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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
1. OFFICES
1.1. Registered Office
The initial registered office of the Corporation shall be in Wilmington, Delaware, and the
initial registered agent in charge thereof shall be Corporation Trust Company.
1.2. Other Offices
The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State
of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as may be necessary or
useful in connection with the business of the Corporation.
2. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1. Place of Meetings
All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time
by the Board of Directors, or the President. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors
may determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of
remote communication.
2.2. Annual Meetings
Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting, the Corporation
shall hold annual meetings of stockholders, commencing with the year 2010, on such date and at such
time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or the President, at which
stockholders shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting. If a written consent electing directors is less than unanimous, such
action by written consent may be in lieu of holding an annual meeting only if all of the
directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time
of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.
2.3. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed
by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors or the President.
2.4. Notice of Meetings
Notice of any meeting of stockholders, stating the place, if any, date and hour of the
meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and (if it is a special meeting) the
purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to
vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting
(except to the extent that such notice is waived or is not required as provided in the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) or these Bylaws). Such notice shall be given
in accordance with, and shall be deemed effective as set forth in, Sections 222 and 232 (or any
successor section or sections) of the DGCL.
2.5. Waivers of Notice
Whenever the giving of any notice is required by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, a written waiver thereof signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or
a waiver thereof by electronic transmission by the person entitled to said notice, delivered to the
Corporation, whether before or after the event as to which such notice is required, shall be deemed
equivalent to notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
(1) of such meeting, except when the stockholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding
the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and (2) (if it is a special meeting) of
consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes
described in the meeting notice, unless the stockholder objects to considering the matter at the
beginning of the meeting.
2.6. Business at Special Meetings
Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes
stated in the notice (except to the extent that such notice is waived or is not required as
provided in the DGCL or these Bylaws).
2.7. List of Stockholders
After the record date for a meeting of stockholders has been fixed, at least ten days before
such meeting, the officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall make a list
of all stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the
address of each stockholder (but not the electronic mail address or other electronic contact
information, unless the Board of Directors so directs) and the number of shares registered
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in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any
stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten days prior to the
meeting: (1) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required
to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (2) during ordinary
business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be
held at a place, then such list shall also, for the duration of the meeting, be produced and kept
open to the examination of any stockholder who is present at the time and place of the meeting. If
the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be
open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably
accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided
with the notice of the meeting.
2.8. Quorum at Meetings
Stockholders may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum exists with respect to
that matter. Except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the
holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting, and who are present in person
or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the
transaction of business. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is
required, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series,
present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with
respect to that vote on that matter. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting
(other than solely to object (1) to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, or
(2) (if it is a special meeting) to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not
within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice), it is deemed present for quorum
purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless a new
record date is or must be set for the adjourned meeting. The holders of a majority of the voting
shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from
time to time.
2.9. Voting and Proxies
Unless otherwise provided in the DGCL or in the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation,
and subject to the other provisions of these Bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote
on each matter, in person or by proxy, for each share of the Corporations capital stock that has
voting power and that is held by such stockholder. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after
three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed
appointment of proxy shall be irrevocable if the appointment form states that it is irrevocable and
if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable
power. If authorized by the Board of Directors, and subject to such guidelines as the Board of
Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of
stockholders may, by means of remote communication, participate in a meeting of stockholders and be
deemed present in person and vote at such meeting whether such meeting is
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held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (1) the
Corporation implements reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted
to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (2) the
Corporation implements reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a
reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the
stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially
concurrently with such proceedings, and (3) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other
action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action is
maintained by the Corporation.
2.10. Required Vote
When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, all matters shall be determined,
adopted and approved by the affirmative vote (which need not be by ballot) of the holders of a
majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to
vote with respect to the matter, unless the proposed action is one upon which, by express provision
of statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is specified and required, in
which case such express provision shall govern and control with respect to that vote on that
matter. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one vote for any share,
on any matter, every reference in these Bylaws to a majority or other proportion of stock, voting
stock or shares shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such stock, voting
stock or shares. Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes present in person or represented
by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, directors
shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by
proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.
2.11. Action Without a Meeting
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a stockholders meeting may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if the action is taken by persons who would be
entitled to vote at a meeting and who hold shares having voting power equal to not less than the
minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take the action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote were present and voted. The action must be evidenced by one or
more written consents describing the action taken, signed by the stockholders entitled to take
action without a meeting, and delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed by the DGCL for
inclusion in the minute book. No consent shall be effective to take the corporate action specified
unless the number of consents required to take such action are delivered to the Corporation within
sixty days of the delivery of the earliest-dated consent. A telegram, cablegram or other
electronic transmission consenting to such action and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder,
or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be
written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 2.11, provided that any such telegram,
cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is
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delivered with information from
which the Corporation can determine (1) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic
transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized
to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (2) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder
or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission.
The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be
deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or
other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is
delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) of the DGCL. Written notice of
the action taken shall be given in accordance with the DGCL to all stockholders who do not
participate in taking the action who would have been entitled to notice if such action had been
taken at a meeting having a record date on the date that written consents signed by a sufficient
number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.
3. DIRECTORS
3.1. Powers
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the
Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful
acts and things, subject to any limitation set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or as
otherwise may be provided in the DGCL.
3.2. Number and Election
The number of directors which shall constitute the whole board shall not be fewer than one (1)
nor more than nine (9). Commencing on the date hereof, the board
shall consist of three (3) directors.
Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors shall be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
3.3. Nomination of Directors
The Board of Directors shall nominate candidates to stand for election as directors; and other
candidates also may be nominated by any Corporation stockholder, provided such other nomination(s)
are submitted in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation no later than ninety days prior to the
meeting of stockholders at which such directors are to be elected, together with the identity of
the nominator and the number of shares of the Corporations stock owned, directly or indirectly, by
the nominator. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as
provided in Section 3.4 hereof, and each director elected shall hold office until such directors
successor is elected and qualified or until the directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
Directors need not be stockholders.
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3.4. Vacancies
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 the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although fewer than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or
series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be
filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or
series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Each director so chosen
shall hold office until the next election of directors of the class to which such director was
appointed, and until such directors successor is elected and qualified, or until the directors
earlier death, resignation or removal. In the event that one or more directors resign from the
Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who
have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take
effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen
shall hold office until the next election of directors, and until such directors successor is
elected and qualified, or until the directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.5. Meetings
3.5.1. 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 of Directors.
3.5.2. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each
director, either personally or by telephone, express delivery service (so that the scheduled
delivery date of the notice is at least one day in advance of the meeting), telegram, facsimile
transmission, electronic mail (effective when directed to an electronic mail address of the
director), or other electronic transmission, as defined in Section 232(c) (or any successor
section) of the DGCL (effective when directed to the director), and on five days notice by mail
(effective upon deposit of such notice in the mail). The notice need not describe the purpose of a
special meeting.
3.5.3. Telephone Meetings
Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the board by any
communication by means of which all participating directors can simultaneously hear each other
during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in
person at the meeting.
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3.5.4. Action Without Meeting
Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be
taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of the Board. The action must be
evidenced by one or more consents in writing or by electronic transmission describing the action
taken, signed by each director, and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion in the minute book.
3.5.5. Waiver of Notice of Meeting
A director may waive any notice required by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Except as set forth below, the
waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice, or made by electronic
transmission by the director entitled to the notice, and delivered to the Corporation for inclusion
in the minute book. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a directors attendance at or participation in
a meeting waives any required notice to the director of the meeting unless the director at the
beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and
does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
3.6. Quorum and Vote at Meetings
At all meetings of the board, a quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the
total number of directors prescribed pursuant to Section 3.2 of these Bylaws. The vote of a
majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the
Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws.
3.7. Committees of Directors
The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one
or more directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If a
member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting thereat, the
remaining member or members present and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or
members constitute a quorum, may, by unanimous vote, appoint another member of the Board of
Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may
exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business
and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference
to approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the
election or removal of directors) expressly
required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or adopting, amending or
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repealing any bylaw of the Corporation; and unless the resolution designating the committee, these
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 of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the DGCL. Such committee or
committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and
report the same to the Board of Directors, when required. Unless otherwise specified in the Board
resolution appointing the Committee, all provisions of the DGCL and these Bylaws relating to
meetings, action without meetings, notice (and waiver thereof), and quorum and voting requirements
of the Board of Directors apply, as well, to such committees and their members. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the resolution of the Board of
Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each
subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any
or all of the powers and authority of the committee.
3.8. Compensation of Directors
The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. No such
payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor.
4. OFFICERS
4.1. Designation
The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a
president, secretary and treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a president, vice
presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held
by the same person.
4.2. Term of Office
The officers of the Corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are
chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed
by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders holding the majority of the outstanding shares of
the Corporation entitled to vote whenever in their judgment the best interest of the Corporation
will be served thereby.
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4.3. President
The president shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation; he or she shall preside
at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he or she shall have general and active
management of the business of the Corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the
Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any
specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the president, to any
other officer or officers of the Corporation. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and
other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation. He or she shall be ex officio
a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and
management usually vested in the office of president of a Corporation.
4.4. Vice Presidents
In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice
President (or if there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order
designated, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall
perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject
to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties
and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time
prescribe.
4.5. Secretary
The secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and
act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the Corporation and the minutes of all its
transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all
committees of the Board of Directors when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be
given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or president, and under whose
supervision he or she shall be. The secretary shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the
Corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it.
4.6. Treasurer
The treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and
accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, and shall
keep the monies of the Corporation in a separate account to the credit of the Corporation. The
treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper
vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and directors, at the regular
meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as
treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
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5. CAPITAL STOCK
5.1. Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of
Directors may provide by resolution that some or all of any or all classes or series of the
Corporations 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. Every
holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate (representing
the number of shares registered in certificate form) signed in the name of the Corporation by the
President or any Vice President, and by the Treasurer, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar whose signature or facsimile signature appears on a certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it
may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer
agent or registrar at the date of issue.
5.2. Lost Certificates
The Board of Directors, President, or Secretary may direct a new certificate of stock to be
issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation and alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming that
the certificate of stock has been lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a
new certificate, the board or any such officer may, as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or such
owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the board or such officer
shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond or indemnity, in such sum or on such terms and
conditions as the board or such officer may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against the Corporation on account of the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed or on account of the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
5.3. Record Date
5.3.1. Actions by Stockholders
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date
shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board
of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten 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
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
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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, unless the Board
of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record
date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the
Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has
been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of
Directors is required by the DGCL, 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 in the
manner prescribed by Section 213(b) of the DGCL. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of
Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the DGCL, 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.
5.3.2. Payments
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall
not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record
date shall be not more than sixty 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.
5.4. Stockholders of Record
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, to receive notifications, to vote as such
owner, and to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner. The Corporation 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 may
be provided by the DGCL.
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6. INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE
6.1. Indemnity Undertaking
To the extent not prohibited by law, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or was
made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding (a Proceeding), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including,
without limitation, an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal
representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or, at the request of the
Corporation, is or was serving as a director or officer of any other corporation or in a capacity
with comparable authority or responsibilities for any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise (an Other Entity), against judgments, fines, penalties, excise
taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys fees,
disbursements and other charges). Persons who are not directors or officers of the Corporation (or
otherwise entitled to indemnification pursuant to the preceding sentence) may be similarly
indemnified in respect of service to the Corporation or to an Other Entity at the request of the
Corporation to the extent the Board of Directors at any time specifies that such persons are
entitled to the benefits of this Article 6.
6.2. Advancement of Expenses
The Corporation shall reimburse or advance to any director or officer or other person entitled
to indemnification hereunder the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys fees
and disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceeding, in advance of the final disposition
of such Proceeding; provided , however , that, if required by the DGCL, such expenses incurred by
or on behalf of any director or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final
disposition of a Proceeding only upon receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf
of such director or officer (or other person indemnified hereunder), to repay any such amount so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right of appeal that such director, officer or other person is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses.
6.3. Rights Not Exclusive
The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article 6 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a
person seeking indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses may have or hereafter be
entitled under any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement, any vote
of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
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6.4. Continuation of Benefits
The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article 6 shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director
or officer (or other person indemnified hereunder) and shall inure to the benefit of the executors,
administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.
6.5. Insurance
The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity,
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 this Article 6,
the Certificate of Incorporation or under Section 145 of the DGCL or any other provision of law.
6.6. Binding Effect
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article 6
shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitees heirs,
executors, and administrators. No repeal or modification of this Article 6 shall affect any rights
or obligations with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or there after
arising or any proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part
upon any such state of facts.
6.7. Procedural Rights
The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article 6 shall be enforceable by any person entitled to such
indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction.
The burden of proving that such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is not
appropriate shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its
directors, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior
to the commencement of such action that such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses is proper in the circumstances nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including
its directors, its independent legal counsel and its stockholders) that such person is not entitled
to such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall constitute a defense to
the action or create a presumption that such person is not so entitled. Such a person shall also be
indemnified for any expenses incurred
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in connection with successfully establishing his or her right to such indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding.
6.8. Service Deemed at Corporations Request
Any director or officer of the Corporation serving in any capacity (1) another corporation of
which a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors is held, directly
or indirectly, by the Corporation or (2) any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any
corporation referred to in clause (1) shall be deemed to be doing so at the request of the
Corporation.
7. GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1. Inspection of Books and Records
Any stockholder, 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, and to make copies or extracts from: (1) the Corporations stock ledger, a
list of its stockholders, and its other books and records; and (2) other documents as required by
law. 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 shall be the person who seeks the
right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such
other writing which 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 or at its
principal place of business.
7.2. Dividends
The Board of Directors may declare dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the laws of the State of
Delaware.
7.3. Reserves
The directors of the Corporation may set apart, out of the funds of the Corporation available
for dividends, a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.
7.4. Execution of Instruments
All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, and promissory notes of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the
Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
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7.5. Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
7.6. Seal
The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall approve. The seal
may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or otherwise
reproduced.
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The
foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws were adopted by the Board of
Directors on this 17th day of March, 2010.
/s/ Bruce G. Wiles
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Title: Director |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. OFFICES |
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1.1. Registered Office |
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1.2. Other Offices |
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2. MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS |
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2.1. Place of Meetings |
1 | |||
2.2. Annual Meetings |
1 | |||
2.3. Special Meetings |
2 | |||
2.4. Notice of Meetings |
2 | |||
2.5. Waivers of Notice |
2 | |||
2.6. Business at Special Meetings |
2 | |||
2.7. List of Stockholders |
2 | |||
2.8. Quorum at Meetings |
3 | |||
2.9. Voting and Proxies |
3 | |||
2.10. Required Vote |
4 | |||
2.11. Action Without a Meeting |
4 | |||
3. DIRECTORS |
5 | |||
3.1. Powers |
5 | |||
3.2. Number and Election |
5 | |||
3.3. Nomination of Directors |
5 | |||
3.4. Vacancies |
6 | |||
3.5. Meetings |
6 | |||
3.5.1. Regular Meetings |
6 | |||
3.5.2. Special Meetings |
6 | |||
3.5.3. Telephone Meetings |
6 | |||
3.5.4. Action Without Meeting |
7 | |||
3.5.5. Waiver of Notice of Meeting |
7 | |||
3.6. Quorum and Vote at Meetings |
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3.7. Committees of Directors |
7 | |||
3.8. Compensation of Directors |
8 | |||
4. OFFICERS |
8 | |||
4.1. Designation |
8 | |||
4.2. Term of Office |
8 | |||
4.3. President |
9 | |||
4.4. Vice Presidents |
9 | |||
4.5. Secretary |
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4.6. Treasurer |
9 | |||
5. CAPITAL STOCK |
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5.1. Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares |
10 | |||
5.2. Lost Certificates |
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5.3. Record Date |
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5.3.1. Actions by Stockholders |
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5.3.2. Payments |
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5.4. Stockholders of Record |
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6. INDEMNIFICATION; INSURANCE |
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6.1. Indemnity Undertaking |
12 | |||
6.2. Advancement of Expenses |
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6.3. Rights Not Exclusive |
12 | |||
6.4. Continuation of Benefits |
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6.5. Insurance |
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6.6. Binding Effect |
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6.7. Procedural Rights |
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6.8. Service Deemed at Corporations Request |
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7. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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7.1. Inspection of Books and Records |
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7.2. Dividends |
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7.3. Reserves |
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7.4. Execution of Instruments |
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7.5. Fiscal Year |
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7.6. Seal |
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INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
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