UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 3, 2012
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
26 Pearl Street, Norwalk, CT 06850-1647
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 853-4321
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.
The Board of Directors adopted the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Trans-Lux Corporation effective May 3, 2012. A copy of the Amended and Restated By-laws is disclosed herewith pursuant to Item 9.01. The bylaws have been amended to (i) clarify that the chairperson of any shareholders meeting shall also have the power to adjourn such meeting, as well as a majority of the voting power of the stockholders present in person or by proxy, (ii) clarify that all matters decided at a shareholders meeting, other than elections of directors, shall be determined by a majority of votes cast affirmatively or negatively, except as otherwise required by law or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed and (iii) delete Section 13 relating to the Corporation’s Independent Public Auditors.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Trans-Lux Corporation, filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized:
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
by: /s/ Angela D. Toppi
Angela D. Toppi
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
by: /s/ Todd Dupee
Todd Dupee
Vice President and Controller
Dated: May 4, 2012
Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
of
TRANS-LUX CORPORATION
Effective as of May 3, 2012
OFFICES
1. Offices. The Corporation may have an office or offices at such place or places within and/or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint, or the business of the Corporation may require.
3. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware," and be in such form as the Board of Directors shall determine.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS
5. Annual Meeting. (a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on such date as selected by the Board of Directors, at such hour as the Board of Directors shall fix and designate in the notice of meeting, for the purpose of electing directors, by ballot, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
(b) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote with respect thereto and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph and applicable law. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered or mailed to and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with Rule 14a-8(e)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or, if the Corporation is not subject to such proxy rule, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. A stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation's capital stock that are beneficially owned by such stockholder and (iv) any material interest of such stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything in these by-laws to the contrary, no business shall be brought before or conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b). The officer of the Corporation or other person presiding over the annual meeting shall, if the facts so warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b) and, if such officer or other person should so determine, such officer or such other person shall so declare to the meeting and any such business so determined to be not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
(c) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these by-laws shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made by timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered or mailed to and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom such stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (x) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of such stockholder and (y) the class and number of shares of the Corporation's capital stock that are beneficially owned by such stockholder. At the request of the Board of Directors any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (c). The officer of the Corporation or other person presiding at the meeting shall, if the facts so warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with such provisions and, if such officer or other person should so determine, such officer or other person shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
6. Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, if any, and notice need not be given of any such 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 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of the adjourned meeting and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for notice of such adjourned meeting.
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7. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote thereat, present in person, or represented by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the certificate of incorporation or by these by-laws. If, however, such majority shall not be present in person or represented by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders, then either the stockholders (by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat), or the chairperson of the meeting, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 6.
8. Voting; Proxies. At each meeting of the stockholders every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three (3) years prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies shall be subject to cancellation before any meeting, and any proxy shall be deemed cancelled by a proxy of later date. Each holder of Common Stock shall have one for each such share of stock having voting power registered in his name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date set by the Board of Directors. The vote for directors, and, upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporation’s securities are listed, all other matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.
9. Inspectors at Meetings of Stockholders. There shall be appointed by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board preceding a stockholders' meeting at which an election of directors shall take place, one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation. If any or all of the inspectors so appointed by the Board of Directors shall refuse to act or fail to attend the stockholders' meeting, then the Chairman of the Board shall at the opening of the stockholders' meeting appoint an inspector or inspectors to fill any vacancy caused by any or all of said inspectors failing to attend or refusing to act. The inspectors appointed to act as aforesaid, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall be sworn faithfully to execute the duties of inspectors at such meeting, and according to their best ability, and the oath so taken shall be subscribed by them and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. Inspectors shall receive and take charge of all proxies and ballots and shall decide all questions touching upon the qualification of voters, the validity of proxies and the acceptance and rejection of votes. If a proxy is apparently the act of the stockholder and regular upon its face, the inspectors may accept the same. Inspectors shall make a written certificate of the result of election and file the same with the Secretary of the Corporation. No ballot, proxies, votes or any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware upon application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
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10. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the place, if any, date, hour, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and means of remote communication, if any, of every meeting of stockholders shall be given by the Corporation not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before such meeting (unless a different time is specified by law) to every stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Notices of special meetings shall also specify the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notice to stockholders shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the stockholders at their address appearing on the books of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, notice of meetings may be given to stockholders by means of electronic transmission in accordance with applicable law. Notice of any meeting need not be given to any stockholder who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a waiver of notice or who shall attend such meeting, except when the stockholder attends 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.
11. List of Stockholders. A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing elections, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each, and the number of voting shares held by each shall be prepared by the Secretary and filed in the principal place of business of the Corporation, at least ten (10) days before every election, and shall at all times, during the usual hours for business, be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting. If the meeting is to be held at a place, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall also be open for inspection by any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger and the list of stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
12. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by the Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and the only business which may be conducted at a special meeting shall be the matter or matters set forth in the notice of such meeting.
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13. [RESERVED]
14. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the Chief Executive Officer, or in his or her absence or inability to act, the President (if a different individual than the Chief Executive Officer), or in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall appoint, shall act as chairman of, and preside at, the meeting. The Secretary or, in his or her absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (c) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (d) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (e) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (f) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
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16. Fixing the 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 the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. 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 determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote therewith at the adjourned meeting.
DIRECTORS
17. General Powers. The management of all the affairs, property and business of the Corporation shall be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of not less than five, nor more than fifteen persons, the exact number to be fixed from time to time by resolution of a majority of the directors. Directors shall be divided into three classes, the size of each class to be determined by the directors prior to the election of a particular class. At each annual meeting, directors shall be elected for a term of three years to replace those whose terms shall expire or for the remaining term of the class for which such directors have been chosen, as the case may be, and shall hold office until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. The Board of Directors may adopt such rules and procedures, not inconsistent with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these by-laws or applicable law, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its meetings and the management of the Corporation.
18. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, may be filled by the affirmative votes of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, although less than a quorum. A director so elected shall be elected to hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of office of the director whom he or she has replaced, a successor is duly elected and qualified or the earlier of such director's death, resignation or removal.
20. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board or its Chairman.
21. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the Vice Chairman on at least twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to each director, given by one of the means specified in Section 24 hereof other than by mail or on at least three (3) days’ notice if given by mail. Special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the Vice Chairman or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of any three (3) directors.
22. Quorum of Directors. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the directors shall be necessary and sufficient to 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 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by these by-laws.
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23. Telephone Meetings. The Directors may hold all of their meetings at such office of the Corporation or such other place as they may from time to time determine. Board of Directors or Board of Directors committee meetings may also be held by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and be heard. Participation by a director in a meeting pursuant to this Section 23 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
27. Other Powers. In addition to the powers and authorities by these by-laws expressly conferred upon them the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation, and do all such legal acts and things as are not by statute or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. The Board may also make any rules and regulations for the transaction of the Corporation's business and the conduct, powers and duties of its officers and employees, not inconsistent with the statutes or the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation or these by-laws.
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INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
28. Indemnification. (a) The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 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, including with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorney's fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she 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 his or her 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 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 reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
(b) The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time under the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 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, including with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the investigation, preparation to defend and defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person 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 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 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 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.
(c) Any person seeking indemnification under this Section 28 shall be deemed to have met the standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary be established by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) 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 (3) by the stockholders.
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(d) (i) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board of Directors in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section 28. (ii) Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal 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 the director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Section 28.
(e) The indemnification provided by this Section 28 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both 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 a person.
(f) The Corporation shall have power to 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 such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 28.
The foregoing rights of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which such director, officer, employee or agent may be entitled as a matter of law.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
30. Compensation of Directors. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders or at any other meeting of the Board of Directors as the Board shall so designate, a majority of the Directors shall have the power to set fees for their services, and for services on any committee, special or standing.
OFFICERS
31. Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the directors. There shall be a Chief Executive Officer and a President (which such roles may be fulfilled by the same individual), one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer. The Secretary and Treasurer may be the same person and any of the Vice-Presidents may hold at the same time the office of Secretary or Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also appoint such other officers and agents from their members, or otherwise, as shall be deemed necessary including Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers who shall hold their offices for such term and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
33. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be chosen by the directors from amongst their number and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall not be deemed an officer, but he or she, with the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, may sign all certificates of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation. The Chairman shall be an ex officio member of any and all committees.
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34. Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may elect, from amongst their number, a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors who, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and Board of Directors. The Vice Chairman shall not be deemed an officer of the Corporation. With the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, he or she may sign all certificates of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation. The Vice Chairman shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the Vice Chairman by the Board of Directors.
35. Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may appoint an officer to serve as Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman of the Board, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and if a Director, the Board of Directors.
36. President. The President, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, if a Director, the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise limited by the Board of Directors, the President shall have power to sign and execute all authorized bonds, contracts or other obligations in the name of the Corporation and with the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary may sign all certificates of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation. The President shall have general supervision over the business of the Corporation and other duties incident to the office of President, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to the President by the Board of Directors.
37. Vice Presidents. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, in the absence or disability of the President, the Executive Vice President, the Senior Vice Presidents and the other Vice-Presidents, as designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or the President shall prescribe.
38. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board 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 the standing committees when required. He or she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his or her duty. The Secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and shall see that it is affixed to all documents, the execution of which, on behalf of the corporation, under its seal, is necessary and proper, and when so affixed may attest the same.
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39. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities, except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, and shall cause to be kept 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. He or she 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 Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever the Board may require it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
40. Officer Vacancies. If the office of any officer or agent, one or more, becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, by a majority vote, may choose a successor or successors, who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred.
41. Duties of Officers May Be Delegated. In case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the President or the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer, or to any director; provided that a majority of the entire Board concur therein.
STOCK
42. Certificates Representing Shares. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates; provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any class or series shall be uncertificated shares that may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock. If shares are represented by certificates such certificates shall be in the form approved by the Board of Directors. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. Although any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar were still such at the date of its issue. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder's name and number of shares and shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board or President, and the Treasurer, or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary as previously set forth herein.
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44. Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board of Directors may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars.
45. 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 on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of Delaware.
47. Inspection of Books. The directors shall determine from time to time whether, and if allowed, when and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (except such as may by statute be specifically open to inspection) or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and the stockholders' rights in this respect are and shall be restricted and limited accordingly.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
49. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of each calendar year and end on the last day of each calendar year.
50. Dividends. Subject to applicable law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, when earned, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of stock of the Corporation, unless otherwise provided by applicable law or the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, there may be set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation, such a sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation.
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