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Exhibit 3.03
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
(formerly Next Estate Communications, Inc.)
(formerly Next Estate Communications, Inc.)
Adopted December 22, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES |
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1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE |
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1.2 OTHER OFFICES |
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ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS |
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2.2 ANNUAL MEETING |
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2.3 SPECIAL MEETING |
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2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS |
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2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE |
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2.6 QUORUM |
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2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE |
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2.8 VOTING |
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2.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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2.10 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
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2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS
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2.12 PROXIES |
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2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE |
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ARTICLE III DIRECTORS |
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3.1 POWERS |
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3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS |
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3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
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3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES |
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3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE |
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3.6 FIRST MEETINGS |
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3.7 REGULAR MEETINGS |
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3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE |
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3.9 QUORUM |
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3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE |
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3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING |
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3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS |
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3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS |
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3.15 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS |
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES |
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4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS |
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4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES |
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4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES |
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ARTICLE V OFFICERS |
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5.1 OFFICERS |
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5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS |
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5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS |
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5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS |
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
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5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD |
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5.7 PRESIDENT |
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5.8 VICE PRESIDENT |
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5.9 SECRETARY |
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5.10 TREASURER |
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5.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY |
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5.12 ASSISTANT TREASURER |
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5.13 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNITY |
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6.1 LIMITATION OF DIRECTORS LIABILITY |
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6.2 PERMISSIVE INDEMNIFICATION OF CORPORATE AGENTS |
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6.3 MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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6.4 PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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6.5 CLAIMS BY DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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6.6 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
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6.7 INSURANCE |
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6.8 REPEAL OR MODIFICATION |
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ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS |
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7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS |
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7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS |
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7.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS |
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7.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS |
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ARTICLE VIIIGENERAL MATTERS |
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8.1 CHECKS |
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8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS |
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8.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES |
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8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES |
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8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES |
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8.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS |
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8.7 DIVIDENDS |
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8.8 FISCAL YEAR |
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8.9 SEAL |
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8.10 TRANSFER OF STOCK |
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8.11 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS |
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8.12 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS |
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS |
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ARTICLE X DISSOLUTION |
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ARTICLE XI CUSTODIAN |
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11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES |
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11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
(formerly Next Estate Communications, Inc.)
(formerly Next Estate Communications, Inc.)
Adopted December 22, 2006
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation shall be 1209 Orange
St., Wilmington, Delaware, 19801. The name of the registered agent of the corporation at such
location is The Corporation Trust Company.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES. The board of directors may at any time establish other offices at
any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or
outside the State of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. In the absence of any such
designation, stockholders meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a
date and at a time designated by the board of directors. In the absence of such designation, the
annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third Tuesday of April in each year at 10:00
a.m. However, if such day falls on a legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same
time and place on the next succeeding full business day. At the meeting, directors shall be
elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the stockholders may be called, at any time
for any purpose or purposes, by the board of directors or by such person or persons as may be
authorized by the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws.
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2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS. All notices of meetings with stockholders shall be
in writing and shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.5 of these bylaws not
less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date, and hour of the
meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called.
2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE. Written notice of any meeting of
stockholders, if mailed, is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid,
directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation. An
affidavit of the secretary or an assistant secretary or of the transfer agent of the corporation
that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts
stated therein.
2.6 QUORUM. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at
all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If, however, such quorum is not present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then the stockholders entitled to vote thereat,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business
may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.
2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place,
unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the
time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the
adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the
original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting
shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.8 VOTING. The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to the
provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (relating to voting
rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock and to voting trusts and other voting
agreements).
Except as provided in the last paragraph of this Section 2.8, or as may be otherwise provided
in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of capital stock held by such stockholder.
At a stockholders meeting at which directors are to be elected, or at elections held under
special circumstances, a stockholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any
candidate a number of votes greater than the number of votes which such stockholder normally is
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entitled to cast). Each holder of stock, or of any class or classes or of a series or series
thereof, who elects to cumulate votes shall be entitled to as many votes as equals the number of
votes which (absent this provision as to cumulative voting) he would be entitled to cast for the
election of directors with respect to his shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors to
be elected by him, and he may cast all of such votes for a single director or may distribute them
among the number to be voted for, or for any two or more of them, as he may see fit.
2.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of
the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a
written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any
written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
2.10 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Unless otherwise
provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required by this chapter to be taken at
any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action that may be taken at
any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice, and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by
the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote
thereon were present and voted.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. If the
action which is consented to is such as would have required the filing of a certificate under any
section of the General Corporation Law of Delaware if such action had been voted on by stockholders
at a meeting thereof, then the certificate filed under such section shall state, in lieu of any
statement required by such section concerning any vote of stockholders, that written notice and
written consent have been given as provided in Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS. In order that the
corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to express consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or
exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix, in
advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (l0) days before
the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
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(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 entitled to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is necessary,
shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed.
(iii) 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 PROXIES. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to
express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another
person or persons to act for him by a written proxy, signed by the stockholder and filed with the
secretary of the corporation, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years
from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if
the stockholders name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting,
telegraphic transmission or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholders attorney-in-fact.
The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the
provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE. The officer who has charge of the stock
ledger of a corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (l0) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,
for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and
place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS. Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and
any limitations in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws relating to action required to
be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the
corporation
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shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board
of directors.
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The authorized number of directors shall be as set forth in
the certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have
the effect of removing any director before that directors term of office expires.
3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. Except as provided in
Section 3.4 of these bylaws or in the certificate of incorporation, directors shall be elected at
each annual meeting of stockholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Directors need
not be stock holders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws,
wherein other qualifications for directors may be prescribed. Each director, including a director
elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until
his earlier resignation or removal. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES. Any director may resign at any time upon written
notice to the corporation. When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective
at a future date, subject to the certificate of incorporation and the last paragraph of this
Section 3.4, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned,
shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such
resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office
as provided in this section in the filling of other vacancies.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws (including in
the last paragraph of this Section 3.4), vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from
any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the
right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.
If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have
no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee
or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person
or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, or may apply to the Court of
Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then
in office constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to
any such increase), then the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or
stockholders holding at least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time
outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to
fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the
directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of
Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.4, (i) in the event of a vacancy on
the board of directors by reason of death, removal, or resignation of a director elected pursuant
to the provisions of Section 2 of the Fifth Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement dated as
of the date of the adoption of these Second Amended and Restated Bylaws between the Company and
certain holders of its Preferred Stock (the Investor Rights Agreement), the stockholders entitled
to designate such director pursuant to Section 2 of the Investor Rights Agreement shall have the
right to designate the director to fill such vacancy and to call a special meeting of stockholders
for the purpose of filling such vacancy; and (ii) any director who shall have been elected by the
holders of a class or series of stock may be removed during his or her term of office, either with
or without cause, by, and only by, the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of the class
or series of stock entitled to elect such director or directors, given either at a special meeting
of such stockholders duly called for that purpose or pursuant to a written consent of stockholders,
and any vacancy thereby created may be filled by the holders of that class or series of stock
represented at the meeting or pursuant to unanimous written consent.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE. The board of directors of the
corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of
Delaware. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members
of the board of directors, or any committee designated by the board of directors, may participate
in a meeting of the board of directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can
hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting.
3.6 FIRST MEETINGS. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall
be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the stockholders at the annual
meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order
legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure
of the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly elected board of
directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the time and place so fixed by the
stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice
given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the board of directors, or as shall be
specified in a written waiver signed by all of the directors.
3.7 REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without
notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.
3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE. Special meetings of the board of directors may be
called by the president on three (3) days notice to each director, either personally or by mail,
telegram, telex, or telephone; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in
like manner and on like notice on the written request of two (2) directors unless the board
consists of only one (1) director, in which case special meetings shall be called by the president
or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director.
3.9 QUORUM. At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the authorized
number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a
majority
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of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of
directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, then the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of
the General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a
written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting ·is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors, or members of a committee of
directors, need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate
of incorporation or these bylaws.
3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the
board of directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted
by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken
at any meeting of the board of directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a
meeting if all members of the board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing
and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Unless otherwise restricted by the
certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the board of directors shall have the authority to
fix the compensation of directors.
3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS. The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee
any obligation of, or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its
subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or its
subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may
reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be
with or without interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors
shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the corporation.
Nothing in this section contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty
or warranty of this corporation at common law or under any statute.
3.15 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate
of incorporation or by these bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors may be removed,
with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an
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election of directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) any director who shall have been elected
by the holders of a class or series of stock may be removed during his or her term of office,
either with or without cause, by, and only by, the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of
the class or series of stock entitled to elect such director or directors, given either at a
special meeting of such stockholders duly called for that purpose or pursuant to a written consent
of stockholders, and any vacancy thereby created may be filled by the holders of that class or
series of stock represented at the meeting or pursuant to unanimous written consent; and (ii) no
director elected pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 of the Investor Rights Agreement shall be
removed without the approval of the persons entitled to designate such director pursuant to Section
2 of the Investor Rights Agreement. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have
the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such directors term of office.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, with each committee to consist of
one or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not
he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to
act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to
the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors or in the bylaws of the
corporation, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the board of directors in
the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the
corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the
power or authority to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee may, to
the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of
stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the General Corporation
Law of Delaware, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends,
redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or
the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the
same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of merger
or consolidation under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (iii)
recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the
corporations property and assets, (iv) recommend to the stockholders a dissolution of the
corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and,
unless the board resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the certificate of
incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare
a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate or ownership and merger
pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and
report the same to the board of directors when required.
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. Meetings and actions of committees shall be
governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws,
Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.7 (regular meetings), Section
3.8 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.9 (quorum), Section 3.10 (waiver of notice), Section
3.11 (adjournment and notice of adjournment), and Section 3.12 (action without a meeting), with
such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its
members for the board of directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular
meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of directors and that notice
of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the
right to attend all meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the
government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice
presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the
board of directors, a chairman of the board, one or more assistant vice presidents, assistant
secretaries, assistant treasurers, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation, except such officers as
may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these bylaws, shall be
chosen by the board of directors, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract
of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The board of directors may appoint, or empower the
president to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the corporation may
require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such
duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time
determine.
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer
under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an
affirmative vote of the majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the
board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the board of directors, by any officer upon
whom such power of removal may be conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any
resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time
specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the
resignation shall not
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be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of
the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation
shall be filled by the board of directors.
5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected,
shall, if present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and perform such
other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or as
may be prescribed by these bylaws. If there is no president, then the chairman of the board shall
also be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties
prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws.
5.7 PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the
board of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer, the president of the
corporation shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general supervision,
direction, and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He shall preside at
all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at
all meetings of the board of directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management
usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and shall have such other powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
5.8 VICE PRESIDENT. In the absence or disability of the president, the vice
presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not ranked, a
vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform all the duties of the president,
and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the
president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from
time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of directors, these bylaws, the
president or the chairman of the board.
5.9 SECRETARY. The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board of directors may direct, a
book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committees of directors, and
stockholders. The minutes shall show the time and place of each meeting, whether regular or
special (and, if special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at
directors meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at
stockholders meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the
corporation or at the office of the corporations transfer agent or registrar, as determined by
resolution of the board of directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the
names of all stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the
number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the number and date of cancellation of
every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
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The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and
of the board of directors required to be given by law or by these bylaws. He shall keep the seal
of the corporation, if one be adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these bylaws.
5.10 TREASURER. The treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and
maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of the properties and
business transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts,
disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall
at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The treasurer shall deposit all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the
corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the board of directors. He shall
disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, shall render to
the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as
treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws.
5.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The assistant secretary, or, if there is more than one, the
assistant secretaries in the order determined by the stockholders or board of directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the
secretary or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the board of directors or the stockholders may from time to time prescribe.
5.12 ASSISTANT TREASURER. The assistant treasurer, or, if there is more than one, the
assistant treasurers, in the order determined by the stockholders or board of directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the
treasurer or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the board of directors or the stockholders may from time to time prescribe.
5.13 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. In addition to the foregoing authority and
duties, all officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such
duties in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from time to time
by the board of directors or the stockholders.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY
6.1 LIMITATION OF DIRECTORS LIABILITY. To the fullest extent not prohibited by law
as the same exists or as it may hereafter be amended, a director of the corporation shall not be
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personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for conduct as a
director.
6.2 PERMISSIVE INDEMNIFICATION OF CORPORATE AGENTS. The corporation may indemnify to
the fullest extent not prohibited by law any person made or threatened to be made a party to an
action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding), by
reason of the fact that such person, a person for whom such person is the legal representative,
such persons testator or intestate is or was a director, officer, employee benefit plan fiduciary,
agent or employee of the corporation or any predecessor of the corporation, or serves or served at
the request of the corporation or any predecessor of the corporation as a director, officer, agent,
employee benefit plan fiduciary or employee of another corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or other entity or enterprise. The corporation may pay the expenses
(including attorneys fees) incurred by an employee or agent in defending any Proceeding in advance
of its final disposition on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the board of
directors.
6.3 MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The corporation shall
indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently
exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (an Indemnified Person) who was or is made or is
threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding, by reason of the fact
that such person, or a person for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the corporation or, while a director or officer of the corporation, is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, enterprise or
nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability
and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) reasonably incurred by such Indemnified
Person in such Proceeding. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided
herein or in the certificate of incorporation, the corporation shall be required to indemnify an
Indemnified Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Indemnified
Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Indemnified Person was
authorized in advance by the board of directors.
6.4 PREPAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The corporation shall pay the
expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any Proceeding
in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such
payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon
receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnified Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be
ultimately determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this
Article VI or otherwise (including under Article Ten of the certificate of incorporation).
6.5 CLAIMS BY DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. If a claim for indemnification or advancement
of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim therefor
by the Indemnified Person has been received by the corporation, the Indemnified Person
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may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the
corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to the
requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
6.6 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Article VI
shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under
any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation, these by-laws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
6.7 INSURANCE. The board of directors may, to the full extent permitted by applicable
law as it presently exists, or may hereafter be amended from time to time, authorize an appropriate
officer or officers to purchase and maintain at the corporations expense insurance: (a) to
indemnify the corporation for any obligation which it incurs as a result of the indemnification of
directors, officers and employees under the provisions of this Article VI; and (b) to indemnify or
insure directors, officers and employees against liability in instances in which they may not
otherwise be indemnified by the corporation under the provisions of this Article VI.
6.8 REPEAL OR MODIFICATION. Neither any amendment or repeal of this Article VI, nor
the adoption of any provision of the corporations bylaws inconsistent with this Article VI shall
eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article VI, in respect of any matter occurring, or any
action or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article VI, would accrue or arise,
prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS. The corporation shall, either at its
principal executive office or at such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep
a record of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares
held by each stockholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended to date, accounting books, and other
records.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand
under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to
inspect for any proper purpose the corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its
other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an
attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath
shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or
other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business.
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The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of a corporation shall prepare and make, at
least ten (l0) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall
be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (l0) days prior to the meeting, either at a
place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice
of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list
shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof,
and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. Any director shall have the right to examine the
corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a
purpose reasonably related to his position as a director. The Court of Chancery is hereby vested
with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a director is entitled to the inspection
sought. The Court may summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and
all books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or extracts
therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any limitations or conditions with
reference to the inspection, or award such other and further relief as the Court may deem just
and proper.
7.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS. The board of directors shall present at each
annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the corporation.
7.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The chairman of the board, the
president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this
corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the president or a vice
president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights
incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of
this corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or
by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person
having the authority.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 CHECKS. From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by resolution
which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts, other orders for payment of money,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the
corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those instruments.
8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS. The board of directors, except
as otherwise provided in these bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents,
to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of
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the corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so
authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the agency power of an officer, no
officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any
contract engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any
amount.
8.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES. The shares of a corporation shall be
represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be
uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate
until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a
resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon
request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or
in the name of the corporation by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the
president or vice-president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an
assistant secretary of such corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate
form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is
issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer,
transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to
call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each
stock certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of
the corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total amount of the
consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the
declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares, the corporation shall declare a dividend upon
partly paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the
consideration actually paid thereon.
8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES. If the corporation is authorized to issue
more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the
designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the
certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the
certificate that the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock a statement
that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers,
the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions
of such preferences and/or rights.
8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES. Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates
for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is
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the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The corporation may issue a new certificate of
stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to
have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen
or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to
indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or
destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated
shares.
8.6 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS. Unless the context requires otherwise, the general
provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall
govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the
singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term person
includes both a corporation and a natural person.
8.7 DIVIDENDS. The directors of the corporation, subject to any restrictions
contained in the certificate of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its
capital stock pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Dividends may be paid in cash,
in property, or in shares of the corporations capital stock.
The directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the funds of the corporation
available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such
reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or
maintaining any property of the corporation, and meeting contingencies.
8.8 FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
8.9 SEAL. The seal of the corporation shall be such as from time to time may be
approved by the board of directors.
8.10 TRANSFER OF STOCK. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of
the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue
a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the
transaction in its books.
8.11 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS. The corporation shall have power to enter into and
perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of anyone or more classes of stock of the
corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more
classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of
Delaware.
8.12 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and
to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the person
registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable
or other claim
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to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The original or other bylaws of the corporation may be adopted, amended or repealed by the
stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that the corporation may, in its certificate of
incorporation, confer the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that
such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the stockholders of the power,
nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION
If it should be deemed advisable in the judgment of the board of directors of the corporation
that the corporation should be dissolved, the board, after the adoption of a resolution to that
effect by a majority of the whole board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice
to be mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereon of the adoption of the resolution and of
a meeting of stockholders to take action upon the resolution.
At the meeting a vote shall be taken for and against the proposed dissolution. If a majority
of the outstanding stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon votes for the proposed
dissolution, then a certificate stating that the dissolution has been authorized in accordance with
the provisions of Section 275 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and setting forth the
names and residences of the directors and officers shall be executed, acknowledged, and filed and
shall become effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Upon such certificates becoming effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, the corporation shall be dissolved.
Whenever all the stockholders entitled to vote on a dissolution consent in writing, either in
person or by duly authorized attorney, to a dissolution, no meeting of directors or stockholders
shall be necessary. The consent shall be filed and shall become effective in accordance with
Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon such consents becoming effective in
accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the corporation shall be
dissolved. If the consent is signed by an attorney, then the original power of attorney or a
photocopy thereof shall be attached to and filed with the consent. The consent filed with the
Secretary of State shall have attached to it the affidavit of the secretary or some other officer
of the corporation stating that the consent has been signed by or on behalf of all the stockholders
entitled to vote on a dissolution; in addition, there shall be attached to the consent a
certification by the secretary or some other officer of the corporation setting forth the names and
residences of the directors and officers of the corporation.
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ARTICLE XI
CUSTODIAN
11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES. The Court of Chancery, upon
application of any stockholder, may appoint one or more persons to be custodians and, if the
corporation is insolvent, to be receivers, of and for the corporation when:
(i) at any meeting held for the election of directors the stockholders are so divided that
they have failed to elect successors to directors whose terms have expired or would have expired
upon qualification of their successors; or
(ii) the business of the corporation is suffering or is threatened with irreparable injury
because the directors are so divided respecting the management of the affairs of the corporation
that the required vote for action by the board of directors cannot be obtained and the stockholders
are unable to terminate this division; or
(iii) the corporation has abandoned its business and has failed within a reasonable time to
take steps to dissolve, liquidate or distribute its assets.
11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN. The custodian shall have all the powers and title of
a receiver appointed under Section 291 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, but the
authority of the custodian shall be to continue the business of the corporation and not to
liquidate its affairs and distribute its assets, except when the Court of Chancery otherwise orders
and except in cases arising under Sections 226(a)(3) or
352(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
352(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
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