stockholders. In addition, the Stockholder Notice Procedure will, to the extent deemed necessary or desirable by the Board of Directors, provide the Board of Directors with an opportunity to inform stockholders prior to such meetings of any business proposed to be conducted at such meetings, including any recommendations as to the positions of the Board of Directors regarding action to be taken with respect to such business, so that the stockholders of the Company can make a more informed decision with respect to attending the meeting or granting a proxy regarding the disposition of any such business.

 

Although the Stockholder Notice Procedure does not give the Board of Directors power to approve or disapprove stockholder nominations for an election of directors or stockholder proposals for action, it may have the effect of precluding a contest of an election of directors or the consideration of stockholder proposals if the proper procedures are not followed. In addition, the Stockholder Notice Procedure could have the effect of discouraging or deterring a third party from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or to approve its own proposals, without regard to whether the consideration of such nominees or proposals might be harmful or beneficial to the Company and its stockholders.

 

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Item 2.    Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number


  

Description


3.1

  

Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated September 30, 2002 (Exhibit 99.1 to Kitty Hawk, Inc.’s Form 8-K dated October 1, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference)

3.2*

  

Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated February 6, 2003

3.3*

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated August 31, 2002

3.4*

  

Specimen Common Stock Certificate


*   Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

       

KITTY HAWK, INC.

Date:  March 12, 2003

     

By:

 

/s/    Drew Keith


           

Name:  Drew Keith

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT Certificate of Amendment

Exhibit 3.2

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF THE

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

KITTY HAWK, INC.

 

The undersigned officer of Kitty Hawk, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

        (1) The name of the corporation is Kitty Hawk, Inc.;

 

        (2) The corporation was originally incorporated under the same name. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 20, 1994. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 30, 2002. The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2002;

 

        (3) Pursuant to the authority of Section 303 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”), the amendment of the first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is authorized and required by an Order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division entered on January 31, 2003, pursuant to its jurisdiction under federal statute (Title 11, United States Code Section 1129) in the case styled In re: Kitty Hawk, Inc., et al., Debtors, jointly administered under Case No. 400-42141-BJH;

 

        (4) The first paragraph of Article Fourth of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 65,000,000 shares of capital stock, classified as (i) 62,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.000001 par value (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value (“Preferred Stock”).”

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Kitty Hawk, Inc., has caused this Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed this 6th day of February, 2003.

 

KITTY HAWK, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Robert W. Zoller, Jr.


Name:

 

Robert W. Zoller, Jr.

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

EX-3.3 4 dex33.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS Amended and Restated Bylaws

Exhibit 3.3

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KITTY HAWK, INC.

 

A Delaware Corporation


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         

Page


ARTICLE ONE: OFFICES

  

1

        1.1

  

Registered Office and Agent

  

1

        1.2

  

Other Offices

  

1

ARTICLE TWO: MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

  

1

        2.1

  

Annual Meeting

  

1

        2.2

  

Special Meeting

  

1

        2.3

  

Place of Meetings

  

2

        2.4

  

Notice

  

2

        2.5

  

Action Without a Meeting

  

2

        2.6

  

Notice of Stockholder Business; Nomination of Director Candidates

  

3

        2.7

  

Voting List

  

4

        2.8

  

Quorum

  

5

        2.9

  

Required Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum

  

5

        2.10

  

Method of Voting; Proxies

  

5

        2.11

  

Record Date

  

6

        2.12

  

Conduct of Meeting

  

6

        2.13

  

Inspectors

  

6

ARTICLE THREE: DIRECTORS

  

7

        3.1

  

Management

  

7

        3.2

  

Initial Directors; Number; Qualification; Election; Term

  

7

        3.3

  

Change in Number

  

7

        3.4

  

Citizenship Requirements of Officers and Directors

  

7

        3.5

  

Vacancies

  

8

        3.6

  

Meetings of Directors

  

8

        3.7

  

First Meeting

  

8

        3.8

  

Election of Officers

  

8

        3.9

  

Regular Meetings

  

8

        3.10

  

Special Meetings

  

8

        3.11

  

Notice

  

8

        3.12

  

Telephone Meetings

  

8

        3.13

  

Action Without a Meeting

  

9

        3.14

  

Quorum; Majority Vote

  

9

        3.15

  

Procedure

  

9

        3.16

  

Presumption of Assent

  

10

        3.17

  

Compensation

  

10

        3.18

  

Interested Directors and Officers

  

10

        3.19

  

Contracts

  

10

 

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ARTICLE FOUR: COMMITTEES

  

10

        4.1

  

Designation

  

10

        4.2

  

Number; Qualification; Term

  

11

        4.3

  

Authority

  

11

        4.4

  

Committee Changes

  

11

        4.5

  

Alternate Members of Committees

  

11

        4.6

  

Regular Meetings

  

11

        4.7

  

Special Meetings

  

11

        4.8

  

Quorum; Majority Vote

  

11

        4.9

  

Minutes

  

12

        4.10

  

Compensation

  

12

        4.11

  

Responsibility

  

12

ARTICLE FIVE: NOTICE

  

12

        5.1

  

Method

  

12

        5.2

  

Waiver

  

12

ARTICLE SIX: OFFICERS

  

13

        6.1

  

Number; Titles; Term of Office

  

13

        6.2

  

Removal

  

13

        6.3

  

Vacancies

  

13

        6.4

  

Authority

  

13

        6.5

  

Compensation

  

13

        6.6

  

Securities of Other Corporations

  

13

        6.7

  

Chairman of the Board

  

13

        6.8

  

Chief Executive Officer

  

13

        6.9

  

President

  

14

        6.10

  

Vice Presidents

  

14

        6.11

  

Treasurer

  

14

        6.12

  

Assistant Treasurers

  

14

        6.13

  

Secretary

  

15

        6.14

  

Assistant Secretaries

  

15

ARTICLE SEVEN: CERTIFICATES AND STOCKHOLDERS

  

15

        7.1

  

Certificates for Shares

  

15

        7.2

  

Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates

  

15

        7.3

  

Transfer of Shares

  

16

        7.4

  

Registered Stockholders

  

16

        7.5

  

Regulations

  

16

        7.6

  

Legends

  

16

 

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ARTICLE EIGHT: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

  

16

        8.1

  

Dividends

  

16

        8.2

  

Reserves

  

16

        8.3

  

Books and Records

  

16

        8.4

  

Fiscal Year

  

17

        8.5

  

Seal

  

17

        8.6

  

Resignations

  

17

        8.7

  

Invalid Provisions

  

17

        8.8

  

Mortgages, etc.

  

17

        8.9

  

Headings

  

17

        8.10

  

References

  

17

        8.11

  

Deposits

  

17

        8.12

  

Checks, Drafts, etc.

  

17

        8.13

  

Facsimile Signatures

  

18

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

BYLAWS

 

OF

 

KITTY HAWK, INC.

 

A Delaware Corporation

 

PREAMBLE

 

These bylaws (“bylaws”) are subject to, and governed by, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (“Certificate of Incorporation”) of Kitty Hawk, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”). In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of these bylaws and the mandatory provisions of the DGCL or the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, such provisions of the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, as the case may be, will be controlling.

 

 

ARTICLE ONE: OFFICES

 

1.1 Registered Office and Agent. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as designated from time to time by the appropriate filing by the Corporation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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 of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

 

ARTICLE TWO: MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting 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 be properly brought before the meeting.

 

2.2 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then serving, by the Chairman of the Board, or by any holder or holders of record of at least 25% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote on any matter for which the respective special meeting is being called. A special meeting shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated by the person(s) calling the meeting and stated in the notice of the meeting or

 

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in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. Only such business shall be transacted at a special meeting as may be stated or indicated in the notice of such meeting given in accordance with these bylaws or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

2.3 Place of Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communications, as, in each case, designated by the Board of Directors. A special meeting of stockholders may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communications, as, in each case, designated in the notice of the meeting or a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless another place is designated for meetings in the manner provided herein or the meeting is held by means of remote communication.

 

2.4 Notice. Notice stating the place, if any, day, and time of each meeting of the stockholders and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at the meeting, and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the Secretary, or the officer or person(s) calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is to be sent by mail, it shall be directed to such stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be directed to him at such other address. 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. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at the meeting are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the meeting is adjourned for more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place, if any, date and time of the adjourned 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 such adjourned meeting, shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

2.5 Action Without a Meeting. 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 stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less

 

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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.

 

2.6 Notice of Stockholder Business; Nomination of Director Candidates.

 

(a) At annual meetings of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meetings (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.6, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.6.

 

(b) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a meeting of stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.6, who shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting, and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.6.

 

(c) A stockholder must give timely, written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation to nominate directors at an annual meeting pursuant to Section 2.6(b) hereof or to propose business to be brought before an annual or special meeting pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 2.6(a) hereof. To be timely in the case of an annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not more than 180 days nor less than 90 days before the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. To be timely in the case of a special meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, a stockholder’s notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the earlier of the day on which notice of the meeting date was mailed or public disclosure of the meeting date was made. For purposes of this Section 2.6(c), “public disclosure” 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) with respect to each matter, if any, that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) with respect to each person, if any, whom the

 

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stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, all information relating to such person (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director) that is required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (iii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s records, of the stockholder proposing such business or nominating such persons (as the case may be), and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, (iv) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder of record and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, and (v) any material interest or relationship that such stockholder of record and/or the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made may respectively have in such business or with such nominee. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation the information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted, and no person shall be nominated to serve as a director, at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.6. The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that business was not properly brought before the meeting, or that a nomination was not made, in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws and, if he shall so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting, and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted and any defective nomination shall be disregarded. A stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.6.

 

2.7 Voting List. At least 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 him or through a transfer agent appointed by the Board of Directors, shall prepare a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and number of shares of capital stock registered in the name of each stockholder. For a period of 10 days prior to such meeting, such list shall be (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network with the information required to gain access to such list provided in the notice of the meeting, or (ii) kept on file at the principal place of business of the Corporation and shall be open to examination by any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours. Such list shall be produced at such meeting and kept at the meeting, or if such meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, on a reasonably accessible network with the information to access such list provided in the notice of the meeting, at all times during

 

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such meeting and may be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by law.

 

2.8 Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on a matter, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present, in person or by proxy, 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 to another place, if any, date or time from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting (unless the Board of Directors, after such adjournment, fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting), until a quorum shall be present, in person or by proxy. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which may have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present; provided that, 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 of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting.

 

2.9 Required Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast for and against the question, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of law, 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 such question; provided, however, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote in the election of directors who are present, in person or by proxy. 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.

 

2.10 Method of Voting; Proxies. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, each outstanding share of capital stock, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot. At any meeting of stockholders, every stockholder having the right to vote may vote either in person or by a proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by a transmission permitted by law or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Each such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after three years from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. If no date is stated in a proxy, such proxy shall be presumed to have been executed on the date of the meeting at which it is to be voted. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original for any and all purposes for which the original could be used, provided that such copy,

 

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facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original.

 

2.11 Record Date. For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled (a) to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, (b) to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or (c) 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 by the Board of Directors, for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 days and not less than 10 days prior to such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed:

 

(i) 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.

 

(ii) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

2.12 Conduct of Meeting. The Chairman of the Board, if such office has been filled, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders, and, if such office has not been filled or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or otherwise unable to act, the Chief Executive Officer, if such office has been filed, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders. In the absence or inability to act of both the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside at all meetings of stockholders. The Secretary shall keep the records of each meeting of stockholders. In the absence or inability to act of any such officer, such officer’s duties shall be performed by the officer given the authority to act for such absent or non-acting officer under these bylaws or by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, or if no officer has been given such authority, by some person appointed at the meeting. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him or her in order. The chairman shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time. 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.

 

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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 his duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his 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 THREE: DIRECTORS

 

3.1 Management. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

3.2 Initial Directors; Number; Qualification; Election; Term. The number and members of the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation as of the effective date of the Debtors’ Final Joint Plan of Reorganization dated August 2, 2002, filed in the Bankruptcy Case (as defined below) (the “Initial Directors”) shall be as stated in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation. Following the terms of the Initial Directors, directors shall be elected at annual meetings of the stockholders in accordance with the bylaws and applicable law.

 

The Board of Directors shall consist of no less than one director (plus such number of directors as may be elected from time to time pursuant to the terms of any series of preferred stock that may be issued and outstanding from time to time). Subject to the preceding sentence, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall from time to time be fixed and determined by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Each director shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

3.3 Change in Number. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.

 

3.4 Citizenship Requirements of Officers and Directors. Persons who are not U.S. Citizens (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) are not qualified to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation.

 

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3.5 Vacancies. Any or all directors may be removed for cause at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock then entitled to vote in person or by proxy at an election of such directors, provided that notice of the intention to act upon such matter shall have been given in the notice calling such meeting. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other termination from office of any directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the affirmative vote, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of filling such directorship, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Each successor director so chosen shall hold office until his respective successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

3.6 Meetings of Directors. The directors may hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the records of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided by law, in such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as shall be specified in the notice of such meeting or duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

3.7 First Meeting. Each newly elected Board of Directors may hold its first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum is present, immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary.

 

3.8 Election of Officers. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors after each annual meeting of stockholders at which a quorum shall be present, the Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation.

 

3.9 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular meetings shall not be required.

 

3.10 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board or any director.

 

3.11 Notice. The Secretary shall give notice of each special meeting to each director at least 24 hours before the meeting. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any director who, either before or after the meeting, submits a signed waiver of notice or who shall attend such meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him. The purpose of any special meeting shall be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

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Board of Directors or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

3.13 Action Without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee of the Board of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if all members consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such consent shall have the same force and effect as a vote of such directors or committee members, as the case may be, and may be stated as such in any certificate or document filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or in any certificate delivered to any person. Such writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be. 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.

 

3.14 Quorum; Majority Vote. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the directors fixed in the manner provided in these bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there is less than a quorum present, a majority of those present or any director solely present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. Unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance in person or by means of remote communication shall be the act of the Board of Directors. At any time that the Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors elected by the holders of a class or series of stock shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors.

 

3.15 Procedure. At meetings of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine. The Chairman of the Board, if such office has been filled, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and, if such office has not been filled or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or otherwise unable to act, the Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the absence or inability to act of such officers, a chairman shall be chosen by the Board of Directors from among the directors present. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as the secretary of each meeting of the Board of Directors unless the Board of Directors appoints another person to act as secretary of the meeting. The Board of Directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation. Such minutes of the Board of Directors 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.

 

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3.16 Presumption of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is present at the meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward any dissent by certified or registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

 

3.17 Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, paid to directors for attendance at regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof; provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity or receiving compensation therefor.

 

3.18 Interested Directors and Officers. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.

 

3.19 Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general or confined in specific instances.

 

 

ARTICLE FOUR: COMMITTEES

 

4.1 Designation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees.

 

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4.2 Number; Qualification; Term. Each committee shall consist of one or more directors appointed by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of his term as director, (ii) his resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) his removal as a committee member or as a director.

 

4.3 Authority. Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws.

 

4.4 Committee Changes. 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.

 

4.5 Alternate Members of Committees. 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. If no alternate committee members have been so appointed to a committee or each such alternate committee member is absent or disqualified, the member or members of such committee 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.

 

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.

 

4.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by any committee member. 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 two days before such special meeting. 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.

 

4.8 Quorum; Majority Vote. At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present in person or by remote communication 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 act of a majority of the members present at any

 

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meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws.

 

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.

 

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.

 

4.11 Responsibility. The designation of any committee and the delegation of authority to it shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors or any director of any responsibility imposed upon it or such director by law.

 

 

ARTICLE FIVE: NOTICE

 

5.1 Method. Whenever by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any committee member, director, or stockholder 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 his 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, telegram, telex, telefax or electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time when the same is 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 delivered and given at the time delivered to such service with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by electronic transmission shall be deemed to be delivered and given according to Section 232 of the DGCL.

 

5.2 Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these bylaws, a written waiver thereof signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice or a waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

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ARTICLE SIX: OFFICERS

 

6.1 Number; Titles; Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time elect or appoint, including one or more Vice Presidents (with each Vice President to have such descriptive title, if any, as the Board of Directors shall determine) and a Treasurer. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, until his death, or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. None of the officers need be a stockholder or a director of the Corporation or a resident of the State of Delaware.

 

6.2 Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

6.3 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation (by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise) may be filled by the Board of Directors.

 

6.4 Authority. Officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are provided in these bylaws or as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent with these bylaws.

 

6.5 Compensation. The compensation, if any, of officers and agents shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may delegate the power to determine the compensation of any officer and agent (other than the officer to whom such power is delegated) to the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

6.6 Securities of Other Corporations. The Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall have the power and authority to transfer, endorse for transfer, vote, consent, or take any other action with respect to any securities of another issuer which may be held or owned by the Corporation and to make, execute, and deliver any waiver, proxy, or consent with respect to any such securities.

 

6.7 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board may sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

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subsidiaries (including the right to vote the voting securities of the subsidiaries of the Corporation on behalf of the Corporation). In the absence or inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by the Chief Executive Officer in the performance of the duties of the Chairman of the Board shall be conclusive evidence that the Chairman of the Board was absent or unable to act.

 

6.9 President. The President shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and, subject to the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer, he shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities and may sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation. In the absence or inability to act of the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chief Executive Officer. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by the President in the performance of the duties of the Chief Executive Officer shall be conclusive evidence that the Chief Executive Officer was absent or unable to act.

 

6.10 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, and (in order of their seniority as determined by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Vice President) shall exercise the powers of the President during that officer’s absence or inability to act. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by a Vice President in the performance of the duties of the President shall be conclusive evidence of the absence or inability to act of the President at the time such action was taken.

 

6.11 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation’s funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements, shall deposit all monies and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depository or depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President.

 

6.12 Assistant Treasurers. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. The Assistant Treasurers (in the order of their seniority as determined by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such a determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Assistant Treasurer) shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during that officer’s absence or inability to act.

 

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6.13 Secretary. Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, the Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders in books provided for that purpose, and he shall attend to the giving and service of all notices. He may sign with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, in the name of the Corporation, all contracts of the Corporation and affix the seal, if any, of the Corporation thereto. He may sign with the Chairman of the Board or the President all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, and he shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books, and stock papers as the Board of Directors may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours. He shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, and the President.

 

6.14 Assistant Secretaries. Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. The Assistant Secretaries (in the order of their seniority as determined by the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such a determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Assistant Secretary) shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during that officer’s absence or inability to act.

 

 

ARTICLE SEVEN: CERTIFICATES AND STOCKHOLDERS

 

7.1 Certificates for Shares. Certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors. The certificates for shares of stock shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President and also by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Any and all signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. If any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate 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. The certificates shall be consecutively numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number of shares.

 

7.2 Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of a certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation and alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate or certificates representing shares to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the

 

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Corporation in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim, or expense resulting from a claim, that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

7.3 Transfer of Shares. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives. 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, the Corporation or its transfer agent shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the transaction upon its books.

 

7.4 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 and, accordingly, 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 law.

 

7.5 Regulations. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.

 

7.6 Legends. The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock bear 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.

 

 

ARTICLE EIGHT: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

8.1 Dividends. Subject to provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of stock of the Corporation. Such declaration and payment shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

 

8.2 Reserves. There may be created by the Board of Directors out of funds of the Corporation legally available therefor such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, consider proper to provide for contingencies, to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall consider beneficial to the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

8.3 Books and Records. The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders

 

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and Board of Directors and shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.

 

8.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors; provided that, if such fiscal year is not fixed by the Board of Directors and the selection of the fiscal year is not expressly deferred by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

 

8.5 Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall be such as from time to time may be approved by the Board of Directors.

 

8.6 Resignations. Any director, committee member, or officer may resign by so stating at any meeting of the Board of Directors or by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, immediately upon its receipt. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

8.7 Invalid Provisions. If any part of these bylaws shall be held invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining parts, so far as it is possible and reasonable, shall remain valid and operative.

 

8.8 Mortgages, etc. With respect to any deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument executed by the Corporation through its duly authorized officer or officers, the attestation to such execution by the Secretary of the Corporation shall not be necessary to constitute such deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument a valid and binding obligation against the Corporation unless the resolutions, if any, of the Board of Directors authorizing such execution expressly state that such attestation is necessary.

 

8.9 Headings. The headings used in these bylaws have been inserted for administrative convenience only and do not constitute matter to be construed in interpretation.

 

8.10 References. Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and words of any gender should include each other gender where appropriate.

 

8.11 Deposits. All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited to the credit of the Corporation in banks, trust companies, or other depositories selected by the Board of Directors.

 

8.12 Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation

 

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shall be signed by an officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation as shall be determined by the Board of Directors and this authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

8.13 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

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The undersigned Secretary of the Corporation hereby certifies that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation as of this 31st day of August, 2002.

 

/s/ E. Pierce Marshall, Jr.


E. Pierce Marshall, Jr., Secretary

EX-3.4 5 dex34.htm SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE Specimen Common Stock Certificate

 

Exhibit 3.4

C                                                                     

         
    
  

COMMON STOCK

SHARES          

    

KITTY HAWK


    
    

KITTY HAWK®, INC.

  

CUSIP 498326 20 6

    

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

  

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN LEGENDS

 

This Certifies that

 

is the owner of

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES, $.000001 PAR VALUE, OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

KITTY HAWK, INC.

 

transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed or accompanied by a proper assignment. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation and all amendments thereof, to all of which the holder by the acceptance hereof consents. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

 

WITNESS, the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

 

Dated:

                
/s/ Robert W. Zoller

Robert W. Zoller, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

     

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED

    
       

            Kitty Hawk, Inc.

            Corporate

            SEAL

            Delaware

            1994

 

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

TRANSFER AGENT

AND REGISTRAR

/s/ E. Pierce Marshall, Jr.

E. Pierce Marshall, Jr.

Secretary

     

BY

    
           

AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

 



 

KITTY HAWK, INC.

 

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 of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. A stockholder may make the request to the Corporation at its principal executive offices.

 

The rights of persons who are not “citizens of the United States” (as defined in 49 U.S.C§40102(a)(15), as now in effect or as hereafter amended) to vote the securities represented by this Certificate are subject to certain restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, copies of which are on file at the principal executive offices of the Corporation.

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construe as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

 

TEN COM –

  

as tenants in common

  

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—                  Custodian                     

                                    (Cust)                          (Minor)        

TEN ENT –

  

as tenants by the entireties

  

Under Uniform gifts to Minors Act                            

                                         (State)

JT TEN –

  

as joint tenants with right

    of survivorship and not as

    tenants in Common

    

Additional abbreviations may also be used through not in the above list.

For Value Received,                                   hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

   

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Shares

represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint


Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named Corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated

        

 

X                                                                                                          

NOTICE:

THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER

 

(Signature)

    
   

X                                                                                                          

   

(Signature)

    

 

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

 


SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY:

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