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EXHIBIT 3.2
BY-LAWS
OF
GREATBATCH, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
(Amended as of March 2, 2009)
OF
GREATBATCH, INC.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)
(Amended as of March 2, 2009)
Article 1
STOCKHOLDERS
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1 ANNUAL MEETINGS. (a) The annual meeting of the holders of such classes or series
of capital stock as are entitled to notice thereof and to vote thereat pursuant to the provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation (the Certificate of Incorporation) of Greatbatch, Inc. (the
Corporation) for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may
properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on such date as may be designated by
resolution of the Board of Directors or, in the event that no such date is so designated, on the
fourth Thursday in May of each year, at such hour (within ordinary business hours) as shall be
stated in the notice of the meeting. If the day so designated shall be a legal holiday, then such
meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. Each annual meeting of stockholders
shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be determined by the
Board of Directors.
(b) An annual meeting of stockholders may be adjourned by the presiding officer of the meeting
for any reason (including, if the presiding officer determines that it would be in the best
interests of the Corporation, to extend the period of time for the solicitation of proxies) from
time to time and place to place until such presiding officer shall determine that the business to
be conducted at the meeting is completed, which determination shall be conclusive.
(c) The only business that shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders shall be
that which shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting. To be properly brought
before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplements or addenda thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii)
brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii)
brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder that (A) is a stockholder of record at the time
of giving of notice provided for in this Section 1.1 of these By-laws and at the time of the annual
meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting, (C) proposes the business be conducted at
the annual meeting pursuant to timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary of the
Corporation, and (D) otherwise complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.1 of these
By-laws.
(d) To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 calendar days nor
more than 120 calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the previous years annual meeting of
stockholders (or if there was no such prior annual meeting, not less than 90 calendar days nor more
than 120 calendar days prior to the date that represents the fourth Thursday in
May of the current year); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is advanced by more than 20 calendar days, or delayed by more than 60 calendar days, from
such anniversary date, then, to be considered timely, notice by the stockholder must be received
not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th calendar day prior to the annual
meeting or (y) the seventh calendar day following the date on which notice of the date of the
annual meeting was mailed to stockholders or public disclosure thereof was otherwise made. In no
event shall any postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the
giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(e) To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth as
to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a description in
reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons
for transacting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on
the Corporations most recent stockholder lists, of the stockholder proposing such proposal and any
Stockholder Related Person (as defined below), (iii) a representation that the stockholder giving
the notice is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such annual
meeting and intends (A) to be a holder of record of stock of the Corporation at the time of the
annual meeting and (B) to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to propose the
business specified in the notice, (iv) the class and number of shares of any securities of the
Corporation that are beneficially owned or held of record by the stockholder giving the notice or
any Stockholder Related Person, (v) a description of (A) any derivative positions in any securities
of the Corporation directly or indirectly held or beneficially owned by the stockholder or any
Stockholder Related Person and (B) any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions,
agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to any of the Corporations securities entered
into or made by such stockholder or any Stockholder Related Person, (vi) a description of all
contracts, arrangements or understandings between or among such stockholder, any Stockholder
Related Person and any other person(s) (including their names) in connection with the proposal of
such business, and any material interest of the stockholder or any Stockholder Related Person in
such business, and (viii) whether either such stockholder, beneficial owner or Stockholder Related
Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to the holders of at least the
percentage of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote that is required to approve such proposal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information relating to a stockholder proposal
in the Corporations proxy statement and form of proxy for an annual meeting of stockholders, a
stockholder must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply with, all of the content,
procedural and other requirements of Rule 14a-8 of Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), irrespective of whether the Corporation is then subject
to such Rule or the Exchange Act. In addition, if the stockholders ownership of shares of the
Corporation, as set forth in the notice, is solely beneficial (and not of record) documentary
evidence satisfactory to the Corporation of such ownership must accompany the notice in order for
such notice to be considered validly and timely received. A Stockholder Related Person of any
stockholder means (1) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with,
such stockholder, (2) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or
beneficially by such stockholder, and (3) any person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with, such Stockholder Related Person.
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(f) The presiding officer at an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and
declare to the meeting that any business which was not properly brought before the meeting is out
of order and shall not be transacted at the meeting.
Section 1.2 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special Meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such
business as may properly come before the meeting may be called by order of the Board of Directors,
and shall be held at such place, date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be
specified by such order. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix the place of a special meeting,
the meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. To be properly
brought before a special meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting (or
any supplements or addenda thereto) given in accordance with Article 1, Section 1.3 of these
By-laws or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or by or at
the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors. The presiding officer at a special meeting
shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that any business which was not
properly brought before the meeting is out of order and shall not be transacted at the meeting.
Section 1.3 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders, stating
the place, date and hour of the meeting and the place within the city or other municipality or
community at which the list of stockholders may be examined, shall be mailed or delivered to each
stockholder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting. Notice of any special
meeting shall state with reasonable specificity the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is to
be held and the business proposed to be transacted thereat.
Section 1.4 STOCKHOLDER LISTS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 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 10 calendar 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 in
person thereat.
Section 1.5 QUORUM. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall
consist of the holders of record of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy. At all
meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is present, all matters, except as otherwise
provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, shall be decided by the vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat present in person or by proxy. If
there be no such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented may
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without further notice, until a quorum shall have been
obtained. When a quorum is once present it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal from the
meeting of any stockholder.
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Section 1.6 ORGANIZATION. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if
any, or if none or in the Chairmans absence the Vice-Chairman, if any, or if none or in the
Vice-Chairmans absence the President, if any, or if none or in the Presidents absence a
Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the
stockholders entitled to vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary
of the Corporation, or in the Secretarys absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of
every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present, the presiding
officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.7 VOTING; PROXIES; REQUIRED VOTE. (a) Each stockholder of record shall be entitled
at every meeting of stockholders to one vote for each share having voting power standing in his or
her name on the record of stockholders of the Corporation on the record date fixed pursuant to
Section 6.3(a) of Article 6 of these By-laws.
(b) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person, or may
authorize another person or persons to act for him or her by proxy. Any proxy may be signed by
such stockholder or his or her duly authorized attorney-in-fact, including by facsimile signature,
and shall be delivered to the secretary of the meeting, or may be authorized by electronic
transmission provided that it can be reasonably determined from such electronic transmission that
such proxy was authorized by the stockholder. The signature of a stockholder on any proxy,
including without limitation an electronic transmission, may be printed, stamped or written, or
provided by other reliable reproduction, provided such signature is executed or adopted by the
stockholder with intention to authenticate the proxy. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration
of 11 months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy
shall be revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it, except as otherwise provided by
law or pursuant to these By-laws in respect of each matter properly presented to the meeting. At
all elections of directors the voting may but need not be by ballot and a plurality of the votes
cast there shall elect. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation,
any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast.
Section 1.8 INSPECTORS. The Board of Directors shall, in advance of any meeting, appoint one
or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and make a written
report thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not so appointed, the person presiding at the
meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an
inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in
advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute
the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his
ability. The inspectors shall (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power
of each, (ii) determine the shares represented at a meeting, the existence of a quorum and the
validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a
reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the
inspectors and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting,
and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or
entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.
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Section 1.9 ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action which is required to be or may be taken at
any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting,
without prior notice to stockholders and without a vote if consents in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, shall have been signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or to take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereto were present and voted.
(a) In order that the Corporations stockholders shall have an opportunity to receive and
consider the information germane to an informed judgment as to whether to give a written consent
and in accordance with the procedures contained in the New York Stock Exchange policies and rules,
any corporate action to be taken by written consent shall not be effective until, and the
stockholders of the Corporation shall be able to give or revoke written consents for, at least
twenty (20) days from the date of the commencement of a solicitation (as such term is defined in
Rule 14a-1(k) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of consents, other than corporate action by
written consent taken pursuant to solicitations of not more than ten (10) persons. For purposes of
this Section 1.9, a consent solicitation shall be deemed to have commenced when a proxy statement
or information statement containing the information required by law is first furnished to the
Corporations stockholders.
(b) Consents to corporate action shall be valid for a maximum of sixty (60) days after the
date of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner provided in Section
228(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Consents may be revoked by written notice (i) to
the Corporation, (ii) to the stockholder or stockholders soliciting consents or soliciting
revocations in opposition to action by consent proposed by the Corporation (the Soliciting
Stockholders), or (iii) to a proxy solicitor other agent designated by the Corporation or the
Soliciting Stockholders.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if independent counsel to the Corporation delivers to the
Corporation a written opinion stating, or a court of competent jurisdiction determines, that this
Section 1.9, or any portion thereof, is illegal with respect to any corporate action to be taken by
written consent for which a consent has theretofore been delivered to the Corporation, in the
manner provided in Section 228(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, whether prior or
subsequent to the date of the adoption of this Section 1.9, then this Section 1.9, or such portion
thereof, as the case may be, shall after the date of such delivery of such opinion or such
determination be null and void and of no effect with respect to any other corporate action to be
taken by written consent.
(d) Within three (3) business days after receipt of the earliest dated consent delivered to
the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 228(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or
the determination by the Board of Directors of the Corporation that the Corporation should seek
corporate action by written consent, as the case may be, the Secretary shall engage independent
inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing a ministerial review of the validity of the
consents and revocations. The cost of retaining inspectors of election shall be borne by the
Corporation.
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(e) Consents and revocations shall be delivered to the inspectors upon receipt by the
Corporation, the Soliciting Stockholders or their proxy solicitors or other designated agents. As
soon as consents and revocations are received, the inspectors shall review the consents and
revocations and shall maintain a count of the number of valid and unrevoked consents. The
inspectors shall keep such count confidential and shall not reveal the count to the Corporation,
the Soliciting Stockholder or their representatives or any other entity. As soon as practicable
after the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after the date of the earliest dated consent delivered to
the Corporation in the manner provided in Section 228(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or
(ii) a written request therefor by the Corporation or the Soliciting Stockholders (whichever is
soliciting consents) (which request may be made no earlier than twenty (20) days after the
commencement of the applicable solicitation of consents, except in the case of corporate action by
written consent taken pursuant to solicitations of not more than ten (10) persons), notice of which
request shall be given to the party opposing the solicitation of consents, if any, which request
shall state that the Corporation or Soliciting Stockholders, as the case may be, have a good faith
belief that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents to authorize or take the action
specified in the consents has been received in accordance with these By-laws, the inspectors shall
issue a preliminary report to the Corporation and the Soliciting Stockholders stating: (i) the
number of valid consents; (ii) the number of valid revocations; (iii) the number of valid and
unrevoked consents; (iv) the number of invalid consents; (v) the number of invalid revocations;
(vi) whether, based on their preliminary count, the requisite number of valid and unrevoked
consents has been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents.
(f) Unless the Corporation and the Soliciting Stockholders shall agree to a shorter or longer
period, the Corporation and the Soliciting Stockholders shall have 48 hours to review the consents
and revocations and to advise the inspectors and the opposing party in writing as to whether they
intend to challenge the preliminary report of the inspectors. If no written notice of an intention
to challenge the preliminary report is received within 48 hours after the inspectors issuance of
the preliminary report, the inspectors shall issue to the Corporation and the Soliciting
Stockholders their final report containing the information from the inspectors determination with
respect to whether the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents was obtained to authorize
and take the action specified in the consents. If the Corporation or the Soliciting Stockholders
issue written notice of an intention to challenge the inspectors preliminary report within 48
hours after the issuance of that report, a challenge session shall be scheduled by the inspectors
as promptly as practicable. A transcript of the challenge session shall be recorded by a certified
court reporter. Following completion of the challenge session, the inspectors shall as promptly as
practicable issue their final report to the Soliciting Stockholders and the Corporation, which
report shall contain the information included in the preliminary report, plus all changes in the
vote totals as a result of the challenge and a certification of whether the requisite number of
valid and unrevoked consents was obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the
consents. A copy of the final report of the inspectors shall be included in the book in which the
proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded.
(g) The Corporation shall given prompt notice to the stockholders of the results of any
consent solicitation or the taking of any corporate action without a meeting and by less than
unanimous written consent.
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Article 2
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 GENERAL POWERS. The business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors.
Section 2.2 QUALIFICATION; NUMBER; TERM; REMUNERATION; CHAIRMAN. (a) Each director shall be
at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or
a resident of the State of Delaware. The number of directors constituting the entire Board shall
be no fewer than one (1) and no more than twelve (12), or such other number as may be fixed from
time to time by action of the Board of Directors. The use of the phrase entire Board herein
refers to the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no
vacancies.
(b) Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are
elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until
the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or
until their earlier resignation or removal.
(c) Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board
of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors
or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or
standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
(d) The Board of Directors shall annually, at the first meeting of the Board after the annual
meeting of stockholders, select from among its members a Chairman of the Board who shall have such
authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. The
Chairman of the Board shall, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, hold office
until the first meeting of the Board following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until
his or her successor has been elected or appointed and qualified. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and at all meetings of the Board of
Directors and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into
effect. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, as such, shall not be an officer of the
Corporation.
Section 2.3 NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS. (a) Nominations for the election of directors may be
made by the Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Board of Directors or, to the extent
permitted by this Section 2.3 of these By-laws, by a stockholder that (i) is a stockholder of
record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.3 of these By-laws and at the
time of the meeting at which directors will be elected, (ii) is entitled to vote at such meeting,
(iii) makes the nomination pursuant to timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary, and
(iv) otherwise complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 of these By-laws.
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(b) To be timely, a stockholders notice of intent to make a nomination or nominations must be
delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of
stockholders, not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the
anniversary date of the date of the previous years annual meeting (or if there was no such prior
annual meeting, not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the date
which represents the fourth Thursday in May of the current year), PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 calendar days, or delayed by
more than 60 calendar days, from such anniversary date, then, to be considered timely, notice by
the stockholder must be received not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th
calendar day prior to the annual meeting or (y) the seventh calendar day following the date on
which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed to stockholders or public disclosure
thereof was otherwise made, and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of
stockholders for the election of directors, the close of business on the fifth calendar day
following the date on which notice of such meeting is first delivered to stockholders. In no event
shall any postponement or adjournment of a meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholders notice as described above.
(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations most recent stockholder lists, of the
stockholder who intends to make the nomination, any Stockholder Related Person and of the person or
persons to be nominated, and of the beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination is
made; (ii) a representation that the stockholder giving the notice is a holder of record of capital
stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends (A) (1) to be a holder of
record of stock of the Corporation at the time of the meeting and (2) to appear in person or by
proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (iii) the class and
number of shares of any securities of the Corporation that are beneficially owned or held of record
by the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Related Person, any person to be nominated
and any beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (iv) a description of
(A) any derivative positions in any securities of the Corporation directly or indirectly held or
beneficially owned by the stockholder, any Stockholder Related Person or any person to be nominated
and (B) any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions, agreement, arrangement or
understanding with respect to any of the Corporations securities entered into or made by such
stockholder, any Stockholder Related Person or any person to be nominated, (v) a description of all
contracts, arrangements or understandings between or among the stockholder giving the notice, any
Stockholder Related Person, any person to be nominated, any beneficial owner(s), if any, on whose
behalf the nomination is made, or any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (vi) whether
either such stockholder or Stockholder Related Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and form
of proxy to the holders of at least the percentage of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote
that is required to elect such person(s) to be nominated; (vii) such other information regarding
each person to be nominated as would be required to be included in a proxy or information statement
filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (or any
subsequent provisions replacing such Exchange Act, rules or regulations); (vii) the consent of each
person to be nominated to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director of the
Corporation if elected, and (viii) a nominee questionnaire, representation and agreement in
the form provided by the Secretary upon request.
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(d) The presiding officer of a meeting of stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, refuse to
acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the provisions of this Section
2.3 of these By-laws.
Section 2.4 QUORUM AND MANNER OF VOTING. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of
the entire Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a
quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time and place without
notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.5 PLACES OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place
within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of meeting.
Section 2.6 ANNUAL MEETING. Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected
Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the transaction of
such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such meeting may be held without
notice immediately after the annual meeting of stockholders at the same place at which such
stockholders meeting is held.
Section 2.7 REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
such times and places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution determine.
Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors held at times and places
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held
whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, President or by a majority of the directors then in
office.
Section 2.9 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. A notice of the place, date and time and the purpose or
purposes of each meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the
same at least two days before the special meeting, or by telegraphing or telephoning the same or by
delivering the same personally not later than the day before the day of the meeting.
Section 2.10 ORGANIZATION. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any,
or if none or in the Chairmans absence or inability to act the President, or in the Presidents
absence or inability to act any Vice-President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in
such Vice-Presidents absence or inability to act a chairman chosen by the directors, shall
preside. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at all meetings of the Board of
Directors when present, and, in the Secretarys absence, the presiding officer may appoint any
person to act as secretary.
Section 2.11 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice
to the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof
by the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Subject to the
rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class of capital stock of the
Corporation (other than the Common Stock) then outstanding, any director may be removed, with or
without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote
for the election of directors.
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Section 2.12 VACANCIES. Unless otherwise provided in these By-laws, vacancies on the Board of
Directors, whether caused by resignation, death, disqualification, removal, an increase in the
authorized number of directors or otherwise, may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director,
and any directors so chosen shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 2.13 ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors consent
thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the
Board of Directors.
Article 3
INDEMNIFICATION
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1 INDEMNIFICATION. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to
time, 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 the 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, against expenses (including
attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith
and in a manner the 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 the 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, have reasonable cause to
believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 3.2 ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. The Corporation shall indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that the 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 or trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery 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.
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Section 3.3 INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST EXPENSES. To the extent that a present or former director
or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof, or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 3.4 BOARD DETERMINATIONS. Any indemnification under Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the specific
case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee
or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof. Such determination shall be made, with respect
to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote
of the directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a
quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,
even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such disinterested directors or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iv) by the
stockholders.
Section 3.5 ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Expenses including attorneys fees incurred by an
officer or director 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 upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as
authorized by law or in this section. Such expenses incurred by former directors and officers or
other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the
Corporation deems appropriate.
Section 3.6 NONEXCLUSIVE. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any other bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, and shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or
ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
person.
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Section 3.7 INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such
persons status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such
person against such liability under the provisions of applicable statutes, the certificate of
incorporation or this section.
Section 3.8 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article 3, (i) references to the
Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation
(including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger that, if its
separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors,
officers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with
respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued; (ii) references to
other enterprises shall include employee benefit plans; (iii) references to fines shall include
any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and (iv) references
to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation that imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants,
or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan
shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as
referred to in this section.
Section 3.9 CHANGE IN GOVERNING LAW. In the event of any amendment or addition to Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the addition of any other section to
such law that limits indemnification rights thereunder, the Corporation shall, to the extent
permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, indemnify to the fullest extent
authorized or permitted hereunder, 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 (including an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding,
indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as amended from time to time, all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto
and in the manner prescribed thereby.
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Article 4
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1 APPOINTMENT. From time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution adopted by
a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or committees for any purpose or purposes,
to the extent lawful, which shall have powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of
Directors in the resolution of appointment.
Section 4.2 PROCEDURES, QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING. Each committee shall fix its own rules
of procedure, and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board of
Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed
members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee,
and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
the committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep minutes of its
proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors.
Section 4.3 ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the
members of the committee consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the committee.
Section 4.4 AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors, by resolution, shall appoint from its
members an Audit Committee consisting of at least three directors, each of which shall be
independent of management and free from any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board of
Directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment as a committee member. The
Audit Committee shall:
(i) Prior to each Annual Meeting of Stockholders, submit a recommendation in writing to
the Board of Directors for the selection of independent public accountants to be appointed
by the Board of Directors in advance of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to
ratification or rejection by the stockholders at such meeting;
(ii) Consult, at least annually, with the independent public accountants with regard to
the proposed plan of audit and from time to time consult privately with them and also with
the internal auditor and the principal accounting officer with regard to the adequacy of
internal controls;
(iii) Upon completion of the report of audit by the independent public accountants and
before the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, (i) review the financial statements
of the Corporation, and (ii) meet with the independent public accountants and review with
them the results of their audit and any recommendations made to the management; and
(iv) Periodically, but at least annually, review the terms of all material transactions
and arrangements entered into between the Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries.
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Section 4.5 TERM; TERMINATION. In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the
Corporation, such person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee
appointed by the Board of Directors.
Article 5
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
Section 5.1 ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of
the Corporation, which shall include a Chief Executive Officer, a President and a Secretary, and
may include, by election or appointment, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice-Presidents
(any one or more of whom may be given an additional designation of rank or function), a Controller,
a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Controllers and Assistant Treasurers and such
other officers as the Board may from time to time deem proper. Each officer shall have such powers
and duties as may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of Directors
or the President. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person except the offices of
President and Secretary.
Section 5.2 TERM OF OFFICE AND REMUNERATION. The term of office of all officers shall be one
year and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be
removed from office, either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any
vacancy in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by
the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the Corporation may be fixed by the
Board of Directors or in such manner as the Board of Directors shall provide.
Section 5.3 RESIGNATION; REMOVAL. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to
the Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the President or
Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal,
with or without cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board.
Section 5.4 PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The President shall be the chief executive
officer of the Corporation, and shall have such duties as customarily pertain to that office. The
President shall have general management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of
the Corporation and over its other officers; may appoint and remove assistant officers and other
agents and employees, other than officers referred to in Section 5.1; and may execute and deliver
in the name of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and
instruments.
Section 5.5 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall in general have all
duties incident to such position, including, without limitation, the organization and review of all
accounting, tax and related financial matters involving the Corporation, the implementation of
appropriate Corporation financial controls and procedures, and the supervision and assignment of
the duties of all other financial officers and personnel employed by the Corporation, and shall
have such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the President.
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Section 5.6 VICE-PRESIDENT. A Vice-President may execute and deliver in the name of the
Corporation contracts and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the
duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be assigned by
the Board of Directors or the President.
Section 5.7 TREASURER. The Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the
position of Treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the
President.
Section 5.8 SECRETARY. The Secretary shall in general have all the duties incident to the
office of Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the
President.
Section 5.9 CONTROLLER. The Controller shall in general have all the duties incident to the
office of Controller and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the
Chief Financial Officer.
Section 5.10 ASSISTANT OFFICERS. Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of
the officer such assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from
time to time prescribe.
Article 6
BOOKS AND RECORDS
BOOKS AND RECORDS
Section 6.1 LOCATION. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or
places within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective officers
in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books containing the names and
addresses of all stockholders, the number and class of shares of stock held by each and the dates
when they respectively became the owners of record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary or by the
transfer agent or registrar as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 6.2 ADDRESSES OF STOCKHOLDERS. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices
may be delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholders address as it
appears on the records of the Corporation.
Section 6.3 FIXING DATE FOR DETERMINATION OF STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD. (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 be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If no record
date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on
the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of
record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment
of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the
adjourned meeting.
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(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which
date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date
is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors,
the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required, shall be the first
date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is
delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in this State, its principal
place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which
proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations
registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of
Directors is required by this chapter, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
(c) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment
of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall
be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for
determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which
the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Article 7
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK
CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK
Section 7.1 CERTIFICATES; SIGNATURES. The shares of the 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, which uncertificated shares may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the
Corporations transfer agent or registrar, or a combination of both. 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 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 the Corporation, representing
the number of shares registered in certificate form. No certificate shall be valid until
countersigned by a transfer agent if the Corporation has a transfer agent, or until registered by a
registrar if the Corporation has a registrar. Any and all signatures on any such certificate may
be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent
or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same
effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The name of
the holder of record of the shares represented thereby, with the number of such shares and the date
of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.
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Section 7.2 TRANSFERS OF SHARES. Upon compliance with any provisions restricting the transfer
or registration of transfer of shares of stock, including, without limitation, restrictions set
forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, shares of capital stock shall be transferable on the
books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof in person, or by duly authorized
attorney or legal representative, upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number
of shares (or upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7.5, if applicable), properly
endorsed, and the payment of all taxes due thereon. Upon such surrender to the Corporation or a
transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer (or upon compliance with the
provisions of Section 7.5, if applicable) and of compliance with any transfer restrictions
applicable thereto contained in an agreement to which the Corporation is a party or of which the
Corporation has knowledge by reason of legend with respect thereto placed on any such surrendered
stock certificate, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person
entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. The Board
of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem
expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares
of the Corporation, and may appoint one or more transfer agents and registrars of the shares of the
Corporation.
Section 7.3 OWNERSHIP OF SHARES. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any shares or shares of capital stock of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof
and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in
such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
Section 7.4 FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue
certificates for fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the
Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those
entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may issue scrip in registered or bearer
form over the manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent,
exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to
any rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.
Section 7.5 LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock in place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to
indemnify the Corporation 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 any such new certificate.
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Article 8
DIVIDENDS
DIVIDENDS
Subject always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of
Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what part of any, funds
legally available for the payment of dividends shall be declared as dividends and paid to
stockholders; the division of the whole or any part of such funds of the Corporation shall
rest wholly within the lawful discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at
any time, against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the
stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside
out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of
Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, thinks proper as a reserve or reserves to
meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of
the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the
interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in
the manner in which it was created.
Article 9
RATIFICATION
RATIFICATION
Any transaction, questioned in any law suit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or
irregular execution, adverse interest of director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure,
miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, may be
ratified before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so
ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally
duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and
shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned
transaction.
Article 10
CORPORATE SEAL
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the year of
its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other words and/or figures as the
Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate seal may be used by printing, engraving,
lithographing, stamping or otherwise making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed,
engraved, lithographed, stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document,
by any process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said corporate seal.
Article 11
FISCAL YEAR
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the
Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the
Corporation shall be based on a fifty-two or fifty-three week year ending on the Friday nearest
December 31st.
Article 12
WAIVER OF NOTICE
WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or persons entitled to said
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
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Article 13
BANK ACCOUNTS, DRAFTS, CONTRACTS, ETC.
BANK ACCOUNTS, DRAFTS, CONTRACTS, ETC.
Section 13.1 BANK ACCOUNTS AND DRAFTS. In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized
by the Board of Directors, the primary financial officer or any person designated by said primary
financial officer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation, may authorize such bank accounts
to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or
appropriate, payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of the
Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary financial officer, or other
person so designated by the Treasurer.
Section 13.2 CONTRACTS. The Board of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the
name and on behalf of the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds,
bonds, mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority may be general
or confined to specific instances.
Section 13.3 PROXIES; POWERS OF ATTORNEY; OTHER INSTRUMENTS. The Chairman, the President or
any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority to execute and
deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on behalf of the Corporation in
connection with the rights and powers incident to the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The
Chairman, the President or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed and
delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote at any meeting of
stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of
the Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any
such meeting, or otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such
person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person.
Section 13.4 FINANCIAL REPORTS. The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial
officer or other fiscal officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to
stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial statement, as the case
may be, which may be required by any provision of law.
Article 14
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
The Board of Directors shall have power to alter, adopt, amend or repeal By-laws. By-laws
adopted by the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any regular meeting of stockholders, or at any
special meeting of stockholders, provided notice of such alteration, adoption, amendment or repeal
shall have been stated in the notice of such meeting, and the stockholders may prescribe that any
By-law made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.
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