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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
SCIQUEST, INC.
(as of , 2010)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I OFFICES | 1 | |||||||
1.1 | Registered Office |
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1.2 | Other Offices |
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ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS | 1 | |||||||
2.1 | Place of Meetings |
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2.2 | Annual Meeting |
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2.3 | Special Meetings |
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2.4 | Notice of Meetings |
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2.5 | Stockholder List |
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2.6 | Quorum |
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2.7 | Adjournments |
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2.8 | Voting and Proxies |
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2.9 | Action at Meeting |
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2.10 | Nomination of Directors |
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2.11 | Notice of Business at Annual Meetings |
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2.12 | Conduct of Meetings |
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2.13 | No Action by Consent in Lieu of a Meeting |
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ARTICLE III DIRECTORS | 10 | |||||||
3.1 | General Powers |
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3.2 | Number, Qualification and Election |
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3.3 | Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board |
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3.4 | Classes of Directors |
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3.5 | Terms of Office |
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3.6 | Quorum |
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3.7 | Action at Meeting |
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3.8 | Removal |
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3.9 | Newly-Created Directorships and Vacancies |
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3.10 | Resignation |
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3.11 | Regular Meetings |
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3.12 | Special Meetings |
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3.13 | Notice of Special Meetings |
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3.14 | Adjournment |
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3.15 | Regulations |
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3.16 | Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment |
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3.17 | Action by Consent |
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3.18 | Reliance on Accounts and Reports |
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3.19 | Committees |
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3.20 | Compensation of Directors |
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS | 13 | |||||||
4.1 | Titles |
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4.2 | Election |
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4.3 | Qualification |
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4.4 | Tenure |
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4.5 | Resignation and Removal |
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4.6 | Vacancies |
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4.7 | President; Chief Executive Officer |
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4.8 | Vice Presidents |
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4.9 | Secretary and Assistant Secretaries |
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4.10 | Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers |
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4.11 | Salaries |
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4.12 | Delegation of Authority |
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ARTICLE V CAPITAL STOCK | 15 | |||||||
5.1 | Issuance of Stock |
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5.2 | Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares |
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5.3 | Transfers |
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5.4 | Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates |
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5.5 | Record Date |
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5.6 | Regulations |
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ARTICLE VI GENERAL PROVISIONS | 18 | |||||||
6.1 | Fiscal Year |
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6.2 | Corporate Seal |
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6.3 | Waiver of Notice |
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6.4 | Books and Records |
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6.5 | Dividends |
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6.6 | Reserves |
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6.7 | Execution of Instruments |
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6.8 | Voting of Securities |
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6.9 | Evidence of Authority |
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6.10 | Certificate of Incorporation |
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6.11 | Electronic Transmission |
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6.12 | Severability |
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6.13 | Pronouns |
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ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS | 19 | |||||||
ARTICLE VIII CONSTRUCTION | 20 |
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office. The Corporation shall maintain a registered office and registered
agent within the State of Delaware at such place within such state as may be designated from time
to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors).
1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may maintain offices or places of business at such
other locations within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of
Directors or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the Corporation.
2.2 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to
succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board of
Directors (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held).
2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be
called at any time by only the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive
Officer, and may not be called by any other person or persons. The Board of Directors may postpone
or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Business transacted at any
special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of
meeting.
2.4 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of
stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days
before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting,
subject to such exclusions as are then permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the DGCL). Without limiting
the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice shall be effective if
given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner consistent with the DGCL) by
the stockholder
to whom the notice is given. The notice shall state (a) the place, if any, date and hour of the
meeting, (b) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may
be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (c) the record date for determining the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and (d) in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If the stockholder list referred
to in Section 2.5 below is made accessible on an electronic network, the
notice of meeting shall
indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held
solely by means of remote communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information
required to access such stockholder list during the meeting. If notice is given by mail, such
notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to
the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If
notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given at the time specified
in Section 232 of the DGCL.
2.5 Stockholder List. 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; provided, however, if the record date for
determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the
list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10th day before the
meeting date, 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 for a period of at least 10
days prior to the meeting: (a) 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 (b)
during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the
event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the
Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to
stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of
the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present.
If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall 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. The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, the holders of at least one-third of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of
the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person,
present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital
stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the
voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the
Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present
by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its
sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with
respect to the vote on such matter. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken
by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.
2.7 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, by the
chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares of stock present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting, to reconvene at the same or some other place, and
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notice need
not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the place, if any, and date and time thereof (and the
means of remove communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be
present in person and vote at such meeting) are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment
is taken. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, notice of the adjourned meeting in
accordance with Section 2.4 shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the
meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for
the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such
adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 5.5(a) and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting
to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date
fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact
business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.8 Voting and Proxies. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock
entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional
share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. Each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including
by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in
person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such
stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the DGCL by the stockholder
or such stockholders authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the
Secretary of the Corporation. No such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from the date of
its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy
shall be irrevocable if it 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. A proxy may be made
irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock
itself or an interest in the Corporation generally.
2.9 Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any matter other than the
election of directors to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting shall be decided by the
vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority of the voting power of the votes cast by
the holders of all of the shares of stock present or represented at the meeting and voting
affirmatively or negatively on such matter (or if there are two or more classes or series of stock
entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of
a majority of the voting power
of the shares of stock of that class or series present or represented at the meeting and voting
affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except when a different vote is required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. When a quorum is present at any meeting, any
election by stockholders of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the
stockholders entitled to vote on the election.
2.10 Nomination of Directors.
(a) Except for (1) any directors entitled to be elected by the holders of preferred stock, (2)
any directors elected in accordance with Section 3.9 hereof by the Board of Directors to fill a
vacancy or newly-created directorship or (3) as otherwise required by applicable law or stock
exchange regulation, at any meeting of stockholders, only persons who are nominated in accordance
with the procedures in this Section 2.10 shall be eligible for election
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as directors. Nomination
for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of stockholders may be made (i) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation, regardless of
whether such nomination is made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Rule 14a-8) or otherwise, who (x) timely complies with the
notice procedures in Section 2.10(b), (y) is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of
such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting and (z) is entitled to vote at such meeting.
(b) To be timely, a stockholders notice must be in writing and received by the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an election of
directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior
to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that (x) in the
case of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be held in 2011 or (y) in the
event that the date of the annual meeting in any other year is advanced by more than 30 days, or
delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a
stockholders notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such
annual meeting and (B) the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual
meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever
first occurs; or (ii) in the case of an election of directors at a special meeting of stockholders,
provided that the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer has
determined, in accordance with Section 2.3, that directors shall be elected at such special
meeting; provided, further, that the nomination made by the stockholder is for one of the director
positions that the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, as
the case may be, has determined will be filled at such special meeting, not earlier than the 120th
day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the
90th day prior to such special meeting and (y) the 10th day following the day on which notice of
the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such special
meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a
meeting (or the public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period)
for the giving of a stockholders notice.
The stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each proposed nominee (1)
such persons name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (2)
such persons principal occupation or employment, (3) the class and series and number of
shares of stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of
record, by such person, (4) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other
material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any
other material relationships, between or among (x) the stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the nomination is being made and the respective affiliates and associates of, or
others acting in concert with, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, on the one hand, and (y)
each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in
concert with such nominee(s), on the other hand, including all information that would be required
to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and
any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or any affiliate or associate thereof
or person acting in concert therewith were the registrant for purposes of such Item and the
proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and
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(5) any other
information concerning such person that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act); and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination is being made (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they
appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and series and
number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially
or of record, by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any
agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and/or any such
beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names)
pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made or who may participate in the solicitation of
proxies in favor of electing such nominee(s), (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (including, without limitation, any derivative or short positions, swaps, profit
interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging
transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such
stockholder or any such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to,
manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of,
such stockholder or any such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation,
(5) any other information relating to such stockholder and any such beneficial owner that would be
required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection
with solicitations of proxies for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to
Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (6) a
representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to
nominate the person(s) named in its notice, and (7) a representation whether such stockholder
and/or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy
statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations
outstanding capital stock reasonably believed by such stockholder or any such beneficial owner to
be sufficient to elect the nominee (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy
statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support
of such nomination (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials).
Not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items
(A)(1)-(5) and (B)(1)-(5) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the
notice to provide updated information as of the record date. In addition, to be effective, the
stockholders notice must be
accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to be named in the proxy statement
as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The Corporation may require any proposed
nominee to furnish such other information as the Corporation may reasonably require to determine
the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation or whether such
nominee would be independent under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange
rules and the Corporations publicly disclosed corporate governance guidelines. A stockholder
shall not have complied with this Section 2.10(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the c
ase may be, proxies
in support of such stockholders nominee in contravention of the representations with respect
thereto required by this Section 2.10.
(c) The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.10 (including whether the
stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination
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is made solicited (or is
part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of
such stockholders nominee in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by
this Section 2.10), and if the chairman should determine that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.10, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting
and such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting.
(d) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 2.10 shall obligate the
Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder
communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors information with
respect to any nominee for director submitted by a stockholder.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.10, unless otherwise required
by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at
the meeting to present a nomination, such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting,
notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nominee may have been received by the Corporation.
For purposes of this Section 2.10, to be considered a qualified representative of the
stockholder, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder
or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at
the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic
transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at
the meeting of stockholders.
(f) For purposes of this Section 2.10, public disclosure shall include disclosure
(i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable
national news service, (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or (iii) on the
Corporations website at www.sciquest.com or such other public website of the Corporation.
2.11 Notice of Business at Annual Meetings.
(a) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall
have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
business must be (1) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (3)
properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder, regardless of whether such nomination is made
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 or otherwise. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
by a stockholder, (i) if such business relates to the nomination of a person for election as a
director of the Corporation, the procedures in Section 2.10 must be complied with and (ii) if such
business relates to any other matter, the business must constitute a proper matter under Delaware
law for stockholder action and the stockholder must (x) have given timely notice thereof in writing
to the Secretary in accordance with the procedures in Section 2.11(b), (y) be a stockholder of
record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (z) be entitled to vote at such annual
meeting.
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(b) To be timely, a stockholders notice must be in writing and received by the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days
prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that (x)
in the case of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to be held in 2011 or (y) in
the event that the date of the annual meeting in any other year is advanced by more than 30 days,
or delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting,
a stockholders notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such
annual meeting and (B) the 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual
meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever
first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting (or the
public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of
a stockholders notice.
The stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (1) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (2) the text of the proposal (including the exact
text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a
proposal to amend these Bylaws, the exact text of the proposed amendment), and (3) the reasons for
conducting such business at the annual meeting, and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made (1) the name and address
of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of any such beneficial owner,
(2) the class and series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are, directly or
indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner,
(3) a description of any material interest of such stockholder or any such beneficial owner and the
respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such stockholder or any
such beneficial owner in such business, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding between or among such stockholder and/or any such beneficial owner and any other
person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business or who
may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal, (5) a description of any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, without limitation, any derivative or short
positions, swaps, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation
or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into
by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or any such beneficial
owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share
price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any such
beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, (6) any other information
relating to such stockholder and any such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed
in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of
proxies for the business proposed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, (7) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in
person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting, and (8) a
representation whether such stockholder and/or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a
group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least
the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the
proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy)
and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal (and
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such
representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Not later than 10 days after
the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(3) and (B)(1)-(6) of the
prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the notice to provide updated
information as of the record date. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no
business shall be conducted at any annual meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the
procedures in this Section 2.11, provided that any stockholder proposal which complies with Rule
14a-8 of the proxy rules (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Exchange Act and is to
be included in the Corporations proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall be
deemed to comply with the notice requirements of this Section 2.11. A stockholder shall not have
complied with this Section 2.11(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the proposal is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such
stockholders proposal in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by
this Section 2.11.
(c) The chairman of any annual meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether
business was properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 2.11 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the
case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders proposal in compliance with the
representation with respect thereto required by this Section 2.11), and if the chairman should
determine that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 2.11, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such business
shall not be brought before the annual meeting.
(d) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 2.11 shall obligate the
Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder
communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors information with
respect to any proposal submitted by a stockholder.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.11, unless otherwise required
by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at
the annual meeting to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that
proxies in respect of such business may have been received by the Corporation.
(f) For purposes of this Section 2.11, the terms qualified representative of the
stockholder and public disclosure shall have the same meaning as in Section 2.10.
2.12 Conduct of Meetings.
(a) Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or
in the Chairmans absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Vice Chairmans
absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officers absence, by the
President, or in the Presidents absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of all of the
foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall act as
secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretarys absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint
any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
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(b) The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for
the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate. Except
to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of
Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to
prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of
such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or
procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting,
may include, without limitation, the following: (1) the establishment of an agenda or order of
business for the meeting; (2) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the
safety of those present; (3) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such
other persons as shall be determined; (4) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed
for the commencement thereof; and (5) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the
meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of
parliamentary procedure.
(c) The Board of Directors, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and
procedures in accordance with the DGCL and any other applicable law for the participation by
stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communication, and
may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held
solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such
guidelines and procedures and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be
deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is
to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.
(d) The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter
to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed. After the polls close, no ballots,
proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.
(e) In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors of
election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be
designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no
inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the
chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless
otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation.
Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspectors duties, shall take and sign
an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the
best of such inspectors ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall
take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of
the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law. Every vote taken by ballots
shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or duly appointed inspectors.
2.13 No Action by Consent in Lieu of a Meeting. Stockholders of the Corporation may not
take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of a Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities by these
Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
3.2 Number, Qualification and Election. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of
Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed, and
may be increased or decreased from time to time, exclusively by the Board of Directors. A director
need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States or a resident of the State of Delaware,
but must be a natural person. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.3 Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may appoint
from its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board, neither of whom need be
an employee or officer of the Corporation. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the
Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board
of Directors. If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, such Vice Chairman
shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or, in the
Chairmans absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the
Board of Directors.
3.4 Classes of Directors. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred
Stock then outstanding, the Board of Directors shall be and is divided into three classes: Class I,
Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third of
the total number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors. The allocation of directors among classes shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
3.5 Terms of Office. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock
then outstanding, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date that is the third annual
meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was
elected, provided that the term of office of the initial Class I directors shall expire at the next
succeeding annual meeting of stockholders following the adoption of the Corporations Second
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the term of office of the initial Class II
directors shall expire at the second succeeding annual meeting of stockholders following the
adoption of the Corporations Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and the
term of office of the initial Class III directors shall expire at the third succeeding annual
meeting of the stockholders following the adoption of the Corporations Second Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation; provided, further, that the term of each director shall continue
until the election and qualification of such directors successor and be subject to such directors
earlier death, resignation or removal. If the number of directors is hereafter changed, any newly
created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to
make all classes as nearly equal in number as practicable.
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3.6 Quorum. Subject to Section 3.9 of these Bylaws, a majority of the total number of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except when a vacancy or
vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors then in office shall
constitute a quorum, provided that such majority shall constitute at least one-third (1/3) of the
total number of directors. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than a
quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time
without further notice.
3.7 Action at Meeting. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors
present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the
Board of Directors, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Certificate of
Incorporation.
3.8 Removal. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then
outstanding, directors of the Corporation may be removed only for cause and only by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the voting power of all shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single
class.
3.9 Newly-Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase
in the number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or any other cause shall be filled
by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole
remaining director, and shall not be filled by the
stockholders. Directors elected to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancies shall hold
office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject
to the election and qualification of such directors successor and to such directors earlier
death, resignation or removal.
3.10 Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering a written resignation to the Board
of Directors or to such person or person as the Board of Directors may designate. Such resignation
shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon
the happening of some later event, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such
resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.
3.11 Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without
notice other than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of
stockholders. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide the time and place for the
holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.
3.12 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at the
request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors. The
person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place
and time of the meetings.
3.13 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the date, place and time of any special meeting
of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the
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officer or one
of the directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each director (a) in person,
by telephone, telecopy, facsimile or electronic transmission, or by delivering written notice by
hand, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending written notice by reputable
overnight courier to such directors last known business, home or electronic transmission address
at least two days in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice by first-class mail
to such directors last known business or home address at least five days in advance of the
meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the
purposes of the meeting. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are
present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 6.3 hereof.
3.14 Adjournment. A majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting of the Board
of Directors to another date, time or place, whether or not a quorum is present. No notice need be
given of any adjourned meeting unless the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting are not
announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of
Section 3.13 applicable to special meetings shall be given to each director.
3.15 Regulations.
To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws,
the Board of Directors may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the
Board of Directors and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the
Board of Directors may deem appropriate.
3.16 Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment. Directors may participate in
meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or
other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.17 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of
the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by
electronic transmission, and the written consents or electronic transmissions are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form
if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are
maintained in electronic form.
3.18 Reliance on Accounts and Reports. A director, as such or as a member of any committee
designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully
protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporations officers
or employees, or committees designated by the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to the
matters the director reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
3.19 Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of
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one or
more of the directors of the Corporation to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The
Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who
may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or
disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any
meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members present constitute
a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in
the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in
the resolution of the Board of Directors, 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 with the
exception of any authority the delegation of which is prohibited by Section 141 of the DGCL and may
authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each such
committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time
request. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules
for the conduct of its
business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its business shall be
conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these Bylaws for the Board of
Directors. Except as 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.
3.20 Compensation of Directors. Directors may be paid such compensation for their services
and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation
or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation for
such service.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
4.1 Titles. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers with such other titles as the Board of
Directors shall determine, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and
Assistant Secretaries. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem
appropriate.
4.2 Election. The Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be
elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of
stockholders. Other officers may be appointed by the Board of Directors at such meeting or at any
other meeting.
4.3 Qualification. No officer need be a stockholder. Any two or more offices may be held
by the same person.
4.4 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by
these Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until such officers successor is elected and
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qualified, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing or appointing such
officer, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal.
4.5 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign by delivering a written resignation to
the Board of Directors or to such person or person as the Board of Directors may designate. Such
resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later
time or upon the happening of some later event, and unless otherwise specified therein no
acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The Board of Directors may
remove any officer with or without cause at any time. Except as the Board of Directors may
otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation
as an officer for any period following such officers resignation or removal, or any right to
damages on account of such
removal, whether such officers compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless
such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the
Corporation.
4.6 Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any
reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices
other than those of Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each such
successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officers predecessor and until a
successor is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal.
4.7 President; Chief Executive Officer. Unless the Board of Directors has designated
another person as the Corporations Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and
supervision of the business of the Corporation subject to the direction of the Board of Directors,
and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief
executive or that are delegated to such officer by the Board of Directors. The President shall
perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time
prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer
or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if
there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such
duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive
Officer.
4.8 Vice Presidents. Each Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers
as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe. The
Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior
Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.
4.9 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall
have such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time
prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are
incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give
notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to attend
all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record of the proceedings, to
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maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be
custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on
documents.
Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe. In the
event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if
there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board
of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or
directors, the chairman of the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of
the meeting.
4.10 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall
have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as
are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep
and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the
Corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as
ordered by the Board of Directors, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required
by the Board of Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the
Corporation.
The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe. In the
event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or if
there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
4.11 Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries,
compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of
Directors. No officer shall be prevented from received such salary by reason of the fact that such
officer is also a director of the Corporation.
4.12 Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the
powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision
hereof.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1 Issuance of Stock. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the
whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation or the
whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation held in the
Corporations treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the
Board of Directors in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Board of
Directors may determine.
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5.2 Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares.
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of
Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series
of the Corporations stock shall be uncertificated shares. Every holder of stock of the
Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as
may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, representing the number of shares held by
such holder registered in certificate form. Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that
complies with Section 158 of the DGCL.
Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant
to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, applicable laws or any agreement among any
number of stockholders or among such holders and the Corporation shall have conspicuously noted on
the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the
existence of such restriction.
If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one
series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations
or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the
face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock, provided
that in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of each
certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation
will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a copy of the full text of the
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the
Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information
required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 202(a) or 218(a) of
the DGCL or, with respect to Section 151 of DGCL, a statement that the Corporation will furnish
without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and
relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof
and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
5.3 Transfers. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner
prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be
made only on the books of the Corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of
stock of the Corporation. Subject to applicable law, shares of stock represented by certificates
shall be transferred only on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or
its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by
a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or
the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require.
Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these
Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books
as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to
vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of
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such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in
accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of
stock in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed,
upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation
of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity and
posting of such bond as the Board of Directors may require for the protection of the Corporation or
any transfer agent or registrar.
5.5 Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any
meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10
days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall
also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless
the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or
before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date
is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice
of and 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
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case, shall
also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same
or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this subsection (a) at the adjourned meeting.
(b) 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 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.
5.6 Regulations. Subject to applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these
Bylaws, the Board of Directors may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem
appropriate relating to the issue, transfer, conversion and registration of shares of stock of the
Corporation.
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ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of
Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year
and end on the last day of December in each year.
6.2 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by the
Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed,
affixed or reproduced, or may be used in any other lawful manner.
6.3 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given by law, by the Certificate
of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, a written waiver signed by the person entitled to notice, or a
waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the
time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice required to
be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in
any such waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
6.4 Books and Records. The Board of Directors shall cause to be kept a record containing
the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders,
appropriate stock books and registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary
for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation. Unless otherwise required by the laws
of the State of Delaware, the books and records of the Corporation may be kept at the principal
office of the Corporation, or at any other place or places inside or outside the State of Delaware,
as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate.
6.5 Dividends.
(a) The Board of Directors may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay,
dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by law
and the Certificate of Incorporation.
(b) A member of the Board of Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board
of Directors, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation
and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of
its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to
matters the director reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to
the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net
profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of
surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.
6.6 Reserves. There may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available
for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time may determine proper as
a reserve or reserves for meeting contingencies, equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any
property of the Corporation or for such other purpose or purposes as the Board
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determine conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may similarly
modify or abolish any such reserve.
6.7 Execution of Instruments. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate
of Incorporation, the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board
of Directors may authorize any other officer or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract
or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such
authorization must be in writing or by electronic transmission and may be general or limited to
specific contracts or instruments.
6.8 Voting of Securities. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer shall have full power and authority, on
behalf of the Corporation, to attend any meeting of stockholders or securityholders of any other
entity in which the Corporation may hold securities, and to act, vote (or execute proxies to vote)
and exercise in person or by proxy all other rights, powers and privileges incident to the
ownership of such securities at any such meeting, or, if applicable, through action without a
meeting. The Board of Directors by resolution from time to time may confer such power and
authority (in general or confined to specific instances) upon any other person or persons.
6.9 Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a
temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any
officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in
good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
6.10 Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of
Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
amended and in effect from time to time.
6.11 Electronic Transmission. Electronic transmission, as used in these Bylaws,
means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that
creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may
be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
6.12 Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason
inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these
Bylaws.
6.13 Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may
require.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be
adopted by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders as provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these Bylaws and the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be
controlling.
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